Playing with colored pencils.

Here's a look at my Halloween coffee table so far.

 Disregard the mess in the background. The living room is a work in progress right now.

 Most of the supplies came from the Dollar Tree. One of the skeleton cutouts I picked up last year. But the other one I got the other night. The spiderweb came with the little spiders. Which you may or may not be able to see in the upper right and lower left corners.

 The little skull candle holders are from Michaels from last year. At the moment one of them is filled with bird feathers I found around the yard. But eventually I'd like to add battery operated tea lights from DT.

 I filled a Mason style jar with a broken Styrofoam wreath to act as floral foam. I popped in black and purple roses, black spiders, and purple glittery berries. I intend to add black sand to the jar to hide the foam and add an extra dark touch.

 Now that it's time to put up Halloween decorations, here's a look at a couple of fall decorations I did last month.


In late August I found these two brass pots for 50 cents each. I knew they'd be perfect for a fall arrangement. So, I hit up Dollar  Tree for some fall foliage. I also used a couple of fall picks I got at the end of last season for 70 and 90 per cent off. Some of the flowers in this arrangemnt are leftover from the wreath.

All in all I spent about 12 bucks for both arrangements and the wreath below.

Close up of both arrangements. 

Here's a top view of the two arrangements side by side. 

Here's a look at the wreath.

I got the wreath form at Michaels with a 40 percent off coupon. The foliage is from DT and clearance last year.

I decided to try creating one drawing each day for the month of August. This is the first batch of what I ended up with.

So its been awhile since I've posted. Not really sure why, other than laziness. Its not like I've been lacking in subject matter.

I grew a crystal from a kit I got at Dollar Tree.

Everything that came in the kit.

This is what it looks like right after you mix it all up. Now it needs to sit for a couple of hours or overnight or something like that.

  Here it is like 2 weeks later. I sorta forgot about it.

My mom and I bought monogrammed mason jar tumblers for our iced coffee.

 As you can see, they were only $2.99 each at Tuesday morning.

I made a quick pair of earrings. It should have taken 2 min. but one of the findings broke before I even got started. I had to track down another pair.

 This is where I broke it.

 So I had to find new ear wires. I ended it going with copper.

 They're really cute. I quite like them. Even after I broke the ear wire they still only took like 5 min to make.

 And I've been working on a little art here and there. Nothing special. Just making sure I create as often as possible.