My clutch craze

It's so amazing the things you can find online! I googled "clutch tutorial" and came across this fantastic site that showcases 14 free tutorials. http://tipnut.com/clutch-purses/
Here's the one I tried out. http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/04/gathered-clutch-tutorial.html
I just added the wristlet. For the longer lengths, I tied a little knot. I thought they turned out super cute. And they've been a hit for birthday gifts. So now, I just have to work on building up my stash because it seems like I'm giving them away as fast as I'm making them!

November Card Swap

Check out the cute cards from my card swap! Mine is the "merry & bright" christmas tree card.

http://needles-n-notions.blogspot.com/2011/11/card-exchangethe-rest-of-story.html

I came home inspired to try out the folded circles flower. So cute! Here's what I came up with. I used Stampin' Up!'s Spice Cake Designer Series Paper. And I used the 3/4" circle punch for the flower pedals. These flowers are so fun and easy to make. Love that paper!

And then I decided to jazz up my swap card after finding some cute ribbon from Michaels.

Why Mondays never get me down...

because Aubrey doesn't have preschool. And I get a lot of "Mom, I have a surprise for you. Hold out both your hands and close your eyes."

Aubrey discovered that she can draw birds today. She's got draiwng rainbows down thanks to the Cat in the Hat. I loved her little commentary when she surprised me with her picture. She said, "I can draw birds real good. Look, beak, eyes, head, wings and body!"

My new little brood

We made the Little Red Hen pincushions at quilt group last week. Once I started, I couldn't stop and if it wasn't for To Kill a Mockingbird and my card swap tomorrow night, I'd be making MORE! I'm working on making my very first tutorial. After showing a few people, I'm thinking a tutorial would be a good idea. I'm hoping to post it on our quilt group blog http://quiltgroupbees.blogspot.com/ when it's finished.

Halloween FUN

I decided to take the kids to Disneyland for some spooktacular fun on Friday before Halloween. This was probably not one of my brighter ideas since Disneyland closed at 7 for Mickey's Halloween Party BUT, we ended up having a great time and we talked Aaron into going in the Haunted House. The decorations were awesome! That was my first time seeing it decorated asThe Nightmare Before Christmas and guess who ended up liking it? Aaron! He wants to take Mike on it now.

Here are our trick-or-treaters! We went trick-or-treating with our friends the Hernandez family. The kids had a great time and our neighborhood did not disappoint! I was happy to see Aaron get use out of his Jedi costume once again and Connor wore Aaron's skeleton costume from last year. Aubrey was our little pink princess thanks to Grandma's mad sewing skills!

 Nothing like waiting to the last minute to carve pumpkins. On Hallow's Eve we got busy scooping, cutting, poking, slicing, gutting, mwuh-ha-ha and finally lighting our jack-o-lanterns. Aaron had the idea to have a happy face on one side of his jack-o-lantern and a scary face on the other side. Mike suggested placing the happy face towards oncoming trick-or-treaters and then as they'd leave, they'd see the scary face. Aaron really got into the Halloween spirit and helped me with a lot of the front yard decorations! I wish we would have gotten a picture! bah. It got to be late so I decided to make mine in the morning.

I really wanted to make a pretty pumpkin this year. Had smoochy lips all prepared and everything but Connor thought it was way to nice and frankly not my style. He was absolutely right! What was I thinking? So I turned Vicky into a vampire much to Connor's delight.