Christmas!!

This was our weekend to decorate and really start getting into the Christmas "spirit". Aubry had breakfast with Santa at church and she was a HUGE help with getting the tree decorated. And if you'll look back several posts, you'll see these shelves in their previous life as dresser drawers. I had Todd put shelves in them and he hung them up for me. Ta dah!

What's in Your Bag

My neice, Paige, did this on her blog so I thought I'd copy her. She took a picture of what was in her purse. I have:

hand santizer

tissue

phone

pencils

money

Rx sunglasses

wallet with so many stupid "shopper" cards

note pads

check book

church phone directory

business cards from recent dr visits

gift cards in an envelope

shopping list of what Logan wants for Christmas

So....What's in your bag?

Aubry's piano recital was this past Sun and she looked so grown up in her new dress. She did a great job playing her pieces too.

I should take a bite of humble pie, but this is one of my most favorite creations. I modified a Vogue top pattern and added lacy fabric for ruffles. I found this crazy colored ric rac that just hit the note I was needing and those red velvet "roses" were just the icing on the cake. I had seen a dress in a boutique in Juneau that was along these lines, but my version is way more "me".

And this is the baby of the family. HA He will only let Aubry do things like this with him.

Trunk or Treat

Welcome to the Fairy Forest.

Love That Fall Color!!

My Latest Creation

I started working on this necklace about a month ago and it just wasn't coming together. But this week, I felt like finishing it and I think it turned out really nice!

Alaska

We just returned from Alaska and what a trip it was! The weather was unexpectedly beautiful. We were prepared for rain, but all we got was sunshine! No complaints about that.

It was chilly near the glaciers but in the towns we enjoyed very warm 60's.

Fall!!!

OH FALL IS ALMOST HERE!!! It is my favoritte season. These are a couple of things I've made recently. The floral skirt is from fabric in an earlier post. I just bought the cardigan yesterday at Target. The solid green is a copy of a skirt I bought several years ago at Gap. It is pumpkin orange and I found it on a sale rack.

The Dining Room

We have been in our home for 5 years now. Our dining room is a room we've neglected. I would pile boxes in there. Logan's science lab stuff was strewn in a corner. The room was in a constant state of "mess". We didn't have a "real" table and chairs to put in there and we often joked that we'd get a real dining set "when we grew up". We've been in an organizing phase over the past year and this room was on the list to fix up. So over the weekend I cleaned it up and moved the furniture in there that we had been using in our breakfast room and MAN it just really set that room! I had to take a picture and share it. I guess this means Todd and I have grown up. I look forward to hosting some grown up meals in there.

Smitten With Fingerless Mittens

My dear friend, Marcia, made these fingerless mittens for me and I can't wait to sport them this fall and winter. What do you think of these?

Long ago in a galaxy far, far away.....

Todd and Logan are heading to Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando this weekend. Do they look good or what! I made their costumes. Todd fashioned his belt, but I did the little leather pouch.