A Little Flower Garden

I have been working on some new flowers. These are headbands.

The top two are pins and the bottom two are hair clips.

They are all in the Shop now and the shipping is free!

Happy Birthday William!

It is William's birthday today and he is out of town. My mom always says you should get to have your birthday off, like any other holiday. I think you should at least be in the same state as your family. My brother-in-law took these pictures a couple of weeks ago when we took the family pictures. Yes, I am in the tree. Because William put me there.

As morbid as it sounds I am going to include this picture with the instructions for my funeral (assuming I really was that great a planner). That is our relationship right there in that picture. I have so much fun with William, he always makes me laugh, feel special and sort of like I might still be 16. Marrying him was the best thing I have ever done and was the gateway to everything else wonderful in my life. Hope you have a great day Hon, the kids and I will have a big party ready when you get home!

New Faces

Hubby is out of town and I crafting as fast as I can!

Happy Halloween!

Just in case your Halloween greeting from us got lost in the mail (or I ran out!) here is a little Halloween wish from our house! Have a marvelously scary or fantastic holiday!

Guess who we are?

William was complaining that I hadn't posted my hard work that resulted in the kids Halloween costumes yet. I was saving it to show you on the acutual day but you will probably be busy trick or treating so here you go.

Harry Potter.

I had to post two because in the first picture you can see his awesome Griffindor emblem his mother slaved over or his amazing hand-carved wand Uncle Nate produced while hunting. But that face in the first picture is priceless.

Then we have Queen Elizabeth the first. Beautiful isn't she?

Then our local firefighter with his own truck and faithful companion.

Now bring on the candy!

Da Bears

For the last week, as soon as the Halloween costumes were finished I have been occupied by these little buggers. Yes, they may look cute but don't be deceived. They come along and take over your days, or nights really-long, long nights. Brittany's ballet school that puts on the Nutcracker has a boutique at the performances.

I am on the committee and was assigned to make these angel bears. I don't know if it is because it was a craft I did not chose myself but man am I glad these guys are outta here! I am pretty sure my friends and family are glad too, I have complained A LOT about these bears.

So now I am going to go reward myself with yummy potato soup, diet Dr. Pepper and a book.

Then I am going to go take a nap.

See ya bears!

Birthday Weekend

So I haven't been around blogland much this weekend because I was too busy celebrating. It was my birthday, one which one of my wise friends stated is where we start counting backwards. It was a really great weekend, full of great food, family and flowers. What more could I ask for?

Can you believe this cake my mom made me? It was ice cream on the bottom and cake on top. Even gluten-free so William got to have some. Gotta love those new Betty Crocker cake mixes. Sooooo Yummy!

Check Christmas Cards Off the List

So last weekend for some reason last weekend I decided we really needed to take advantage of the gorgeous Fall colors and have family pictures taken. After a quick phone call to our talented Uncle Brooke and a little craziness finding the right outfits I convinced the family this was exactly what I wanted for my birthday.

For the most part they cooperated but there were more than a couple like this.

My kids get their silliness from their dad.

He even put me in a tree. Have to admit it sort of makes a fun picture though.


We did get some that were just what I wanted though.

I cannot tell you how great it feels to already have the Christmas cards ordered!