A little scary...

I'm almost finished with this months Mondays best project.

This is before I tea stained it...

It's just a little scary...

Ready for the glitter!!!

I'm looking forward to the transformation 
when I add the glitter thread!!!

I've never used it before. 

I'll let you know how it goes!

P.S. If your interested, there are conversion charts for Cosmo thread to DMC. Just google it. I will try to find the link I used.

Pumpkintines...

Thought I'd share a simple gift that would be great this season.

For the tags, go to www.BHG.com/Pumpkintines.

Happy Sunday!

Coloring away on a hot HOT day!!!

Did you get your stitchery ready? 
I know Vickie is!

 I decided to color today, since it doesn't require any physical exertion. 

It's fun. You should try it :) 

Here's a tip...

You will need to buy the jumbo pack of crayons crayons. Mine is the 120 pack. Make sure you write your name on it so the kids/grandkids don't think it's for them :)

Draw your pattern onto the background fabric. Before stitching, color. Start with the darkest color and outline. Then fill in with the lightest color. 

For example, with the pumpkins, I outlined the pumpkin and it's veins with the darkest orange, lightly colored in with the lighter orange then with yellow, I colored the entire pumpkin blending the whole thing together and giving color to the face.

Once the coloring is done, follow the instructions on your pattern to set the color and start stitching :)

Happy Fall Friday!

Wanna stitch with me?

It's October!!! 

I'm not sure what it's like where you are, but tomorrow we are going to hit 90

 and it will hit triple digits by Sunday! 

 Trying to get into the Halloween spirit is hard, 

so I've decided to work on a project I started last year. 

Fat quarters quilt shop has the pattern and the kit to make this quilt.

 If you are interested in stitching with me, 

grab yourself a kit and a needle and let's get into the spirit!

It's soooo cute! I just love it! Oh and you get to color! How fun is that!

Happy October!!!

Halloween Festivites

the kids had a weekend full of halloween fun.
it started on friday when we went to the trunk or treat



saturday we went to the schools halloween carnival, enjoyed sweet treats, carnival games and cake walks. after we went to the local pumpkin patch. the kids played in the jumpee and nolan danced.



later that evening, daddy carved pumpkins with the kids.



on halloween we went trick or treating with family and friends.



i love traditions, i love having family near by and i love halloween!

Pumpkins, Pirates & Monkeys

my lil' punkin...love her!



nolan LOVED his costume. he would've wore it to bed, if i would've let him! the tail made him laugh.



and masyn is just stinkin' cute and not a BIT sassy!

Halloween by Masyn

do you remember this post?
if you've been wondering if shawn got the halloween decorations unpack for masyn, wait no more.
he didn't. he really couldn't, BUT his mom {nana} did climb up into the attic and found two bins and brought them over for her.
we love nana!

i did want to share masyn's halloween decorating.



with daddy's help, she made these ghosts.
{my mom gave us the cute sign}
she also had me buy cobwebs and had shawn and i put it up on the front porch.



i LOVED this one!
however, remington {our lab} helped himself to most of the lollipops.

and i wish i got a picture of the inside {before bub made her take it down}.
she hung streamers all over the living room, held up by tape at HER level, leaving us to duck while walking through. it didn't last long, but it was cute!

Halloween Treat Ideas

my daughter {thanks to becky} sent me a link to a fantastic blog that has some great treat ideas for halloween. she even has the downloads to print all that you see below! i LOVE that!

head on over to {it is what it is}, which i might add, is one of my most favorite things to say, and conjure up some spooky treats for your little goblins!

Glitter Pumpkins

how stinkin cute are these!!!
you can find the tutorial here.

Halloween Fun for the Little Ones

jamie over at the crafting chicks has a couple great ideas to keep the little ones happy this halloween.
go on over and check them out!

Halloween

i LOVE halloween!
and thanks to becky and chelsie, i LOVE this blog!
room to inspire has some awesome halloween ideas that are truly worth making.

have fun creating.

Halloween Cookies...YUM!

my sister called me, excited about the newest post over at how does she.

yep, they are super cute mummy cookies made from my favorite oreo cookie!

you can check it out here, if your in the halloween mood.

The Bunny Hill Group

(well really, only Patti & I)
got together today to work on the great block of the month that anne has designed.

i love any excuse to make cupcakes and i can't resist halloween,
so today i made these cupcakes with the witches hat cookies.

i also made this trail mix that i discovered last year in a country living magazine.
it's a huge hit.

(mix together halloween m&m's, roasted peanuts and candy corn. my kids like when i add mini oreo's and goldfish crackers to the mix, but the original country living mix is just the three ingredients.)

(picture from country living)
hope your having a great weekend!

Tomato Cage Ghosts

again, i got this fabulous pattern from jeni...
i thought i'd share it with you

mc calls crafts has a pattern to make these simple ghosts.
it's number 3133.
all you need is white felt (90" wide), black felt for the eyes and mouth,
a tomato cage, white christmas lights and basic sewing skills.

the kids will love it!