tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74127103381405869012024-03-09T19:46:20.574-07:00Always Springtime FlowersMy attempt to find and make beauty as I go through lifeKristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-59667192266739584852013-06-30T21:28:00.002-06:002013-06-30T21:28:20.287-06:00Arrangements from HomeOne of the best parts of buying a house, especially a house formerly owned by a gardener, has been to find perennials coming up in the backyard. There aren't a ton of flowers (the former owner took out a lot of her flowers as she got too frail to take care of them), but I've been taking advantage of what there is. We've also planted many of our own flowers. I'm finding more and more that one of my greatest pleasures is picking flowers from my very own garden, and arranging them. <br />
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We had a small anniversary party on our back porch this weekend, and so of course I had to add a bit of a floral touch. Husband took these pictures for me.<br />
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Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-88039567776627315192013-06-10T12:27:00.002-06:002013-06-10T12:29:24.937-06:00Lisa's Wedding Flowers<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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weekend I had the privilege of doing wedding flowers for my dear friend
Lisa. The more weddings I do, the less likely I am to take pictures of
my work. I wish it wasn't this way, but things just get so busy on the
actual day. Still, I managed to catch a few pictures of the process.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how they all looked coming straight out of the box, and into water.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are green button mums. They were my favorites to work with this time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a bridesmaids bouquet. Mini white calla lilies, baby hydrangeas, and green button mums.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same bouquet, unwrapped, and in a vase.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had extra button mums, so I just bunched them into a vase.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here we are at the end of a beautiful, festive day.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I haven't quite figured out blogger's new formatting, until I do, things may look a little strange.Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-17635066862917866122013-01-27T14:57:00.000-07:002013-01-27T14:57:09.317-07:00Framed Owl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a long break from craftiness, I've finally started to get back into it. For Christmas, Tyler got me a Silhouette! I've wanted one for a long time, and now that I have it, I'm full of ideas again. I made this little owl picture for my niece's first birthday. Of course, she's too little to appreciate it now, but maybe someday? In the meantime, I hope my sister-in-law likes it. <br />
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Everything, except for the letters (they're stickers), was cut out using the Silhouette. I think it's one of the most useful crafting tools that a woman could ask for.<br />
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Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-32864295097248134502013-01-16T13:12:00.003-07:002013-01-16T13:29:41.134-07:0010 Days Without Chocolate<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Disclaimer: This post is long and contains no pictures. I think you should read it anyway. </span><br />
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Before I met Tyler, before guys I dated in college, before my first boyfriend in high school...I was having a love affair with chocolate. <br />
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It must have started around the time that I could eat solid foods, although I don't remember exactly when that was. For as far back as I can remember, it was a house rule that we could have two cookies for dessert after supper. These weren't just any cookies. They were my mom's homemade chocolate chip cookies, which as chocolate chip cookies go are among the best in the world. The cookie tin, with a smiling teddy bear on the lid, was kept in the cupboard, and resupplied when ever rations were low. What's a kid to do when her very own mom makes the best chocolate chip cookies in the world? Eat two after dinner. Every night. For most of my childhood. And I learned that dinner was always supposed to be "capped off" with a sweet treat. <br />
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Of course as a child I ate more sweets than just two cookies per day. It's no secret that American kids find sugar everywhere everyday. Eating copious amounts of chocolate mattered a lot to me. But not in the way it should have. It mattered emotionally, not physically. I could self-medicate my depression with chocolate as much as I wanted without gaining weight. Until I hit age 25, I never weighed more than 118 lbs (and was usually more around 105).<br />
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As I grew up and became more educated about health, I started rationalizing my sugary habits.<br />
-I eat lots of healthy food, so it doesn't matter if I eat a lot of chocolate too.<br />
-I almost never eat fast food.<br />
-I NEVER drink soda.<br />
-I almost never eat anything sugary if it doesn't have chocolate (thus eliminating quite a few calorie sources)<br />
-I'm almost completely vegetarian.<br />
-I exercise several times a week. <br />
-I'm still too skinny.<br />
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And yet somehow, in spite of my "healthy" lifestyle, I started gaining weight sometime after 26. And it wasn't cool. On this blog I've already talked about some of my weight struggles, so I won't go into huge detail. Suffice it to say that my heaviest was just too heavy for my 5'2" frame. I hated looking at myself in the mirror, and didn't want to see any pictures of myself.<br />
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Finally I cut down (notice I didn't say "cut out") on my rationalizing and started working on the trouble areas. In July of this past summer, I started doing P90X workouts with a couple of friends. When the school year started, our new principal happily surprised the staff by arranging for us to be able to work out for free with a boot-camp style training organization called <a href="http://campgladiator.com/">Camp Gladiator</a>. So I started working out with them twice a week, and I'm happy to say that I love the workouts and I've kept it up. I also do a combo of walking and jogging everyday. But increasing my exercise only decreased my pounds by 7 or 8, and I wanted to lose more.<br />
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I realized that I was only going to lose more by changing my diet. You see, I was still rationalizing..."Since I exercise SO MUCH I should be able to eat whatever I want." Sadly, this just isn't true for me. I can't eat as many healthy foods as I want, exercise as much as I do, and eat the amount of chocolate I was eating and still lose weight. So about 15 days ago I decided to see what cutting out sugar for a month would do for me. 10 days ago I stopped eating chocolate, and other sugary sweets. Originally the plan was to cut sugar completely, but I realized that wasn't going to work. Not right now anyway. So I decided to cut anything that looked like, or could be confused with dessert. And I'm down 2 more pounds. To be fair, I lost some weight while I was sick a couple of weeks ago, and the 2lbs are actually just pounds that I didn't gain back after being sick. Still, that's something.<br />
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Aside from wanting to lose weight, there's another reason that it's
important for me to at least temporarily sever sweets. I realized that
my dependency on them was absolutely real. And it's kind of ironic that
this dependency has been in place for most of my life. About 3 years ago I started taking medication for anxiety/depression. The medication helps SO MUCH, and yet I kind of hate that I'm dependent on a pill to help me have normal emotions. So, if I'm bothered by taking a pill that actually really helps, how can I not be bothered by a dependency on sugar...which really doesn't help or increase my health?<br />
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And so it's been 10 days; which is about 5 days longer than I've ever gone before. I plan to go until February 7. We'll see what happens after that. <br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-2763089603288838212012-07-11T15:11:00.000-06:002012-07-16T21:22:52.825-06:00Ombre Quilled Monogram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I had a sudden urge to craft. I have a small obsession with grey and yellow right now, and I also love ombre, so I wanted to put all that together. I came up with this semi-quilled monogram. This was a super easy project. I painted the R grey, quilled a bunch of marquis, and mod podged them on. <br />
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Unfortunately, these colors don't go with anything in our house. So, it'll probably go in my classroom when school starts.<br />
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The bride, Thai. </div>
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Here, I'm holding my bouquet against my dress. </div>
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I had the honer of being the matron of honor.</div>
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The mothers' corsages</div>
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Husband's boutinnier is on the left. He was the best man.</div>
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Another shot of my bouquet.</div>
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A final shot of the bride's bouquet. </div>
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It's always hard to get good pictures, or any pictures at all, when I'm in the wedding party. But it's also always a joy whenever I get to work with flowers. <br />
