whimsical creations

Wordless Wednesday

2009-11-11T06:25:00.001-05:00

A santa gnome...

Custom order for a fellow blogger Lauranie from This is sew my Life. It is a gift for her mother.

New snowman (actually I made it last year, but never listed it)...I think he/she needs a name. Any suggestions?

I have a favor to ask of my blog readers. I entered my swirly santa ornament in the Michaels Handmade Holiday Contest. I would LOVE to win. (who wouldn't?) Would you please go here and give me 5 snowmen. No need to register...just click through and click 5 snowman (under the picture of my santa click on the last snowman). Thanks a bunch!!

Please note: You can vote once a day.

Take Me Back Tuesday & Flashback Friday

2009-11-10T05:16:00.001-05:00

November 1979
My 6th Birthday

If you know me, then you know I am not a cake, icing or ice cream fan. There is one cake I do love, though. My mom would make it every year for me. It's called the Ruby Slipper and it is soooo yummy!! My mom has since given me the bundt pan (I bought her a new one). I miss my mommy making me my special birthday cake.

The Ruby Slipper Cake Recipe
1pkg (2-layer size) yellow cake mix or pudding included cake mix
1c (1/2 pt) sour cream
1/4c water
2 eggs
1pkg (3oz) Jello Raspberry Flavor

Combine cake mix, sour cream, water and eggs in a large bowl.
Blend, then beat at medium speed 2min until creamy.
Spoon 1/3 of batter into a well greased and floured 10in bundt pan.
Sprinkle with 1/2 of the gelatin
Repeat layers.
Spread the remaining batter over the gelatin to cover.

Bake 350degrees for 45 min, until cake springs back when lightly pressed.

Cool in pan for 5min, remove from pan and cool on rack.

Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.

Enjoy!

***EDITED TO ADD***
You can vote once a day!!

I have a favor to ask of my blog readers. I entered my swirly santa ornament in the Michaels Handmade Holiday Contest. I would LOVE to win. (who wouldn't?) Would you please go here and give me 5 snowmen. No need to register...just click through and click 5 snowman (under the picture of my santa click on the last snowman). Thanks a bunch!!

You can participate and/or check out other Take Me Back Tuesday posts at A Giveaway Addicted Mommy.

You can participate and/or check out other Flashback Friday posts at Christopher And Tia's blog.

Not Me Monday - wk19

2009-11-09T08:01:00.004-05:00

I certainly would never buy 8 costumes at Target for 90% off. Mmmm...nope. I did not get $250 worth of things for $25!!

I would never go to my friend's house to take photos of her son in a real pumpkin. Who does those things?

By this time he pushed out the eyes and was putting them in the pumpkin.

I would never put my daughter in the pumpkin either. Never!

***EDITED TO ADD***
You can vote once a day!!

I have a favor to ask of my blog readers. I entered my swirly santa ornament in the Michaels Handmade Holiday Contest. I would LOVE to win. (who wouldn't?) Would you please go here and give me 5 snowmen. No need to register...just click through and click 5 snowman (under the picture of my santa click on the last snowman). Thanks a bunch!!

This blog carnival was created by MckMama. Today her son is not doing well and going to have major surgery, head on over to her blog and give her some bloggy love.

Sunday Citar

2009-11-08T07:22:00.002-05:00

"Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold." ~Judith Olney

It rained most of Halloween day. Right before we went out trick or treating it stopped raining and a rainbow appeared in the sky.

Lily was a pink poodle and Ian was a black and white dog.

My friend's children were dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly lion.

It was very cold and windy that night.

We are having much different weather today. It is going to be a beautiful 64 degrees today.

I have a favor to ask of my blog readers. I entered my swirly santa ornament in the Michaels Handmade Holiday Contest. I would LOVE to win. (who wouldn't?) Would you please go here and give me 5 snowmen. No need to register...just click through and click 5 snowman (under the picture of my santa click on the last snowman). Thanks a bunch!!

Thank you for stopping by Sunday Citar! This blog quote meme was created by Fresh Mommy. You can stop by her blog to see the quotes and photos that she and everyone else is loving right now.

Aloha Friday #3

2009-11-06T08:12:00.005-05:00

It is Aloha Friday! In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that people take it easy and look forward to the weekend.

Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your comment below and link in Kailani’s blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

This week's question is:

When do you start Christmas Shopping? Do you exchange with lots of people?

I start Christmas shopping the day after Christmas. I go to Target when it opens and grab as many stocking stuffers for my kids as I can. My husband & I no longer exchange presents. The last time we did was Ian's first Christmas. We buy for the kids and for my nieces and nephews. I make ornaments for everyone else. I usually package them in a pretty tin or box I bought the year before. My husband & I go shopping for the kids around my birthday every year. We went shopping on Wednesday and we are now done with the kid's presents. I just need to make ornaments.

I have a favor to ask of my blog readers. I entered my swirly santa ornament in the Michaels Handmade Holiday Contest. I would LOVE to win. (who wouldn't?) Would you please go here and give me 5 snowmen. No need to register...just click through and click 5 snowman. Thanks a bunch!!

