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Happy Nevada Day!

All three of my kids dressed up in costumes yesterday. Ramona and Charles had to dress up for the Nevada Day celebration at their school, and Sienna dressed up in her Halloween costume for preschool and playgroup.

Ramona dressed up as a cowgirl from the wild west . She just wore some of Charles' cowboy dress up clothes.

Charles was a Mountain Bluebird (Nevada's state bird). I cut wings out of felt and stitched them onto the shoulders of a sweat shirt. He also had a felt tail.

Here is Sienna, the Oompa Loompa! This costume was so easy, and got such a reaction! All you really need is a brown shirt, white pants, orange face paint and green hair! I made the suspenders out of felt. Also, I painted some white stripes on brown tights to go under her pants (because it is so cold here). Oh, and we put her hair in 3 ponies...and made the top one a bun. She looked so cute!

Just in case you all didn't know, today is Nevada Day. It is a big occasion here! The kids even get the day off of school. I think it's pretty cool! I grew up in California...and never remember a "California Day".

If you would like to learn more about Nevada, here is the State of Nevada's Official website.

Halloween Sale

Hi!

I've marked almost everything in my Ebay store 20% off until November 2. Please stop by and take a look.

Also, the Halloween items in my Etsy shop are still half off ! Oh...and free shipping on all ornaments in the ornament section (shipping within the US only).

Ahoy there, me hearties...

Here are a couple of wooden peg people that I painted like pirates:

Recent custom orders

A pink and purple princess castle light switch plate~

A golfing snowman ornament~

Carving pumpkins

We carved our pumpkins this weekend...

and had a good and messy time!

Want to see our pumpkins from last year?

Another skeleton

This one is my son's Halloween costume. I just painted bones with fabric paint onto a black sweat shirt and sweat pants. I also painted over the white with glow-in-the-dark paint...so it glows!

More cute than scary...

Sock Skeletons!

I saw these on The Crafty Crow yesterday...and had to make them! Here is a link to the tutorial on marthastewart.com. It's really easy to follow. The only change that I made was that I embroidered on the eyes, instead of using buttons. I like the button eyes, but thought that embroidered eyes would be safer for my kids...and just make them better to snuggle with:)

That's My Name Custom Monogram Polymer Clay Ornament

These would make great keepsakes or gifts!

You can find them in my Etsy shop: here.

P.s. All ornaments in the "ornaments" section of my shop have free US shipping!!!

Custom order and my first attemp at soldering!

Here is a custom polymer clay light switch plate that I made. It is going in a really cute nursery:

I finally got up the nerve to try making a soldered glass pendant. I've had a kit that I bought off of Etsy for like...2 years now! I still need a lot of practice, but I can say that the soldering iron and solder do not intimidate me anymore. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. I'm most proud that I was able to solder on the bail. The picture is of my grandparents, and on the back it says love.

Here is a great online video that I found: Soldered Collage Charm/Pendant using Glass Slides. I also have this book: Simple Soldered Jewelry & Accessories: A Crafter's Guide to Fashioning Necklaces, Earrings, Bracelets & More.

A few more...

New ornaments were added to my Etsy shop today:

Home Sweet Home Mushroom Gnome House Polymer Clay Ornament

Hoot Owl and Mushroom Polymer Clay Ornament

Forever Me Custom Silhouette Polymer Clay Ornament

More to come:)

New Ornaments and Buttons...and SALE!

New Ornaments!:

Peace on Earth White Bird Polymer Clay Ornament

Merry Christmas Owl and Mushroom Polymer Clay Ornament

Just Married 2009 Polymer Clay Ornament

New Buttons!:

Fresh from the Oven Chocolate Chip Cookie Polymer Clay Buttons

Fresh from the Oven Pink Frosted Cupcake Polymer Clay Beads

Oh Christmas Tree Polymer Clay Buttons

SALE! 50% off on all items in my Halloween section. Prices have already been reduced. Sale ends on Halloween!:

Spooky Trio Frankenstein Werewolf Mummy Polymer Clay Beads Halloween

Surf's Up

Here are the polymer clay covered light switch plate and outlet cover that I just finished. They are for my surf themed bathroom.

Okay, now to get to work on the buttons and ornaments...that I should have been working on!

Where the Wild Things Are

I can't wait to take my kids to see the new movie! It will be Sienna's (age 3) first movie at the movie theater. It is one of our favorite books!

Have you seen the previews?

Small magazine's blog had this post about do-it-yourself Where the Wild Things Are costumes today. I was thinking about making Sienna a Max costume for a while, but now she wants to be an Oompa Loompa. I was just going to take a white fleece hoodie and sweat pants, sew on ears and a tale...make a crown...done:) Now I need to figure out how to do an Oompa Loompa!

Above is a Max polymer clay bead that I made a couple of years ago.

With the movie coming out...I want to make more!

P.s. If you want to see more Where the Wild Things Are stuff, you should check out the fan page on Facebook.

More New Earrings

I added a couple new pairs of beaded earrings to my Etsy shop:

Slate Seed Beaded Hoop Dangle Earrings

Ocean Breeze Seed Beaded Hoop Dangle Earrings

Now it's time to put away the beads and take back out my clay:) Ornaments are on my to-do list...

It's October!

So, I finally feel that I can pull out all of the Halloween stuff:)

Want to decorate your ears?

I just added these witch hat earrings to my etsy shop:

If you would like to make your own pair, you can find the beading pattern here.