<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-20593992828913507662012-03-02T18:05:00.004-07:002012-03-02T18:16:48.133-07:00Colorful Quilled Poster<div style="text-align: center;">Two weeks ago I became the full-time 5th and 6th grade teacher at my school.<br />I wanted to make a gift for the students, and the classroom.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MkUgnqsybhhYakAQdoqdjfUNFrCrFaKdu8Smpqjww3mUJY0cI_7vSLSHZ_pkxTuSjrVincySUku-2OFkSrZAc5TpmNDNtylHPGMvZYFuKMOrgmidecqqAmkQo4fQAGD4hiq9CLlGuZQ/s1600/poster+007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MkUgnqsybhhYakAQdoqdjfUNFrCrFaKdu8Smpqjww3mUJY0cI_7vSLSHZ_pkxTuSjrVincySUku-2OFkSrZAc5TpmNDNtylHPGMvZYFuKMOrgmidecqqAmkQo4fQAGD4hiq9CLlGuZQ/s400/poster+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715471408629762082" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted it to be something that the students would appreciate,<br />and something that was very much a part of me.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSL09Wro4HWDe9L2URe5C0PGCSRRerZRAymJc3j8NwH1E78C5f6qnmRe6keUMFcidrdqEHX0KLKmbJlwFrUXPAKHIQZ2mDNFKh7F2ARU_UP0njZGppuRp4Z-Pn6V8QvxN-eL7AgDegdaM/s1600/poster+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSL09Wro4HWDe9L2URe5C0PGCSRRerZRAymJc3j8NwH1E78C5f6qnmRe6keUMFcidrdqEHX0KLKmbJlwFrUXPAKHIQZ2mDNFKh7F2ARU_UP0njZGppuRp4Z-Pn6V8QvxN-eL7AgDegdaM/s400/poster+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715471402094539906" border="0" /></a>So I came up with this giant, quilled poster.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTtUtRWWmbP92mFaZPvx0KL6NfJ79mL4gYTVo-uNifhL3U3ycCd31d8kJ-l3cUj9o9EHb08Udalgm63DSt1VpnDMVMhI89MdusTGzfVEWihQGA3uOfXV55a7_cKwz1WlQzRGZc8whyphenhyphen1U/s1600/poster+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTtUtRWWmbP92mFaZPvx0KL6NfJ79mL4gYTVo-uNifhL3U3ycCd31d8kJ-l3cUj9o9EHb08Udalgm63DSt1VpnDMVMhI89MdusTGzfVEWihQGA3uOfXV55a7_cKwz1WlQzRGZc8whyphenhyphen1U/s400/poster+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715471404681152018" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a lot of work since I had to cut all the strips.<br />They are thicker than the usual 1/8th width of quilling paper.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMT3n4wjq_tOi9SxzUBQbRNSW29c4hNoUkW5JuVXPl8BrvK48W51JnYnE_OyA3crfI1rcrD6h8QlU4VWHaaMVEemHhyqSGMBCVxcppQeDKFhIuSMuKmdlYD2uNTKjKpY-jY2oSFfqTD8/s1600/poster+004.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIxTfJXfpZwAan7GrdrPtKz18EHAQ4d1Mb5kIRUyNjVvmX-dBLDRtrS7iHlYNhZsuDAztFrrEdYKQ7w_DojP42g3N45rk6u_hZYsCBcRkKA36XJ8gNoOSlaBE3QKSvICTH-oKQquBHo4/s400/poster+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715471203539272930" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So now it hangs proudly in the classroom.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The students think it's pretty cool.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXBFRu1lBzm5FXU7MoFQNkgBSVLXK9O_D0VS_iZqc8cF0xFFtEujY1Py4xHVkDXpebN3GAIGoAdodlVmlIfIFaEy6J3tKE62QZNm1j4jZSI_W-u0WSflygJmcZtyh0HdxaGMG_lWM5K0/s1600/poster+008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXBFRu1lBzm5FXU7MoFQNkgBSVLXK9O_D0VS_iZqc8cF0xFFtEujY1Py4xHVkDXpebN3GAIGoAdodlVmlIfIFaEy6J3tKE62QZNm1j4jZSI_W-u0WSflygJmcZtyh0HdxaGMG_lWM5K0/s400/poster+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715471011330460082" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next step is to get it framed.<br /></div>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-71042458911643254412012-02-25T09:57:00.005-07:002012-02-25T10:12:15.382-07:00Cake Pop AddictsConfession: My students (5th and 6th graders) are cake pop addicts and it's my fault. A couple of months ago, I needed an excuse to try making cake pops (why I thought I needed an excuse, I don't know). So, I told my students that if they missed five or less, as a total class, on their spelling tests, I would make them cake pops. They didn't know what cake pops were, but when I explained, the dream of cake on a stick was enough. The 5th graders made their goal that very first week. I went ahead and made them for everyone. They were an instant hit.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0gieJ10H4IOh1WL9PW5me_sSH8VOZVknSN4AqV7eORvN7ju1HjcLiyOjU1KQ4G5l_HZjH2CgGACezC6Kkhxqy0Jrb8gAdY2HntVayE46jZgE3gqO5PabDFamav2WQ5uZ9IyOnAKQyWs/s1600/cake+pops+and+poster+006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0gieJ10H4IOh1WL9PW5me_sSH8VOZVknSN4AqV7eORvN7ju1HjcLiyOjU1KQ4G5l_HZjH2CgGACezC6Kkhxqy0Jrb8gAdY2HntVayE46jZgE3gqO5PabDFamav2WQ5uZ9IyOnAKQyWs/s400/cake+pops+and+poster+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713118650057651746" border="0" /></a><br />Since then, I've made them two other times. The ones in the picture were for Valentine's. I wish I had taken more pictures, but it was LATE at night, and I was desperate to go to bed. My pops are not perfectly round, and the pink for Valentine's didn't turn out as pink as I wanted...but truthfully, 10-12 year-old students getting a present from their teacher just don't care. What matters is that they made their spelling goal, which means cake on a stick. They are incredibly "treat" motivated....hmmm, how else can I use that?Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-1696026498187194572012-02-17T09:35:00.004-07:002012-02-17T10:53:49.030-07:00Tangerine and Light Blue<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcQhAa-6Ueuj51OV4MLWgTrTVzfzWnw6zONOscPqFbKjqf6I0Gvwr42HZhK_ZEzBCkyA4r_HMA-vdoJO1WaPr1XN9YDUUdy0-nB2xcqe8E0QuAnxr7N7gks3kbXtmdxr72Q4ALfpR_xw/s1600/V-day+003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcQhAa-6Ueuj51OV4MLWgTrTVzfzWnw6zONOscPqFbKjqf6I0Gvwr42HZhK_ZEzBCkyA4r_HMA-vdoJO1WaPr1XN9YDUUdy0-nB2xcqe8E0QuAnxr7N7gks3kbXtmdxr72Q4ALfpR_xw/s400/V-day+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710162370171118802" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My SIL has a friend with whom she regularly exchanges letters<br />(wish we all did). <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbRDULaaHNukKCWoinJinY1kNyYXgNZLysCwumQ76IpBvbu5F85APLFkseWMsTNIN_rS_1FURp9cvUFReu5HxREqY7e0hHrWE1BnJH6dOpZSNnlI47UIDAqGpo5mWjN6IGCFsCDZtdNg/s1600/V-day+004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbRDULaaHNukKCWoinJinY1kNyYXgNZLysCwumQ76IpBvbu5F85APLFkseWMsTNIN_rS_1FURp9cvUFReu5HxREqY7e0hHrWE1BnJH6dOpZSNnlI47UIDAqGpo5mWjN6IGCFsCDZtdNg/s400/V-day+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710162374945998770" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So she asked me to make her some cards,<br />which I readily agreed to do.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagSEDgPzBjOkBh-nWJ4n41-WN1WXmnb3Adkd9CJScGJwvcdwXUHStNO1rfIp_1wnNtuaGSshrLGsGGkRYbf2iD8BH13ZECH6GkPxTXpIyA-Lhgd15jBr9CtEf38zpowJr7DMxFJvBFuE/s1600/V-day+007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagSEDgPzBjOkBh-nWJ4n41-WN1WXmnb3Adkd9CJScGJwvcdwXUHStNO1rfIp_1wnNtuaGSshrLGsGGkRYbf2iD8BH13ZECH6GkPxTXpIyA-Lhgd15jBr9CtEf38zpowJr7DMxFJvBFuE/s400/V-day+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710162224179457474" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She told me that she likes eggshell blue, and tangerine,<br />but left me to my creative devices beyond that.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhB5sG-FH8Zckaai3Pt_S_dN3aSzM0viRLI71LU4Gu9Kc2XiwFJ_Bdti0Ahn3Q1zxEVFC4PF0G4ruSdIhMeR5quIUi2CtDQqRN5ejgU2nBrl-BkU5J7z4NO-CHU6R1VuDgzrJcE-l2Jc/s1600/V-day+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhB5sG-FH8Zckaai3Pt_S_dN3aSzM0viRLI71LU4Gu9Kc2XiwFJ_Bdti0Ahn3Q1zxEVFC4PF0G4ruSdIhMeR5quIUi2CtDQqRN5ejgU2nBrl-BkU5J7z4NO-CHU6R1VuDgzrJcE-l2Jc/s400/V-day+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710162221199262482" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I couldn't find "eggshell" paper, but the orange I used is actually called "tangerine." <br />It's nice every once in a while when the stars align. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9gUDlAvjxJe6_MdMZ3nXdkdZ514HQTKZkemi2X1TCiqC7TmYig0X9GClgfK517IkmxRsJDIlSTaejV_Ht1lyDsKqH0zcQotG8UTUPnfdOxa8LtYORdwcBXX9VA8_82kEPjNDcckxjdE/s1600/V-day+006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9gUDlAvjxJe6_MdMZ3nXdkdZ514HQTKZkemi2X1TCiqC7TmYig0X9GClgfK517IkmxRsJDIlSTaejV_Ht1lyDsKqH0zcQotG8UTUPnfdOxa8LtYORdwcBXX9VA8_82kEPjNDcckxjdE/s400/V-day+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710162229997501026" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And so these birds were born.<br />I've mentioned before that I like simple cards,<br />ones that can actually fit into a regular envelope.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo_FNDX0NymVlBkNAjq_2KOzuDTWJ1SA7STXlX7B-grf4jguVIm2oaPxLMssiir5fOxAYyPvMpckPMKT3ArFPBKLjKPla4jxvkw1YlxcTtrQ8RlU4nUsaZaNtDu18B4jlbmO8gM8HUgc/s1600/V-day+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo_FNDX0NymVlBkNAjq_2KOzuDTWJ1SA7STXlX7B-grf4jguVIm2oaPxLMssiir5fOxAYyPvMpckPMKT3ArFPBKLjKPla4jxvkw1YlxcTtrQ8RlU4nUsaZaNtDu18B4jlbmO8gM8HUgc/s400/V-day+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710162058213618994" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here they are, all cutely 'twined and ready to go.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFukV_8kTUdeacEN6pWkLdLNnreyOQEB_A7E9zNJK_LzDuWMJcQAQZ5ZKH0shlhOk2wj61F9edNmTrafONFg6RrA7g1ZZJv58s75LzKlw0Qa5NKpevQ-vI3KItf0qOtzupIiAHKiHANQ8/s1600/V-day+009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFukV_8kTUdeacEN6pWkLdLNnreyOQEB_A7E9zNJK_LzDuWMJcQAQZ5ZKH0shlhOk2wj61F9edNmTrafONFg6RrA7g1ZZJv58s75LzKlw0Qa5NKpevQ-vI3KItf0qOtzupIiAHKiHANQ8/s400/V-day+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710162061632241330" border="0" /></a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-21133229855765035312012-02-07T11:51:00.005-07:002012-02-07T13:06:54.554-07:00Valentine's Door DecorHusband and I are not big celebrators of Valentine's Day. We are in love, but we just don't really care that much about V-Day. This year we are going to a Jim Brickman concert on the 10th, but it's really more of a happy coincidence that the dates are close.