Hope you have a fabulous Friday!

Wordless Wednesday-Happy Birthday

2009-11-04T05:57:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday I was busy making lots of things. I made the cupcake birthday candle holder above along with a couple custom orders. For one custom order a customer asked me to create a willow tree and carve initials in the base of the tree.
After I took this photo the sky got dark and it started to rain. It was way to dark for picture taking. Maybe later today.

My husband took today off and we are going Christmas shopping for the kids. We are dropping Lily off at my in-laws house first. Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!!

Take Me Back Tuesday & Flashback Friday

2009-11-03T06:38:00.002-05:00

Halloween 2005

I worked with this guy...
and every year he throws a Halloween Party.

These pictures are from the second year I went. My husband opted out of going this year and stayed home with our son. I went with my friend and my brother in law. My brother in law wore my husband's costume from the previous year. My mother made both my costume and the one my brother in law is wearing. She ROCKS! (BTW...she had made my son a knight costume to match ours, too.)

Oh yeah, see the boxes in the 2nd photo? We moved into the house we are living in now the day after this party.

You can participate and/or check out other Take Me Back Tuesday posts at A Giveaway Addicted Mommy.

You can participate and/or check out other Flashback Friday posts at Christopher And Tia's blog.

I ♥ Faces - Week 43

2009-11-02T14:34:00.005-05:00

This week’s theme is: "Balloons"

I have to laugh at this photo. The kids got balloons on Halloween from Michaels. Lily was upset her balloon had shrunk. She decided she should try and re-blow it up! I love how she closed her eyes and blew as hard as she could...there is a knot already in the balloon. LOL.

Check out more photos at i ♥ faces.

Not Me Monday - wk18

2009-11-02T06:06:00.002-05:00

I certainly would never go to Target yesterday before it opens and wait in line to get great deals on Halloween items. Nope! I then did not go to another Target after that to scope out their deals. I would never go back to Target later in the day to pick up another piece to the 'collection' I bought earlier in the day. Who would go to Target 3x's in one day? BTW...got some great stocking stuffers!!

I would never stand in line at Old Navy on Friday hoping to get a $2.00 costume. Most people were there to get the 50% off their order using their cc. I do not have an Old Navy card, but my friend does. She would never pay for my stuff using her card...my 2 shirts (long sleeve Halloween for my son) and 1 costume (there were only 2 left...my friend got the other). My total did not come to $4.40!!! I would never do the happy dance!

On Saturday I would never drag my family (everyone was crabby BTW) over to Macy's to get the free $10GC they were giving out to the 1st 100 customers. Yeah, no one was there!! We walked over to their home store after getting our GC in the main store (they have a separate location in our mall) and they gave us 2 more. I ended up buying 4 ornaments for $4.00 and still have 2 GC to use.

I definitely do not like a bargin...NOPE!

This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Happy Halloween!!

2009-10-31T07:10:00.001-04:00

Flying through to wish you a...

Hope everyone has a fabulous Halloween!

Aloha Friday #2

2009-10-30T05:43:00.001-04:00

You Capture - Autumn

2009-10-29T05:31:00.000-04:00

Autumn to me is looking out my front window and seeing this beautiful maple tree in my neighbor's front yard. I took these photos Monday afternoon. Now most of this tree's leaves are on the ground.
Leaves of all sizes...

The flowers on my hydrangea bush are changing colors (seems like yesterday they were blooming)...

And watching the ghosts dance on my tree in the front yard.

My HUGE maple tree in my backyard has not changed colors yet. It does within the first couple weeks of November. Then there are TONS of leaves.

Go on over to I Should Be Folding Laundry to see other You Capture's for this week.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-10-28T04:52:00.003-04:00

Keep pumpkins away from your beer.

My friend e-mailed me this photo and thought it would be perfect to share.

Have a great Wednesday!

Take Me Back Tuesday

2009-10-27T06:40:00.000-04:00

Take Me Back Tuesday
Halloween 1983

My sister was a bunny (mom made the costume) and I was a gypsy. The gypsy costume was made from my grandmother's old costume jewelry. Oh and LOTS of my mom's make-up.

Not Me Monday - wk17

2009-10-26T09:20:00.000-04:00

I did not go to McDonalds because they have My Little Ponies and order 2 happy meals (one for me and one for Lily) so she could get 2. Nope! (BTW...the next toys up are Nerf & Strawberry Shortcake)

I did not watch way to many hours of tv this week. Ummm...that would be a no, no.

I would never be disappointed when my daughter decided 2x's this week that she did not want to take a nap. I would never need that nap time to find some sanity during the day.

I would never say yes to the kids when they wanted to climb when we were at the Pumpkin Farm this week. I saw this sign after they were already up there. Oops...

This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Sunday Citar

2009-10-25T06:52:00.000-04:00

"Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings."

