On a Whim

My sister came over so we could take our mom to dinner for her birthday. Happy 50Th Mom :) and she decided to stay for a bit and we crafted some adorable Christmas trees with crepe paper, glitter, buttons, beads and pipe cleaners. I think they came out great. I also wanted to try out the paper cone thing I see around all these blogs, I used a birthday hat as my template, not bad eh :) I want to make more now!

Give Thanks

I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. I want to give thanks to all my family, and friends. I am very grateful to have such a supportive man in my life, and I don't know where I would be without him and my family.

Cup Cakes!

So we celebrated my niece's b-day on Saturday 11/17 her very 1st :) and it was cupcake themed. I volunteered to make the cupcakes since I LOVE to bake. The party colors were pink and purple. I think they came out pretty good, I bought some little cookie cutters and topped off the cupcakes with heart shaped sugar cookies. I thought I would document my adventure of baking them. Oh and I got this really great Hamilton Beach mixer at the thrift store months ago (I forgot I even had it) so I dug it out and it works great, and I got it only for $3 dollars!! THREE DOLLARS. I really want a red Kitchen Aid mixer, but hey you can't beat three bucks compared to three hundred bucks for the Kitchen Aid.

My Finds

I found some good stuff today at the thrift store. I found some great vintage contact paper, look at the retro pink flowers, and I love the blue with the specks of gold paper, look at the scalloped edge. I have no idea of what to do with it yet but I knew I had to get it. I also came across these cute silver plastic bells, a pack of 10 little Christmas carol part favors ( I think they will be cute on some Christmas cupcakes)and last but not least these adorable cocktail napkins. A few days back I found this adorable Duncan Plaster wall hanging, I just love the pink and gold.

Think Pink

I found some great stuff at the thrift store (where else right) First is some really great pink and crystal beaded garland. I just love the color and was inspired to do a Christmas tree in my sewing room with pink accents. I want to get a small white table top tree, so I can decorate it with my pink finds, like the beautiful beaded garland,pink tinsel garland, some soft pink bulbs, and my bright pink bobbles. I also found these adorable lolly pop ornaments at wal*mart, arnt they delicious, I need a few more but they were all out when I went back :(
Growing up my mom would always think of a new theme each year for our Christmas tree. I am a person who holds onto traditions. What your Christmas traditions?

X-Mas Finds

I found this adorable Santa and Ms.Santa for .99 cents! I also found these adorable angels for $1.99 each and they both work!, and the lights blink.

Gift Box

Here are some pics of my gift to my sister Adriana. I gave it to her on Sunday. So now I can post some pics of how I made it. I put some fabric, vintage notions, made her a pin cushion, a crown key chain, and a little glitter house, and some vintage bobbles.I really like how it came out, I figure she can use this box to put some of her wedding keepsakes in it. I think the best gifts are the home made kind.