A lil More Time on the Castle Mural

Like the title says - I was able to put in a lil more time (still not enough) on the castle mural.




Those are the before and after (for now).

There are a few changes: rounded out the entire mural to make the border look better (that will be the last thing to be added). the castle has more pink (just what my clients daughter wanted).
the road is now water. the sky is a lighter blue with white, fluffy clouds. a few windows added (need more work).

There is a request for a bridge (I don't know) and not 1, but horses (that's plural), painted horses (my favorite kind). The flagpoles need to be added as well as the flags.

Details. Details. Details.

Shirts and Stickers

I am working on, what I think, are some pretty awesome Christmas gifts for my husband. He will not see these coming!

Hubs has great ideas, but when we look for them online, we can't find it (which is good and also bad. Good because there will be few if any others out there and bad because they are not readily available).



There is a print shop here in town, Alston Ink (http://www.alstonink.com) - they do custom work (Sa-weet!). I went to them today with hubs ideas and they are bringing these ideas to life!

If this works out, I can see many trips to A.I. to get other things made.

Now, the title is Shirts and Stickers (most of yall wont think those as great ideas for Christmas), but hubs loves bumper stickers and he also loves unique shirts.

The shirts will be One of a Kind and the stickers...well, we looked online for _____ stickers and could not find any, anywhere! So, I told the shop my idea and they are making it!

I put my orders in today and they should be ready by the 21st. Awesome! I will post after Christmas with pictures. He's going to love it.

*if you are wondering, he doesn't blog nor does he read mine - so, it's ok. :)

'Snow'man Ornament

I have a girlfriend that loves her some Jack In the Box (it's a burger joint). So, I made her a Christmas ornament (out of polymer and then hand-painted).

Truth Be Told

A few weeks back Hoss asked about Santa, today it was about the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy.

On one hand it is sad, but on the other...I am glad for him to know the truth.

What other *stories* do we tell our kids?

Tuesday Finds

I took Sprout junking with me this morning before taking him to school - these are our finds.



I have always wanted to find a butter dish like this (didn't matter on the pattern) - I plan on listing it in my etsy shop (AmysVintageStuff.etsy.com) - I already have a clear one that I rather like.

The chip balloon bowl was the first I saw and didn't think twice about putting it in my cart. Then I saw the fridge dishes - DBD (death by dishwasher), but I like that. They were used and loved. I plan on keeping those. And finally the lil butter dish.



Looking at the balloon bowl - it shows well. But then there is a minor chip on the smaller handle. Smaller chip...I can deal with.



Didn't see this til I was at the register. I bought it still (obviously) and plan to gift it. I have a couple girlfriends that are starting to collect.

Ouch!

This was Hoss this morning going to school. 2 steps out of the house and he slipped on the nice layer of ice we had (nice surprise to wake to this morning), smacked his head on the sidewalk = BIG KNOT - Ouch! He ended up staying home today because hubs said the roads were awful; said he slid into the lot of a car dealership on his way to work.

Hoss wanted to go to school, he said their ice packs were better than my bag of frozen peas. :(

Let's hope your Monday was better than ours.

Castle Mural - other pictures