Whimsical Dog fun

This is from dogblogtv, these are soooo cute! if you need a smile on your face today check them out!

Sweet

If I can think of one world to describe this artist I would say "sweet". This is some of the items from Jennifer Murphy inspired by vintage animals. They are new but look like they have had many years of love. Here is the link to Martha Stewart website where you can watch Jennifer make pom pom bunnies and get the instructions. One can also alter the pattern or instructions for making mice, chicks, and other charming lovelies. These are adorable and I hope to have some made for myself. FLICKR has a number of artists who have made their own. Please check out Jennifer's website called bears and other silly things. I just found her stuff while searching Bayberry Cove**. I bought a few of her licensed designs that I'm waiting eagerly for :) !! She seems like an adorable person.
P.S. I thought I would pass on that I recently found Bayberry Cove. If you like Bethany Lowe's artist group or looking for a wonderful gift for yourself or heck even someone else ;) then check out their large seelection of lovelies.

Tim Holtz

I've found several blogs over the break so far but wanted to put one up. After the holiday I'll be on overload with these things. Tim Holtz Christmas tags. These are amazing and include some directions so I thought even if you aren't making Christmas tags made you can think about the techniques. I personally don't do scrapbooking or a lot of these paper projects just because of the cost of these projects and I'm not sure how you start simple on these projects. But I drooled over these and maybe its time to begin :).... So anywho, check him out they are fantastic.

Merry Christmas to all and to all....

Hello, Thanks for everyone who has dropped by my blog. I love hearing feedback and reading comments! Also, my crafts and finds have been posted because I am a DIYer at heart, with a love for beautiful things and just want to share with and inspire others who hold these same things dear :) (and as always, Give some love to those who have intigued myself).

If anyone has been entertained and has some other sites or would like to show off their own projects by all means let me know!

With this, I am off till the new year. I am home with the family and waiting for Santa! Hope everyone stays warm and has a great Christmas !

Yummy

So the entries are in. The first house is my boyfriend's. I'll add that he stole my idea about the wreath and the marshmallow men are mine too. He said he bought them, but I guess he forgot who bought the actual house kits. His entrance is very good though and he came around in the last leg of the competition.
The second is my house with the gumball snowmen guarding the house from evil children with sugar teeth. Fun little project. I would recommend either kit. The icing in the Wilton's kit was much thicker and needed to have more water added than the recipe called for. Also one kit came with a star tip and the other with a round which had benefits and disadvantages. The Wilton's it also had less even edges making it difficult to construct and was thicker gingerbread. Food network just had the gingerbread competition on and well :-p.....

Where is Hansel and Gretel ?

This is the week before I head home. I'm baking some Christmas goodies for holiday gifts. That I will let you know about later. But involved in these treats I decided to make some gingerbread houses. I've never made a gingerbread house that I can remember. I was a big sister in the big sister program and this was one of the events me and my little sister attended, but I can't say that was the same. Now I have to say that I didn't do any baking for this but rather bought a kit. I bought two kits and wanted to share what was out there. Green sticked version: From Cobblestone kitchen (large version) purchased at TJ MAXX for 12.99. This kit is unique from the other one because the gingerbread has patterns to resemble bricks and shingles. I also got four large white gumballs that are suppose to be made into snowmen ( I need some gummi worms for a scarf). I also got chiklets gum, sprinkles, and small gumballs. Second version: The other set is from Micheal's onsale for 8.99. I got gum rings and another set of gumdrops that aren't in the other set. Both sets include the icing, an icing bag w/tip, directions, and the bakes gingerbread. We will see what the outcome of each house is later in the week but I imagine that I'll mix and match from both sets. I think these sets are great and I might go buy the other gingerbread set to take home or maybe save for next year. I'm Very excited!

Chenille sticks

So Martha stewart said you can get chenille sticks (aka pipe cleaners) in terry cloth. Anyone know where?