Fall Leaves

I started out trying to put together a tutorial for pumpkin leaf bags but nothing seemed to work.

(I may try again if any one is interested)

                                                                   

Except for the leaves,  I think that they came out pretty good.

So I thought that I would tell you a bit about how I did them.

I used a couple of leaf punches and a pair of decorative scissors.

Casey's Mini blog  has a great posting that shows how to make leaves with decorative scissors.

When I was digging out sale flyers to stuff the pumpkins I noticed that some had large patches of reds and yellows.  So I started punching leaves.  Then I looked some more and found pictures of fruit that worked well. 

I like the one punched from the lettuce leaf the best. 

The paper is a good, light weight and it's free.

Next I noticed that some of the leaves were coming out colored on both sides, great - but some were coming out white on the back.  I already had markers out, so I colored the white areas.  Now all my leaves have 2 good sides.

Otterine    has a posting that shows how she makes leaves using water color paint, I may try that next time.  I've been looking for the punch that she used for a long time it's always sold out.

I hope that you are enjoying some great fall weather.  It's getting cool and crisp here and the leaves are beautiful.

I'm sorry that I have not been a very good blogger lately, time flies by fast when you're busy. 

I do some have some very exciting mini news that I will be sharing in the next few days, I hope that you will come back to see.


Thank you for visiting, Mary

A Few Small Purchases

I found a few things at the Dollar Tree that I think will be useable for a Halloween scene,
to meet the   Spooky Challenge   posted by Cyd of   Mini Mod Pod.

These are a bit too big (about 1 - 1 1/4 inch) to look like real leaves but as fall decorations I'm sure that there are lots of uses.

I like the colors, green, red, orange and 2 shades of brown, all in the 3 shapes. 

I found these rings in 2 different mixes.  I found the ones with some in purple and green first, then later at another store I found a bag that has just  black bats, white skulls and orange spiders.

Here's a close-up, they are nicely detailed,  I really like the bat.  The ring on the back make good stands but can also be cut off very easily.

Also from Dollar Tree

Sometimes I find things  that are more useful when used as something other than their intended purpose.


I don't really need the toothbrushes


or a toothbrush holder.

What I do need is more organized tools.

This container works great for many different tools,

I have some of my favorite clay tools in this one.

You can use it with the cover on,
      to keep dust off,
      makes it easy to carry

or use the cover to hold more tools



I allowed Jaynie to put an item in with my order from Amazon.

Look at what she bought.

She is very happy with her purchase.

It is a Fisher Price, Loving Family, Minivan.

It has a working horn, really cute, and a radio button, really annoying.

It also came with a dog and a bag of groceries,
I forgot to get a picture, if you are interest let me know and I will take one.

I'm going to go work on the Halloween scene now.
Jaynie has been digging through draws and boxes looking for things for a halloween costume.

We should have more to show you tomorrow, hopefully.


Thank you for visiting, Mary