(early) Happy Halloween!

The costume that I was commissioned to make for Lauren's middle child is done. Yippie! I think the beard is more of a hit with the adults rather than the kids. Everyone is getting felt beards for Christmas this year!

Have an awesome Halloween! I'm sure Norm Abram feels the same.

Pansy, where are you?

Last night while watching a very slow first couple of innings, I was looking through the recent Coastal Living. In a very tiny picture in the contents section, there was a pic of the pansy print (below) which is in the master bedroom of their 2009 Idea House. Of course, it was never referenced in the article or shown again. Ugh.

I'm in love with that print! I have no idea where I would put it...but that doesn't matter, pansies are cute and they welcome you with their happy faces.

Has anyone seen it?

From Coastal Living video tour

What's up on our street

I swear I didn't break anything! This sewer construction will be going on for the next few months starting at 7 am every morning. Yay!

Cabin in the trees

Sorry, all I can think of is our future ski cabin in the woods.

This awesome treehouse has been burnt into my brain and comes from Linda Aldredge of Lulu Organics featured in March 2008 Domino magazine.

(click on picture to see full page)

Hopefully we will have some more building going on in our house. It's been quite rainy here and the dude does all of the wood cutting outside. Blah!

Netbook

Over the past week, I have spent some time looking at netbooks. In these "challenging economic times," I'm looking for a mini computer with nothing fancy- just surfing the web kind of stuff. I did take a look at the HP Mini 110 by Tord Boontje. It is super mega cute!

I think I finally figured out what netbook I'm going to order. I'll have to settle for one of the free wall papers that is offered on the HP/Boontje site for the new mini laptop. A girl can still dream though...

It's wizard

Sorry, no house updates until next week. I've been busy working on a halloween costume for Lauren's middle child.

Here's a sneak peek..

Happiness found at the Christmas Tree Shop

Over the weekend we went to the Christmas Tree Shop because they have heat (remember our house is chilly) and in hopes of finding a non-candy treat to give to the kiddies for Halloween. I really hate the place, but you can find some gems and german cookies.

I've been dying to get one of those really cool radios for our kitchen. When I'm stuck in the kitchen, I can't see or hear the tv. Since we don't have a tv in there (yet) everyone leaves me in the kitchen by myself and I get sad. I'll now be a little happier when I'm in the kitchen because of the latest Christmas Tree gem:

Ten bucks! And it plays Happy Birthday on the selected date and time. No joke! And has a lovely teak wooden frame. And I'm sure the sound will suck.

Thank you Christmas Tree Shop for my knock off Tivoli radio!