Posted in Gifts on November 20, 2008| 10 Comments »
Look what my mom made me… I saw this necklace on line and asked if she could make it… I can’t knit to save me life…
It buttons off to the side near the front.
She calls this her demo necklace, to see if I liked it {are you kidding me}?? I am off to buy cotton yarn for more… I am so glad I have a crafty mom!
Posted in family, Friends, Gifts on November 11, 2008| 5 Comments »
Look at this blanket my sister made me… Don’t you love those cuddly owls?? Dolce likes my blankie too!
She also added to my wooden acorns and an owl candle holder….
This pillow came from my friend Jill, she always gets me something gingerbread…. Did you know I collect gingerbread men?? LOVE them!
This ACORN dish also came from Jill! SCORE!
Tina W. came over and brought me flowers in this BEAUTIFUL vase, and super cute fall dish towels.
Grandma Shirley brought me these Bless this home stacking boxes…
Em and family brought me movie tickets with this cute card and Tatum presented me the apple in her little hands just like the book cover!
Roxanne and fam gave me Goodwill Bucks, so did my parents…
Stay tuned to see what AWESOME treasure I bought!
Thank you to my wonderful family and friends, you made my day super special!
Posted in Friends, Gifts on October 31, 2008| 2 Comments »
My bloggy friend, Tausha asked if I would want to swap amongst each other… Of course I did, check out all the cute stuff she makes! Anyway we set a send date and said, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and a little Pampering would be our theme…. My package arrived today, check out the loot!
Hand crafted cuties, magazine, book, CANDY jar, socks, candy canes, dish towel and spatula, little pillows, note cards, and each item had a hand written note attached… That girl has AWESOME handwriting! Thanks Tausha….
Also my cupcake cutie came today….
Carly from Quiltville handmade it… Check out all of her quilted goodness! Thanks Bloggy friends!
Posted in Bliss, Decorating, Gifts on October 30, 2008| 6 Comments »
…. for Elise she was my swap partner for Em’s “mini” Thanksgiving Swap… Elise and I both decided that we didn’t like “mini” in fact… to quote Elise, “go big or go home”…. that being said… here is the “mini” box that arrived on my porch today….
This thing could have held a piece of furniture!
Everything all packaged up…
Couple different angles of this BEAUTY… how LUCKY am I…..
Look she makes tassels… I LOVE tassels!
Giant SILVER acorn {LOVE acorns!}
a HUGE chalkboard! {did I mention I LOVE acorns}?
Glitter GIVE THANKS banner…
ACORN salt and Pepper shakers, TURKEY towel with cookie cutter, TURKEY note pad, ACORN mug… and CUTE tag!!
THANK YOU ELISE….
Posted in Books, Gifts, Give~Away on October 29, 2008| 6 Comments »
I went to the book fair yesterday, By the way, I just LOVE the smell of new books! THANKS Cathy…. Bonus when your cousin is a librarian! Check out this loot…
Big boys books
Little boys books
Holiday and… Cook books for Mama…
Then as if this day wasn’t good enough… I WON a give~away… Yep one of my daily blogs My Lily Eden was hosting a give away with AWESOME creations from Quiltville… A cupcake hipster bag… Does it really get any better than book and a bag??
Posted in Decorating, Gifts, projects on October 20, 2008| 4 Comments »
I’ve had a few requests for my fall decor, so I added a couple new items to my etsy shop Worn Acorn…
FALL glitter blocks!
and of course the beloved ACORN
Posted in children, Gifts, projects on October 15, 2008| 6 Comments »
I made these last year for my sons preschool class, it was a huge considering all if the candy that gets past out, the mothers were all grateful!
Supplies:
Black cardstock
Halloween patterned scrapbook paper
Halloween rubber stamp {plus black ink}
Ribbon I used orange and black
Halloween Cookie Cutters
* You can also adapt this for Christmas, Easter, birthday favors….
Here is the recipe you will need to print {mine reads}
Happy Halloween
{Make this fun play dough recipe with your mom or dad}
Play Dough
1 cup boiling water
2 TBSP cooking oil
1/2 cup salt
1 cup flour
1 pkg Kool Aid mix
Stir water, oil, and salt until dissolved.
Stir in flour and Kool Aid mix until cool enough
to knead to desired consistency. Put in container.
Store in fridge. Cut into fun shapes with cookie cutters.
Posted in Gifts, projects on October 11, 2008| 6 Comments »
My sister came over last night and wanted me to make a spider shirt for my niece… Some black felt {appliqued on} painted legs and eyes, and ribbon….
My Cousin Cathy, stopped by this week with a bag full of candy… I LOVE this bag so much, I could use it as a purse! Thanks Cathy!
Posted in Decorating, Gifts, projects on October 9, 2008| 1 Comment »
I will start with some more decor…
Look at that huge acorn {from Joann’s} I want to go get more… The acorn stand is for a candle and came from Goodwill last year!
A few projects Elise {my swap partner} close your eyes… Or not, it’s up to you, but don’t say you weren’t warned…
Been paintin’ on canvas… Squirrels and acorns oh my…
Swiped this photo of Em’s blog, I made her this acorn, but didn’t take a picture of it…
NoW for some randomness… hahahah
That crazy bee landed on our windshield and Spike was putting his finger on the glass… {it’s the closest he will ever come to a bee… hahaha Speaking of Spike, I was cleaning out 19 pages of emails and came across an email he sent out when I first started Lipstick and Laundry, it was his corky version of a blog… I hope none of you find this offensive, he has a SUPER silly sense of humor, it’s one of the MANY I just LOVE about him….
I am sure you will have to click on the picture to enlarge it, so you can read the text!
Now for a blogland question…. I have been contemplating moving yes, you read right….
I created a blogspot/blogger account a while back and I am still learning the tricks… I do like wordpress however I can’t make cute backgrounds… So I am asking what do you all think should I stay or should I go??
Posted in family, Gifts, Love of a Lifetime on September 26, 2008| 5 Comments »
Remember back when I listed my randomness… I mentioned my hubby would fax these great pictures over for our sons to receive when he was at work… Here is some of the fax lovin’ we got….
Just so you know we called our oldest Fo Fo or Fo Fo Juice, and our second son is PollyWog or Beans
These treasures are about 11 1/2 years old…. I LOVE everyone of them!
Speaking of treasures…
My mom would get up early in the morning and sit at the bar-stools and doodle on my plain lunch bags. I loved those lunch bags, so much so that I would carefully fold them, tuck them safely away in my pocket and bring them home. I have kept them all these years {let’s just say they are over 20 years old}… still gives me warm fuzzies!
Lipstick and Laundry 
