{A blog journaling my life as a stay-at-home wife and mother as well as my love for photography and interior design.}
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Yogurt Lover
My little man loves yogurt. He has his own little ones, but yesterday I made the mistake of leaving mine out... He found it & helped himself! Sorry about the noisy/grainy pics, I just grabbed my camera & started shooting. It was too cute to miss!!!
And WOW this pic is ginormous! Thanks to a sweet friend, I am making my pics bigger :) I'm just still learning how, obviously. haha hehe Oh well, the bigger the better, right? hmmmm.
Monday, October 25, 2010
I know it's a little early...
Then, I covered the whole thing in brown packing paper to make a uniform surface for the moss to adhere to.
Now the moss... Ahh, the moss... (Enter problem #2 for the wreath project.) I found the sheet moss at Hobby Lobby, but it was a bit more than I wanted to pay for this project. I mean, the whole point of me making the wreath was to save money. The moss was going to cost between $16-$20, so I found some reindeer moss at the Dollar Tree and only spent $4 instead!!! (I actually bought 5 to make sure I had enough but I only used 4 packages.)
This moss was not the flat, sheet moss that I wanted but I liked the price so I got over it. It gave the wreath a different look than what I wanted and was much harder to work with, so I decided if I had to do it all over again, I would wait till the moss was 50% off at HL and get the moss I really wanted. I only recommend using the reindeer moss for this project if you have lots of patience! (And don't mind the more 'fluffy' look that it gives the wreath.)
I didn't get any pictures of the gluing on the moss process (probably because I was covered in moss and trying not to lose my mind!) LOL But, basically I just hot glued small areas at a time and globbed on the moss. It was a tedious process & I had to go back and fill lots of bare spots but I finally got it covered. Then, I added some holly berries I also picked up at HL and a red bow. Some red ribbon for hanging and it was finished!
I am looking forward to hanging it the day after Thanksgiving ;) And hoping that birds don't destroy it by stealing the moss for their nests! lol
Oh! I forgot the best part! The wreath only cost about $9.50 since I already had the frame and thanks to my Dollar Tree moss!!! If I would have found the ribbon at the dollar store as well, I could have done this for about $7 including the paper I used to cover the frame. I was excited since you can't really get a holiday wreath under $20 and usually they are much more than that!
I'm linking up to Polly Want A Crafter's linky party here and The Thrifty Home's Penny Pinching Party here!
Also, Young & Crafty's Free for All party!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Company's Comin' :)
A little 'fall touch' to the little side table ;)
Sadly, this may be the last time mom gets such a cozy guest bed...I am planning to make this room Hayden's playroom (as soon as I get the motivation.)
Saturday, October 16, 2010
It's Halloween time!
So, I have been in the Halloween spirit lately :)
And, here is a sneak peak of Hayden's costumes this year!
(Yes, I said costumes with an 's'--he has 2 this year since I could not decide on just one. He can wear one to Boo at the Zoo and one for trick-or-treating.)
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Pumpkin Patch
I was so excited for Fall this year mostly because of activities I could do with Hayden. One of the ones I was looking forward to the most was the pumpkin patch! I am planning to go with friends for a playdate later in the month, but I decided to go with the school that my mother-in-law teaches at this past wednesday. They go to a big farm in Maryville and his little cousins were going, so I thought it would be fun for him (and me.) We had perfect Fall weather and it was a great time! Hayden did so well and was such a big boy. We had a long hayride, picked out a pumpkin and ate lunch. I stopped to take a few pictures, but mostly I was just enjoying my time with my little boy and watching him react to seeing all the animals and pumpkins. He is just discovering so many new things and it's so fun to experience it all with him! That little boy makes every day fun. :)
These cows were so cute out there...look at that little baby in the front! Awe!!!
Got himself a pumpkin :)
And of course he had to wear the pumpkin hat to the pumpkin patch!!! :p
Pumpkin flower...did not really know these existed. Learn something new every day I guess!
Eating lunch (a tasty soy p.b. sammich since he's not quite old enough for the real stuff.) :p
Monday, October 4, 2010
Another 'first'
Waiting his turn :)
Happy little man
Big boy hair! :'(
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