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HL0zHEleQf2WpWlDRDdT_dTcwUdEp92K_GqZGesVdIApzejmWnhvQV83Ju-KNAbHF3DG1jHG5i8cgOLBX7T1t_J-oxbFEOyiKndCL6T25ZF69YnfYjlkSRssvgqXQagAXc_qvrceUW8/s1600/V-day+012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HL0zHEleQf2WpWlDRDdT_dTcwUdEp92K_GqZGesVdIApzejmWnhvQV83Ju-KNAbHF3DG1jHG5i8cgOLBX7T1t_J-oxbFEOyiKndCL6T25ZF69YnfYjlkSRssvgqXQagAXc_qvrceUW8/s400/V-day+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706468648608974354" border="0" /></a> All that being said, I do like a good reason to decorate (even if it's just a little), and Valentine's Day gives me one. I made this simple Monogram with ribbon for our door. It's a little small, I think, so I may tweak it a little. For now, I think it's cute and I'm just glad I actually got it up before Valentine's. I wish it was a sunnier day, so that the picture could be a little brighter. Oh well.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uaSN-16N5a-_sGfp9QNPaZwNEKQOe_A5lfDXPsDcMUhatMJHLJDRROSEuD5CPA2-l4jCWV4eh4zWGcPXAfT0DoabXgIYHQqEKC9brqJ6-jaYTtS_t1wuxd3IAZuQK21gQ966RxyHR1M/s1600/V-day+013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uaSN-16N5a-_sGfp9QNPaZwNEKQOe_A5lfDXPsDcMUhatMJHLJDRROSEuD5CPA2-l4jCWV4eh4zWGcPXAfT0DoabXgIYHQqEKC9brqJ6-jaYTtS_t1wuxd3IAZuQK21gQ966RxyHR1M/s400/V-day+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706468655173462594" border="0" /></a><br />A couple of weeks ago the puppy managed to grab my small purse off the table, run outside with it, empty the contents into muddy snow, and chew. my. glasses. in. half. To be honest, I wasn't that upset. I'd been wearing the same purple frames for eight years, which was about 7.5 years too long. This finally gave me the push to get my eyes checked and get new frames. These are much classier. So here's what I look like these days...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUiy6pPerZdnG0NuZaUDg8B5-eK_0HHUXfH1fbKPOf7h4B9OBVvqi15BvPzE9QwmdYxOHCDL6ftzR88yq4PRZtPcafwrQB9-K4w0uprQ7_gFsAr-IC-_t2rBIuNDYKohucjpmt7CuAwc/s1600/new+glasses+020+251.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUiy6pPerZdnG0NuZaUDg8B5-eK_0HHUXfH1fbKPOf7h4B9OBVvqi15BvPzE9QwmdYxOHCDL6ftzR88yq4PRZtPcafwrQB9-K4w0uprQ7_gFsAr-IC-_t2rBIuNDYKohucjpmt7CuAwc/s400/new+glasses+020+251.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706468417495066290" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2012/02/take-look-tuesday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SugarBee-CraftEdition+%28Sugar+Bee+-+Craft+Edition%29">Sugar Bee Crafts</a><br /><a href="http://www.mommybydaycrafterbynight.com/">Mommy by Day...</a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-86956727296197356252012-01-27T18:03:00.004-07:002012-01-27T18:37:47.689-07:00M is for MaxI made this mappy "M" monogram for a student named Max. He was in my 5th grade class, but only for 10 weeks. He came over from Korea for an intensive United States experience. The school where I teach is part of a program that educates Korean kids for their short stay, and I was lucky to get Max in my class. Not only was he in my class, but I also tutored him in English for 2 hours a night Monday-Thursday. Our time together was a classic case of "I was the teacher, but who really learned more?"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjABnt2vxNvsruCcBl3d0TNlJM4ZndcqC4Wnv3gWnAGYOCYY32K-_oAmyNE5y5L7s7kpya64ZN1D1UfJnp287xj1rxOvmEeiDbjh2NjrDto338pQnjEwHoRvGisPum58xUYKyb23rQ8io/s1600/Valentines1+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjABnt2vxNvsruCcBl3d0TNlJM4ZndcqC4Wnv3gWnAGYOCYY32K-_oAmyNE5y5L7s7kpya64ZN1D1UfJnp287xj1rxOvmEeiDbjh2NjrDto338pQnjEwHoRvGisPum58xUYKyb23rQ8io/s400/Valentines1+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702483450358889986" border="0" /></a>I'm so glad I got to know him, in all his quirkiness. He hates most Korean food and his favorite food is a good ol' American hotdog. I introduced him to cake pops, and his life will never be the same. Every night after I brought him one he asked "You bring the cake candy?" At the age of 11 he's already studying English, and United States history so that he can get his citizenship as soon as possible. I hope he does. It's his dream.<br /><br />Before the students come to the States, they choose an "American" name. Sang Wu chose "Max" because he heard it from a movie, and liked it. At the end of school on Thursday, his last day, I presented him with this little present, along with a card that all of his classmates had signed. I told him that even though he'll go back to Korea and become Sang Wu again, there will always be a part of him who is still Max.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCR7hTgWqVRuaS1S3ZgW0n_R2jtEZ6R4-BxmAnNzhNf47L2liGJ-UI5NIbj7z01WNg8qrouZKEHr-xd_YH9TgIFBoPrVsrFH6Wx2u1dI-qs6j8Ym6bFr4-L6B4pPklSJyU8VLnxeNMh4/s1600/Valentines1+006+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCR7hTgWqVRuaS1S3ZgW0n_R2jtEZ6R4-BxmAnNzhNf47L2liGJ-UI5NIbj7z01WNg8qrouZKEHr-xd_YH9TgIFBoPrVsrFH6Wx2u1dI-qs6j8Ym6bFr4-L6B4pPklSJyU8VLnxeNMh4/s400/Valentines1+006+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702483453903400338" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I already miss him!<br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/"><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a><br /></div></div>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-53492037298812754112012-01-07T11:42:00.004-07:002012-01-13T18:22:10.949-07:00Wildflowers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecuVxGl3-agQMCQbUZVDT4DzuDBOh6mqwfMfMJF-51KtPyhyphenhyphenp1rCqf6ikCcisdxz0bEL1uHLtSI0ZaxYXaqmFuTc_jVcKGNbrlIJhKeoRBzTgkHD-fRZ9ylmanip_h2jwPWU0BAgMtHw/s1600/mom+flowers+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecuVxGl3-agQMCQbUZVDT4DzuDBOh6mqwfMfMJF-51KtPyhyphenhyphenp1rCqf6ikCcisdxz0bEL1uHLtSI0ZaxYXaqmFuTc_jVcKGNbrlIJhKeoRBzTgkHD-fRZ9ylmanip_h2jwPWU0BAgMtHw/s400/mom+flowers+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694962369593515154" border="0" /></a>I made this little wildflower scene for my mom and step-dad as a Christmas present. It was a lot of work; the flowers fill up an 8x11 piece of paper. It's the biggest piece I've done so far. I was a little hurried, and I don't think quilling was ever meant to be a hurried art. But I still think it turned out well. I meant it to look like a little wildflower patch. Anyway, the recipients liked it, and I have plans to do more projects like this. I would have taken more pictures, but I only remembered to take this one as we were headed out the door to the airport!<br /><br />Linked up:<br /><a href="http://sassysites.blogspot.com/">Sassy Sites</a><br /><a href="http://thirtyhandmadedays.com/">Thirty Days</a><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/01/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-project-life-giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOivM+%28Tatertots+and+Jello%29">Tatertots and Jello</a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-28937393975133091032011-12-21T18:37:00.008-07:002011-12-23T19:27:30.761-07:00Berries and TurquoiseNow that I'm on Christmas break, I finally made it to Michael's to figure out exactly what to create for our door. All season I've been wanting red berries, and something turquoise. This is what I came up with, and I LOVE it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5dlzftj2_BGTLMrBOgiCQ9zMwTH58NmtfxaSZ8MKcpTy0c8BlVeMP2hSvWxSMhYnwFV-Kd-5Zg4hWimWaHwccHo70Z3HZ0k_B9E_ZSGkoBzGNUa1b6srNAzuFysi258Z40IHL_g9G2w/s1600/001+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5dlzftj2_BGTLMrBOgiCQ9zMwTH58NmtfxaSZ8MKcpTy0c8BlVeMP2hSvWxSMhYnwFV-Kd-5Zg4hWimWaHwccHo70Z3HZ0k_B9E_ZSGkoBzGNUa1b6srNAzuFysi258Z40IHL_g9G2w/s400/001+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688761054873487858" border="0" /></a>It was so cheap; I already had the frame, and all rest (berries, ribbon, ornament) were 50%-70% off at Michaels. I think the total cost was around $6. So worth it!<br /><br />It was simple, too...I used the snipped-off wire stems of the berries to attach the berry branches to the frame (there's no glue on this beauty anywhere). Then I wrapped wired ribbon around it, hung the "Noel" from the frame, and attached a ribbon "hanger." Easy, easy easy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZwoKsIizXgPLDGs-kQnnbh5KrFPSGSOvNBBi61WH3FtwTpC0PshmGzke033GSUv4JneQAKRu8NB4mFhAUu4dNGvjuoemRrQfIMKue8H5U3JlwsQX_UbYMqUEPt1Fgp0AHr_lZFSK5nY/s1600/004+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZwoKsIizXgPLDGs-kQnnbh5KrFPSGSOvNBBi61WH3FtwTpC0PshmGzke033GSUv4JneQAKRu8NB4mFhAUu4dNGvjuoemRrQfIMKue8H5U3JlwsQX_UbYMqUEPt1Fgp0AHr_lZFSK5nY/s400/004+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688761050069314274" border="0" /></a><br />I gave my not-so-traditional wreath away to a friend who loves it and will give it a good home. For reasons I won't bore you with, I was just DONE with it. I'm glad it has a good home, though. Thanks for taking it off my hands, Thai.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22n2FsT6vOpYmdPT3jbnzL7igTQRD-nJv_lXResGBA59M6cI5rgbzlco3buOp7lsiPG8tGF99R93VeSf1hP05E9Txm0TxlZNvpMZCbxTtQdThdVM2y8EXCPEeWJVDPsFPA0Wlm13XghU/s1600/Christmas+11+2+024+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22n2FsT6vOpYmdPT3jbnzL7igTQRD-nJv_lXResGBA59M6cI5rgbzlco3buOp7lsiPG8tGF99R93VeSf1hP05E9Txm0TxlZNvpMZCbxTtQdThdVM2y8EXCPEeWJVDPsFPA0Wlm13XghU/s400/Christmas+11+2+024+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688761493697072834" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.the36thavenue.com/2011/12/give-me-sugar-and-party-time.html">36th Avenue</a><br /><a href="http://sassysites.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-friday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SassySites+%28Sassy+Sites%21%29">Sassy Sites</a><br /><a href="http://thirtyhandmadedays.com/"></a><a href="http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/">Young and Crafty</a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-4867692002414255622011-12-21T08:44:00.005-07:002011-12-22T18:41:42.365-07:00Christmas Break and Quilling<div style="text-align: center;">I'm finally on Christmas break!<br />I'm a part time teacher in a 5th and 6th grade classroom.