LOL, I thought this quote was perfect after we went to the pumpkin farm this week...(read here to be filled in on all the details)

I met my friend Sham 7yrs ago when we were in a mutual friend's wedding together. Ian was just over a year old and Sham's oldest is 8mths older than him. Ian would repeat her daughter's name over and over again. The rest is history. Both of our families have so much fun together. Sham & I got to hang out twice this week and we had a great time. I can not wait until Halloween. We have a family tradition where we meet at her sister's house and trick or treat in that neighborhood. We have done this since Ian was 3.

Thank you for stopping by Sunday Citar! This blog quote meme was created by Fresh Mommy. You can stop by her blog to see the quotes and photos that she and everyone else is loving right now.

Sew Mommy Sew

2009-10-25T04:04:00.001-04:00

See Mommy Sew Fabric Scraps Giveaway. Enter here.

Edited to add...I WON!! WOOT WOOT!!

Aloha Friday #1

2009-10-23T06:33:00.003-04:00

The Great Pumpkin Farm

2009-10-22T16:07:00.000-04:00

So yesterday I went with my friend and her kiddos to the great pumpkin farm. Both of our families have already gone during a pay weekend, but we wanted to go back. You see it was a gorgeous 60 degree day here and perfect to picture taking. Who am I kidding, any day is perfect for picture taking. =)

Do you know how hard it is to get 6 kids to look one way? LOL

This little one melts my heart...he started walking last week. YAY!

Look at those fingers.

I remember when her fingers looked like that.

This little man makes my heart melt, too. He came home from school yesterday and announced he has a girlfriend. He cracks me up. A couple weeks ago he asked me why only goofy girls "like" him. My response was you get what you give...you act goofy, you get goofy. Yes, I sad that. He has been trying to "get a girlfriend" since the beginning of school. He is already girl crazy and is only 8. I am in trouble.

Lily LOVES this gal. She was following her around the whole time.

So notice the flower pants on Lily below? She has orange ones on above. Anywho, while we were walking around the farm Lily stood their looking funny and declared...I PEED!

Just g.r.e.a.t! Quick trip back to the car...

After taking photos we all went to Pizza Hut and met our husbands for dinner. On the way to the restaurant Lily told me she peed in her diaper (I put one on after she had an accident, thankfully). When we got to the restaurant Lily decided she did not want her diaper on because it is now dirty...she proceeded to stand on the chair and take her clothes off. NICE! Oh yeah, that was us in the corner of the restaurant...LOUD. We were THAT family!

Update on the potty training (sorry if this is TMI): That was the first accident we have ever had out. She is trained during the day. She wears a diaper for nap & bedtime. On the pooping front, we are taking Miralax and it seems to be working. We have backed her off to quickly and then we went back to not pooping, so she is still taking it.

So how is your Thursday?

Wordless Wednesday - New To Me

2009-10-21T05:41:00.001-04:00

A couple months ago I found a child's rocking chair by the side of the road for free. It was filthy and needed to be put back together (the seat was off the base). I finally cleaned it up and put it back together on Sunday. I LOVE the blue color of it, but it needs to be repainted. I am torn between paining it the turquoise I used in my son's room or white. What do you think?

Take Me Back Tuesday

2009-10-20T08:14:00.002-04:00

Take Me Back Tuesday
November 1980

We were making Thanksgiving pilgrim hats.

You can participate and/or check out other Take Me Back Tuesday posts at A Giveaway Addicted Mommy.

Not Me Monday - wk16

2009-10-19T15:30:00.001-04:00

My daughter would not still be in her pajamas at 3:30pm on a Monday.

I certainly would never feed my children hot air popcorn for dinner after they decided they wanted to watch a movie at 4:30 in the afternoon and asked for popcorn. Mmm...nope.

I certainly would never take the kids to Burger King for dinner on Sunday because I felt sick most of the day and did not want to cook (or do dishes).

I would never take my children to a pumpkin farm on a 40degree day because my husband got a free pass to go and I wanted to go. NOPE, we do those things for the kids.

This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I ♥ Faces - Week 41

2009-10-19T06:27:00.002-04:00

This week’s theme is: "Pink"I took this photo of my daughter yesterday afternoon.

Check out more photos at i ♥ faces.

Sunday Citar

2009-10-18T19:34:00.004-04:00

Childhood is a short season. ~Helen Hayes

It just seems like yesterday we took Ian to the pumpkin patch to pick his first pumpkin. Where does time go?

Thank you for stopping by Sunday Citar! This blog quote meme was created by Fresh Mommy. You can stop by her blog to see the quotes and photos that she and everyone else is loving right now.

Hauntingly Magical Celebration!

2009-10-17T00:01:00.001-04:00

Welcome to my magical celebration!

Come on in out of the cold.

Take off your shoes and leave your brooms at the door...

hang up your hat and grab some candy corn...

lets grab some magical brew and sit by the fire and tell ghostly tales...

Lily & I would like to thank you for stopping by our celebration . So just for stopping by I would like to offer a 30% discount off my Fall Collection in my shop today and tomorrow. Please put HMC2009 in notes to seller and I will refund your discount via paypal.

Go on over to A Fanciful Twist to join in or see more Hauntingly Magical Celebrations being held today.