Happy Halloween

We made some edible eyeballs to get in the mood for Halloween. They are made out of vanilla pudding.
They look like this when done. I had some that were really bulging. I think they suffered from a disease! I found the recipe here. They are really easy.

We also made this huge spider to hang outside by our front door. He keeps falling down, but we love him. You can find the directions here.

Have a safe and Happy Halloween. I'll post my homemade costume tomorrow! Another borrowed idea!!

I made it without my Hubby (almost)

What do you do with all the leftover fence panels when hubby has just finished building a new fence?
Purchase scrap wood at Home Depot. See the green spray paint? That means these 4 feet 2X4's are 51 cents each. Wink at Sexy Hubby and promise him anything in the world if he will recut all the wood because after I ran them through the table saw each leg was a different height. Oops!

I needed a new entry table and wasn't willing to spend big bucks to get one.

I pulled off all the old pickets and used the 2X4's from Home Depot to make this entry table. I am still playing around with the accessories, but I love it!

Ours measures 4 feet long by 30 inches tall. I had the black paint already. I bought the 2X4's for $2.00 and a box of screws for $5.00. Not bad for a huge entry table that I love. The price makes it even better.

I am linking up to DIY day here. Go check out how creative these women are!

Come see my new table!

Picture Frame

I took this frame that I bought about three years to make a gift for a friend that was having a baby.

I used a piece of scrapbook paper from this fall stack...

Used Modge Podge to stick it to the frame.....

Now I have a new fall frame to sit in my entertainment center.

Sewing appliques

My friend Christy had a baby boy in July. They named him Davey. I finally got to meet him last week. I had seen some onesies with appliques sewed on at TreyandLucy.blogspot.com that I was dying to try.

BTW...he fell asleep in less than 30 seconds after his mom put him in his car seat. How sweet is that? I had to take a picture.
I made one applique onesie with a tie and one with a guitar. They didn't turn out as cute as I had visioned. I basically sewed white onto white. Duh! Not the best choice.

Here is big sister Brenna, Christy, and baby Davey.

See how the contrast looks much better. I had the zebra fabric and Ariel had the plain shirt, so I got to work.

I figured out the hard way that it works best if you iron the heat N bond onto the piece of fabric your going to cut, first. You waste a little fabric doing it this way, but it makes it much easier to trace and cut out.

1. Find a pattern you like,

2. trace it onto your heat n bond,

3. cut it out,

4. iron it onto your clothing,

5. sew around the perimeter.

Piece of cake! Enjoy your piece of art!

My 100th post

It only took my a year and a half, but this is my 100th post. I promise to do better!!

Here are 100 things about me:

