A Moment of Inspiration

So today I decided I felt like being crafty.

We had a wonderful dinner of thanksgiving leftovers, which I over-nuked in the microwave. Scott was playing with his Wii (We just got it today).

I tried to clean the huge stockpot that we left soaking in the sink. I gave up after a few tries as I kept dropping it and getting water all over the kitchen. Pregnancy makes you REALLY clumsy: a blessing that I already had, but has become magnified by 10.

I tried to move on to another area of the house that needed cleaning when the two dying arrangements on my table caught my eye. I thought to myself: "I really need to get rid of those; they are starting to die."

We aquired the two small arrangemtns consisting of orange tiger lilies, roses, and green and red berries, from a wedding reception that we attended last Friday. I must say, they were quite striking.

As I began taking them apart, a little lightbulb went off in my head. I quickly grabbed a pad of paper and started making a list of materials. I was going to go to Michales......to get something CRAFTY.

An hour later, after painstakingly picking out a few different kinds of falce foliage, and wrestling with some wire clippers; I came up with this:



Please excuse the cat in the background. I could not make her get out of the picture. Note how she is trying to distroy my creation. Bad kitty. I suppose this is just practice for the baby.

Festive, huh? I was quite proud, concidering I have never been all that into flower arrangements. If you look at the one on the right there is even a little cardinal sitting on a branch. Scott thought it was silly. I thought it was brilliant. :)

Speaking of my wonderful husband, look what I got as an early Christmas gift!




Isn't it lovely? I've been wanting a full length mirror for a while now, but I never expected to get one so fancy! I absolutely love it! Scott is a wonderful man......I think I'll keep him :)

Did you see that swanky looking rocker in the reflection? Also mine! That was my b-day gift from my parents. Right now the mirror has a temporary home in the baby's room until I can re-arrange our room and find it a more permanent home.

Exciting stuff. Tomorrow I'm going to have Scott go into our storage unit to haul all the Christmas decorations out. I have big plans for the wreath on the door. I'm sure that will be tomorrow's post.