Sew Fun...

Every year Nya's mother asks me to make her Halloween costume. So this year I was wondering just what Nya would like to be so I sent her some pictures of patterns I have and she chose - a Car Hop. With a rebate gift card in hand, I crossed the threshold of the new HOBBY LOBBY and made a beeline to the fabrics :), got what I needed, and zipped home to cut and sew. Too bad we couldn't transport Nya across the miles for a fitting....from Florida to Utah all we can do is hope it fits.

Picking up ideas...

One day as I was looking at some blogs I saw a post from a creative someone who had made a "dollar store Halloween wreath" and I thought, "I wonder if I could make a wreath like that?" So at the dollar store I bought a reed wreath, a florescent orange drawstring laundry bag, a glittery foam "Happy Halloween" and 2 flower picks = $5.00.

Since we have an overabundance of SPANISH MOSS hanging from the very large live oak trees in our yard...I gathered a bunch, zapped it in the microwave to kill any...things...that might be there.
The process:
Hot glue the moss to the wreath
Spray paint it all black (already had the paint)
Cut laundry bag into strips, sew together, serge the edges black
Wrap ribbon around the moss
Make a bow and hot glue it on the wreath
Hot glue the flowers and leaves on too
Hot glue the glittery "Happy Halloween"
Thank you to that creative dollar store girl for a fast and cute idea!

I wonder...

Photography - that is what has prompted me to set up a blog. As I have looked at the many, many beautiful photo portraits that are posted on the web I thought, "I wonder if I could do that too?" I mean, I have a Nikon D-50 with 2 suitable lenses after all. Then one day I was talking to my friend Jocelyn. She told me about her cousin, Brooke, who just happens to be a professional photographer and who just happened to be putting together an online photography class. I am lucky enough to be part of Brooke's pilot online class and will use this blog to post my attempts....I emphasize ATTEMPTS...to create beautiful photographs as I learn to be in command of my camera, develop my creativity and grow into being a photographer.

In the meantime there may be other things that I wonder about too...