1. Bellybuttons and armpits totally gross me out.
2. I am afraid of heights. Don’t do well on Ferris wheels.
3. My favorite book is…to many to list.
4. I love the movie Hitch. Have you seen it? Cracks me up every time!
5. Favorite color is purple, but I don’t like to wear it.
6. I love to read.
7. I hate snakes.
8. I don’t read between the lines. If I have hurt your feelings or said something to offend you, you need to tell me straight up, because I won’t get why you’re trying to avoid me!
9. I love it when the seasons change.
10. I always wanted three kids.
11. I don’t like my feet to be dirty.
12. My parents divorced when I was a little girl.
13. I have lived in Texas, Oklahoma, California, Nevada & Washington.
14. I don’t like change.
15. I usually take the same route everywhere I go.
16. I’ve used the same brand of deodorant for the last15 years. Not same roll, same brand. Dry Idea roll-on. Powder Fresh.
17. I love riding motorcycles and four wheelers.
18. I like to create things, but often have to steal others ideas. Wish I were more original!
19. I was raised by my daddy with my little sister.
20. My sister and I each have one boy and two girls. Her boy is the oldest, mine is the youngest.
21. I love seeing the beauty in all the things created by God. Mountains, flowers, beaches…
22. Baby giggles make my heart happy. Actually any little giggles.
23. Favorite outfit is blue jeans, t-shirt, and tennis shoes.
24. Clothes on the floor drives me berserk.
25. I have a hard time sitting still.
26. I really should join a Dr. Pepper’s Anonymous group.
27. I am going to spoil my grandkids and annoy my son-in-laws…unintentionally and with love, of course.
28. I was baptized at age 25 with my then 7 year old daughter.
29. I love the smell of rain.
30. One day I will play the piano and speak Spanish fluently.
31. I really enjoy baking and think it would be fun to own a bakery.
32. I love to snuggle up with my hubby and watch a movie when it’s getting cold.
33. Starting a fire makes me feel mushy, along with watching the movie The Notebook!
34. I have seen God answer prayers.
35. I am a full time college student.
36. I have been married for 12 years, to the same wonderful man!
37. Clutter makes me feel antsy.
38. I love family pictures.
39. HGTV is my channel to watch along with the other fixer upper shows.
40. I am ready for a new house with a huge craft room.
41. There are not too many movies or books that I will read or watch over and over.
42. I want to live some place that stays between 75-80 degrees year round! With little wind.
43. I plan on running a marathon at some point in my life.
44. A triathlon would be cool to participate in.
45. Never thought I would be a coffee drinker, but now I cannot wait to get up and have a cup or two of coffee.
46. I would like to learn yoga, but I think it would be too mellow for me. I’d probably get bored very quickly. I think that is part of myself diagnosed ADD.
47. Beef enchiladas with red sauce, refried beans, and rice is probably my favorite meal.
48. I love being a mommy and all the things that come with parenting. Hardest job, but most rewarding.
49. I’m really not much of a football fan.
50. I liked school mainly for the sports and friendships.
51. I really was a goof off in school. I would bring things like sulfur to school and leave it some one's locker.
52. I was really tomboyish when I was younger.
53. I am goal orientated.
54. I usually plan, down to the bathroom breaks (not really), and make lists.
55. I really need my full 8 hours of sleep…every night.
56. I like to take trips. Small ones and big ones.
57. I DO NOT like pears or cantaloupe.
58. I really miss being close to family. It makes me really sad.
59. I love pumpkin pie with cool whip!!!
60. I love me some George Strait.
61. I learned to drive a standard before an automatic. I thought it was so cool.
62. I have hundreds of things I want to make.
63. I love working hard.
64. I prefer warmer colors over pastels.
65. I have green eyes. If you dare say they are brown, I will gouge your eyes out with a fork! Just kidding.
66. I’m a jello fanatic.
67. I am incredibly blessed.
68. I listen to K-Love in my car and I love it when the kids say turn it up!!
69. I like to save quotes. I have a little journal that I write them in.
70. I like to take old and/or ugly things and fix them up.
71. I’ve been coloring my hair since I was 25.
72. I think it’s against the law to get up before 6am.
73. I have been hot air ballooning. It is gorgeously fun!
74. I was born in the great state of Texas, as were my three children.
75. I enjoy gardening.
76. I have a really weird sense of humor. I blame that on being raised by my dad.
77. I once flushed a little fish down the toilet because he was stinky.
78. I am pretty simple. Don’t wear much jewelry or nail polish.
79. Pretty content with what I have. I don’t have many wants.
80. I am 5’3”.
81. I miss living in Amarillo.
82. I think marriage and raising kids takes a lot of hard work. Sometimes I get lazy.
83. I am saved by the grace of God.
84. I am struggling with school right now, because I just want to do all the mommy stuff instead of homework or studying.
85. I have a rule that bad and scary dreams aren’t allowed to be told.
86. I’m still not convinced that my 13 year old needs a cell phone.
87. We do not have TIVO. If you feel sorry for me and led to give me one, just email me and I will give you my mailing address.
88. I love watching my kids play sports and cheering them on.
89. I listened to Milli Vanili, Michael Jackson, Vanilla Ice, and MC Hammer back in the day.
90. I am forgiven!
91. Mercy Me’s I Can Only Imagine is one of my favorite songs. I want it played at my funeral.
92. I love praising God in worship.
93. I have been to Canada and Mexico.
94. We went to Six Flags for our honeymoon.
95. I don’t ride roller coasters or anything else that looks scary.
96. I am usually an active listener. I like to hear other’s point of view and then sit back and think about it.
97. I take my showers at night because I think it takes too long to get ready in the morning if I don’t.
98. I have already started buying for Christmas. Have you?
99. I have worked as a babysitter, dishwasher, waitress, cashier, secretary, Land Tech, and Landman.
100. I love my husband!!

Flashback

It was homecoming week and the middle schoolers participated in dressing up too. They had eighties day and we didn't have anything. So we took this outfit....

And turned it into this. Lots of makeup, big hair, fishnet stockings...Perfecto!

How many of you used to dress like this?