Saturday, November 27, 2010

latest faves.......



OK, here are my latest faves......


- of course, it is now Christmas cup time at Starbucks

-'Parenthood' TV show- it is one of the best shows on-

-having the windows opened during the day and night

-DVR- I love it- we finally have it since we moved here and I am now just getting use to recording, pausing live shows!!

-2010 Starbucks cup Christmas ornament

-Vera Bradley clutch wallet

-Christmas music 24-7 on 99.9 FM

- not having to wear a coat- but only a sweater as a coat.....

- burt's bees lip balm

-hiking at South Mountain- my Saturday hiking partner though is in Sedona this weekend....

-the latest Phoenix Magazine- reminds me of "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO

-helping J read his books he wrote at school and listening to him do simple math

-hearing Owen "giggle out completely" as we talked about all the Toy Story Characters as he named them and how he wants to get all of them in a Christmas ornament

-boys yelling out in excitement as they pulled out the Christmas ornaments one by one

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Duds...





Some crafts are just duds...... they are the ones that really do not turn out the way they were intended.
This happened the other night, and I really only had time to try a couple of different pics.
We were making Christmas ornaments with pics on transparency paper- but I think the pictures I chose were not dark enough with the tinsel...... Well, here is step one..... the next step will be to try different pictures....