Postcard Stamp

A friend of mine sent me this postcard stamp. She knew I had been looking for one and the hunt was not going very well. I wanted to make something with it as soon as I found it in the mail box. The size of the stamp is perfect for making tags. They were a quick little project and not that messy...even better!

I am not sure why I stamped the flower on the post card image but it sure does make the tag colorful. I used a lot of scraps to make these tags...always a good thing. Buttons are certainly a good thing.

I will say that I have been stamping quite a lot since I went to the demonstration last month. I love to use my new markers, I always liked to color. Now, I color with markers instead of crayons!



I had a lot of fun making these. They were "no brainers". They would look great tied on the small brown gift bags I know I bought a few months ago. Where did I put them....

Bump

I have hit a bump in the road with my daughter's room. The bureau drawer pulls are an odd size, of course they are. I may have to fill the old holes and drill new ones. It may not sound like that big of a deal, but I hadn't planned on it! So let's make a few pillows !

This chair needs more pillows, yes more pillows! The chair was made to sit on, yes you know some chairs look good but can you really sit on them? It is comfy and pretty! I covered the bottom cushion, with a really pretty light green printed fabric. Easy to change when needed.

I would have never picked out these colors for myself, even though I like them very much. The pillow goes great on the couch in the living room. I may just have to make another for myself.

Adding this little flower is just what the pillow needed. It was so plain without it, I mean plain.

Wonderful Weekend

Have a wonderful weekend.

Halloween Tree

I have been working on this little project on and off for a week now. One night while looking for Halloween images I found a Halloween tree. I forgot to put it my favorites so what it looked like I do not remember and I can not give someone credit for the idea. But I have seen a few trees similar to mine so that is what I went for. We had a storm in New England a few weeks back that left a lot of branches on the ground. So, I cleaned the yard and made a cute tree. Two for the price of one! I sprayed the branches black, stuck them in floral foam added some Spanish moss and this is what I got. Oh, and a few paper ornaments!

This little witch demanded a close up. I agreed, she came out rather cute!

After looking at the first pictures, I kept thinking something was not quite right. Then I noticed that I forgot to distress the pot. I just wanted to finish this tree and forgot all about it. So, I painted the pot and took a new batch of pictures.

I added a little glitter to a few of the pumpkins. I wanted to glitter a few of the branches. I think I will leave then alone for now, maybe next year.

Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins

I am still working on my daughter's room and a few other projects. I am not going to take any pictures of them until I am finished. I am still not happy with my camera, it may be going back today! I thought I would post a few pictures of festive fall displays. I would love to have any of them! The first one is just above and beyond anything I would do in the front of my house. I would have to have my own pumpkin patch. The pictures are from Country Living and Country Home. They are two of my favorite magazines.

I would love to be greeted by this friendly pumpkin/snowman during any season!

This is what you can do with your birdbaths after all the birds fly south for the winter!

This display must of taken hours to put together. The end result is beautiful!

White Bedroom Furniture

I have been working in my daughter's room for the past few days. I am painting her bedroom furniture white. Not a true white, but an off white. I wanted to distress it a little, but she likes it just the way it looked after two coats of paint. Less work for me! We will be looking for new hardware this weekend.

My father made this picket fence headboard a few years ago. I painted it brown which actually dried purple! Not the look we were going after. It is back to white! Her walls are a pretty shade of purple, not the drab tan it looks like in this picture.

I love this bedspread, so many pretty colors. That leads to a lot of pretty pillows. I love mixing all the prints together!

Edible Ghosts

Yes, these are friendly and tasty ghosts! Two of my favorite bloggers "Painted Pink Pot" and "Cackleberry Cottage" had posts about these cute ghosts cookies. They are made out of Nutter Butter cookies and white chocolate. They were very easy to make. Most were dipped on both sides, but a few I just covered the front with chocolate. I figured you could eat a few more that way.

My will power is not what it use to be so I put these six little ghosts, yes there are six in the bag. I guess three ghosts are camera shy. They were sent to a friend's house. I think I will make a few more batched between now and Halloween. They might look cute in the Chinese food containers I decorated a few weeks back. Ah, where did I put them? Just kidding, I know where they are.

I never thought I would use this boo stamp as much as I have.