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Family Pumpkins 2015

Family Pumpkins 2015My son and I had so much fun with this. It was a little harder than we thought and both of us messed up our patterns but in the end it was the time spent together that I remember when I see these now.

 

A foam pumpkin with marking pen decorations.

Decorating Foam PumpkinsGet a faux pumpkin from a thrift or dollar store, grab a sharpie and your imagination. Just mark your pumpkin any old' way you want to!

 

Chinese New Year 2014

Chinese New Year 2014Chinese New Year 2014, taken in Liverpool England. A beautifully sunny day for the time of year which was a big bonus considering the extreme weather we have been having recently

 

Potted Flowers For Mother's Day

Potted Flowers For Mother's DayThis is a Mother's Day gift from my son and daughter in law.

 

A vintage Avon Easter Bunny pin from 1972

Vintage Avon Easter Bunny PinThis Easter bunny pin was worn at Easter, 1972 on my 3 month old baby daughter's dress. It had a mild perfume pomade, which was accessible when you pulled on the ears to open it to use the pomade.

 

Peanut, an orange cat with plastic Easter eggs.

Peanut With His First Easter EggsPeanut in his Easter Picture. I put some brightly colored eggs by him so he could have a seaonal photo.

 

People watching a fireworks display on the Fourth of July.

Photo: Watching FireworksI find that it's nearly impossible to capture the "awe" of fireworks on the 4th of July because everyone is looking at the sky.

 

Ft. Vancouver

Fireworks at Fort VancouverMy family and I visited Fort Vancouver for their annual Fourth of July fireworks display. It is a very large park located in Vancouver, Washington, with historic and archeological exhibits and information.

 

Bunny Tails

Craft: Bunny TailsCut enough string, yarn, or twine to wrap around the waist of the one who will wear the tail. In the middle of the string, start gluing the cotton balls in a clump.

 

Flowers for Lunar New Year

Chinese New Year in Hong KongHere is a picture of the entry way to my sister's apartment building at the Hong Kong International School. Vibrant decorations are everywhere throughout the city. It is the most important holiday for most of this part of the world.

 

A pumpkin decorated with bittersweet.

Bittersweet Pumpkin DisplayCreate a beautiful, natural autumn centerpiece using a pumpkin, dried wheat, leaves, and bittersweet. For rectangular tables you can place a smaller pumpkin on each side and arrange the wheat/grasses, leaves, and bittersweet around them as well.

 

Christmas Float Ideas: "What Christmas Means To Me"Last year, my boss asked if I could help her with her children's church choir parade entry. The theme was "What Christmas Means To Me". Simple theme, but one that has so many options.

 

Store Utensils In Jars at BuffetWe needed a thrifty cute way to hold plastic silverware on a buffet line for a 50th wedding anniversary party. This party was a casual summer time lunch buffet with sandwiches, pickles, olives, chips, and dips,etc.

 

photo confetti

Photograph ConfettiFor my 20-year reunion, I printed copies of all the pictures from high school that I could find onto photo paper. I bought large hole punches in a 1 inch and 2 inch size, and punched the pictures out.

 

Rosebushes For Mother's Day

Rosebushes for Mother's DayMy husband and children got me this rose bush last year for Mother's Day. It was just a stick in the plastic wrapper. It has grown and is so beautiful to look at.

 

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Painted wooden bunny.

Craft: Painted BunnyMy brother-in-law cut out all the forms and a couple of us girls got together and finished the wood products. With our own ideas along with the help of my crafty sister-in-law helping us.

 

Craft Photo: Easter BasketI designed this Easter Basket for my 1 year old granddaughter. I drew a bunny on both sides by hand, with beads for eggs under him. Then I put a pom pom tail on the end. I spelled her name out on the handle, with more egg beads.

 

Teddy Bear PicnicTeddy Bear Picnic is a beary cute party. We made Teddy bear sugar cookies. Just add Teddy Grahams before you bake them. We made a CD with all Teddy bear tunes for our guests and gave them each a silicone Teddy bear cupcake mold as a favor.

 

Cow Jumped Over Moon Cake

Cow Jumped Over The Moon CakeThe theme was Nursery Rhymes.. so this is the "The Cow Jumped Over the MOON!" cake I made for my girlfriend's daughter's baby shower.

 

A cake shaped like a cross celebrating First Communion

First Communion CakeHere is a First Communion Cake that I made for my Grandaughter Abigales's Communion. The decorations were done also by me.

 

Eggs and Clay Pot
Easter Decorations

Eggs and Clay Pot Easter DecorationsI like to Easter decorations that are simple and beautiful. I bought these three solid decorative eggs at an after-Easter sale; the pots were very inexpensive at a craft store.

 

chicken puppet

Crazy Easter ChickensSimply made using: Fun fur, paper plates, feathers and dowel rods.

 

closeup of little girl dressed for a tea party

Fifth Birthday Tea PartyFor my daughter's fifth birthday I gave her a tea party. At the thrift store I bought old granny hats, and jewelry for about $10.00.

 

Ethiopian Flag CakeI make a lot of cakes. I decided that since I was going to an Ethiopia Celebration that I would make something exciting. So I made an Ethiopian Flag. The cake is vanilla made from scratch. Then I made homemade butter icing and created this beautiful flag.

 

photo card with bleeding heart flowers

Garden Flowers ValentineYour garden flowers can be used to decorate your self-made cards for every occasion. Here is a picture of bleeding heart that I made for my wife on Valentine's Day. By webster7

 

Photo note card with carnations.

Valentine's Day Note CardsHere's one of my collections of Valentine's Day note cards. I take the pictures myself and print them on quality white matte note cards. By kate

 

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