My mother turned 91 yesterday! She and my Dad live about 10 miles from our house, in a patio home at a retirement center. It's close to a few stores and she can walk over and get groceries and prescriptions, hardware, sandwiches, etc, very convenient for them. Anyway, I thought I would show her off a little, Mum is a fun lady and always good for some laughs. Pops takes real good care of her, too, which is just great. We took her a few presents but didn't stay long as she had an appt at the doctor's for a minor thing. Isn't she CUTE?! We call her The Mumster.
My friend Gayla had her annual ornament party this past Tuesday, another fun successful swap of ornaments and stories and ideas, it was a great evening! These are the ornaments from this year-
They are all so cute and fun and different. It's always fun to find out what your friends have been making and Gayla throws the best stinkin' parties! All the food was delish and the girls were all so much fun, and you can see for yourself how cute the ornies are! One can even be worn as a bracelet, the blue wire one, how cool is THAT? And the ball of yarn with the needles, love that, too. Actually, I'm thrilled with them all, what a nice assortment!
While I was in TX recently, 2 of my friends (Jennifer and Lisa) and I made these little hummingbird ornaments. They are made with peanuts and are from a Birds and Blooms pattern. We think they came out even cuter than the pattern. :) We made lots of extras so we could all have some to hand out to our friends. Because of the fun shapes of peanuts, they all turned out different, all 45 of them! And we changed them a bit- We used red nail polish for their throats and then added some glitter to them, and used shiny ribbon for the wings instead of tulle or netting. And black beaks. They were fun and easy to make and everyone that has seen them, has liked them.
Oh, look! Bitty Blocks! LOL The theme was winter and I made icy thermometers and cardinals. The red part of the thermometer is red plastic from a container lid.
I forgot to get a group photo of the cardinals, rats!
So that's what I've been doing- I hope you all are ready for the holidays and have a safe and happy one!
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5 comments:
Love the humming bird peanuts. They are too cute. I LOVE watching humming birds. They are so feisty.
I LOVE your bitty blocks......really, they are the BEST! Your hummingbirds are cute too! So glad that Mumster is active enough in her 91st year. How great for all of you!
Happy Birthday Mumster! How great is that to be 91 and active and best of all, FUN! That winter cardinal is my fave!
Love the hummingbird ornaments and it was the best stinkin' party as always!!
I'm the Editor of Fun Family Crafts and wanted to let you know that we have featured your adorable hummingbird project! You can see it here:
https://funfamilycrafts.com/peanut-hummingbird-ornament/
If you have other kid-friendly craft tutorials, we'd love for you to submit them. Thanks for a great project idea!
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