My Bottle of 'Boos!'

I have more than ONE bottle but THIS is my bottle of BOOS!!

I saw this idea on a friend's Facebook post and she said she found it on Pinterest.

My version is not as elegant but it will have to do!!

I have it on the kitchen counter but it REALLY lives on the top shelf in our bedroom and serves as a light in there since I only had a 50 count strand of Faerie Lites!

I MUST buy TONS of the 20 count ones after Christmas when they are on sale.

The 20 count makes a PERFECT wine bottle light!

I used stickers from Hobby Lobby and some dimension paint to do the writing.

I did it in black and then went over it again in white so it would show up more.

The Pinterest one was on a frosted glass so the black really popped!

It is a tradition that I do fall crafts with the grand kids every year.

Since this is the QUADS very first fall....... I did most of the work for them!

However, they did THEIR part with pictures on the back of the blocks!

In order of birth.......

Trystan Lee

Kailey Lee

Harrison Lee

and Logan Lee!!

Since this is October I have another annual tradition I do with my art.

I always paint two Santas.....one for me and one for our Fort Worth Family Chinese Christmas Exchange.

Last year I started the Santas at Mineral Wells State Park while on a camping trip.

We stayed in a screened shelter and I made a pretty good start on them!

This year I simply set up a studio outside the camper under the gazebo.

Yesterday afternoon I got ALL of one based in and some of the second!

As soon as I got home from Amber's this evening I started back on the painting!

Now they are BOTH based in and after drying for a few days I can begin working on them in earnest. I need to have them finished by Thanksgiving so I can take one home with me the next weekend. I plan to leave it and have someone draw a number for me so I can still participate in our family Christmas tradition since I won't actually BE there this year!

It was Christmas morning last year that Amber announced to the entire family that she was expecting quadruplets. No one was surprised when she announced she was pregnant.....but no one expected her to say, "Not ONE! Not TWO! Not THREE!! But FOUR!!!!!" NEXT Christmas the quads will all be there! We wanted that to happen this year but we didn't understand about preemies back then and the 'Lock Down' from Fall to Spring!

While I am in here happily playing on the computer guess what Louis Dean is doing???

He is outside playing music with a fellow camper here at the RV Resort!

He is in HOG Heaven!!

I better get busy with my housework so I will be ready to light our evening fire and sit out this October night celebrating......

Life....Friday.....Health....Happiness....Art....MUSIC!!!

Happy Fall Weekend, Y'all!!!

CELEBRATE!!!



A Little Wine and Some Turpentine...

Those are the ingredients for a lovely evening of art and conversation. You do NOT mix the two liquids together although they DO have a connection. We began our class time with a little glass of wine as we sat by the fireplace in the den......always white wine for me and usually red for Sabrina while Ruth Ann enjoyed a glass of Black Current tea. It had been a stressful day for me with the current kitchen project I have going....and I am certain my friends carried in a certain amount of cares as well. We were all looking forward to an art session! I have been teaching and at times merely HOSTING an art class here in my home on Tuesday evenings for 33 years! The dining room is transformed into a studio by placing a cardboard cover on the table and covering it with a layer of newspaper. We pull from the buffet (which looks like it should hold table linens and such) the essentials for an art night....oil paints, turpentine, brushes, paper towels. As we prepare to put brush to paint to canvas, we start with a prayer. Then we begin what Sabrina calls 'art therapy'. Sabrina is a delightful artist! She has a real gift for creating and although she has only been painting a few years, she has already received awards in art shows for her work. She has an amazing talent! Ruth Ann, my sister in law, is another Lovely Lady of Art. Her artistic expressions with thread and fabric are stunning as can be seen when you look at one of her quilts! She has recently turned HER hand to painting with wonderful results!

So on this winter evening in February, we three paused from the business of life and gathered together to relax and create....with a little help from the wine and the turpentine!