Fall stuff

I know the feel and sort of "idea" of Fall is fast becoming behind us and is moving very much closer to a more Winter/Christmas feel (especially here with all our lovely snow), but I have finally finished all my "Fall Decor" that I wanted to make this year, just in time to start making my Winter decorations, which I am super excited to get cracking on. But of course won't actually put any of it up until at least AFTER Thanksgiving. There is a time and a place for things, and I am one for strongly believing that holidays/seasons fit into those categories. Speaking of, I saw these two pictures on Facebook, and I just had to share:

So, there. I have officially finished my Fall decor just in time to change it here in a few weeks, but oh well, at least I have something going up my sleeves for next fall!

Ok, enough chatter, on to what I actually came here to show you. . . .

 Remember how I put up this material on my bulletin board?

 And then put some of the same material in a picture frame as a background for my little tree?

 And then used some of the same material to make pillow covers for my window bench?


Well, to finish it all off, I made. . . .

 Some more matching pillow covers for one couch (have I mentioned I like to be matchy matchy?), and finally, last but not least.. . .

Used my last remaining scraps and put together a little "throw" sort of thing with the matching "fall village" material, and threw in some other fall colors I had around. Then on the reverse side I made it "Christmas" like, so in a few weeks I can just flip it over. And then if we get really bored/ambitious, we might do "Turkey Hand prints" on the blank tan squares, just for fun!

Now I am set and ready for a fun a haul of making random winter decorations on the side. I have also been working on some fun books for my little girl along with some toys, which I will be sure to share soon!

My hubby's birthday is tomorrow, a whoppin 24! And for safety of trying to keep his presents a secret from him, I will show you what I made him for next weeks posts, I already struggle keeping gift secrets from him, I probably shouldn't make it harder on myself, just in case he would randomly look here before then.

So keep in touch for some fun new things ahead, I can tell you are already excited to come back, right?? :)

Well thanks for stopping by, and until next time!!

Yaba Daba Do! (Flinstone Costumes)

Now that Halloween has come and gone I thought I would share with you how it all worked out in putting the lovely costumes together. For starters, here is how our wigs turned out. . . and remember this is my first time trying to make a wig, so please keep kind thoughts, cuz I know they didn't turn out super great :)

First I made these lovely hats, if I were to do a wig again, I would make them a little bigger, and I would have made them into a color that matched the wig's hair better, then. . . .

I wrapped yarn around a pillow several times, tied them off on one end and then cut, to give a nice chunk of "hair". . .then. . .

I tied them on the hat, repeating several times over, the first top layers I made much longer. . .

Then when the top and back area was done, I made smaller layers by wrapping around my hand, like below, and put it in the front bangs area and then on layers underneath

Wrapping away!

Here are some layers underneath. . .see why it would have been a much better idea if I had made the original hat in black? It would have been much less to hide!

The finished product! I did have to trim a little after he had it on, but I still can't get over how he looks more like a Jamaican Fred with the "Dread" like hair.. . .oh well. . .at least. . .

He is super cute! I am so glad I got him, even if he can be a little nerd :)

Then my wig was a little more, well ALOT more tricky because Wilma has her hair in a pony tail. So I tied all my hair chunks on the bottom so I could then pull them back into a pony tail and then made sort ones for bangs as well . . .

Like so, and I cannot even count on both my hands how complicated this was to pull the pony tail back. I know it is deceiving, like it would be just as simple to pull back your own attached hair, but it turned to be much more complicated, I am not sure how to explain, but just take my word for it, if you try this at home, just be prepared for a little more of a challenge (unless I just have issues! :)

Our finished products! I made my outfit of some random white material I had around the house, made a top part and then made the bottom by making panels and sewed them all together. I also made myself some tan colored sleeves so it will still be modest and also so I wouldn't freeze! Again, best part, BY FAR, in making these costumes was I didn't have to hem the bottoms, have I mentioned how I really don't like to hem?

She wasn't so happy at first, but at least she's so cute, right?! This was right before going to my husband's work where we went trick or treating, it was right after her nap but before her snack time, can you tell?  :)

This was after it all, she was much happier and was so excited to see Daddy at work for a few minutes!

Remember these cute little matching slippers I made!? Well silly me made them a little TOO early in the month cuz they wouldn't fit on her feet right before going. I guess the elastic I put in the ankle area was just a little too tight, oh well, at least we just went to his work, indoors, instead of outside all night!

So there you have it! We hope you had a Happy Halloween! We sure had a great time! :)

Until next week!

Let's have a Ball!

I love the fall time. I am not sure the reasons for it, but there is just such a special feeling about it. Going off these fun special feelings, our family is starting a fun new tradition.

We were discussing it over on how fun it would be to have our own family annual ball. And what a better time to do it than the fall!

I think the idea of this whole Ball idea clicked for us based on our very first date together way back in high school (it was for a school dance...nonetheless in the fall!)

Then we had our own special dance at our wedding (almost in the fall...)

Then our first full year here at school we went to a Mascaraed Ball, and yes, it was in the Fall!!

Back when I was big and preggo!

With lots of fun decorations!...

So since we have a history with dancing in the fall, and now with a little kiddo (so its harder to get out), we thought it would be fun to make an official family tradition but at home! So here is this years First Jacob Fall Ball in action. . .