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIze0swd-YBDAVprd-S7hmSyGNZp7MD1ESLjtoDTFnp5pwmP6M0-rVdcMXN88SfYC7GvuBxDigPW6JDMPfeBPRRfYGuaBGImgJOOHqTyMDEvY-XyPiwgQilgaE2FS8MYOH0WIH5tE6PEM/s1600/004+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIze0swd-YBDAVprd-S7hmSyGNZp7MD1ESLjtoDTFnp5pwmP6M0-rVdcMXN88SfYC7GvuBxDigPW6JDMPfeBPRRfYGuaBGImgJOOHqTyMDEvY-XyPiwgQilgaE2FS8MYOH0WIH5tE6PEM/s400/004+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688608776685527186" border="0" /></a></div>Btw, DIY Blogland, while I appreciated that there were 1.5 billion ideas for gifts for students to give their teachers, I didn't appreciate that I didn't see one single idea for teachers giving gifts to students. It's okay, you know I love you. I also love the dollar section at Target.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsaPjvSHVpwvITrGcd_yxPjC8nCxn3bhyvgkFELBHzjOxT1URtACwBtJ8Md0rboRMsXOFRvibYDjQM0g1o34Nt_OrQ73k3J0-f595Ogx3PxowL75psYNU4a82M2Nuv3i2LwLsYFQxpns/s1600/006+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsaPjvSHVpwvITrGcd_yxPjC8nCxn3bhyvgkFELBHzjOxT1URtACwBtJ8Md0rboRMsXOFRvibYDjQM0g1o34Nt_OrQ73k3J0-f595Ogx3PxowL75psYNU4a82M2Nuv3i2LwLsYFQxpns/s400/006+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688608775918015874" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Now that I'm on break, I plan on some laziness...<br />demonstrated by my favorite pup.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wHHAa7Tjh5Ox3FQSbScFK8Oes4jNNLE139R_i1VgxeHCBbRZ7tQsXBwPbvQMXUV1-F5opVCng22afq2IIbUEwhqJVgYsLvzzdXAhGfNTZyl6Kn3JbtQsRlbm6hLWbqTuhb_k0qirk08/s1600/002+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wHHAa7Tjh5Ox3FQSbScFK8Oes4jNNLE139R_i1VgxeHCBbRZ7tQsXBwPbvQMXUV1-F5opVCng22afq2IIbUEwhqJVgYsLvzzdXAhGfNTZyl6Kn3JbtQsRlbm6hLWbqTuhb_k0qirk08/s400/002+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688608777855425554" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also plan to do more quilling.<br />I'm just in love with making snowflakes.<br />Here's one that I made for a coworker.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQsKFgtXtXMt7kz8ACOXt3UshS3ZppKUZ5qYwmtgUYztVhsBeLPei9bPbuSCZgI46dN92n10WGoZTTD15C-LwjcQcjna2R4GwvDEiJjLuZ08MITorzIuvj7Av4fOEUI0ltbEFzSlx390/s1600/014+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQsKFgtXtXMt7kz8ACOXt3UshS3ZppKUZ5qYwmtgUYztVhsBeLPei9bPbuSCZgI46dN92n10WGoZTTD15C-LwjcQcjna2R4GwvDEiJjLuZ08MITorzIuvj7Av4fOEUI0ltbEFzSlx390/s400/014+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688608275455663778" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp52heSuRRF-FA7HJLMoaqA4sB8Iq1dQGul6QTEP9oz5bYI7_uwMSJjgRCk6UfI9RFiXwbdyqeS3nf4lmsoQpVoQCRDnEbPq3fOA7jf1Z78OIz7xaAj1tc56yAqi16FX71y-MVxigya1o/s1600/016+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp52heSuRRF-FA7HJLMoaqA4sB8Iq1dQGul6QTEP9oz5bYI7_uwMSJjgRCk6UfI9RFiXwbdyqeS3nf4lmsoQpVoQCRDnEbPq3fOA7jf1Z78OIz7xaAj1tc56yAqi16FX71y-MVxigya1o/s400/016+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688608282400172050" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.the36thavenue.com/2011/12/give-me-sugar-and-party-time.html"><br />36th Avenue</a><br /><a href="http://sassysites.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-friday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SassySites+%28Sassy+Sites%21%29">Sassy Sites</a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-68954597372071334052011-12-09T15:03:00.006-07:002011-12-09T20:13:22.577-07:00Not-quite-traditional Wreath<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1jQDq_hPqsH38E_wOLnD2v6pQDwkkMgSZvFii4dvrOuTasrkYSJyXex13PDMeiQWao4bBywlUNCzEXVospRelP0v3yO7_SVUPRZOk1kgKtADTLeFrKg1c5Pr9oaGgA44wxm5b0aa458/s1600/Christmas+11+2+028+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1jQDq_hPqsH38E_wOLnD2v6pQDwkkMgSZvFii4dvrOuTasrkYSJyXex13PDMeiQWao4bBywlUNCzEXVospRelP0v3yO7_SVUPRZOk1kgKtADTLeFrKg1c5Pr9oaGgA44wxm5b0aa458/s400/Christmas+11+2+028+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684253337122247346" border="0" /></a>This is my not-quite-traditional Christmas wreath. I actually made it last Christmas for a holiday craft fair. It didn't sell. It also didn't sell at my second craft fair. Oh well, it at least it gets to be on my door now!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierUn-cr0gagkF4M94md1QhQRxwffSr8A2rXk8xtOr-ce-x6paYWFXGZKnC0RDrcQz9YRvdLxiOectEwxKEfLEelSkSkKMlFwJwrg7mqRZePMo6N_wyeuTSX0eO9mI7rFpjXQ3Aswlt8c/s1600/Christmas+11+2+039+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierUn-cr0gagkF4M94md1QhQRxwffSr8A2rXk8xtOr-ce-x6paYWFXGZKnC0RDrcQz9YRvdLxiOectEwxKEfLEelSkSkKMlFwJwrg7mqRZePMo6N_wyeuTSX0eO9mI7rFpjXQ3Aswlt8c/s400/Christmas+11+2+039+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684253333889249250" border="0" /></a>Each flower is hand-cut, and glued, and lovingly arranged. It took quite a while, but I think it was worth it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQkv75ZfpYS03IXtllP6TkTJOCXkbQb6H91Wbwj7dkAUIqbPxXzlIzr7tZN7qD3LccKlCqY4342x9SCKvfeHiPOVn1tT5_8LzfnoKFz6N86oAI5DkecsAnJckMOz4yVgs6OTCg14HjWs/s1600/Christmas+11+2+045+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQkv75ZfpYS03IXtllP6TkTJOCXkbQb6H91Wbwj7dkAUIqbPxXzlIzr7tZN7qD3LccKlCqY4342x9SCKvfeHiPOVn1tT5_8LzfnoKFz6N86oAI5DkecsAnJckMOz4yVgs6OTCg14HjWs/s400/Christmas+11+2+045+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684252952672240290" border="0" /></a>The flowers are made from a vintage devotional book, which makes them extra special.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0h0a3dbtR3OOAdETqETw4pOaB8P-4btRwtmxeNZiMq_dMQF_6Rh3qFwfdWcF9v3kK9GL7CGmeWJNm6PiKtn-R7jjZnb0VJWx5na_IJ3Ex_E4XuvDugSu0d5F-9yLZCW_-S-eEtu0cXU/s1600/Christmas+11+2+043+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0h0a3dbtR3OOAdETqETw4pOaB8P-4btRwtmxeNZiMq_dMQF_6Rh3qFwfdWcF9v3kK9GL7CGmeWJNm6PiKtn-R7jjZnb0VJWx5na_IJ3Ex_E4XuvDugSu0d5F-9yLZCW_-S-eEtu0cXU/s400/Christmas+11+2+043+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684252954602985650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfa-V6E24fYV4J9ZMuaVzQTlv7biItW82P5ubulL7mE6EzQDNx1yHNMraX7F-Gmnv4ezcPEG2C_8O3HhSY81J5AOHgDdd7s3Tf7_2xgvN9WFLc-wJ9O894uMfPeKuFmMCkFWKkqGDBWM/s1600/Christmas+11+2+024+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfa-V6E24fYV4J9ZMuaVzQTlv7biItW82P5ubulL7mE6EzQDNx1yHNMraX7F-Gmnv4ezcPEG2C_8O3HhSY81J5AOHgDdd7s3Tf7_2xgvN9WFLc-wJ9O894uMfPeKuFmMCkFWKkqGDBWM/s400/Christmas+11+2+024+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684253347745849378" border="0" /></a>It's not really what I had in mind for our door this year, but it'll have to do for now. My vision for the door has thus far been a total craft fail (more on that later).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Oops, how did she get in a post about a wreath? Oh well. Isn't she adorable?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGltccc5tLu1a22Z-t7HTlUWI98xGkrAKd6A_i5alG91yxO2nnij2FyaOgm8KdRVdjP92n9SH-TA0J-mrMYpSMxIUyy-oaTLAWAt5bLLqciSw_I8xGHacUEuU-QRLDooqJz2bsZKVjvE/s1600/Christmas+11+2+057+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGltccc5tLu1a22Z-t7HTlUWI98xGkrAKd6A_i5alG91yxO2nnij2FyaOgm8KdRVdjP92n9SH-TA0J-mrMYpSMxIUyy-oaTLAWAt5bLLqciSw_I8xGHacUEuU-QRLDooqJz2bsZKVjvE/s400/Christmas+11+2+057+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684252947583585778" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://thirtyhandmadedays.com/2011/12/linky_party_snap-giveaway/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+30handmadedays+%2830days%29">Thirty Days</a><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/12/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-a-year-of-sugar-scrubs-giveaway-8-winners.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOivM+%28Tatertots+and+Jello%29">Tatertots and Jello</a><br /><a href="http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/2011/12/free-for-all_09.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YoungAndCrafty+%28Young+and+Crafty%29">Young and Crafty</a><br /></div></div>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-80383379613048998612011-12-06T15:21:00.005-07:002011-12-08T20:25:31.656-07:00Quilled Poinsettia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToI9Qt2QkCr-AyUG27uiAQ2DtVH_2hRQ1nEe8RaSpkfAJV-LKWNMIWfU2E-RWLvW02AlSoi-5jOGJQ1YrHYipde_zH5JqxN2VY54TMhsJM1P895-UMmw2XkZ-q8S71MXZSuUfCiUPVQI/s1600/CRW_8244+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToI9Qt2QkCr-AyUG27uiAQ2DtVH_2hRQ1nEe8RaSpkfAJV-LKWNMIWfU2E-RWLvW02AlSoi-5jOGJQ1YrHYipde_zH5JqxN2VY54TMhsJM1P895-UMmw2XkZ-q8S71MXZSuUfCiUPVQI/s400/CRW_8244+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683144276616498130" border="0" /></a>Apparently I can't stop <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">quilling</span>. I whipped up this little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">poinsettia</span> in about 20 min. See, quilling doesn't have to take a long time. Then all I did was put it against some shimmery green paper and put it in a box-frame. It's quite small. It's one of those little treasures that you get as a reward for looking at the bookshelf. One should, after all, be rewarded for taking the time to look around a home. (And hopefully you see a poinsettia, and not a buggy-eyed monster with a beady eyes and a red mane. Oops, oh well.)<br /><br />Linked up:<br /><a href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2011/12/take-look-tuesday.html">Sugar Bee Crafts</a><br /><a href="http://sassysites.blogspot.com/2011/12/free-for-all-friday_08.html">Sassy Sites</a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-83458557865917640262011-11-27T20:32:00.015-07:002011-12-02T18:13:48.472-07:00Ombre Snowflake (and basic quilling tutorial)I really love the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">ombre</span> trend that's flying around the fashion and blog world these days! I thought I'd try my hand at a quilled, ombre snowflake. