Fall is in the air

I saw this card and knew I had to make one. The leaves are changing here and our weather is now cooling off and looking more and more like fall.

Halloween

 I had a little time to play today, these are all cased but I really don't remember where I got them all from but I love them! I was going to play for the rest of the day and track down where I CASED these from but, I just got a call, my oldest son has lost the only set of keys to his truck in the lake so I am driving 3-4 hours to pick him up and take him to the Dodge shop some place in Texas and hope they can make a key with the vin #. Wish me luck and I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend

Craft shows

Things just might be slowing down enough so I can get back to crafting. Summer is always such a crazy time around here but I can feel the change in weather starting and only have a few more camping trips planned for this year. I really need to get up there and get started on some craft show items we have 2 shows already planned for this year. My friend Kristen and I are so excited we made the cut for the LaCueva juried craft show! We know of a few crafters that have been trying for years to get into this show so to us it is quite an accomplishment. I will be posting again very soon ….. no really this time. Lol
If you have had luck with items at craft shows please let me know what they are we have only done one other show and have a lot to learn.
Thank you to everyone for the emails asking about me. I am fine and happy to be back.

The balls are in the yard

The balls are in the yard and they look so cute. The best part is the New Mexico wind can’t blow them away!

I won’t be in the craft room anytime soon I have picked up a new wish child and will be working on his wish this week. He wants a pop up tent trailer and the Make a wish foundation has granted it for him. We will be delivering it to him at our dealership on Aug. 7, 2010. I love being part of such a great organizations, both Make-a-Wish and Rocky Mountain RV. Being a wish granter is amazing! I love to see how happy these kiddos are when they get their wishes.

Then I have family coming from Texas the fallowing week. I love spending time with family and I haven’t seen this family near enough. So I think from now on I will just not craft in the summer. That way I won’t feel like I am not getting enough done. Lol I have been firing the kiln a few times a week, I need to find someone that drinks more so I will have enough slumped glass for this years show.

My friend Kristen and I have sighed up of a few shows and we hope to get our feet wet this year and see if it is something we want to continue.

Bowling balls for yard art.

These are not done yet but wanted to share them with you anyway. I got the bowling balls from a thrift store for $3.99 each. The pattern and directions I googled and found directions in the online magazine Birds and Blooms. I found if I put the balls on full soda/beer cans it would hold the balls and only leave a small ring to paint later.

For the black first I tried tape and masked it off. I fouund this didn't work for me so I just hand painted the black over the red.

I found this copper tube in the back yard where my DH had left it after he replaced it on the a/c, it was his idea to bend the end before we put it into the finger holes.

I only had white caulking but it is paintable, I just have to wait for it to dry before I can paint it. I think it will be at least a week and then they will be sent to the backyard to live. I have 2 more balls and I think I will make the bees out of them.

Yup still a bad bloger

I should just know better than to think I could get crafting done in the summer. I do have a date set with a friend to do some crafting so just maybe I will get some done. We have almost finished our kitchen island and I am sooooooooo happy to have it almost over. I hate waiting around for people to show up they say 10 am then show up at 4pm. I have one more day to wait around and I hope it will be all done.

Before

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