My Wish List

I usually start about now making out a Christmas list so I can start picking things up when I see them. As a result, I stumble across things to add to my wish list for Santa. Here are a few things I am loving that I wouldn't mind finding under my tree.

I would love to have some new Pyrex under my tree. Especially this casserole dish in the homestead pattern.



I also decided to try my hand at Polyvore last night. It was awesome! I made my first board. It's not perfect, but it has the purse, the sweater and the shoes on it that are on my wish list. I already own the necklace and jeans.



And I still have the new Polaroid Instant Digital Camera on my wish list. Though I told Hubby I want it for my birthday (which is only 12 days before Christmas). I may end up getting it in November as an early birthday present.



I always have Fair Aisle socks on my wish list. I love anything Fair Aisle patterned.



Call me crazy but I love these warm, fuzzy boots for winter. I wanted some last year but never got around to getting them. I think I may just buy these as soon as they come out in store. 

Well, that's my wish list for the day. Have a great day.

Weekend wrap up....

I had a four day Staycation this weekend and it was fabulous. I really needed these past four days and I enjoyed them immensely. On Friday, Hubby and I went for a country drive. We went through the Arts & Craft community in Gatlinburg.

We drove into Gatlinburg. It is beautiful with all the decorations they put out for fall. 

On the way home, I picked up my computer from the company I have the warranty with. Brought it home, turned it on and it wouldn't come on. So I had to take it back to them to look at. The guy was gone for an hour so I decided to go a couple doors down and get my hair cut while I waited. 

Turns out they gave me the wrong cord back. So I got it and went home. We ordered Pizza Hut for supper and I picked it up to save the delivery fee. I love my Thirty-One thermal for keeping it nice and hot. 

After supper, I got on the computer to catch up on Facebook and Blogging. About an hour into it, it shut itself off. When I turned it on, I got this message....which was the very reason I had to take it to them in the first place. It is not a virus because they cleaned it off and took it back to factory mode...which FYI lost all my pics and files. I was so upset. Now I have to take it back again tomorrow.

Saturday, I decided to head to McKay's to exchange some books. I used my new Go To Tote. I loved it for this purpose. It worked out good. And I got enough store credit to fill it up with new books to bring back home. It was a sweet deal.

Since I was in West Knoxville, I traded with my Pyrex Pal, Deborah. I gave her some fridgies and she gave me this Snowflake Garland Bowl I have been wanting. 

And a beautiful set of Blue Willow service for 8 drinking glasses. My daughter-in-law collects Blue Willow so I am sure she will be thrilled to get these.

After McKay's, I made a trip on over to Hobby Lobby and got some good craft supplies. Stay tuned for blogs on my recent craft projects in the upcoming days/weeks. It is a 40 minute drive from my house to Hobby Lobby so I don't go there very often. But on October 5th, the new Hobby Lobby in Sevierville will open. That is 11 minutes from my house. Oh, wow, I am going to have to limit my trips to town. 

Sunday morning, we had the story about Daniel and the lion's den for children's church. We drew lion faces on paper plates. A couple of the ladies in the 2-3 year old class decided to try their hand at it. They did some cute faces. 

After church, I put a chicken stew on for supper. It turned out really, really good. 

I also made some old-fashioned peanut butter candy, which I have been craving. 

Monday, I did one of my crafts. I wish I had trimmed the burlap ribbon so it wasn't so wide. I may see if I can do that. I do like how it turned out though.

I made a ham, baked beans, deviled eggs and potato salad for our Labor Day meal. Then I made a Duncan Hines brownie made from cake mix. I put some chocolate frosting on the brownies. It turned out pretty good. 

After supper, I got ready for bed and vegged out on the couch all night reading my new book Wildest Dreams. It is the latest in the Thunder Point series by Robyn Carr. I have read every one of them and they are awesome. This one has been so good, I can't put it down. 

I read till about 10:30 and then heading to bed. It's back to work time today and I am good and rested, but wish I had another 4 day weekend coming up. Have an awesome day. 

Happy Labor Day

In honor of all those men and women who puts in nameless hours as they work to keep America rolling along.

Sunday Songs

What I am doing today.....

I shared some of these recently and just found a few more. But since I am heading to Knoxville today, I think I will go to Hobby Lobby and/or Joanne's to pick up craft supplies. Plus I need to stop at the Dollar Tree. I plan to do some crafting Sunday or Monday. 

This is supposedly Dollar Tree candle sticks painted with Elmer's glue and food coloring. and supposedly it will look like sea glass when finished. I need to Google the exact technique because one lady tried it without directions and her finished product was a complete flop and she even admitted it. But I want to give it a try.

I posted this the other day and I have the jars and some burlap, but I need to get ribbon and a sunflower. This will be super easy.

This looks super simple so I think I will see if I can find the felt to do it.

I found this today. The rings are covered with washi tape. I may think about this one. I do have a ton of rings. 

And I may try a few no sew projects, like this pillow project. She used a pillow she had, $1.75 of fabric and a hot glue gun. 

I may pick up some Halloween fabric to do this for my bench that I am sitting my bear witch on. That would be cute. 

And do you know what the best thing is about all these ideas today? By doing my blog about them, I simply pull the post up on my phone when in Hobby Lobby and wah-lah...I have an instant "shopping list" so I don't forget anything!

Happy Saturday! 

Do you remember?

For years, Polaroid cameras have been the go to source for instant development. The early ones you had to let them dry then you pulled a paper off the picture to reveal the shot you took.

As they improved, the camera's could spit out the photo and you would have to still let it dry but you could watch the development coming through before your very eyes. 

As time went on, the technology advanced but the camera's were still a little bulky.

Well, look what I found last night. The new 

Polaroid Z2300 Instant Digital Camera

Sleek, simple and very inexpensive at $99.00. Their site says "Party-on with the Polaroid Z2300, packed with fun features! Snap, print, and share instant photos or save and share your moments with the camera’s built-in memory. Combine the magic of Polaroid Instant with the ability to crop, add borders, or apply filters."

This is SO going on my Christmas wish list!

Excitement!

Lots of fun things going on for me this week. First off, I got my new little Thirty-One tote to hold candy for my office. 

A friend of mine had her own party and I ended up ordered a couple of small things from her. She should be bringing them to me today at work. I can't remember exactly what I ordered so I am looking forward to getting my package.

I have a four day weekend and am very excited about my plans. I am going to clean house tonight so I don't have to spend my entire day off cleaning. Then tomorrow I am going shopping. I want to run to Walmart to see if they still have any Swedish ivy plants. This late in the year, they probably won't but I want one for in my office.

Tomorrow, I am not sure what I will be doing and Saturday I want to go look at some material and buttons/embellishments at Joanne's. I want to make this and get some silk mums to put in it. 

Then I plan on doing some crafting and going through my fall decor to see what I can use to decorate my office. I also want to look at some furniture at thrift stores. I need a table or hutch for a corner in my office at work. Possibly even a tea cart. 

I may take one day and head out to some of the local antique stores. I am looking for a casserole dish from Pyrex. My dream piece is to find it in the Homestead pattern, but I don't hold out much hope.

Whatever I end up doing, I know one thing. I plan on enjoying my four days off.