Homecoming Mum

Today I got to make my very first Homecoming Mum. One of my friends was hosting an event at Dell Children's Hospital that I helped with.

When she found out that I haven't every had a mum for homecoming she decided I had to have one.

This is the finished product!!

More Frienship Bracelets

I have been (sadly) neglecting my blog recently. It doesn't help that my computer is being persnickety again. But that can't be helped. although with school starting back up its really going to be a nuisance if it keeps acting up like it has been.

But anyway... Enough with my computer problems! Lets get down to the fun stuff!

I find it so funny that I am doing things that anyone could do and yet people are always so amazed that I do it and enjoy it. I know not everyone is gifted in the same areas as I am, some are better with people, some with writing (definitely not my strong suit...), but it still amazes me.  


I have been in a friendship bracelet making mood of late. I don't know why, buts almost to the point of an obsession. (which isn't good because I need to make Christmas ornaments!) Here are some pictures of some of the bracelets I have been making.

This is another Autoimmune Awareness bracelet. I made this for a friend of mine that is on a council at the hospital that I go to. The purple, along with being the overall autoimmune color, also stands for Ulcerative Colitis. The yellow/red stands for Erythromelalgia. (I hope that is how you spell that.)

This one doesn't have a meaning, I just liked the pattern. It kind of reminds me of Atlantis or the Greeks. (But mostly Atlantis.)

 

 

Mod-Podge

Mod-Podge is a fun and easy craft. All you need is paper or fabric and something to glue it to. You can either use Mod-Podge brand glue or make your own with Elmer's glue and water. I use the matte finish Mod-Podge brand glue.

 

This was the very first thing I made with Mod-Podge. One of my friends loves to introduce me to new crafts and this is the one she had for me that day.

I did this at the hospital. The pictures were from a Vogue magazine. I haven't ever seen Anna Karenina, but I loved those dresses.

I made this yesterday. It is a handkerchief box. 

Friendship Bracelet's

Friendship bracelets seem to play a role in almost every girls childhood. You exchange bracelets that you've made (or that you bought) with your friends and then you can either wear them or stick them in a jewelry box for safe keeping. But most girls will at one point or another receive and give a friend a bracelet.

I have never been very good at weaving friendship bracelets. I would try and try, but I could never get them to work out unless they were two strands of thread. You can only do so much with two strands of thread...  So this week I decided I was going to master the art of making friendship bracelets. 

This is how it turned out...

The bracelet that is more wide is an Autoimmune Awareness bracelet. Purple is the unofficial Autoimmune color, purple and blue stand for Mixed-connective Tissue Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis, and the periwinkle is for Sjogrins Syndrome.

Succulents

Succulents are fascinating plants. They are like cacti without the spines, which is good for me because I don't have to watch my mum every time she walks in my room. (She always thinks cacti look soft, not prickly. and wants to touch them.) They don't require copious amounts of water, another plus because I always forget. And they are intriguing to look at. 

I have been growing succulents for about 18 months and I find them captivating. I started out with only one Split Rock(Pleiospilos nelii) and one Hens and Chicks. However my Split Rock died recently. So my mother and I went to Lowe's because she needed some fillers for her gardens outside and I needed new succulents. 

In this pot I have a Split Rock in the middle, and starting from the front and going around to the right is a Sand Rose(Anacompseros rufescent), a Hen and Chicks, Baby Toes(Fenestraria aurantiaca), another Sand Rose, and the last in this pot is the Stone Faces(Lithops species). 

In this pot I have a Split Rock, Baby Toes, and Stone Faces int the front. In the back I have a Kalanchoe Houghton's Hybrid. I'm really hoping that it will survive. It wasn't root bound when I got it and that seems to an essential part to its survival. So we put a root mix in its dirt and we will see how it goes!

New Cupcakes

I was going to write something yesterday, but as my computer hasn't been wanting to work until this morning, today will have to do. It will also have to be fairly short and sweet (if sweet is possible on a morning like this) because I am going to have to leave for the hospital soon.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to expand my cupcake repertoire by making a new flavor! My mother was having a Garden Club meeting at our house, so I was asked to make the cupcakes. I don't as yet have a flour sifter, so I used an orange flavored cake mix. I've been told they taste delicious.

Although I can not make my cupcakes from scratch I do make my  frosting from scratch. I used one whole squeezed orange to give it a nice citrus flavor. (I would suggest that you put the citrus juice in before you put all the cream in, so it doesn't get to soft and crystalized to hold the form from your frosting tip.)

All in all, I think they turned out well.

Thrift Store Treasures

While my best friend was here visiting from Missouri, along with going swimming a lot, we also went shopping. Of course two teenage girls who haven't seen each other in months would want to go shopping! While on one of our shopping expeditions, we went to a thrift store in the town where I live. We looked through the clothes. We looked at the shoes. But not finding anything I couldn't live without, I went and looked at the house wares section. And that was when I found it. A 1969, second printing Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. 

I couldn't believe my luck in finding one in such good condition. I immediately went to my mother because it was only $10. I was so happy because now I have one for my hope chest. 

Also while at the thrift store I found some small linen cloths. They were such a unique size that I had to get them to find out what they were. 

They are 5 1/2 in. by 8 1/2 in. and there are 6 of them. One of the women from my church has just told me that they are cocktail napkins. I have found this week that there are just about every size of napkin. There are tea napkins, lunch napkins, dinner napkins and now cocktail napkins. 
However since I am to young to drink cocktails, I will have to find some other use for them. I might possibly put them in the crazy quilt that I am working on.