Happy October!

October has begun in perfection, with our first crisp day!

It has been in the high 80s here, and today it is in the 60s. So wonderful! As I mentioned in my previous post, the Maple trees in my backyard are beginning to turn color. Each day there are a few more leaves sporting seasonal attire!

I have finished filming all my class videos for my new class on Altered Domino Books at Creative Workshops. Yay! It was a wonderful experience and I learned a great deal more about editing and filming, even though I have been making videos for about two years. I think I am getting better at it! There are 8 videos in all! I am very excited to see what everyone in the class is going to make. 

Since I am done filming and editing...I had time to play and create something for Halloween! I had a great time creating this banner using Paperwhimsy images. The background to the banners is a new sheet Gale has created. I love it! All of the Witches are PW girls. The letters BOO I bought at Archivers.

To celebrate my class opening, I am having a giveaway of a Domino Book Kit. If you have not entered yet, go HERE to do so. You only need be a follower to enter. I will be awarding this prize by Sunday October 9th! When you enter, please leave an e-mail address so I can contact you.

 The witches in my banner are very chic. They design their own hats! They love netting, feathers and even rhinestones! Very fashionable I think!

 I have begun a little Fall/Halloween decorating with this banner. It now graces my fireplace mantle in my family room.  I have also added new candles and a plant there too.

Now all I need is to find a few pumpkins for my front porch!

I want to share with you a lovely gift I won during the Gypsy Dream Blog hop hosted by Celia at Adventures of the Striped Stockings.

Mina of Green Witch With Sprinkles offered this beautiful jewelry set and I won it! Yay!

Her gift arrived yesterday and I put them on as soon as I opened the package. They are so lovely and perfect for fall!

Thank you so much Mina!

Thank you all for stopping by!

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. 

Hugs,

Terri

Freedom

Happy 4th of July!

The holiday to celebrate FREEDOM!

And, for me, giving thanks for that freedom.

To celebrate, I sat down in my art room this morning and created a little symbol of the holiday. The early morning sun was shining in my window, and I worked quietly as others in my home were still resting (the early bird having woken me at 6:30am!).

Here is my little Freedom Flag...

I created it using copy of a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence for the flag.

I didn't have small enough letters, so I stamped my own using a Martha Stewart stamp set, I also used diamond glaze and some fine white glitter on them.

I then fan folded a strip of 1'' by 8 1/2'' paper, then pulled it into a round and glued it to the paper card stock circle.

I inked all the light colored papers with a brown ink pad.

I cut out red card stock a little larger than the printed flags, and pinked the edges. Then I glued a small ruffle of crepe paper at the top before sewing the front to back with red thread on baste.

After stitching the two sides together, I used fabric glue to glue on the red rickrack. I did try sewing it, but it is so tiny and narrow that I couldn't get it to hold still long enough!

Next I glued on the paper ruff all decked out with the circle and letter, added a blue star at the base and it was done. Yay!

Here is a copy of the page I created for the flags and the circles, just in case any of you would like to make your own little Freedom Flag. Just click on it to enlarge and then right click and do a "save as" to your own computer.

Have a fabulous 4th!

Hugs,

Terri