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2q5q0ThCaheHpClJM3IdSocQXlCTgtegpSdeexuCavyJuQ61Dd7ajgaMX-h8hBO9jMbW0uIiXWznd8-pc2kj1xyZkTiZlMJDQK1UTCdl9SHyclW6k53_aypdPfW-16ztjAD__Vw2KmuU/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2q5q0ThCaheHpClJM3IdSocQXlCTgtegpSdeexuCavyJuQ61Dd7ajgaMX-h8hBO9jMbW0uIiXWznd8-pc2kj1xyZkTiZlMJDQK1UTCdl9SHyclW6k53_aypdPfW-16ztjAD__Vw2KmuU/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679886715725926706" border="0" /></a>And since there was a request for some basic quilling tips, I thought I'd throw those in too.* Quilling takes a bit of practice, and a lot of patience, but in the end is not nearly as complicated as it looks.<br /><br />Your basic needs are a quilling tool (a pen-shaped dealy with a slotted end), a pin (for applying delicate dots of glue), glue (I like Aileen's fast-drying glue for all my paper crafts. I've also been known to use Mod Podge...basically you want a any glue that dries quick and clear), and of course quilling paper.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZpc8GbecY0n7iTLOEXxHsSLuVdU5hMItMcJIDHPMhOfv5g4NZFMm3TrlKdujwk28i4xPOea80Ba_6fdNsTWAGfJppC90Dbgvg6oji-OAS-802Y873hIFqjfFlvNk-rrasc9d3eP6kZ4/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZpc8GbecY0n7iTLOEXxHsSLuVdU5hMItMcJIDHPMhOfv5g4NZFMm3TrlKdujwk28i4xPOea80Ba_6fdNsTWAGfJppC90Dbgvg6oji-OAS-802Y873hIFqjfFlvNk-rrasc9d3eP6kZ4/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679886082775593426" border="0" /></a>This is quilling paper. It can be purchased in a variety of colors at most craft stores for $3-$5. Most the time it comes an 1/8" wide. You can cut your own, but it's a lot of brain damage to cut 1/8" strips whilst making sure that the edges are straight! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAU8U67HKeDjqM7LpZf1mTyzRavHhQ-tp0pWpUMEw62BVA6gInhfTzPRzAZmz9_j8S_z6KpzTjVLjcf9wvM0hNtkFiAHqOz13L3P_mct6MiBV67Gjs7UM_H6eQ2McMgHAsz-E0izf7xc/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAU8U67HKeDjqM7LpZf1mTyzRavHhQ-tp0pWpUMEw62BVA6gInhfTzPRzAZmz9_j8S_z6KpzTjVLjcf9wvM0hNtkFiAHqOz13L3P_mct6MiBV67Gjs7UM_H6eQ2McMgHAsz-E0izf7xc/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679886077738747810" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Step 1:<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hold the quilling tool like so, and slip one end of the paper through the slot.<br />(And please ignore my water-stained desktop.)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXzNiZsvKLbmOq42PWMJx6zMSzsBS-iQZ72DlTz3kRzy3B7_J7ww44GfbjnuUV7-Jy3iDwEDMRe59Sh2irUD_Y1gW-fG2mZVxDemUeoqVfMquD4TlAmmp59wQ4KcbSwMQoRmaaqFIT_w/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXzNiZsvKLbmOq42PWMJx6zMSzsBS-iQZ72DlTz3kRzy3B7_J7ww44GfbjnuUV7-Jy3iDwEDMRe59Sh2irUD_Y1gW-fG2mZVxDemUeoqVfMquD4TlAmmp59wQ4KcbSwMQoRmaaqFIT_w/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679886084464441266" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 2:</span></span><br />Twist the paper while keeping a reasonable amount of tension until you have a tightly-wrapped coil on your tool.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLf6Ored12xz8MHi6tPo9NI6V2lvCyGrsBxY7IsMzS5g3QOl9Yq1Sgk18r__31yxVYNXts8gSFx8-Isw7qkxUJSYCC8fhINKVuFFmmJuCvRyHAYSdf5Sdof-GVpyYUwB0MDmJg_fJw_4/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLf6Ored12xz8MHi6tPo9NI6V2lvCyGrsBxY7IsMzS5g3QOl9Yq1Sgk18r__31yxVYNXts8gSFx8-Isw7qkxUJSYCC8fhINKVuFFmmJuCvRyHAYSdf5Sdof-GVpyYUwB0MDmJg_fJw_4/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679885682650343234" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 3:</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> While holding the coil tightly, slip it off the tool.<br />You want to hold the coil tightly enough that it stays together,<br />but not so tight that it bends.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMmSCaHgryS3-7CMfZISGtY1Eo-G0E7Tx3jrQYQDYJ8HxYV4ORu3WaKNUGcXeIy-az1VPxe4bD5gBiFkfDHDfX36FX59WPjk2obMbekZBwjEX96nwro9OC_iX__0OcdF6-nz8a7zQQ-M/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMmSCaHgryS3-7CMfZISGtY1Eo-G0E7Tx3jrQYQDYJ8HxYV4ORu3WaKNUGcXeIy-az1VPxe4bD5gBiFkfDHDfX36FX59WPjk2obMbekZBwjEX96nwro9OC_iX__0OcdF6-nz8a7zQQ-M/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679885277729724818" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 4: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release the coil so that it relaxes into a spiral shape.<br />This part can be somewhat trial and error,<br />as you figure out how tight or loose you want your shape to end up.<br />More on that in a minute.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsSd1CPlKY7D21gFXggQCk4fCIfqmIuVJYBMWKFsZJihiU0kBA2a0l067IMZRcEvCN3vb_5bI_0e2sDPpzVkVu_3QmzjvOZCbnvLJ5KHMhrYtZt1Kncaog-7SZN2T63sOCT5SfwDlwZA/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsSd1CPlKY7D21gFXggQCk4fCIfqmIuVJYBMWKFsZJihiU0kBA2a0l067IMZRcEvCN3vb_5bI_0e2sDPpzVkVu_3QmzjvOZCbnvLJ5KHMhrYtZt1Kncaog-7SZN2T63sOCT5SfwDlwZA/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679885275498047218" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Step 5: </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pick your spiral up, and using your pin, dab a little bit of glue on the end.<br />You only want enough glue to get it to stick.<br />If you use too much, you'll have a gluey mess.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xStXc0_5IY9oeEvB4Et9ulFycd-fMx-y6w83nTql6j1w4SQ97y_tjKhAchRgIMHjUoN-cRRMrKmdDCo62xawMnoKZY1AebmMm3H9zVuVaD1iLbYuN6AizgezAGlvVesqY6KhfxvO3YA/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 365px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xStXc0_5IY9oeEvB4Et9ulFycd-fMx-y6w83nTql6j1w4SQ97y_tjKhAchRgIMHjUoN-cRRMrKmdDCo62xawMnoKZY1AebmMm3H9zVuVaD1iLbYuN6AizgezAGlvVesqY6KhfxvO3YA/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679885275995252002" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 6:</span></span><br />Pinch the coil/spiral into the shape you want.<br />In this picture, I pinched only one end to make a "raindrop."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCx4GIWSdHItlr_uR_kCa5pYGLivTKlFg-5LCnnykr0TzqWV2UBqfwW8pvw_m0s36tGlhoCZRkt31Sj0K_u8z13aUwj4YlR5L-1MRL6_7BE7yjNY7JMD7NOb9yqpcQESt08Z94ESdgCOo/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCx4GIWSdHItlr_uR_kCa5pYGLivTKlFg-5LCnnykr0TzqWV2UBqfwW8pvw_m0s36tGlhoCZRkt31Sj0K_u8z13aUwj4YlR5L-1MRL6_7BE7yjNY7JMD7NOb9yqpcQESt08Z94ESdgCOo/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679885682980716834" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's what I meant about how loose or tight your shape will end up. These two raindrops were made using the same length of paper, however, I let one relax into a larger coil, so the over all shape turned out larger and looser.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvQU975cz5z2I-EZWcL-nxf4tUj3gBOjj_q25hqy4O5pLCB8vFMvYOY4Bgag5g0-DXljz3CnEbUDOr7O_fXsWrmF2WZwAv_5nrvUw80Agw6AzWUJwH50Oc_CeynXWWRygNrKzni9Wj_M/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvQU975cz5z2I-EZWcL-nxf4tUj3gBOjj_q25hqy4O5pLCB8vFMvYOY4Bgag5g0-DXljz3CnEbUDOr7O_fXsWrmF2WZwAv_5nrvUw80Agw6AzWUJwH50Oc_CeynXWWRygNrKzni9Wj_M/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679885275652637090" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Step 7:<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Build from the inside out.<br />Before you glue the pieces to each other<br />(using small dabs of glue where needed),<br />play around with them so that they're arranged just how you want them.<br />There's no taking them apart once they're glued.<br /></div><br />(The "raindrops" here were hardly relaxed at all, just enough to give a little detail in the middle.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HW_YZCTprt_KkkSVJ_dnRbyzZOgfmjDwAmEwbJmHuemyGoFrUZkITlku4iI7TvhxLeKR7nKBVYouK7YhNWNrY3NVFGUqypryC0zOWib7V8nxAaG9JuGtSWtd8YdVc3jMe09Ts6hbw-Y/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HW_YZCTprt_KkkSVJ_dnRbyzZOgfmjDwAmEwbJmHuemyGoFrUZkITlku4iI7TvhxLeKR7nKBVYouK7YhNWNrY3NVFGUqypryC0zOWib7V8nxAaG9JuGtSWtd8YdVc3jMe09Ts6hbw-Y/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679884955113716514" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ahh, the subtle color change. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhgNee_4bNSktEIJK-5XtKvYVr-QRz1qkyba7hy6R61MO2MFPo0XxmqP3jvI-b_m8LT6hHpp1o5Ljp9BQdiCZGdgjN5rZiiUbfJ4VTNLubYEzWESCgrYVaDrSXcAERkpaniszwcUOgHA/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhgNee_4bNSktEIJK-5XtKvYVr-QRz1qkyba7hy6R61MO2MFPo0XxmqP3jvI-b_m8LT6hHpp1o5Ljp9BQdiCZGdgjN5rZiiUbfJ4VTNLubYEzWESCgrYVaDrSXcAERkpaniszwcUOgHA/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679884952570553922" border="0" /></a>It looks so fresh and wintery!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1M5Ij0Bf0NV91U6007sNemwBdSScqvQS2RKSZWkdBzyJMpx51l8aEbsIzvzt0EsAj_2v1eqEqsYX-7lEZM5FAXPOoy1I66-Tl7KzFUrtzwE0eimTeDfodDqzdQ2SuhgbYbMtfK_dm-D0/s1600/Ch+Crafts+11+024+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1M5Ij0Bf0NV91U6007sNemwBdSScqvQS2RKSZWkdBzyJMpx51l8aEbsIzvzt0EsAj_2v1eqEqsYX-7lEZM5FAXPOoy1I66-Tl7KzFUrtzwE0eimTeDfodDqzdQ2SuhgbYbMtfK_dm-D0/s400/Ch+Crafts+11+024+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679884766477593986" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Is that an oxymoron?)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />*This is far from a comprehensive quilling tutorial. I hesitate to call it a tutorial at all, but at least you get the idea of how quilling works. If you're interested in a more complete tutorial, you can find a lot of them by doing a google search for "quilling."<br /><br />Linked up:<br /><a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2011/11/diy-holiday-centerpieces.html">DIY Showoff</a><br /><a href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2011/11/take-look-tuesday_28.html">Sugar Bee Crafts</a><br /><a href="http://mommybydaycrafterbynight.blogspot.com/2011/11/ta-da-tuesday-link-party-15.html">Mommy by day, Crafter by night</a><br /><a href="http://mygirlishwhims.blogspot.com/2011/11/your-whims-wednesday-35-and-features.html">My Girlish Whims</a><br /><a href="http://www.the36thavenue.com/2011/11/advent-dry-erase-calendar-party-time.html">36th Avenue</a><br /><a href="http://passionatelyperfect.blogspot.com/2011/12/welcome-to-coffee-conversation-thursday.html">Passionately Perfect</a><br /><a href="http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/2011/11/pininspirational-thursdayslinky-party.html">The Artsy Girl Connection</a><br /><a href="http://sassysites.blogspot.com/2011/12/free-for-all-friday.html">Sassy Sites</a><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/12/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-hello-gorgeous-hair-extensions-giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOivM+%28Tatertots+and+Jello%29">Tatertots and Jello</a><br /></div></div>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-91328393573350088162011-11-23T16:44:00.008-07:002011-11-25T21:48:31.406-07:00Quilled SnowflakeMy poor neglected blog! I'm sorry I've been away so long! But I'm back, and I have lots of Christmas craftiness to share. The first finished project is this quilled snowflake.