Recliners

We ordered two recliners from La-Z-Boy back in August and they arrived today. They are a nice chocolate brown leather, and oh so comfy. Good thing Tony ordered the full set of James Bond flicks, so we can curl up in the recliners and be slugs. :-) Mo gave his nap of approval too!

Explosion Box

This was a fun project we did in stamping last night. It's designed for scrapbooking so you could put different pictures on the pages inside, but I think you could do all kinds of different things. I enjoyed folding the flower on the top too.

Glass Mosaic

We did this glass marble mosaic in our Heart of Texas Tolers monthly meeting. We got all the marbles glued down and then I'll need to grout it at some point. It's meant to hang in a window, but I might try to make a lamp out of it.

Shetland Shawl and Olympics Update

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Oh the agony! I have been working on this shawl for a couple of months. I was finishing the bind off border when I ran out of yarn, 13 stitches from being done. I don't have any more yarn, and I can't find any on the Internet. I'll have to look around locally later in the week.

Oh, and I failed miserably at my knitting during the Olympics task. The yarn and the linen stitch are killing my hands, so I'm not even done with the back of my jacket yet!

Man, I've got some bad knitting mojo right now. I hope knitting some scarves for the Special Olympics will help cure that!!

Halloween Tree

Mom got me this great tree with ornaments for Halloween last year. I can hardly wait for Halloween now that I have my wreath and this tree. It's so fun to paint for Halloween. I don't know how well it shows, but I added black glitter to the edges of the tree. I also tried using glitter for some of the faces on the ornaments, but I didn't like that too much.

Pumpkin pins

I've had these pumpkin cutouts for a couple of years. I thought they'd be cute as pins to wear for Halloween. I got the idea for their faces from a John Sliney book.

Snowmen

Tony cut these snowmen out for me last year, but I didn't have time to paint them before the holiday season. I'll add some sticks for their arms, and I think I might knit a scarf for the one too. They will be darling in our yard this Christmas!

Lemons

Tony made me this great shelf/holder for my cookbooks. It took me ages to get around to painting it. The design is modified heavily from Crate Labels & Seed Packets by Barbara Baatz. The lettering is definitely shakey, but not too bad. It'll be cute in the kitchen. I just need to add a bazillion coats of varnish.

Snowman

I helped make one of these snowmen for Mom last Christmas, and just now got around to making one of my own. It's a styrofoam ball and I coated mine in paper perfect so it's got a handmade paper feel to it. Mom found the adorable hat which really just makes it. I'll definitely be ready for the holidays.

Dining Table

We found a nice dining table and chairs at World Market this weekend. And it was on sale. On the downside we had to go to 3 stores before we found it in stock! I'm really happy with it though, and it's nice to finally have a real table and chairs.