Well Hello...

Today has been a busy day, just normal mommy stuffs. Today we made a kaleidescope. I want to find one of the types I had as a kid. Ours are pretty homeade, but the kids were just excited that we made them.
I have been working on a more funny cross stitch picture that has something to do with brass knuckles. Whilst searching images for what they look like I came across these.

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You have to check all the other uses for brass knuckles on this sight, it's quite funny. I thought the grass was nice and subdued, for brass knuckles sake.

Oh my goodness, did you watch the Grover commercial making fun of the "Old Spice" commercial, it makes me laugh everytime. He is telling how to smell like a monster.

Grover is one of my favorites. We watch alot of Sesame Street around here.

This has long sort of day. I'm ready to relax. We may watch "Bride of Frankenstein." I am trying to get alot of the old, and new I haven't seen, scary movies for the month of October. I have my decorations sitting in a pile ready to put up for halloween. This week I hope to start planning out the girls costumes.

Okay, well have a great Tuesday, what is left of it.

Monday, and a whole to talk about

We had a whirlwind weekend driving and going to my cousins wedding. It was a beautiful day for a beautiful bride and groom.
I finished my cross-stitch picture that I have been dreaming up, working on, and designing for several months now. I haven't framed it yet, but I can't wait to hang it up! It was quite the challenge. I hope to make it available to sell for people to make or ready to hang. I am trying get a program to make pdfs, so I hope to be able to soon.
My husband and I needed a night to relax, and we were in the mood for a scary sort of movie. We ended up watching "Let the Right One In." If you dont' mind blood, this is the movie for you. It is a vampire movie. Now I am not a twilight sort of fan, so I didn't know what to expect. It is a Swedish film with subtitles. It was extremely entertaining, and original. It is definitly not what you would expect from a vampire movie. Definitly one to watch with Halloween looming.




In loo of vegetarian month , Saturday I made "Vegan Pumpkin Muffins." They were just magnificent. I found the recipe here.
I plan on making this many many more times.

Have a super Monday!

White Tag Sale

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I'm having a bit of a sale in my shop this week. Most items have 5-10 dollars taken off. Just thought I would do a little bit of shameless promotion.

I will be going to my cousins wedding this weekend. I hope to stop at the Gap outlet to find some goodies. I am making a "Home Sweet Home" cross-stitched picture for their home together.
It seems this week has been quite busy, and when I'm busy I get wound too tight. I'm looking forward to getting away for the day and spending time with family.
Okay I got some "Sleeping Beauty" to watch. Have a super duper Friday!

It Is Finished...

I finally finished my "Built by Wendy/Nine to Five" frock/dress. It went smooth except for the zipper. I love everything about this dress, but the zipper tends to pooch out at the neck. I modified it about a thousand times (exaggerated) but it still wants to stick out. Oh well, I plan on wearing it anyways. I love the look of it. It has a vintage feel to it which I like. The button belt really adds the perfect accent to this dress. It is the type of dress that is flattering to all body types. The material is a light wool, perfect for a crisp fall day. Built by Wendy's frock book is definitly for someone who has been sewing for a bit, not for beginnners, she leaves out alot of sewing steps that you would otherwise need to know. There are so many more patterns in this book I want to make next. Well I must mop my floor and give children bathes. Have a great Thursday!

"I Have All Kinds A Deeas..." quote from my daughter.

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Do you have all kinds of ideas? I think it is about time that I get an idea book going. I get so many things in my head that I have to keep a mental list of the ideas. So many ideas, so little time. Now I will have to make time for an idea book;)
It is so important to have that time of creativity, time to be yourself, time to let you mind get lost in something, especially as a mommy. I find myself getting irritable when I haven't had time to create. I try to have that time at bedtime usually or when I get a break in the middle of the day. It really works as a natural stress reliever for me. I had a conversation this morning with my son about this very thing. He loves legos, he's 7 years old. Sometimes if he can't find the right pieces or a creation is becoming quite frustrating he gets overwhelmed, as most of us do. But he told me, " I really like doing it alot though." I told him sometimes if our hobby gets overwhelming we need to step back and realize, this is a hobby, something we do for fun, when we start making it stressful, then it isn't fun anymore. That is the way I look at sewing, or my shop, or coming up with an idea. If I put too much pressure on myself, where has all the fun gone. I can always take a break for a bit, and come back to it with even more zeal and excitement to make it work. With three kids, things can't always be perfect, my ideas may take way longer to create, but nevertheless, they are still my ideas, and I can take joy in one day making them.
I plan on making my daughters costumes here in the next couple of weeks. My 2 year old decided that she wanted to be "Supa-woman" as she says. I can't wait to see her in it. My four year old wants to be Snow White, she loves princesses. There fabrics end up being the same color scheme, crazy. I plan on just winging it as far as patterns go, I don't think these will be that hard to figure out.
Have a super Tuesday!

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We had a really nice weekend with a few sprinkles here and there. It was so nice. We went to the St. James Art Festival. There are some amazing artists. We ate a yummy gyro and relaxed my the historic fountain. It was a brisk, breezy fall day, perfect for walking and looking.
We have a really nice local art musuem called the Speed Art Musuem, and I was excited to see they have a collection of Andy Warhol's called Myths, free to see too. The witch is from the collection at the top. The collection features pictures of characters from cinema in the 1950's. I will definitly get over there before the 31st.
I got alot of work done on my dress last night. I have to get it done for this weekend. I will take pics once I get it hemmed and the belt made. Thats all that is left. It resembles a Mad Men type of office dress.

I was listening to my pandora last night while sewing and I heard this song by "Jaymay" called "You are the only one I love" and the album is "Autumn Fallin'" , how perfect. Such a beautiful song!

I also heard the song by Paul Simon called "Father and Daughter." Such a beautiful song. It reminds me of my husband. I'm such a sap for those types of songs.
Have a great Monday!

Fun With Glasses.....

So everytime I go to the thriftstore I sort through the glasses to see what I can find. I usually go for mostly brown frames. I have been lucky enough to find some pairs recently. I bought one of the pairs at Wal-mart for like ten dollars. I love the tortoise color in them. I plan on getting some new frames here soon, so I wanted to have a fun pair and a serious pair. I had such a nice afernoon getting my hair done. I didn't realize it had been nearly 4 months since I had last went. Yikes. So it was so nice. I relaxed getting my hair cut and colored, went to Borders to pick up a magazine, (btw, did you read the little article in Bust with Amy Sedaris, crafstercize, it was hilarious), stopped by the store. It was a beautiful day as well, with some evening showers. This evening I had some fun taking pics with my various frames. I did a sixties polaroid twist to them.


This is my frightened big glasses look.



This is my disapproving mom/librarian.



And this is "You have to be kidding me." If you know me, this is something I say quite a bit.

So what do you think? I like the second pair.