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilKx6h9vzIg5Pqr70WNRByly-n8rKKN52HwQLkuWtwatqe7H6HEAw-s1u6-FhfrXOzPd2iJWBCEpYGcHmiYAL0JjHiQh9gLvKT4qDZ2kfIfwauM2vX09fFQ9XyAflAODpX3sMMhu_Vw/s1600/snowflake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilKx6h9vzIg5Pqr70WNRByly-n8rKKN52HwQLkuWtwatqe7H6HEAw-s1u6-FhfrXOzPd2iJWBCEpYGcHmiYAL0JjHiQh9gLvKT4qDZ2kfIfwauM2vX09fFQ9XyAflAODpX3sMMhu_Vw/s400/snowflake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678341427226100210" border="0" /></a> Quilling is actually an ancient art. And while I'm no pro at it, I think it's really fun. Even the simplest pieces look complicated and ornate when put together. I wasn't following a particular pattern, just sorta made it up as I went along. It didn't take very long, and I love the way it turned out so I'll definitely be making more!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Projects coming up:</span><br />Christmas paper flowers<br />Cinnamon stick candles<br />Quilled ball ornaments<br />Glittered pine cones.<br /><br />Linked up:<br /><a href="http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/11/vip-party-38.html">Designer Garden</a><br /><a href="http://thirtyhandmadedays.com/2011/11/linky_party_64/">Thirty Days</a><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a><br /><a href="http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/2011/11/free-for-all_25.html">Young and Crafty</a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-40350052694064249172011-10-24T15:05:00.003-06:002011-10-24T21:14:31.605-06:00DIY Body Makeover (aka Lifestyle Changes)A long time ago, in high school and even all the way throughout college I weighed, well, not very much. I was a size 2, and I wasn't even trying (yes, I was that girl). In college I didn't have a lot of money for food. Oh, I got enough to eat, but I weighed my options carefully at the grocery store (imagine a girl standing in the produce department trying to decide if she should have potatoes or carrots this week...you get it). I was also pretty active in college. I hated team sports, but I loved walking, hiking, and biking.<br /><br />Now, four years out of college, this is me...about 25 pounds heavier. The truth is, I'm still not huge, just at the very upper end of my healthy weight limit. But I don't like being there.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZpSRNcGrpbOWHejmCi1AYeKkFaR1DjNrbx0kTMLSji2EKrS0XRbvHUWujoL_G8l-PEsdCwSgJtKbnzeeTEG_X2qSxDPjCGpUnPdK1YVySrHr51N2Myz9dWk1zEJiECq4y4ihwL0iFI0/s1600/Ranch+Fall+11+022+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZpSRNcGrpbOWHejmCi1AYeKkFaR1DjNrbx0kTMLSji2EKrS0XRbvHUWujoL_G8l-PEsdCwSgJtKbnzeeTEG_X2qSxDPjCGpUnPdK1YVySrHr51N2Myz9dWk1zEJiECq4y4ihwL0iFI0/s400/Ranch+Fall+11+022+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666848778958454722" border="0" /></a>When I started gaining weight, I commented to someone that maybe I should lose some. The reply was "Losing weight is too hard, just buy new clothes." I believed that person...losing weight did feel too hard. I gained more weight. Finally, at the beginning of the summer I started exercising; I lost a little, but wasn't willing to change my eating habits. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, I decided that if I was going to lose weight, I had to make some (gasp!) lifestyle changes. Truthfully it is hard. Really hard. Changing my eating has been way harder than adding exercise. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgxYgpwIvpNSSHrnfNtyotoCHGF3EHDqDViyj8k0uN5gtjsHy7Bo5fkdd28u6yYTigp-G-S8zMXe3DkInyoRgOsImVS2d_clDWRolx4TZ7R4rRLhjajT9k5wMsi4UjISUsphB9lAQ3HU/s1600/Kristina+with+Maggie+Hiking+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgxYgpwIvpNSSHrnfNtyotoCHGF3EHDqDViyj8k0uN5gtjsHy7Bo5fkdd28u6yYTigp-G-S8zMXe3DkInyoRgOsImVS2d_clDWRolx4TZ7R4rRLhjajT9k5wMsi4UjISUsphB9lAQ3HU/s400/Kristina+with+Maggie+Hiking+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666850705835614210" border="0" /></a>It helps that Maggie has to go for walks every. single. day or she'll go nuts, and in turn drive husband and I nuts. She's my faithful little exercise buddy; we walk and jog for anywhere from a half an hour to an hour per day. It's good for both of us!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5ZtoacAVlfRkvkzmGN1aOOVWwXr8rVdmlAkreOSPT4zKP6tcCLNvaL1pzI_np8dXddv0O7a_MxOOarRVPKkCGCe-sF94HTIMiSRbEWLvpsQvZa3jHPGnihrtGjAZCzsQHsvfiO_AWbs/s1600/Maggie+Hiking.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5ZtoacAVlfRkvkzmGN1aOOVWwXr8rVdmlAkreOSPT4zKP6tcCLNvaL1pzI_np8dXddv0O7a_MxOOarRVPKkCGCe-sF94HTIMiSRbEWLvpsQvZa3jHPGnihrtGjAZCzsQHsvfiO_AWbs/s400/Maggie+Hiking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666848777029502242" border="0" /></a>Although I've changed my eating habits (fewer simple carbs, less refined sugar, no eating after 8:00pm, better portion moderation), I'm not counting calories. I refuse. It's just too much brain damage for a lifestyle change. Sometimes I look to see how many calories something has in order to decide whether or not it's worth putting in my mouth. But I don't intend to count calories for the rest of my life. So this might be the slow way of doing things, but it's the right way for me...I think.<br /><br />Some (most?) days I'm still surprised when my pants don't fit quite like I'd like them too. I have to remind myself that I'm not trying to be a size 2 again. I'm trying to lose about 10 more pounds (I've already lost 4 in about 9 weeks). So, I'm going to start sharing some of my weight loss/ lifestyle changes here. Hope you don't mind.<br /><br />I've started setting goals for each week. Last week they were "Don't eat after 8pm," and "walk at least 4 1/2hrs." I didn't quite do the first (I did do 5 out of 7 nights, though), but I did walk about 5 1/2 hours.<br /><br />This weeks goals are, "Play chase in the yard with the dog for at least 10 minutes a day (in addition to walking/jogging)," and jog for good portions of three of this week's exercise sessions.<br /><br />Oh, I'm also only weighing myself once a week. I'm so much less stressed about my weight if I only see the numbers on the scale once a week, just enough to know how I've progressed.<br /><br />What about you? Any weight loss, lifestyle change tips for me?<br /><br /><a border="0" href="http://www.SugarBeeCrafts.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwDZNfwraIWgg8THELe3V2vJtMvMqpqDlJ9NLjojIpRLRfifTDvt7fe1zeZdrzaoizWN3XsCGEmgQB9pc2lzJzn8kHymPtlyfvcWn4SRxjpiJLjVW5ROjwhTncMepeKtO5R9f-FP9Q_NB/s800/takealookbutton.png" /></a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-18535983894229625192011-10-07T14:30:00.011-06:002011-10-12T16:20:38.284-06:00Addressing Our Address<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">As you can see from <a href="http://www.alwaysspringtimeflowers.com/2011/09/fall-door-decorand-more.html">previous pictures</a>, our house needs help. A lot of help. More help than we can give it, especially since we're renting. Our landlord has given as much help as he's going to (at least for now...I may demand a replacement sink for the one that makes a high-pitched banshee scream every time it runs). So it's up to us to make small, cost-effective changes to improve the place. Our front porch is in pretty bad shape, but we've already given it a little help.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNer5aXQgR3YRMkHIphpryqumJTdUEpTj3_Jq3SrioGFXupoGsP1ownh1qTEc44qZ3J2dM9ZfZSkvUm4YVA0e_qMWd9l1l6UDTb3nNWKpiRXsrh0hixHl2icH4ZiTnoglfZz2GQlRP9co/s1600/007+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNer5aXQgR3YRMkHIphpryqumJTdUEpTj3_Jq3SrioGFXupoGsP1ownh1qTEc44qZ3J2dM9ZfZSkvUm4YVA0e_qMWd9l1l6UDTb3nNWKpiRXsrh0hixHl2icH4ZiTnoglfZz2GQlRP9co/s400/007+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660851848427505362" border="0" /></a>A few plants,the door decor...but do you see the address sign?<br />You could barely read it 'cause the wood and numbers<br />had faded to about the same color...see?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDW3NqYG2ATD81rQt7nGjOBVWm6thdhR9gA1sUuLzNWIQcPYisYPcBwfx26xv39QeN5NzDKlEK4_dAxf70Fp8EqdHpxw0JJwxYstSIH-x8uMyoCmPf-G34uiL_eoNn1_XxpfUT5C_Ev4/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDW3NqYG2ATD81rQt7nGjOBVWm6thdhR9gA1sUuLzNWIQcPYisYPcBwfx26xv39QeN5NzDKlEK4_dAxf70Fp8EqdHpxw0JJwxYstSIH-x8uMyoCmPf-G34uiL_eoNn1_XxpfUT5C_Ev4/s400/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660851597968050434" border="0" /></a>So I went out bought wooden numbers,<br />while Husband scrounged up some spray paint.<br />After our team effort, the sign came out like this...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTPpPRe2AFrxQGzTZSe8l3bSVrj3kaAzNanKluQQ_OXmCHJXpdUlR1i05TruSpE4fG3a42L35ufEH_ufUw_-qIAXgq4oEvp3gS5TkZJ05kL7W_I_4oNjwR1iVErIL5-ZKjbWmiWCtwR0/s1600/2660+004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTPpPRe2AFrxQGzTZSe8l3bSVrj3kaAzNanKluQQ_OXmCHJXpdUlR1i05TruSpE4fG3a42L35ufEH_ufUw_-qIAXgq4oEvp3gS5TkZJ05kL7W_I_4oNjwR1iVErIL5-ZKjbWmiWCtwR0/s400/2660+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660851339350411106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Much better, I think.<br />And you can much more easily see it from the street.