Yard Art

I was trimming up our Autumn Joy and Todd and I thought it would be cool to put them in the urns and in an iron planter. I added a few hydraengas too for added texture. Lovely! (Aubry helped)

Victoria's Farmhouse Dollhouse

Todd and I are in the process of putting a dollhouse together for Aubry. I knew it would be involved and take a while. But it's coming along.

Dream Chamber

I have a new hobby. Aubry got a doll house for Christmas and we are having so much fun getting our decorating ideas together. Well, the house is still under construction but I got to let off some creative steam with this little room. I found the glass case at TJ Maxx for only $13. I made curtains, a chair, and the bed. I call it "Dream Chamber".

Christmas 2010 and A New Year

What a beautiful Christmas it was! We had snow in Tennessee.

Aubry and I have been reading the Little House books and she wanted a dress from that era so I made her one. When she wore it to church she told her friends she was "walking history". One young man said she looked like a China doll.
This is a picture of Aubry and Logan waiting for the mail. They had a package coming.

And with the new year, I tried to do some cleaning and organizing. Aubry and YoYo helped clean out a corner cabinet. You can see how much help they were. HA

2011 is off to a good start. School lessons have begun. Plans for the coming months are a trip to Atlanta, a snow tubing trip to Indiana with our church teens, and I'll be participating in a sewing retreat as a teacher!

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.