Merry Monday ll

Hello!

Welcome back!

How was your week?

We have been very busy here.

My older daughter is preparing for her senior recital soon.

There's been much running around and rehearsing for her.

She's also getting ready for her graduation next month!

I'm late posting this because my email is acting up..it's not loading any of the

photos I have added today.

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Have you had peanut butter kiss blossoms lately?

We made some yesterday.

You need some peanut butter cookie dough or mix.

We used this:

 bake according to the directions.

After the cookies are out of the oven and cooled off a bit, 

place a Hershey kiss right in the middle.

 

 

I love when Christmas comes around and we stop at the dollar store.

Where most people see Christmas decorations, I see future art projects!

tinsel or fairy skirts?

Flower picks or magic wands?

And who says only indoor trees in December need stars hanging from them?

All  the trees in my yard have stars on them! Year round.

I'm excited to create some fun with the goodies I found the other day.

I made a couple of crafts using some old containers.

Hansel and Gretel was my favorite fairy tale when I was a child, 

well, one of them anyway..

I had the Little Golden book and I would read it over and over..

I was fascinated by the witch's house, her windows were made of spun sugar!

Oh, I loved that book!!

 

 

anyhow...

This is the icing cup project..

You know when you buy cinnamon rolls to bake at home,

 they come with the icing in a little cup at the end of the tube..

That little cup is what I used to create this ornament.

Hansel & Gretel (Nibble Nibble mousie)

I used some mini Kewpie dolls from Lisa Kettell Designs Etsy

A small chipboard cupcake 

scrapbook paper

pink glitter foam

small plastic candy

markers

white fabric paint

glitter

tinsel

white glue

hot glue

icing cup

cut out the paper to fit in the icing cup, then glue it in place with white glue.

sprinkle glitter on any excess glue that showed.

paint the cupcake, add  a door & windows.

use white fabric paint to create icing on the "roof" of the cupcake.

cover it in glitter, of course.

when it dries hot glue it to the scrapbook paper in the cup.

cut a strip of pink craft foam to fit from the top of the cup to the cupcake.

(like a little path)

hot glue tinsel all around the top.

paint your little dolls using markers and glitter, add clothing made of fabric scraps if you want.  

And there you have it, Hansel and Gretel running for their lives.. 

instead of eating the witch's house and destroying her life..hahaha

 This next one is Alice in her wonderland circus tent!

I used an empty salt container to make this

You need a violet doll from Lisa's shop

acrylic paints in:

yellow

peach 

white 

blue

black 

pink

silver star confetti 

glitter glue

yellow wool felting

tinsel

glitter star

 moss

glitter

white glue

Ric Rac trim

small mushroom

mini chandelier 

sheer ribbon

rhinestone pendant

hot glue

X-acto  knife

pretty scrapbook papers

pink glitter foam sheet

Carefully cut an opening on the container.

make sure you leave a small ledge on the bottom so it doesn't fall apart.

secure paper to the inside using white glue 

hot glue moss to the bottom,

add mushroom and star confetti

make tent folds by folding paper accordion style

add ribbon

hot glue around the container

add glitter glue to edges

 cut out 8 triangles from gold glitter paper

glue above doorway

 make a large cone out of pink craft foam

glue onto the top. 

glue tinsel around door way

hot glue chandelier to the inside

paint doll, let dry

add yellow felting

hot glue doll to inside the tent

add silver confetti stars to rooftop

glue rhinestone pendant to door way

glue glitter star to top

I can't show you the abandoned art we created this week because of my email

but we left it at a place called Tempe Town lake..

It was a little gingerbread boy ornament made of clay.

we wrote 

"You Are Loved"

and left it on a bench.

Elizabeth, from 

Altered Book Lover

suggested that we leave socks near areas where there are many homeless people,

because that's one item that's always in high demand.

We think that's a wonderful idea and will show you in the coming weeks

what we do. Thank you Elisabeth:)

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So, last week I talked about Lisa Kettell as a person that inspires me,

This week, I'd like to tell you about her mom,

Joan Kettell

She is absolutely the sweetest lady ever, if you meet her, you just love her!

I felt like I belonged when I was visiting New Jersey.

She has a knack for making you feel comfortable.

 She's generous, beautiful, genuine and so, so talented.

The jewelry she creates is just gorgeous.

That's not all she makes either,

Here's a sample of  her amazing art.

If you want to see more of her incredible creations you can find them on her 

instagram here.

thank you for inspiring me Joan!

 

I'm ending this Merry Monday

 with three things I'm grateful for today....

1. Helena

2. the moon

3.improved health

Thank you for stopping by,

See you soon!!

Skeletons and Gratitude..

Hello!

How was your Halloween?

We had a pretty quiet one, only six trick or treaters showed up!

It's okay...

We watched The Amityville Horror, ate candy and snuggled up under a blanket on the sofa.

Look at this!
I won this adorable wreath from Lady Caer Morganna at The Wiccan Life 
She also sent a pumpkin dish towel and a super cute Halloween card!!
Thank you so much!!

 

I also participated in an artcard swap with an instagram friend.

She sent me this..

 

 I sent her these..

It was fun..I hadn't done a swap in a long time and I'm hoping to do more in the future.

Anyone? anyone? lol!

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For Dia de los muertos

I set up our altar like I usually do..

Helena and I made some salt dough ornaments to add to it later too.

I had a dream about my dad, which was great..

I seem to dream of him on days that are significant.

I miss him so much.

In the dream , he looked young..about 60. 

We made plans to go shopping then have lunch.

It was nice to see him again.

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So, it's November!

I'm pretty excited about it, I love the Holidays..

But there's something about November..

Obviously, I look forward to Thanksgiving.

I love roasting the turkey and preparing all the food.

But this month reminds me of fairy tales and magic.

There are 

bright yellow leaves on some of the trees that rustle around,

Deep velvety skies filled with shimmering stars

&

The cool, crisp air sparkles with an energy that other months don't seem to have.

Maybe because here, in Arizona, it finally starts to cool down, 

and you can actually tell that there is a season other than Summer.

Anyway, all this fills my heart with hope and my thoughts turn to gratitude

Gratitude for so many things! 

So....

I want to start a new weekly blog post..

I'm going to post recipes, crafts..a lot like HH , but more of a holiday vibe to it..

It's going to be about gratitude, magic, blessing, inspirations and joy.

You can join in, or just come by to visit.

If you do a post, it can be:

 a story about a person that inspires you,

a picture of something that makes you feel grateful,

an incredible recipe,

your art or living space,

anything that makes you feel the magic of the season. 

We are including our abandoned art in these posts too.

Helena and I make something...usually something small  that has an inspirational theme to it,

then we leave it somewhere.

(I used to do this before, you can read about it Here)

 

I'm going to start this week and

it's going to be called  Merry Monday! 

I hope you will join me!

I'll post something every Monday.

Have a beautiful weekend,

See you soon.

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