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63ShPZBSZHTjfAnk9GSauXCPq0aNP7n9G64fxoa8IdscvyWuC_nQj4wXbVmudflOcCsb71hUcr-M_LT0IARJk6YZ2J71663mSuTmTSBSwBLHsuT-zeUlrc37aESFA-A5RIVgl6BPiBfw/s1600/2660+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63ShPZBSZHTjfAnk9GSauXCPq0aNP7n9G64fxoa8IdscvyWuC_nQj4wXbVmudflOcCsb71hUcr-M_LT0IARJk6YZ2J71663mSuTmTSBSwBLHsuT-zeUlrc37aESFA-A5RIVgl6BPiBfw/s400/2660+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660851331105421122" border="0" /></a>We're trying to improve.<br />Meanwhile I try to ignore the hideous color of the trim,<br />that awful pipe between the windows,<br />the enormous slant of the porch,<br />and all the general weirdness of the place...<br />because we live in a house,<br />in a beautiful neighborhood,<br />with our dog (who loves her backyard),<br />and Husband and I can both walk to work.<br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/10/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-in-between-laundry-giveaway.html"><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/10/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-in-between-laundry-giveaway.html">Tatertots and Jello</a><br /><a href="http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/2011/10/free-for-all.html">Young and Crafty</a><br /><a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2011/10/diy-project-parade.html">DIY Showoff</a><br /><a href="http://decortoadore.blogspot.com/2011/10/fil-saying-boo-to-bad-bathroom.html">Decor to Adore</a><br /></div></div>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-6413543308986718022011-10-03T21:03:00.012-06:002011-10-07T20:01:50.172-06:00I Heart Fall<div style="text-align: center;">I know decoupaging pumpkins is nothing new this fall season... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Sy85HOz3xmVCo3kvShJSymnZJOOnpOqP5IJnX56xz-6Fzve57ip5ibII4PktiySZI6QPlFVcoxaaKEYZ4QrMZ9qhVM_HggnBojAc-fhM8e7BNEoByxYAiTtmArDlacOw17gl9prI8R0/s1600/pumpkins+006+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Sy85HOz3xmVCo3kvShJSymnZJOOnpOqP5IJnX56xz-6Fzve57ip5ibII4PktiySZI6QPlFVcoxaaKEYZ4QrMZ9qhVM_HggnBojAc-fhM8e7BNEoByxYAiTtmArDlacOw17gl9prI8R0/s400/pumpkins+006+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659467674498125922" border="0" /></a> but I had to try it for myself. It was a lot of fun to make,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and I love the way it turned out.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhptsJq3ssyG-EUqsEX9igUVUFzqtWRUfMaFl8pmmUdx0EXQ1gMnxmp4O4TgcYd0_NK9cM1jyMSWJKSu6aJYTpTRX3jhwUnnCNVHK1LvneLLNTtv4fDMJY2a-ZY7kkwr9JQItgsd5Gec/s1600/pumpkins+010+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhptsJq3ssyG-EUqsEX9igUVUFzqtWRUfMaFl8pmmUdx0EXQ1gMnxmp4O4TgcYd0_NK9cM1jyMSWJKSu6aJYTpTRX3jhwUnnCNVHK1LvneLLNTtv4fDMJY2a-ZY7kkwr9JQItgsd5Gec/s400/pumpkins+010+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659467684429919346" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Husband and I carved our first pumpkins<br />of the season this weekend.<br />He did the owl, and I did the bird.<br />I can't wait to carve more!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXD09gfqk6CMn61Mla-cxz__wN7pu_39juRNdVMhkuq8Y-YYxG__vSFe8z9bA-t9vM_gZ2elSZYfrndivWKA8k_Hn2LCHaazamDScU7Y603t9Muf-KxdksxZ6dh3qyAEmVUBlcdP0i3o/s1600/Pumpkins+2011+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXD09gfqk6CMn61Mla-cxz__wN7pu_39juRNdVMhkuq8Y-YYxG__vSFe8z9bA-t9vM_gZ2elSZYfrndivWKA8k_Hn2LCHaazamDScU7Y603t9Muf-KxdksxZ6dh3qyAEmVUBlcdP0i3o/s400/Pumpkins+2011+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659467669493771938" border="0" /></a>And now I have a confession that isn't popular,<br />I hate halloween.<br />I don't like the idea of glorifying death, decay, and ugliness.<br />And most of all, I feel strongly against glorifying fear.<br /><br />But while I don't like halloween,<br />I do heart fall!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AcenkPMpOOo9Fkye_lj9gJEKOP-Ha1pcqwf73Rs-UHJCXi4b7AoXckcL8o8046OB7ODR_f1-qZSdPzV4LwS7tObTUTvkTMtalZs_3yESHHGXy8z31XPrrwGrJ9QLGX-Bd_Wb_o3A7g0/s1600/Ranch+Fall+11+003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AcenkPMpOOo9Fkye_lj9gJEKOP-Ha1pcqwf73Rs-UHJCXi4b7AoXckcL8o8046OB7ODR_f1-qZSdPzV4LwS7tObTUTvkTMtalZs_3yESHHGXy8z31XPrrwGrJ9QLGX-Bd_Wb_o3A7g0/s400/Ranch+Fall+11+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659472707110499570" border="0" /></a>Husband, Maggie, and I hiked in the mountains this weekend.<br />The Aspens were lovely.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuj_xLG4IR0y3nm_jT7vCL7na37rO4Z2JH3d8XfpBjRPMY9sxBPvRn1EpGQyc46XzdW2vaqT1XFWQmnOeaBQ-mxR3ysf0qPzdPIgtwhMzMtTXJ2Tvi9Idd8K3h4-MYubknUxkdBSgWXI/s1600/Maggie+Hiking.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuj_xLG4IR0y3nm_jT7vCL7na37rO4Z2JH3d8XfpBjRPMY9sxBPvRn1EpGQyc46XzdW2vaqT1XFWQmnOeaBQ-mxR3ysf0qPzdPIgtwhMzMtTXJ2Tvi9Idd8K3h4-MYubknUxkdBSgWXI/s400/Maggie+Hiking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659474778481646418" border="0" /></a>It was this "little" one's first foray into the forest, and she loved it!<br />We rested on a high rock outcrop, where this picture was taken.<br />Who can resist a face like that?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/weekly-link-party/">Today's Creative Blog</a><br /><a href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2011/10/take-look-tuesday.html">Sugar Bee Crafts</a><br /><a href="http://mommybydaycrafterbynight.blogspot.com/2011/10/ta-da-tuesday-7.html">Mommy by Day, Crafter by Night</a><br /><a href="http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2011/10/inspiration-board-link-party-18.html">Homework</a><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/10/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-in-between-laundry-giveaway.html">Tatertots and Jello</a><br /><a href="http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/2011/10/free-for-all.html">Young and Crafty</a><br /></div>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-4899741614589922842011-09-30T20:49:00.005-06:002011-09-30T21:11:41.618-06:00Seasonal Door Arrangements<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbTKNDVGCorGY7XSEP9IsisbKIqUGlOtAPfxbzCHnj2MMkbL1lTNz7it5WPOEBpiuP_x3-i6scW33FPtbE6tpEv6eZjdyAnU9E8T291aNUyo6z5ZPsWfS9JkwrB3O5B01S9dIffPAkNs/s1600/Thai%2527s+arrangements+019+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbTKNDVGCorGY7XSEP9IsisbKIqUGlOtAPfxbzCHnj2MMkbL1lTNz7it5WPOEBpiuP_x3-i6scW33FPtbE6tpEv6eZjdyAnU9E8T291aNUyo6z5ZPsWfS9JkwrB3O5B01S9dIffPAkNs/s400/Thai%2527s+arrangements+019+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658351654528341186" border="0" /></a>After seeing my <a href="http://www.alwaysspringtimeflowers.com/2011/09/fall-door-decorand-more.html">door decor</a>, one of my close friends asked me to make several door arrangements, one for herself, and two to give as gifts. She said that I could make them however, and whatever color I wanted.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xux4y8KW6BFZbgewdCuE1WV59wfJzPHfb69gmDYbQY3NTCmthDtpxAQCoPF5ME6Y1ssbxi5leHhNtyksaXMpkqGAe5UhP896hDF8uTqeFpVzOqadjPdhSyew38oxbSnqCtK5zZ-I2lY/s1600/Thai%2527s+arrangements+012+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xux4y8KW6BFZbgewdCuE1WV59wfJzPHfb69gmDYbQY3NTCmthDtpxAQCoPF5ME6Y1ssbxi5leHhNtyksaXMpkqGAe5UhP896hDF8uTqeFpVzOqadjPdhSyew38oxbSnqCtK5zZ-I2lY/s400/Thai%2527s+arrangements+012+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658350775685509042" border="0" /></a>I decided to go with something that could be put up for fall, but that could carry over close to Christmas as well.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_zbJtkHNZlpHIxx_g8J72K44B0DczXEuRRCwlXHUKPoGdpmew8imfAIE5ZfrbxSunzz3xyd_MUBwlRKOqeoPDJTJ-tJdNS5u_IuvHaNPgtZp6IxUM9wb4VKeIligyo-Wu08VrZngf-8/s1600/Thai%2527s+arrangements+016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_zbJtkHNZlpHIxx_g8J72K44B0DczXEuRRCwlXHUKPoGdpmew8imfAIE5ZfrbxSunzz3xyd_MUBwlRKOqeoPDJTJ-tJdNS5u_IuvHaNPgtZp6IxUM9wb4VKeIligyo-Wu08VrZngf-8/s400/Thai%2527s+arrangements+016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658350766867165618" border="0" /></a>My friend hasn't seen them yet...I hope she likes them.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPzRcRFaF82j8aOr2flXcnRIr3lY5Rgk5bsPnkEhBojxvWWywDVCvonEoCnKzztdexHO3S0PJWONkMk51f2hPoglkpXhaQt0eUsUFShNBwPrWGyPA7ioCe___QQo7gd5DNhMTOCXkMKY/s1600/Thai%2527s+arrangements+006+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPzRcRFaF82j8aOr2flXcnRIr3lY5Rgk5bsPnkEhBojxvWWywDVCvonEoCnKzztdexHO3S0PJWONkMk51f2hPoglkpXhaQt0eUsUFShNBwPrWGyPA7ioCe___QQo7gd5DNhMTOCXkMKY/s400/Thai%2527s+arrangements+006+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658350780645530146" border="0" /></a>I was on a tight budget, so it was fortunate that all the materials were on sale at Michaels. Each one cost about $6 to make. That's a good deal, I think.<br /><br />Linked up:<br /><a href="http://sassysites.blogspot.com/2011/09/ffa-friday.html">Sassy Sites</a><br /><a href="http://thirtyhandmadedays.com/2011/09/pity-party-56/">Thirty Handmade Days</a><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/09/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-dear-lillie-giveaway.html">Tatertots and Jello</a><br /><a href="http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/09/vip-party-30.html">Designer Garden</a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-69289208272217833712011-09-27T20:27:00.005-06:002011-09-28T06:38:43.172-06:00Frames of FallHere are a few more Fall touches around the house...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I've had this bead garland since last fall,<br />but I like it so much that I've moved it,<br />and given it a new purpose for every season.<br />This fall it's dressing up what was once a naked red candle.<br />Much better, I think.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrI1r-LZVoZAoY8CMNaCgjvuy1nIL9f98Pyt2TqWIAB_IVRNpn-R3KWP3NMOY12SS95_e_OxznC1orFaCyqh7Dyk1aWL7bDCWOmHs-7GZNx9HmLZS_DPSax8n3kqHBk-iFNIdK8L6EJs/s1600/fall+2011+010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrI1r-LZVoZAoY8CMNaCgjvuy1nIL9f98Pyt2TqWIAB_IVRNpn-R3KWP3NMOY12SS95_e_OxznC1orFaCyqh7Dyk1aWL7bDCWOmHs-7GZNx9HmLZS_DPSax8n3kqHBk-iFNIdK8L6EJs/s400/fall+2011+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657231880252701682" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The three <a href="http://www.alwaysspringtimeflowers.com/2011/09/fall-mantel.html">frames of pretty paper</a> on the mantel were not enough.