Ten on Ten

Ten on Ten? How am I just now hearing about this??? What a COOL idea! Look for *my* Ten on Ten next month! Here's the concept:

"Take a photo every hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth of each month. Document a day of your life and find beauty among the ordinary moments."

We've Moving!

One would think that since we're moving in a few short weeks, I would have so much stuff to do that I wouldn't have time to blog. And they'd be right. I have a million things on my "to do" list right now it makes my brain hurt. Moving is something we do. You wold think that after 31 years of constant change and moving I would be used to this. But, this one is different. I don't think I've ever made a move going into it ahead of time realizing that this *might* be the last move we'll ever have to make! It's so exciting and so overwhelming all at the same time. Anyway. I digress. In the spirit of us moving, and the thought that someone else out there in the bloggesphere (I realize that this is not really a word, but does it look like I spelled it right?) might be moving sometime soon, too, I did a quick search for free 'Change of Address' templates to compile on my blog. So, enjoy! And Happy Moving! Florida, here we come!

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 Here's a cute Post Card from a guest blogger @ Executive Homemaker.

 And another one from E.H.

And last, but not least, there is this one here. 

Not moving, but want to get in on the latest trend? Print out these ultra cool Calling Cards to give out to your friends or new people you meet!

And here's another from one of my favorite blogs that I stalk:

Alice & the White Rabbit

I know. I know. I know I said in an earlier post that this blog was going to focus more on my crafty endeavors, but, I've come to the conclusion that at this point in my life, most of the things that I craft are for and with my kids. So, here I am. Posting pictures of my kiddos.

This was my major project for the month of October. As, I'm sure many of you spent at least some time gathering or making cute costumes for you own little goblins. This year was the first year that I actually made my kids costumes. Well, okay. About 75% of these costumes were handmade, anyway. I made the pinafore apron on "Alice", and the jacket, vest and clock on "White Rabbit". The rest? I had on hand, I reconstructed and I recycled.

I used to think that costumes had to be bought in a store or totally handmade by some super talented seamstress. This year I took a different approach. After asking my 4 year-old what she wanted to be for Halloween and Alice was her reply, I made myself reach over the hurdle that I had to scour the stores and online for the best deal on the perfect Alice attire and head-to-toe White Rabbit get-up. I started thinking about the characters as real people (reaching into my Jr. High School Drama days mantra: "Be the character!"). Alice didn't go out and buy a specific outfit she was wearing on the day she went to Wonderland. It was just what she was wearing. Probably not much thought put into it. So, I went through Kami's play clothes, old costumes and everyday-wear to put her costume together. The only thing I didn't have...the all important pinafore. So, I bought the cheapest white fabric I could find, measured the pieces I would need in proportion to the dress, snip, sew and....done!

As for my little White Rabbit? Why, who says he has to have white paws, white ears and whiskers? So, again, I picked up the cheapest red and yellow fabric on the bolt, found a pattern for the jacket and vest and stitched them up (I don't do buttons or button holes! This beauty is held together with Velcro, baby!) on my little sewing machine. The clock is a simple printed clip art that I laminated for durability. The ears I took from a bunny headband (boys don't wear headbands) and stitched into an inexpensive winter hat. The rest? White Sunday shirt and my most favorite pair of jeans he owns!

I'm quite pleased with the way their costumes turned out and I'm so excited that I had the "awakening" I did. In all things...experience!