Fairy Land

My son and I went to a nursery today that specializes in "Fairy Land" planters. They have so many of them......I took pictures of more than you see here but the sun was so bright it washed them out. They have everything you need to make one (of coarse)...........it is all so cute. I think I am going to have to make some for my yard. I am a little worried about the dog eating the fairies though.
I have been wanting to make a little fairy garden in my backyard for a while now and I think this gave me the inspiration that I need.


This is their little Fairy Village. I don't know if I got the best angle but it was really cute.

Pink Paris ~ Bottlebrush Tree

Coming soon to my Lollishop ! Hand dyed pink bottle brush tree. 7" high including stand.

Pink Saturday ~ Roses & Sugarplums

This is one of my hand dyed bottle brush trees I have been working on. I know the tree is purple but the roses and sugarplums are pink so I thought it would qualify for Pink Saturday. I haven't got any of the pink ones done yet. I love the holidays and I think I could make Halloween and Christmas things all year long.

Please go and visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound to find out who is participating this week.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Pink Saturday.

~Sue~

Halloween Altered Tin

This is my newest project I just finished. I used his little mermaid image that I created last Halloween. I love this image so I will probably use her every year. This is an Altoids tin. I love using these little tins because whatever you make with it is so small you can put it almost anywhere.

Christmas Ornament From Old Lamp Piece

I have so many old lamp parts and I was trying to think of something to do with them. I just love old lamp parts. Everywhere I go... garage sales, thrift stores, flea markets... anywhere....... if I see a lamp piece I have to get it. I love the ornate ones especially. I have a big tub of them. This is one of the things I can up with to make out of them...... a Christmas ornament. It looks like a big snowflake to me.

You would have to have a pretty strong tree because it is pretty heavy. I added some jewelry pieces to it....... the one in the middle fit perfectly.

I put crystals on the back so it looks almost as nice as the front.

"Boo Fairy" Shadow Box

This is my newest shadow box called "Boo Fairy". I will be putting it in my Lollishop as soon as I can get a few more things made. My poor Lollishop has been empty for a while and I want to fill it up. It is hard to get a lot made with life being sooo busy...it seems like last summer I made so much. I don't know what happen this summer....

Beautiful Fabric Postcard

I received this beautiful fabric postcard in the mail last week. Black and white...my favorite. I had never seen a fabric postcard before.....it came in the mail just like a regular postcard.......I was amazed. The back looks like a normal postcard with stamps and she put it in a clear envelope. Soooo cute. It is from Marva from Purple Paint. I had sent her some sewing notions I had (from a prior post) found in a box that I got at a yard sale. They seemed kind of old and cute and I thought someone might like them. She has some other beautiful things on her blog and in her etsy shop.........go and check them out. Thank you Marva.

Saturday Yard Sale Finds

I had not been to yard sales in a while because I find too many things that I really like and my house gets too full. These are some of my finds. I saw these three teacups with pink roses and of coarse I had to have them, they were $5.00 for all three....not too bad.
This pretty plate with pink roses was a must for $1.00.
I love the edges on this glass plate. I was told it was pretty old but I don't know much about it. It was $2.00.
This platter/charger was new in the box for $2.00, I really like it in my kitchen.
I was told this little milk glass vase was very old and I think it is so pretty...I love milk glass. It was $2.00. The little teacup was $1.00 and the other little thing.... I don't know what it is but it has pink roses on it so I got it.... for .25 cents. It was another fun yard sale-ing day.

Pink Saturday ~ Still in Wonderland

I feel like I'm still in Wonderland a little bit (from the Mad Tea Party) with my pics for Pink Saturday today.

My daughter brought me these macaroons in this pretty pink box from a French restaurant/market in Downtown LA called Bottega Louie. It sounds like a really nice place....I will have to go there sometime. The macaroons were so good...... except the grapefruit ones.
Thank you again to Beverly of How Sweet the Sound for hosting another Pink Saturday. Please go and check out her blog to see who is participating this week and have fun. Happy Pink Saturday !

Too Many Peppers !

I was washing dishes this morning and I looked over to see this big pile bell peppers. My husband and son are always bringing them in from the garden but I didn't notice there were so many. I already used some of them to make fajitas this week so stuffed bell peppers were my next choice. I looked in my new Betty Crocker Cookbook and found no stuffed bell peppers, I know my old one had it. My next place to look is always the Foodnetwork.com. I found a really good recipe there from Emeril Lagasse called Mr. John's Meat Stuffed Bell Peppers. It was really easy and quick. Cooking is not my favorite thing so I only cook easy recipes. I used ground turkey instead of beef and pork..... because it's all I had.

They turned out really good.......my husband does not like ground turkey too much but I think he will like these. We seem to have a lot of lettuce in the garden too so I think some salad and garlic bread and we'll call it dinner.