It looks even brighter in person-the guys aren’t use to those LED ‘white’ lights (the bigger bulbs). I have a few shades of blue more in the middle. I am still looking through ornaments for clear ones, white ones and snowflakes or balls!
Brian is always trying to win over the cat! I see my mosaic ball right under Bri’s elbow there. : )
The grout gets its tint from acrylic paint. The green round ornie is dry and the pink one was done this morning. I add little stars, etc and glitter to the wet grout. The two flat ones shaped like ornaments are also dry. I just glued the ‘window’ shaped ones this morning. I think they really look like stained glass windows.
Close up of the green ornament, which is sideways! I forgot to flip the photo!
|
|
Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants. |
This is an old martini (?) glass pitcher I have and I really love the color of it. I bought it at an antique place that was set up in a few old train cars in my hometown. I lile how the light plays with the red.
Just to clarify-I found this on Corbis.com. Isn’t it magical? Reminds me of Sandy’s garden (see blogroll).
Hey gang, I just made a total elf of myself. Check me out by clicking this link
85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don’t get scores that high! Good show, old chap!
Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know “no” from “know.” Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).
My mom had seen ‘buffalo snow’ in a catalog with the lights attached. I decided to do it myself. Buffalo snow doesn’t melt unless the temp gets to 450 degrees. I was careful not to put too much weight on the lights, I worked around them. Also, I left a glass platter in the middle, (under the snow) where the big glass mushroom is to alleviate some of the weight on the lights too. I plan to turn them off every few hours-they get warm, not hot.
I think the little snowscape with my collection looks cute!
I have some of those ‘bases’ that change color
I like this photo! This is my newest Snowbaby-the little ice skater with the penguins. I added some snowball and little tree candles and iridescent grass.
|
||||||||||||||
Did you feel the earth move a few hours ago? Brian and I ordered an awesome new and expensive Canon camera with two lens as a gift for ourselves for Christmas. So I hoping to be taking even clearer and closer up photos to share with you all! Can’t wait to get it and try it out.
I did go to BJ’s Wholesale Club with my mom on Tuesday. I think we are both fighting colds. We even bought some Zicam and split the package. My tummy is a bit wonky, so I’m hoping that calms down. It’s my overdoing it time of the year. I need to do so much in the next few weeks. In a few hours I hope to be mailing some packages. Anyway, I got some neat stocking stuffers and gift stuff for the guys at BJs. I just need to get my mom a few more things. We stopped at Pier One and I found some nice things in there for our hostess for Christmas eve. I hope she likes them.
Can’t wait to get the tree up over the weekend. : )
And Works for Me for Wednesday (I’m updating this early Thurs morn).
I buy split chicken breasts (like 2-they usually come packaged that way) and boil them in a pot filled with water. I add celery, carrots, onions and seasoning like S&P and thyme. When the chicken is cooked through, I remove it to cool and then strain the broth. I use the broth for soup and the chicken for one of my fave dishes-chicken salad. Save some meat for the soup! You can use it for a zillion dishes though. So you are really getting more bang for your buck.
I feel so good to have 6 things ordered for Bri and Sean. The only thing is they are each coming from 6 different places. So I am crossing fingers that the sellers who all have great feedback will be on the ball and get them out within the next few days. I ordered most of Sean’s wish list on Amazon-$60 for 4 things-can’t beat that. I’ll have to get him a few little surprises. We promised to cut back because of the expense of the kitchen. Bri is getting a cool surprise too. I’m afraid he’ll read this, so I can’t tell.
I am tossing the coin-it’s between going out or decorating a bit. I want to hit Tuesday Morning and TJ Maxx one of these days. Mom and I want to go to BJs Wholesale Club. (Update-went to TJ Maxx and only need to get a few more gifts now-yippee!)
My sister-in-law wants us to come to her house for Christmas eve instead of us eating out. She said we could bring some sides, so I’ll be checking out my cookbooks for good ones. Any suggestions?
Sean is now bothered by a plugged ear. I was using a syringe at 11:45 last night. I’m afraid to hurt his eardrum, so he better go to the doctor to get it cleaned out. (Update-when he came home from classes, ‘Dr. Di’ cleaned it out and it worked this time! He was so relieved. That’s mom stuff for ya). I definitely have tinnitus. I think it’s mostly from my sinuses, but as I was reading up on it and saw where it said a loud noise may ‘bring it on’, and we walked out of the Lewis Black concert a few months ago to fireworks-just wondering (seems to be when it started up). I found a herbal remedy for tinnitus, so may order that, we’ll see.
When I start to decorate more, I’ll post photos. At least most of my Christmas cards are filled out and just need postage.
Boy was MaryAnne surprised! That’s my sister-in-law and it was a celebration for her 50th birthday today. That’s her friend and neighbor in the red and MA’s David next to her. (Her mom ‘Aunt Sue’ is smiling big in the background).
The light of my life, next to Sean of course, my niece Victoria!
Going through my hometown after dropping my mom off, I took a quick photo of the Media Theater. All the stores along the main street are trimmed in white lights like this is. My second ‘light’ entry of the day. : )
Collages & Creative Goodness 