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to see more of my beautiful paper...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOVNFPUJpFKDhCbkyukGGgDV2Rbh1-PiUjR9miSjJucK_sp0LS7HpAJpczu0aBXedlT7cvIBuYbgmI4N0yVqKbgICNRZsHjhIlsGMOjUZoqG4xu9hZNfIk0umHaVgWsqsWz_2C9cSmNA/s1600/fall+2011+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOVNFPUJpFKDhCbkyukGGgDV2Rbh1-PiUjR9miSjJucK_sp0LS7HpAJpczu0aBXedlT7cvIBuYbgmI4N0yVqKbgICNRZsHjhIlsGMOjUZoqG4xu9hZNfIk0umHaVgWsqsWz_2C9cSmNA/s400/fall+2011+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657231869171900098" border="0" /></a>Can you tell that I love butterflies?<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4XDsqYW2tXokmYUfBASpbN39Y190dKrdEXhtFeptaNDAzlEzXpHRyulwiFW8bcZUNgR9JyoXc-BU50LhnmI9PlRjbe1fqTTAiLXk4gG535W1zkehsq8O0q4b1yEwslNgd0wLYJD9nn8/s1600/fall+2011+003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4XDsqYW2tXokmYUfBASpbN39Y190dKrdEXhtFeptaNDAzlEzXpHRyulwiFW8bcZUNgR9JyoXc-BU50LhnmI9PlRjbe1fqTTAiLXk4gG535W1zkehsq8O0q4b1yEwslNgd0wLYJD9nn8/s400/fall+2011+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657231859573259938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here's a gratuitous dog picture...she couldn't care less about my decorations...<br />Dog loves to lay in the sun.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tBgT2_luqpc8XHd623ErZMN3QVj4X7zQCABzka-nqF7b1Wz_QBakeFomvZO8V5Bu2JCMAVWj259GxA4RnMRA-VlGuRb8JH5328Mfq5LkKUlr_0LwEikd-3nDBM45tjL5Z5VkM38O0N4/s1600/fall+2011+028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tBgT2_luqpc8XHd623ErZMN3QVj4X7zQCABzka-nqF7b1Wz_QBakeFomvZO8V5Bu2JCMAVWj259GxA4RnMRA-VlGuRb8JH5328Mfq5LkKUlr_0LwEikd-3nDBM45tjL5Z5VkM38O0N4/s400/fall+2011+028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657231888630957234" border="0" /></a>(Try not to pay attention to the cluttery space to the left of the mantel,<br />I'm not done with it yet.<br />And that protruding wood-burning stove...<br />I don't like the look of it very much,<br />but I think we'll be thankful for it as it gets colder.)<br /><br /><a href="http://decortoadore.blogspot.com/2011/09/fil-up-creek-but-i-have-paddle.html">Decor to Adore</a><br /></div>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-44736930647036032112011-09-26T17:07:00.011-06:002011-09-28T06:37:36.921-06:00Fall Mantel<div style="text-align: center;">As promised, here's my whole mantel...<br /><br />Several months ago my generous SIL<br /><div style="text-align: center;">sent me a box of picture frames that she no longer needed.<br />She knew that I would come up with a use for them.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6CxC1WP_6WrQd8Okz8a7HC-2f6gPRb78lCAUmdWKhPouVSpFxejg7r86LGWcFpd-lavT6REt_NyudfzqV3jQh6WY24bbEt0W-j0mnl2DH7Xm6WHzHc9G3ORJnbv3xIin-L7kyW0_1B8/s1600/fall+2011+019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6CxC1WP_6WrQd8Okz8a7HC-2f6gPRb78lCAUmdWKhPouVSpFxejg7r86LGWcFpd-lavT6REt_NyudfzqV3jQh6WY24bbEt0W-j0mnl2DH7Xm6WHzHc9G3ORJnbv3xIin-L7kyW0_1B8/s400/fall+2011+019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656809814217967170" border="0" /></a>I wasn't sure how to use them until I started thinking about my mantel. If you've followed my blog at all, you know how much I love paper. Recently I bought some pieces with fall colors, so I decided to frame them.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9DeYDRLV1F8HjXyFcVbKRlWwXHMnNiN3_6fkuxAFdwrp-4G43Dc4AJO77EAa4qjc9mY7q-3exdfHIvVecfB6Fi4Gstwdpp_usHDCXIvYU1jbEpDIRakkgf2Yi50migMuKu8icc3hnaM/s1600/fall+2011+020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9DeYDRLV1F8HjXyFcVbKRlWwXHMnNiN3_6fkuxAFdwrp-4G43Dc4AJO77EAa4qjc9mY7q-3exdfHIvVecfB6Fi4Gstwdpp_usHDCXIvYU1jbEpDIRakkgf2Yi50migMuKu8icc3hnaM/s400/fall+2011+020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656809824753120674" border="0" /></a>Do you have a Wood Wick candle?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Husband and I love ours so much,<br />we always have one now.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64ANt9FQL0fHVhulssUoXh4vTycN0DSeDtZvpNtTRx2u51ivx4UVlFjFQYdpW2eWnyWjF2MW1pK_ZyMW5lUsaKaI1raNhGiDWUswYnMJ7XAjk6KPE3W3Rnh_TeKLpovDTxPZwh9G2ovg/s1600/fall+2011+016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64ANt9FQL0fHVhulssUoXh4vTycN0DSeDtZvpNtTRx2u51ivx4UVlFjFQYdpW2eWnyWjF2MW1pK_ZyMW5lUsaKaI1raNhGiDWUswYnMJ7XAjk6KPE3W3Rnh_TeKLpovDTxPZwh9G2ovg/s400/fall+2011+016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656809808148595266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMV_gfE1whvHBP1Kb-kMTNdFF16FCK-gGlBSNMaqcFjjefq7k8TOrFfp2U-0ukXxtLiuzxnUTJv8zl9t4K3zsdKpd1bCRXX079laxUonsKstOhDcFWeONNYGMihbHFtoU1VdKcYn881U/s1600/fall+2011+014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMV_gfE1whvHBP1Kb-kMTNdFF16FCK-gGlBSNMaqcFjjefq7k8TOrFfp2U-0ukXxtLiuzxnUTJv8zl9t4K3zsdKpd1bCRXX079laxUonsKstOhDcFWeONNYGMihbHFtoU1VdKcYn881U/s400/fall+2011+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656809783075435106" border="0" /></a><br />And here it is, all put together.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WIJCENuiP1HsRlTZPNYx91LS9VS1zl57xti47S4BKKjr6I2Xd01DAb-TgCOFCyjB2PXtvEMmZv-9U1khjMmbiIsJIEMoG1VjwGBVcPpMVPjP26j5n5qgBx6L-KZ5xsp-z_q51A5n9-k/s1600/fall+2011+026+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WIJCENuiP1HsRlTZPNYx91LS9VS1zl57xti47S4BKKjr6I2Xd01DAb-TgCOFCyjB2PXtvEMmZv-9U1khjMmbiIsJIEMoG1VjwGBVcPpMVPjP26j5n5qgBx6L-KZ5xsp-z_q51A5n9-k/s400/fall+2011+026+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656809828871875234" border="0" /></a>(This is one time when I wish I was a better photographer<br />because this picture really doesn't do it justice)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.craftyconfessions.com/" title="Confessions of a Stay At Home Mommy"><img src="http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd474/Macy_Moon/NEWBLOGBUTTON.jpg" alt="Confessions of a Stay At Home Mommy" style="border:none;" /></a><br /><a border="0" href="http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwDZNfwraIWgg8THELe3V2vJtMvMqpqDlJ9NLjojIpRLRfifTDvt7fe1zeZdrzaoizWN3XsCGEmgQB9pc2lzJzn8kHymPtlyfvcWn4SRxjpiJLjVW5ROjwhTncMepeKtO5R9f-FP9Q_NB/s800/takealookbutton.png" /></a><br /><a href="http://mommybydaycrafterbynight.blogspot.com/2011/09/ta-da-tuesday-link-party-6.html">Mommy by Day, Crafter by Night</a><br /><a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/craft-ideas-2/">Today's Creative Blog</a><br /><a href="http://decortoadore.blogspot.com/2011/09/fil-up-creek-but-i-have-paddle.html">Decor to Adore- Fall in Love</a><br /></div><br /></div></div>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412710338140586901.post-76826321206784288892011-09-25T22:42:00.007-06:002011-09-27T15:45:21.738-06:00Fall Leaves<div style="text-align: center;">Today I got the hankering to decorate for fall.<br />In the new house, we have a small mantel,<br />which makes decorating even more exciting.<br /><br />I'll show the whole mantel tomorrow, but for now...<br />Aren't those some lovely paper leaves?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JHPxLl4E0bLjDc-qcAtyXSf8oiXYc1CwdU4fcRIZFS5omyv6e42H1ye3KdxPw3xOp3HZqnPeYQgMxZSn9zHjX6wwISJYYCtek4wbTmg7umlzhNciW3Hpx7VQ_H909v6GSRk94CUir2Y/s1600/fall+2011+014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JHPxLl4E0bLjDc-qcAtyXSf8oiXYc1CwdU4fcRIZFS5omyv6e42H1ye3KdxPw3xOp3HZqnPeYQgMxZSn9zHjX6wwISJYYCtek4wbTmg7umlzhNciW3Hpx7VQ_H909v6GSRk94CUir2Y/s400/fall+2011+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656528215061922290" border="0" /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></a><br />I started out by picking these real leaves.<br />Aren't they pretty?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUcOJP4eN3FTYCsIBRQn0xiqMZozMyXCv9HRcSlCUYT4WthF719A_7V85rTBGkOeNTJqt375o2MQd2NdLJ9LwEDYoQm__iTjBCoY3dSho24Dyvd4sr_7LBQ0lXHddYgyMCo5vjAkIQFw/s1600/fall+2011+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUcOJP4eN3FTYCsIBRQn0xiqMZozMyXCv9HRcSlCUYT4WthF719A_7V85rTBGkOeNTJqt375o2MQd2NdLJ9LwEDYoQm__iTjBCoY3dSho24Dyvd4sr_7LBQ0lXHddYgyMCo5vjAkIQFw/s400/fall+2011+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656528218386951906" border="0" /></a>Then I traced them, and cut them out.<br />I don't have a silhouette, but honestly,<br />this was more fun anyway.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSJfhdeh2x6fZLJ383vmsavDfJaaA9vab7DcYLvh0IIJX8K8Trnx2bUp2myucG_Vy4Jyyn5kPpm4Nrd1oKPHhjwncTvsZlxEBzvpTyc3GTPpKaFjGhO4nRwc9_qFv1JhEm6Lcg66HK74/s1600/fall+2011+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSJfhdeh2x6fZLJ383vmsavDfJaaA9vab7DcYLvh0IIJX8K8Trnx2bUp2myucG_Vy4Jyyn5kPpm4Nrd1oKPHhjwncTvsZlxEBzvpTyc3GTPpKaFjGhO4nRwc9_qFv1JhEm6Lcg66HK74/s400/fall+2011+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656524474218035250" border="0" /></a>I love the way they turned out.<br />More when I show you the mantel.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW05E_C3y-qTsysw7IUgqPM_I_O_3I5-hcFOoOgQlybN92YC67j9CwjR8iOYns0bryF8zvl50LeAFbNiA4zrOZ7-qOIIeLe4cWb8gKPu9JJMI9B39Gn91-Xs1RfcqLcK-aI3XENTd9llc/s1600/fall+2011+017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW05E_C3y-qTsysw7IUgqPM_I_O_3I5-hcFOoOgQlybN92YC67j9CwjR8iOYns0bryF8zvl50LeAFbNiA4zrOZ7-qOIIeLe4cWb8gKPu9JJMI9B39Gn91-Xs1RfcqLcK-aI3XENTd9llc/s400/fall+2011+017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656524480837868530" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="The DIY Show Off" src="http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac195/Roeshel/DIYShowOffbuttonsmall.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://sewstylishboutique.blogspot.com/2011/09/crafty-lassie-tuesday-link-party-7.html">Sew Stylish</a><br /><a href="http://mommybydaycrafterbynight.blogspot.com/2011/09/ta-da-tuesday-link-party-6.html">Mommy by Day, Crafter by Night</a><br /><a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/craft-ideas-2/">Today's Creative Blog</a>Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15455120401373779466noreply@blogger.com3