Beaches and Weddings

A friend of mine got married recently and honeymooned in Hawaii, so for their wedding gift I hunted the beaches of Pismo for the best sand dollar and created a Christmas ornament that I hope they'll cherish forever!



I hand painted the front with acrylics then sealed it with a glossy top coat and glued on the "birds" for the sunset. The "birds" are actually little things found inside the sand dollar, I got these ones from a separate sand dollar. The back I just sealed with the letter "B" for the newlywed's last name. I'm pretty happy with the results and I hope they enjoy it!

Christmas PJs

Every year my family has matching PJs for Christmas. We usually take a picture in November and then my mom uses that picture for that year's Christmas card. It's so fun, and I always look forward to seeing what our PJs are going to look like. Well, this year I found really awesome flannel on clearance and I decided I was going to make my and Brad's PJs this year. I bought a pattern and have made stuff up along the way, because honestly those patterns sometimes are written in a language that does not compute in this brain. So here's the end product:


I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. I had a bit of a scare when I accidently made Brad put my PJs on and they were too small, but then we realized the mistake, whew! I can't wait for Christmas!

Just Because...

I love to create! I love to make things and recreate things I see and be crafty and creative. My creative waves come and go, but when I'm feeling creative I like to show it to people and get their opinions and suggestions so I can improve. I've done a few crafty things in the past year and want to share them with you. I also love to decorate cakes, it's something fun to do, so I'll occasionally share my latest cake creations. I will try to reference where I saw my inspirations, but there's just so much stuff out there that it's hard to keep track of it. I hope you enjoy looking at the part of my life that liberates me!