Happy New Year ... From Pasadena, California - and the Rose Bowl!!

Feeling ...WICKED!!

Yesterday was a very happy day. Michelle, Brianne, and I went to San Francisco to see the musical WICKED!!!
We have talked about doing this for a while and the girls made it possible for us to go. The tickets were an unexpected Christmas surprise and a joy to receive - and use!! Everything about it was fabulous.... the theater, the costumes, the staging, the acting...but most of all the singing!! My favorite scene/number was Defying Gravity... it gave me chills as I sat there in the theater.

We popped the CD into the player in the car and sang along and talked all the way there and all the way back. It was a very happy day... and it was FABULOUS!

Star Light - Star Bright

It's funny how such simple things make me so happy. I love walking in to my home these days - all decorated for the holidays. The first thing I see is this nativity placed right in my entryway. And it was so-so simple to create - with fabulous thrifty finds.

I found this wicker (?) star at the Salvation Army. It has lights entwined in it ... and fabulous ... it works. I tied it to the back of my little black chair (that I salvaged from the trash can) with a recycled gold ribbon. Placed a gold charger plate, that I found at Goodwill, on the seat and then arranged my dollar store glass nativity on the plate.

It is so sweet to me everytime I enter my home or pass by the doorway. And it only cost me a couple of dollars ... FABULOUS !!!

Cute Turkey Treat

Are these just not the cutest things ... Turkey treats made from Moon Pies. Yes those marshmallow-chocolate cookie things. Brianne and my little sweeties Kaitlin, Jayden, Logan and Gavin came over and we made these for Thanksgiving day. Simple easy project - moon pies, candy corn, nutter butter cookies, m&m's, and a red jelly belly - "glued" together with white frosting and attached to a sucker stick. Oh what fabulous fun we had !!

Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving.

Two - Count Em - Two !!

Another very busy week for me but I actually finished two - count em - two projects this weekend .... and I am just so pleased with myself :-) YEAH!!!

First:

My "Spooky" woodblock letters ... Don't they look fabulous on my mantel, and (drum roll please.........) My "Shanty Apotocary Jars" (from the Shanty 2 Chic blog.)

I am so excited about these jars. I saw them on the Shanty blog and knew I had to make them. I grabbed the supply list and headed out to Michael's crafts - only to find their supply of wooden candle sticks, finials, and jars - well ... less than fabulous. Never the less, after several trips to Michaels, Joann's, Walmart and Marshalls, along with a blister on my thumb from the hot glue gun they are finished. Don't they look just fabulous!!

I love moments like this!! I swung in to the Salvation Army and look at this fabulous find - and it only cost me $.89 cents. (Half price on Bric a Brac day) I actually got two of them, this fabulous blue one and a white one. I found this little spot right by my nightstand. So cute !!

Have a Happy Halloween Week!

More Halloween Fun

As all of you know - I love to craft and create things, and decorate for any and all holidays. Wanted to share more of the fun and cute Halloween decorations filling up my home sweet home.I found this broom at the Salvation Army for $.45 cents. All I did was wrap black curly ribbon along the handle and add one of my "signature" (torn strips of fabric and raffia) bows. The paperbag pumpkin is a school project that Matthew made a few years ago.

This is my version of the "spooky black tree" that Michelle and Brianne posted on their blog - "The Tortoise and The Hare." Mine is more of a twig than a tree but I loved the bend of the branch. It fits perfectly on the table in the entry. Anyone recognize the picture on the table ?!? This project was so quick and easy ... and it looks so spooky and "just so FABULOUS!"

Rascal Flatts Concert

YEAH !!! I saw Rascal Flatts in concert this past Thursday - and they were fabulous!! They put on a great show. They are so talented - and they are kinda cute too!! Three days later I am still singing their songs. Through the entire show are these HUGE screens behind the band. The graphics change along with each song. Way-Way fun. What's your favorite RF song ?? Mine is Broken Road ...