This year I actually made it as a surprise, or at least the decorations part, so I timed a decoration run while he was at work, for how long it would take me to put it all together, so for the real night I would know how long I would need while I had Michael run to the store and get something....then SURPRISE! (and it only took me like 7 minutes to whip it all together. . .not bad eh?)

Then here is the decorations of the actual night. ..

You can't have a Ball without a disco ball! I made this by making a paper mache balloon, let it dry, then I wrapped it/glued tin foil on, then I cut up old CDs and glued them on, Wall-ah! A lovely disco ball we can now use for other future balls too!

Then I spread our lovely dance floor with fake rose petals that I got for a $1 at the dollar store, and cut out with construction paper flowers and hearts

Then to have some more fun in reminiscing of our past, since we had a carriage at our wedding. . . .

I made a little carriage as part of the decorations and we also looked at the book Michael made to propose to me with inside our carriage. All I did for this was get large white poster board, cut them out like wheels, then I put our big exercising ball on our dinning table and threw a fitted sheet over the top to hold the ball in place and to give it a fun rounded sort of look. . . .

What do you think? I also thumb tacked sheets to the ceiling to give some fun draping looks (I know its a little cheesy, but that's why its at home for just our family :)

Then remember our little bench? I took off the leaves from my fall decorations and Velcroed hearts to it, then I also tapped stars to the leaves I hung.

Then also at the dollar store I found this lovely plastic glass set and little miniature Sparkling Cider (which worked great since I really don't like soda type stuff, this little thing was the perfect size!)

Then I displayed our lovely crowns, from our wedding, and we wore them later for fun!

I also made us little white sign things. . . . I can't think of what they are called, but you know, the things Miss America wears, well I made some for us too, just for fun! :)

It was "Royally" a fun night! This year Addie didn't join us for our Fall Ball cuz I think she is too little to enjoy and she was in bed, but come next year and on, this won't just be a fun date night, it will become a family event!

Anyway, so there you have it! Sorry for not posting this last week, it got a little busy trying to cram on finishing our costumes. .. which I finally finished! And will also share those with you this week too! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Fall Wreath and other things....

Tomorrow is the last day for "The Forsaken Petal's" Giveaway, so don't forget to go check it out and enter it. I found out a little more details on it, it is $40 worth of software that you can do scrap booking on your computer, it looks pretty amazing, so you should check it out! And don't forget to check out the blog in of itself as well, it is great to get some intellectual perspectives about writing and life, if you are into that :)

Now on other notes. . . .

So I think I might have a slight flavor of ADD or something, or at least for crafty things :) I have a really hard time starting a project and finishing it in one shot in short time frames unless it HAS to be done for a particular reason, which also puts me in the category of a procrastinator too :)
So you know how I mentioned last week that I would finish my Halloween costumes along with the wigs for them in order to show you this week? Ha ha, well that didn't happen, my "Crafty ADD" as I like to call it, kicked in and I got carried away with other crafty things I have wanted to work on. And since my procrastination will kick in this weekend and early next week, I will have the costumes done soon along with the wigs, especially since Halloween is just around the corner! :)
So here is what has been distracting me this past week. . .

 I got these random scraps of material that were in the "Fall" color scheme. . ..

 Then using some old dead glow sticks (I know, I am crazy for saving EVERYTHING, I must get it from my Dad, yikes!) I linked them together to make a larger circle with the little loop things they come with. . .

Then I cut the scraps in longish strips and tied them like crazy on the glow stick loop, like so. . .

Then I added a few fake leaves I had to add a little more natural look to it, I used the polka dotted material to tie the leaves on, then. . .

 using this lovely empty cardboard from our cereal (don't you just love Raisin Bran? My bowels sure do! :), I made. . .

 This lovely "J" for our last name initial, and then I painted it . . .

 Wall-ah! And I decided it would be best to hang it on the inside of our house since the weather can be PRETTY temperamental here, and I didn't want it to get ruined

 Here is a closer up shot, I am still debating in my head if I like the red, cuz it tends to blend in too much it is hard to see, who knows, I might go to white on it, what do you think?

 Then I thought I would add a little taste of fall to my little bench here I made a while ago. . .

 I turned the strap on the arm pillows around, put sticky Velcro on it and added leaves to it instead of the flower. And since I used Velcro I can take it off and add some other fun decor next holiday time, like maybe a poinsettia will look fun there come winter time? Then I also made new pillow covers for the little pillows, they have some of the same material as what I used for the picture frame and bulletin board I shared earlier HERE.

Then to top it all off I decided it would be fun to having hanging or "Falling" leaves on our curtains that are hung with fishing string, it is Fall after all! :)

Okay, so there we have it for the week! I will get a crackin on finishing my costumes and wigs this coming week, but I probably wont share them with you till after Halloween so you can get the full affect look, can't you just not wait till then, cuz you are just so excited!!?
But as for next weeks sharing I will share with you a little fun with date ideas, in my Hubby's and I "Fall Ball" we just had, it was so great, I know you are just dying to hear about it now, right? Well come back next week so you can get the details!
Thanks again muchly for coming by, it means a lot! I hope you have a wonderful day!!