glitter love

I Sewanee... I would name a child glitter.  I would name a pet glitter.  I would name a fish Ultra-Fine Glitter.  I love glitter.  Ironically I have a sister who hates glitter. 

I need some navy blue glitter, which the mere thought of gives me a weird head rush, for a craft project.  I found an Etsy store that I have been staring at for no less than 20 minutes.  I could quite possibly be her new favorite customer.  She's got it all.  My mouth literally started to water when I saw all the sparkly things in her shop.  Just look at them...

Don't you just want to get your hands in it!!!!

Medium shiny clear!?!?!?!?  WHAT?!?!?!

Oh for the love of all things shiny!! Copper.  I'd definitely name a chicken Copper.

How can one have 3 shades of gold?!?!?!  Not why.... how?!?!  

BLACK HOLOGRAM?!?!?!  You have no idea how loud I just yelled that.

Right now.. I wish my super power was to make myself incredibly small so that I can do the Nestea plunge into this beautiful green greatness.  It reminds me of the Wizard of Oz.

MOSS???? That's it!! Witch Kitchen Re-Do!!!

Please... I encourage you from the bottom of my glittery heart... if you are in need of a glitter fix like I am you must visit this fantastic little Etsy shop

ONESTOPSPARKLESHOP

before it's too late

OK so today is Halloween and if you haven't yet carved a pumpkin to sit on your porch... do it now.  It's not just for kids.  Heck.. we live a half mile off the road with no children and no trick or treaters in sight and I still carve a pumpkin and light a candle inside of it every Halloween night.  Personally I feel it keeps evil spirits away that could be looming around on All Hallows Eve.  And it's just fun.  Well let me just tell you... I amped up the fun this year.  I give you one guess at what I used.  Yep... my all time favorite... glitter!

Monday was our day at the day care to carve our pumpkin which I decided will be the one I will use at the house tonight.  Well Thursday I had an idea.  I got out the spray glue, took it and the carved pumpkin outside and sprayed the inside of our pumpkin.  Then a shook gold glitter all inside the pumpkin and let me tell you about some illuminated fantastic sparkle!  It's gorgeous.  And I cam up with the idea all by myself.  I can't wait to light up the porch with it tonight.  I wanted to tell you today instead of tomorrow or Monday when it's too late.  Add a little sparkle to your life!  Glitter is cheap!

I also have to share our glittered pumpkins from the day care.

This is my magic pumpkin with the gold rings.

fall leaves

I like when I am feeling crafty.  Earlier in October I had the urge to make glittery fall leaves for the day care.  I like making decorations that I can use from year to year.  I found a simple, multi leaf template on yahoo images, printed them on card stock and later cut them out.  But that's as far as it went for a couple of weeks.  I even put them away in my office.  But yesterday the crafty bone crept up on me and I pulled the cut outs back out.  I got out a cereal box that was almost gone, traced the patterns and cut them out while the kids were playing in the yard.  Then during naptime I painted the leaves different colors and mixed glitter and glue and made them sparkle.  I only made the one batch but already wish I had more.  I also only put one coat of craft paint on each side of the leaves because frankly my paints are starting to run low.  And I didn't make any orange ones because my orange paint is nim-to-none.  But the orange ones are not out of my mind completely because I do have orange glitter.  Maybe I can yellow down some red paint later.  Check them out!

 

 

I think they almost look real, don't you?  

 

Isn't this the cutest thing?  He woke up early from naptime and I bargained that if he would be quiet and let the others finish their naps than I would let him watch the diggers at the dirt pile. 

He didn't make a peep.  Just sipped from his cup and enjoyed the show.

I am really digging these lights strung up in the kitchen.  Especially when I get here and it's still dark.  They illuminate the whole room micely.

 

And before you think "it's too late to make fall leaves" think again!  You can have these out plum through November!



just the two of us

Sometimes when there's little ones at the day care it kinda messes up craft time with my older ones.  So one afternoon the iddle ones were still sleeping so me and this one snuck in the other room for a few minutes of card stock, glue, glitter and laughs.  Glitter makes everything better!

 

 

I ALWAYS make way too much glitter glue.  I am going to have to buy more clothespins because they are all covered in glitter.  Not that I'm complaining!  GLITTER ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!

I let him make a couple to take to his mom.