A Feast of Fall Crows
It’s the last day of August and I am ready for FALL for sure! I love when the leaves began to change, the air gets crisp and tempeture becomes cooler. I’m jumping into my favorite season been adding...
View ArticleSeptember Mantel of the Month~ Words of the Wise
Hello September! I welcome you with wide open arms! Although it is still quite hot here in Central Texas and will be more than likely the whole month of September I’m feeling the changing of the...
View ArticleDIY Simple Fall Banner
For this month’s mantel I wanted to soften the mirror above it and add a little fall color, SO what better way than with a banner. This banner is so simple, I was able to make it in a night. …...
View ArticleOh Yeah! Starbucks Pumpkin Scones
I had a can of PUMPKIN in my pantry calling out for me to bake something. My favorite recipe this time of the year is PUMPKIN COOKIES, but I wanted to try something different. Pumpkin Scones sounded...
View ArticleWelcome Autumn~ Mixed Media Art
Hello! How do you welcome the beginning of a beautiful season…with ART? Yes I would say that is the perfect way to welcome the season don’t you?!? Every Leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the...
View ArticleThere is a Pumpkin in my Basket
Looking through the latest Country Garden magazine issue I came across an idea about adding pumpkins to wire baskets, well I’ve had a wire basket that I purchase from a thrift store just waiting to be...
View ArticleAutumnal Handmade Cards
This week’s challenge at Simon Say’s Stamp is finding inspiration from Tammy Tutterow, and find inspiration I did. She make the most beautiful cards, tags, jewelry, the list goes on. A few techniques...
View ArticleAutumnal Double Scrapbook Layout
I recently signed up for Glitter Girl’s Scrapbook Survival Guide class through Two Peas in a Bucket, and part of the class is learning how to handle a multitude of photos. AND in my case I take many...
View ArticleSpooktacular Front Porch
I love to decorate my front porch and create an inviting doorway to my home. With a few cobwebs, pumpkins and a little DIY pillow covers, I turned the porch from a summer look to a spooktacular autumn...
View ArticleTouristy Thursday~ Sweet Berry Farm Marble Falls, Texas
This past weekend my kids and I meet my sister, her two boys and my mom at Sweet Berry Farms in Marble Falls, Texas. The day was perfect for a harvest of fun fall activities, the breeze was brisk and …...
View ArticleA Spooky Goodtime ~ Scrapbook Layout
This week over at Simon Says Stamp and Show, their challenge is all about SPOOKY! Yes it is that time of the year when all the spooks come out for a trick or treat. I took this as an opportunity …...
View ArticleNovember Mantel of the Month~
This is my go to November Mantel, using white and orange to celebrate the season. Using a white turkey platter as my focal point, and vintage milk glass. I LOVEEEE milk glass, it’s inexpensive and so...
View ArticleAn Autumnal Afternoon Tea
Before we get into the big swing of merry making with Christmas, my daughter and I took time for an autumnal afternoon tea. Simple setting of a tablecloth, your best tea cups,serving platters and of...
View ArticleSeptember Mantel~ Year of the Milkglass
Hello September! Can you feel the change in the season. It may still be HOT here in Texas but my mantel is saying hello fall and hello school. September is one of my favorite mantels to put together....
View ArticleA BOO Banner
This past weekend I made a super easy banner for my mantel. I had three triangle chipboards left out of a set I purchased a while back, so I covered them with some OLD Tim Holtz cardstock paper...
View ArticleO is for Orange
This week’s challenge at Simon Says Stamp is about the letter O. This time of the year to me ‘O’ means Orange and October. This is one of the simplest tags I have made and I absolutely love the...
View ArticleSpooktacular!~ Mixed Media Girl Art
We are on the home stretch to Halloween, so I of course I had to create one of my BIG BODY Girls. Naming her Samantha from my favorite witch growing up (Bewitched). The weather has cooled off here a...
View ArticleA World with Octobers~ Mixed Media
I absolutely LOVE Anne of Green Gables, true confession I haven’t read the books but I use to have a tradition of watching the movie and the sequel on my birthday. So when I was googling quotes about...
View ArticleNovember Mantel~ Year of the Milk Glass
Happy November! This month’s mantel usually consists of making a few adjustments here and there from the October mantel. Both mantels are adorned with fall colors and leaves, so it’s removing the Jack...
View ArticlePumpkin Patch~ Mixed Media Art
I created this canvas from inspiration I found in this photo, from a Methodist Church off of South Congress Ave. in Austin, Texas I’ve worked on this canvas for a couple of months here and there but I...
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