Snowman Mania

Tea Cup Snowman

Tea Pot Snowman (I am not a great painter but I think he turned out okay).

Wine Glass Snowman

Moss Snowman

Pine Cone Snowman (kind of homely)

Pine Cone Snowman

Acorn Cap and Wool Roving

Ribbon Snowmen (K's on left, C's on right)

Topiary with Styrofoam balls and Silk Carnations

Wool Roving from a Kit from the Woolie Ewe

Craft Stick Snowmen (C's on left, K's on right)

K's Silhouette Snowman

C's Silhouette Snowman

The girls have been through two rounds of swimming lessons this summer. C is taking a writing course and learning to sew. They are also taking horse-back riding lessons.

A couple of weekends ago, my parents visited so I had to rush and paint C's room since all her stuff was out in the basement where the hide-a-bed lives.

Things are relatively quiet now except for my mad scramble to see how many snowmen I can finish before my MIL's birthday.

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Snowmen and the Independence Day Weekend

We had a very busy Independence Day weekend - busy and good. Late Friday afternoon, I made my first snowman of the weekend. He was a tall snowman made out of the sleeves of two different types of sweaters.

The sleeve of a white sweater made his body and the sleeve and band from a Fair Isle sweater made his hat and scarf.

On Saturday morning, I made a bottle cap snowman (the one with sheet music) and a light bulb snowman.

Saturday afternoon, we went to the annual party that our neighbors throw. I didn't get an pictures of the girls because they spent most of their time in the backyard. But here are Chris and Kate's two adorable children.

I think K was the one who instigate H's tears.

Doesn't their daughter M have the most stunning eyes?

After the party, I had a photo shoot. Sunday morning we went to church. Sunday evening we went to fireworks.

Monday morning, I got up early and made the short sweater snowman then I worked on photos from the Saturday evening photo shoot. Monday afternoon, we went to the house of some friends for a pool party.

Monday evening, we went to more fireworks.

Hubby had yesterday off. I spent the day finishing photos from the weekend and making one last snowman (the dictionary page bottle cap snowman).

P.S. These snowman make 23-25.

Snowman No. 22

Snowmen in the summer? Yes, indeed!! You may ask why. The reason is simple, I am attempting to overwhelm my MIL with button-nosed snowmen for her birthday in September. As a personal goal, I've decided to try and create a hundred different types of snowmen. These tin can sweeties are number 22.

Hurricane Lamp Snowman and a Dreaming Knight Box

Well...I am back but probably with only once a week posting for awhile. I am totally cleaning and reorganizing my basement and until I have finished with this cleaning project, I need to avoid spending to much time in blogville.

Snowman 21

I apologize for not straightening all the tassels but this poor box will get crammed into a shipping box and arrive with the tassels all askew anyhow so....I feel lazy.

The First Tulips of Spring and Snowman 20

I am afraid it is really  hard to see but these tulips are glued onto some marbleized paper that the kids made. The tulips themselves are a symmetry project. 

Snowman twenty is a vanity light bulb and a glass light shade spray painted white. Her scarf is tulle and her hat is silver poinsettias that I burned the edges of (it wasn't part of the plan but I do like the way it looks). I think I might make another one like her. I really like the way she turned out. Maybe red poinsettias on the one I make for myself.

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Gorgeous Pinata, Snowman Finger Puppets, Thoughtful Gift, and A Beautiful Journal that I was Gifted

My oldest daughter's best friend had a birthday party on Saturday. It was just C and her friend Grace hanging out at Mall of America with Grace's dad. When I talked to C about buying something for Grace she said she wanted to draw Grace a picture. So we bought a frame and C drew this picture. She wrote a quote at the bottom about friendship it says "A friend is someone who comes to you and asks 'Can I help you?'"

Snowman finger puppets. These are made from film canisters and squeeze bottle lids. I made all these but the girls modeled them for me.

I think it was in the fall that Cecily from Craftopotamus made this absolutely gorgeous journal. When I told her how much I loved it she decided to give it to me. I got it in the mail about a week and a half ago. Isn't it gorgeous? Aren't I the luckiest?

How about this pinata I made? It is for the birthday party of a couple of the girl's in our school group. I think it is the prettiest pinata ever. It is your basic balloon pinata spray painted green and then covered over with Dollar Tree silk flowers.

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