A Crazy Beautiful

Scarecrow Making

The other day at Rocco's preschool, we made scarecrows.  We grabbed and old shirt, shoes, pants, a pumpkin head, hat and of course no scarecrow would be complete without a Batman cape.  We had fun stuffing him with hay until he looked full and plump.

 

He's got Rocco's style thats for sure...

He looks as though he might think he is real....

 

We also have been reading this Scarecrow Book to learn everything we need to know about Scarecrows...I must say, I am learning a lot too!!!

I hope your weekend is filled with scarecrows and pre-Halloween goodness....

Halloween Centerpiece DIY

I was desparetely in need of a Halloween centerpiece on my island and as I was perusing the aisles of Whole Foods and saw dried black beans and red lentils (which are actually orange) in their bulk section, a lightbulb flicked on in my head...

I bought about 2 pounds of each, which cost me about a total of $6.00 and got home and poured them into one of my large storage jars and put my favorite Illume Pumpkin candle in with 2 tealights on the sides....and voila....a cheap and easy Halloween centerpiece!  You could also layer the beans and lentils as well, but I decided to mix mine.

Hopelly that gives you some ideas to decorate your home for Halloween as well...

Makeover

  I have had this boring little white lampshade for years. It had stains on it and was just not looking too pretty anymore, so my daughter and I decided to give it a makeover

 

We used one of my favorite fabrics from Amy Butler's Love line and a little Mod Podge

And after an hour or two of drying, we have a beautiful new lampshade.

And here it is in its new home in our house (and for the time being, it is adorned with my daughters little daddy from her playhouse because she thought he would look cute in the picture).

It was such a fun, easy and quick DIY.  I'm now looking for more things to makeover in my house.

Welcome

Hello on this first day of August, 2011.  There is nothing I love more than a late summer day and watching the sun set among the trees in my backyard.  Welcome to my little blog created by the lovely Moorea Seal.  I am looking forward to this new adventure of sharing my daily life with you.  Some days will be fun, some days will be happy and some days will just be right out crazy, but through it all, it will be beautiful in my eyes.  Thank you for stopping by, I hope you will stay!