Merry Christmas!!

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

My family will have a white Christmas this year... a far cry from south GA.

We are all really enjoying the snow and having a great time playing in it :-)

Back in Business

I just took my shop off of vacation mode!!

Wow, what a transition!! The traveling went great! Only had a few minor vehicle issues on the way, ran into a bit of bad icy weather, but here I am, all safe and warm and practically settled in. The horses did great during this dramatic change... I was a bit concerned, but they have adjusted with no issues!! YIPEE!!

Our horses went from this....

To this......

And we all went from shorts to snow pants :)

It really is beautiful here, and I will post more pics as I settle in more.

Hope you all have a great day!!

Crochet texting mittens for my sister

I am one of those people who has been blessed... not with one, not with two, but with three sisters! One of my sisters requested mittens that can be used for texting so I took this pattern
http://www.crochetandknitting.com/mitglov2.htm
and only altered the thumbs so that there would be a slit to pull the thumbs out so they can be used for texting as well. :)
There is a shop I found on etsy that that sells this same glove (except the thumb opening) so if you love it and can't make it visit her shop. Her stitches look really pretty.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/76537017/convertible-fingerless-gloves-or-mittens

I am still in GA patiently waiting for the big move. Crocheting sure is a great way to relieve the stress of moving! If you have a great pattern or pictures of texting/fingerless gloves you have made share it by leaving me a comment :)

My fall fingernail design

The leaves are changing their color here in South Georgia and I wanted my manicure to have color changes too :)
This manicure is made by using these three colors: Finger Paints Artists Inspiration, Finger Paints Cordur Orange, and China Glaze Twenty-Four K . I started at the base of the nail with the gold color and used an eye shadow applicator to "sponge" it on. I followed with the light brown blending with the applicator and finished with the orange, again using the applicator to sponge the colors and blend them together at the edges. I then applied a top coat. Next, I used BM21 plate with Konad special polish in black.  Finally, I applied another top coat and the result is a pretty fall manicure :)

Feel free to ask any questions about this manicure, and let me know what you think.

This is the eye shadow applicator I used

A link to some of the actual wedding pictures

Not sure if this will work but here is a link to the photographer's face book page. She is only 19 years old!! She is such a talented young lady and I have been blessed to know her for many years now and have watched her God given talent bloom. I am attaching a link to her blog as well.
Let me know what you think :)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mixon-Match-Photography/220990754634027?sk=info#!/media/set/?set=a.230519053681197.59099.220990754634027&type=1
(North Wedding)

Also, her blog address is http://mixonmatch.blogspot.com/

Rustic wedding decor, a few pics of what I made

Here are a few pictures of the decorations I made for the wedding. The wedding was beautiful and my Kristen is now married!! I am so happy for her! She has had a fairytale courtship, engagement, and wedding. I will post more pictures of her rustic themed wedding as I get time.

I made 6 different rectangular saying that were placed int the center of swags made of twigs. They  were used in the chapel at the windows.

I also added a few of the same flowers that I used in the bouquets with the twigs.

This little chapel is located in the most adorable country place, so I added a few decorative items to the  entrance of the chapel... it actually is surrounded by a picket fence, how cute is that!!

This cake was so perfect!! I made the cake topper by drawing out a tree design and transferring it over to a wooden heart that I cut out, then.... I took out my handy wood burning tool again :)

Let me know what you think!!

2 Week Count Down to Wedding

Here we go!!!! Just two weeks from today and my adopted daughter is getting married!! Then two weeks later we move!!!! YIKES

I am really nervous about doing this BUT... I am putting my etsy shop in vacation mode!!! Starting on Nov. 2nd!! It will most likely be in vacation mode until the end of December so if you would like to make a purchase be sure to do it before Nov. 2nd.

I hope this will not effect my shop the way others have said it would... biting finger nails on this one :-/
I am so happy with the amount of orders I have had and have been blessed with wonderful customers :)

I am sill going to keep up with my blog, so be sure to keep following me :))

Here are a few more things I have made for the wedding... take a look...

I think I have mentioned that the wedding is a rustic country theme, for these cute mason jars I took out my handy wood burning tool to monogram these wooden hearts.... love it :)

I found a pretty inexpensive set of glass votive at Hobby Lobby and I just wrapped some burlap around them and tied a coordinating bow in the wedding colors to countrify  them a little :)
( I know, I know, that countrify is not a "real" word but it just fits so perfect here :)

Here is a set of 8 of them, I think they will be sooo pretty lit up!

Stay tuned for more pictures of decorations, I have been busy this week making some very rustic pew bows, with less bow and more twigs/wheat stems, and I like them too :)