I LOVE FALL.... that is all.

FHE Pumpkin carving- this year we invited some of our buddies over, and had a pumpkin/pie baking contest. We'll go ahead and name Mike as the winner for his crooked-smile pumpkin, but I may have just won the pie contest. Sadly, I didn't take pictures of the pumpkins (go figure, or the pie), so you get to see some pictures of cute kids instead.

I love the modely poses in this pic: Look at K, he's obviously been studying out his Blue Steel, and S definitely has the pout down.

Oh my goodness, angel child- could D be any more beautiful?

Pumpkin guts!!!!


When did this kid get so big? Seriously- I want to know.. how is this possible?
C made the very wise decision to go shirtless for this activity- for this brilliance I gave him just a little bit more pie than the rest- now he will forever have bragging rights.M's sporting one of my crocheted hats that my buddy Mel Zim showed me how to make- Now I must go find my baby and squish her- goodbye!

Foggy Mornings

I don't know why, but I absolutely love a good foggy morning! As the kids were getting ready to go to their first day of school this year, we woke up to a beautiful lightly foggy scene- and I snapped a few cool pics.




(not sure why M was the only one who would hold still long enough for me to get her pic- but thanks to little M!)

Halloween Advent Calendars are Done!!!!!

or at least one is! While Karalenn and I frantically work to get the rest of them done, here are some pictures of the one we've complete for your viewing pleasure- we've put them up for sale in Karalenn's new etsy store- The Lost Button:

A mishmash of crafts

Wanna see a cute new bag I'm in love with? I call it the Lulu purse- and I've been having so much fun buying up all sorts of fabric and cool vintagey buttons and storing it away to be made at a later date- here are three of the bags I've finished.
You're welcome to admire my lovely model-


Also- Kare and I are getting ready to work on our new advent calendars for the year- so be watching for those updates.

OK- I finally took that horrifying picture down! I think it was the fear of what the heck was wrong with my eye, or maybe I was possessed or something, but I have no idea what drove me to allow that picture out into the public. You'll be happy to know that a week ago, a wonderful optometrist in my ward told me not to worry about the eye- that it would go away, and sure enough it is now a little less creapy! It should be all clear in a few days. I have had so much fun going around in public with it though, the stares, double-takes and "Mommy! What's wrong with that ladies eye!" I've heard have been every bit as enjoyable as you could expect. I don't know what I'll do without all of that lovely attention, maybe I'll start walking with a horrible limp- yeah! that'll do it!

Doc or no?

For my first post in almost three months, I thought I would stick up a picture for you to be shocked and horrified by. Please excuse my first-thing-in-the-morning hair, and left-over makeup residue, I have this lovely, creepy red eye to share with you today. I woke up yesterday with a pea-sized "bloody" (as J calls it) spot on my eye, and today it's way bigger- so what do you think? Should I go into the doc? Or will he tell me, "let's watch it," and I've just wasted $80- opinions very much needed!

Ta-dah!

Welp- I did it, I got a new website up for the crafts, wanna see it?

http://www.wildcoriander.com

Maybe I'll have a little more time for blogging now???? Who am I kidding.

The Bag With a Plan

What started out as a fun craft project with some good buddies has turned into yet another money making scheme that I'm totally excited about- here is the best diaper bag pattern I've found- paired with yummy fabrics! AJ and I'll be selling these at The Creme Brulee Kids Sale in May- wanna see some pictures?

Here's the diaper bag I made for Flem and baby Penelope-

and here's the one for Mo and baby on the way!



Rachelle posted the bag she made with Sis on her blog here- traipse on over if you'd like~

New pics of K

Jessica is the greatest ever! Thanks for these newest photos of K- I can't believe how big he looks, I love those pop-out ears and his sweet half-smile. Love this little guy.

My Pickle Paint Before and Afters

Everytime Foo goes out of town I like to find a project to both keep myself busy and hopefully make the trips fewer and farther between (out of fear on his part)- so here for your viewing pleasure is the before and afters of my pickle-colored paint adventure.

This was my breakfast nook when we first moved in (boring!!!! But look at how nice and unblemished my table set was!)-

Then we decided to paint it red last year around this time (Foo liked this way the best- I'm thinking he's not the biggest fan of my beloved color!)
And now here we have the green that I love!

My buddy AJ and I ran to Ross's and picked up a ton of great accessories in "pickle" to fully incorporate the new paint color in- now I just need Rachelle to whip me up some vinyl lettering, and we'll have it all ready to go! So what do you think? Are you a pickle fan?