Mmmmm pumpkin!

I just HAD to share the dessert I made for the family on this cold rainy night! Pumpkin dessert here is the link to the recipe, I used an extra TB of pumpkin pie spice though...sneaky spicy girl I am. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pumpkin-Dessert/Detail.aspx

Why I love Etsy!

It is random acts of kindness like this that make me LOVE my fellow Etsians.
http://www.handmademovement.com/
Too sweet.

Mosaic Monday

Happy Monday! Well besides a failing US financial market along with crumbling consumer confidence I would say things are just fine in my little mosaic studio!! SO I finally finished and listed the "Paisley" mosaic window.

I also "aged my victorian inspired boo signs, but kind of messed things up when I attached the d-rings on the back with screws that were too long and gave the front of them a little pimple! Hate that! lol, so they will just stay here in my spooky old house!

I made my kiddo some monster eye balls for a snack today..banana slices with a chocolate chip in the middle, he modeled them for me!

SOOOO excited about tomorrow..doing a professional quality photo shoot with a friend. Getting all my etsy pictures consistent has been a struggle so this is such a great opportunity! Probably post some pics on Thursday.

The rest of Friday was good for the Mosaic life....

Here is what I got done, the half of the guitar window that was ready, got grouted. My fancy refurbed' mirror got painted and grouted. AND, I snapped out of my hormonal coma I have been in !! Hooray!

Spooky Halloween Sign

So far today I have painted two BOO victorian inspired wooden signs with cute fancy frames attached and halloween pics inside as well as a crystal dangle! Paint is still wet but I am going to "age" them and seal them when they are dry enough..make them even spookier!

How fun!

Cool fall morning with tons of leaves falling outside the window...good coffee morning!

Follow the TP trail and what do you find??

So. Did I mention I have a 3 year old...boy..ALL BOY! He is rough and tumble, loud and talkative and oh so cute and cuddly. HOWEVER! Today before 1pm if I recall, there was a trail of toilet paper throughout the hallway entering into the bathroom and at the end of this magical trail was something that Mom's truly truly don't appreciate...an entire roll of toilet paper gracefully dispensed into an unused toilet for nothing more than a few giggles and 30 seconds of entertainment before rushing off to make another mess. At first anger...then I just started laughing...it took 3 flushes and 5 sturdy plungings to get that blob of TP to sink. THANKFULLY there were no other surprises in the toilet or I would have NEVER taken these pics to share! I like how he leaves the empty TP roll beside the toilet....that's hard evidence there kiddo.

Productive Mosaic Wednesday!

WOW, only 11:22 (CST) and I just finished my long awaited paisley mosaic salvaged window!! It is not grouted yet but I can't wait, the purples and greens are going to look so great with black grout! This window is really old too, while I was refurbishing it I discovered it is constructed with square pegs! (Yeah I know, square peg, round hole..that's the story of my life! Ha) Not sure how old that makes it..sometimes I feel like I need a history course on all these great materials I come across and whether or not I should deconstruct them, cut them up, break them down or glue them down??? They are so cool, one of these days I will just take pics of all my treasures out in my studio...I do snag some quirky stuff...so check out the window with the paisley design and then look at the unfinished guitar one...what do you think?

I also got 3 listings up on my Etsy site, some hand cut mosaic tesserae (broken pieces).

Included in the pics posted are one of the horn worm the kids found on our glorious tomato plant! They were fascinated with him and fought over who got to take him to school for show and tell! My 9 yr. old daughter had to research him on the internet to see just exactly what these things were all about!

3 cups of coffee and painted with my toddler boy! He made two fabulous works of art that he told me were "the best paintings ever ever" that is his thing right now..everything is "in 5 days" and "ever ever ever"!! He's my little man..so darn cute!!

Also see the 4 glass nugget/gem pendants I soldered?? That is my new hobby when I am burnt out on mosaicing..I turn to the soldering gun..it is a lot harder than I thought..these are my Halloween themed ones. Not sure they are Etsy worthy..there is a lot of great jewelry on there!