Halloween Altered Tin Swap

I participated in a fabulous Halloween Altered Tin Swap hosted by the wonderful Wendy Aspinall at www.blissangels.blogspot.com. Here is my entry for the swap - inside the recipient will find a deck of "ghouls", altered playing cards dressed as witches. Thanks Wendy, this was great fun!

Paris Peat Pot

For Art Party this month we did an exchange of altered peat pots. Here is my offering, as all of my art now seems to be with a Paris theme! My husband wonders of it will get worse or better after I go to Paris in October? (I think worse, of course!) The peat pot was a very inexpensive and interesting thing to alter - and once I got started I just couldn't stop. I have now tried stamping, embellishing, and painting them, and I even created a hot air balloon out of one. I have yet to photo it, but it will end up on my blog when I do.

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Paris Angel

Bon jour mes amis des Pink Saturday! This Angel is a gift I created for my mon ami Mary. Mary and I will be heading to Paris together in October, and I was so lucky that she figured out how to fit a quick stop for lunch with me in San Diego on a recent trip she was making to points north. We dined at Cafe Chloe in downtown and feasted on wonderful French food as we perused our Paris books to plan our trip. I just can't wait for our Parisian adeventure to begin!

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More Comic Con Craziness

Comic Con just takes over San Diego each year. We are so fortunate to be able to host this crazy event! Although we didn't attend, we were at least able to get into a little of the night life action and get some great photos of our adventure.

Zombies Walk The Street of San Diego!!

Zombies rose from the dead and walked the streets of San Diego during Comic Con 2011. My family decided to head down and watch, and boy what a blast it was! San Diego is transformed into a crazy land during Comic Con, and it is really fun just to head downtown and observe all of the hoopla. There were hundreds of zombies walking through the streets. From dogs to brides to cheerleaders to The Joker, it was such a fun sight to see.

Lorraine's Little Cake Boxes

Look at these beautiful little "pieces" of cake that my wonderful friend Lorraine made for my 50th birthday party as party favors. They are each created out of lovely papers and embellishments. She handmade all of the flowers on the tops. She really is so talented and I just love that we both feed off of each other's work. You can visit her blog at http://rainebeau.blogspot.com/ Thanks so much Lorraine!

50th Birthday Tea!

For my 50th birthday I hosted a happy tea party, which is a tea party with cocktails of course! I had my very best girlfriends over to celebrate this milestone with me. Everything was decorated in a pink French theme. Tasty tea treats were served (recipes and photos will come in a future post) by my daughter Cassidy. We toasted with Lavender Champagne (soooooo tasty and refreshing!). Here is the recipe for Lavendar Champage:

For simple syrup: Bring 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil in a saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Stir in 1 T. culinary dried lavender. Remove from heat and cool. Refrigerate overnight. Strain lavender.

Add 1 1/2 teaspoons lavender simple syrup to glass of champagne and garnish with fresh lavender sprig.

Enjoy!

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