Burnt Fingers

It's finally fall!  With that comes the celebration of all things cozy, pumpkin, and apparently the desire to craft.  This weekend has been one of crocheting, cooking, and crafting.  A great friend just had a precious baby, so naturally I crocheted her a baby beanie Thursday evening.

Here's where I got the pattern.  Super easy and quick.  You can do it in one sitting.  http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/preemieround.htm.  Since I have plenty of yarn left over, I think I'll try matching booties next.

Friday, Holt and I went to Walmart and my couponing finally caught up with me.  I had too many and the register crashed.  They had to rescan all of my items and give me my coupon savings in cash.  The customers in line behind us weren't thrilled with my coupon enthusiasm.  Saturday we cooked a fabulous breakfast, visited the baby, watched our poor Auburn Tigers, and found some great deals at the thrift store.  Sunday morning I made pumpkin muffins.  I would post the recipe but I don't really remember it.  It was a little of this and a little of that type of deal.  Trust me, though, they're good.

Holt had to go back to the farm early this weekend to work, so I had a whole afternoon to craft.  Fueled up on pumpkin-flavored carbs, I set out to complete a project that has been on my list for a long time.  While I was doing sea turtle work at Canaveral National Seashore, I got to collect lots of neat shells.  I saw a beautifully decorated mirror in a shop once and wanted to recreate it with my sea treasures.  This was the mirror I used, totally free and not very attractive.

I started with one hasty coat of sea foam paint.

Covered that with a crackling medium to antique it.  Then covered that with a coat of white paint and a plethora of shells, rocks, coral, and barnacles.  After several hours and many burnt fingers, my shell mirror was complete.

And I STILL wasn't done crafting!  A simple little picture frame from fabric and a block of wood to round out the weekend...

All week I get to look forward to meeting my wonderful mother in Greenwood, MS for a cooking class next weekend.  Can't wait!