Shiny things!

Good morning my Little Sunshines!  I am going to admit something to you.  I got in trouble.  My beloved Binks got on me for not blogging more and told me to get my behind in gear so we can share all our fall, fabulous fall, projects with everyone.  So this conversation got me thinking; I am like a crow. I love all the shiny and new creative projects I stumble across and they so easily distract me!  This week, I am discovering chalk paint and working on a big piece of furniture and then I just tasted maple apple pie preserves and of course I had to recreate and can them myself!  With all this mad genius creating going on I did not have an elaborate project to show you, but to get me out of doggie house I am going to share something I did on my front porch- easy and cheapie, cheap!

Ok, I realize this might not be the best photo, but I also wanted you to see that fabulash splash of color on my japanese maple.  This project is so easy, but it just really delights all my visitors.  I took a Dollar Store crow, cut a hat and collar out of some fall paper making him a total dapper Dan, then I glued his bootie to a glitter pumpkin so he could sit and greet everyone.  I have this huge bird cage from the days Binkers and I owned our store.  I should get rid of it.... it is a space sucker... but I love it and use it every so often.  So this project takes about 2 seconds, costs $1 plus the cost of a real pumpkin or a fakie you can get for 50% off at any craft store!  Give it a go and you will make someone smile when they see it.

Side note from Binkers:  I did nothing of the kind!  I may have thought it but this simply proves that Diva Doggie and I are perfecting our mind melding experiments so that is a good thing!

And PS Diva Doggie is a total crow!

Glam Thanksgiving Dinner Part Deux

There is nothing Diva Doggie and I enjoy more than details.  For today's project, we decided to pimp out some napkin rings for our 1920's Hollywood Glam Themed Thanksgiving Dinner.  Why not buy fabulous napkin rings, you ask? Well, we found a set of four we absolutely loved and guess what!  They were on sale for $199!  Considering we need 12 of them, we opted for making our own!

Once again, to get you excited, here is a photo of the finished product:

Gorgeous, right??

We found the how to for making the 'brooch' here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9puwAsBJZM

They are super easy and we love the woman's accent which we felt made these even fancier!

For the 'ring', we used a plastic glittered ribbon we purchased from Sam's Club but you can use your imagination for that!  We purchased the pearls, gold bead ribbon, and crystal bead for the center from Michael's during their 40% off all beads and findings sale (which goes on pretty regularly!)  See below:

This was a super simple project that we busted out while watching our favorite On Demand Trash!  Deelish!

We will continue to keep adding the little elements we are making for this Glam Theme so keep checking us out...we will always have a glass of wine and an extra glue gun!