My Mouse is in the House...

Playing Catch up... This is my September goodie from my partner Natalie in Australia!


Ha- I love my stripe-y mouse! :) Got some yummy lemon tea - perfect as the nights are getting chilly around here. A mouse cookie cutter- how awesome is THAT! *squeals* I love me some cookie cutters! Also some garden pumpkin seeds. Will do that next Spring.
Thank you so much Natalie! I love everything :)
~S~

Owl package from Melinda!!!

I was so excited to open my package.. and lookie lookie at what I got!! It was all packaged in a very pretty box!! I love it all and the popcorn balls were YUMMY!! I had to hurry and take the picture because my kids were anxious to get theirs :-) Now to find a special spot for my owls :) And just in time because I have already taken down my halloween decorations ;-)

The Winner Is.....

My daughter drew SHERRY W as the winner of the October Xtra Door prize!!!
All of the goodies above, together with the "suprise" will be on its way to her.

Sherry or Val, if you could just let me have a mailing address, I'll get it in the mail ASAP:-)

Owls for Niki

I'm pretty sure Niki has received her October package so I am going to go ahead and post what I sent.

Here is the basic package. I had to take a quick picture at night before I ran to the post office.

Niki said she collects rubber stamps so I added a few to her package. The two larger ones in the back were given to me awhile ago. I'm not a rubber stamper so they just sat in a box. The cute little owl one in the front I found at AC Moore. Hubby and I looked all through the store looking for owl items. Eventually we found the stamp and some fun little stickers in the scrapbooking section. I very seldom wander in that section. I'm not very good at scrapbooking. You can also see the little owl ornies I made.

I also knitted this owl cup cozie. It is supposed to be for a disposable coffee cup but it came out a bit loose. It fits nicely on several of my drinking glasses though.

I love making these friendship totes so I made one to hold all of Niki's goodies. Hope you enjoyed your package Niki.

Happy Halloween to those that celebrate. We came back early this morning from a short trip so we are just going to stay home and watch the live Ghost Hunters Halloween episode and relax before the new week/month starts tomorrow.

November's theme

8 tiny reindeer....Enchanted reindeer....need I say more?

November's ornament: A deer by any name...reindeer, doe, buck, fawn, stag, Rudolph...

November's challenge: to create an enchanted holiday display for your home.

November's activity: drop off something for a local holiday drive.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by name:
"Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer, and Dixen!
"On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!

"To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
"Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

December's theme.....ELF! (more on that December 1st!)

My enchanted banner.......

I love to make banners and was sure this would be a lot of fun....I used a mix of paper, vinyl and fabric plus trims....It was fun except for the part where my sewing machine was having fits....It is off to get a much needed tune up. If anyone abuses their sewing machine, it is me.......

O is for owls . . . oh yea!!!

Thank you Kerry! I love all my owls. Each time I opened one, there was another owl in the box. They are all so cute. I hated to see the bottom of the box!

There was the scissors/needle holder owl; the mug owl with m&m's; a bobble head owl with halloween candy; an owl spreader; owl printed cupcake papers; the owl banner challenge; and the owl ornament. See what I mean - never ending.
I added the fall with owls banner to my decorations for my party this weekend. You did a terrific job on the banner. I have a big collection of spreaders, but didn't have an owl - it's perfect. I actually do use them. And the scissors and needle holder will go to great use too. I've seen your post on your blog about them. And the owl pitcher with the little spout I will actually use it too.

And the owl ornament is such a cutie with his bead legs.
Thanks again Kerry. It was a super package!