Glitter Time.

Yesterday, for some reason I cannot fathom, I felt inclined to do a craft.  This seldom happens, maybe once or twice a year. 
These two just wanted to nap in front of a warm fire.

Lazy puppies!
It's been raining here for the last couple of days so please excuse the picture quality.

I've had these papier mache  houses for a long while and I decided that today was the day to do something with them.  So I painted them white.

Enter Martha:

I went to town with that glitter!

Can you see the sparkle?  I totally covered them  in glitter.

I put them on the dining room mantle because it is my peaceful spot.

Can you see the glitter?

I'd like to find some of those pastel bottle brush trees I've seen around blog land.  They might look nice with the sparkle mansions.  They look like they're made of sugar.

I used a whole bottle of glitter.  But do you know what?  I don't want them!  The first person who comes through my door and admires those houses is going to get an early Christmas gift!

On your mark, get set, go!  I'm going back to snooze with the dogs.

Crafty Friday

Since it's pouring rain and not a great day for taking pictures, I decided to share with you a craft!  I saw this Martha Stewart kit many moons ago at Michaels.  I thought they were so pretty but the price was too much for my pocket book.

Some time after that, when I went back to the store, there was the kit, on sale!  I bought the it, went home and made some pom poms.

Aren't they pretty? I only made two and mine were pink.  Then I saw them on blogs all over the internet.  They were shown in nurseries, little girls' bedrooms and wedding decor.

Since I had none of these things going on, they sat around for months.  This past August I was invited to a wedding shower.  Since I'm by nature a procrastinator, I waited until the last minute to wrap the shower gift.  Not being able to find enough ribbon in my neat and tidy Studio, I put a tissue pom pom on top of the gift.

Hubby chortled when he saw it.  "That flower is bigger than the box"  Hmph.  I carried on.  I picked up #1 to take to the shower with me.  She chortled too!  I carried on.  Upon arriving at said wedding shower, every single person there loved my tissue flower!  Everyone wanted to know how I made it!

So that is my handy dandy craft for today.  Now, I just have one more pom pom to get rid of.  Anyone having a wedding or baby shower?  Anyone?  Please?