Working on a piece to use for my Christmas cards. This may be the winner.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week. Suddenly I feel the crush of the Holidays is upon us. It gets so overwhelming from here on out until the end of the year. I'm vowing not to get too caught up in the whirlwind and try to live a little more in the moment with the kids. But we'll see, you know?

My Very Hungry Caterpillar

Loves his lolipops! Halloween was so much fun this year. My littlest was SOOO excited about trick or treating. He woke up yelling HALLOWEEN! TRICK OR TREAT! CANDY!!! and that was *before* any sugar intake... Now I can't wait to see him at Christmas. Little kids really make the holidays special, don't they?

Crowning glory

I'm on a crown kick lately. I blame the lack of Disney Princess merchandise during my formative years. Nowadays these kids can get pink and glitter everywhere.

I grew up in the '70's. A dark time indeed. Macrame, orange ponchos and clogs.
Oh the horror!

So now I have to live out my princess fantasy via my craft room. This is my latest crown for a lady at work. She's leaving our division for another spot in the organization via a reorganization. Luckily she didn't get laid off. We are all going to miss her so we're having a little luncheon for her tomorrow and I wanted to make a special crown for her to wear to the party. Hopefully it will lift her spirits a bit.

Just to prove I'm not dead :)

Been on a summer hiatus it seems. My lovely craft room is in the garage and with no a/c it's miserable during the 90+ degree summers here in the Valley. The good news is I've convinced hubby to install the duct work to connect my room to the a/c. Bad news is that he won't climb up into the attic to do it until it's not 90+ degrees. *sigh* Oh well, it'll be awesome next summer!

Looking forward to getting back in the swing of arty things this fall and am trying to think of something to submit for Somerset Studios Alice in Wonderland issue. Need to get it together to send off by the beginning of October though so not much time! I'm late! I'm late!

And we have a WINNER!

Congratulations to Nancy of http://nan-livelovelaugh.blogspot.com/ She is the lucky winner of the birdhouse and a little something extra. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and participated. I hope you all had as much fun as I did making the rounds to all the great blogs out there!

Learn how to make a paper flower wreath

I just wrote up the instructions on how to make the wreath picutred here on ehow. Check it out and make one of your own! These are so much fun, easy and a great way to use up those scraps of patterned paper. Enjoy :)

http://www.ehow.com/how_5045053_make-paper-flower-garland.html

Put a little birdhouse in your soul.

I figured it's time to get down to a give away, and might as well do it with some company! I've decided to join the rest of the amazing bloggers participating in the 3rd (third! How did I miss the other two?) annual Cottage Charm giveaway. On May 30th a zillion different bloggers will be giving away goodies on their sites. Ok maybe not a zillion, but you can forgive me for being over excited because there are a LOT. Check out the other folks here and who knows, maybe you'll stumble across a new favorite web site and even better, win something!

So my giveaway is this sweet little birdhouse I painted and collaged. It's made of wood and includes a tiny pink birdie who likes to call it home. Leave me a comment and on May 30th I'll randomly pick a name and send it off to the winner.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!

P.S. I've decided to also add one of the little vintage stuffed girls pictured in the "My Posse" post as well. Let me know if there's one that particularly tickles your fancy!