Saturday Snippets

Happy Saturday!!! My mind has been on gathering decorations for the Halloween tree which will go up in a few weeks... This will be the first year I'm using a 6' tree so I need some quick ornament ideas to help fill the branches. Decided these lollypop ornaments would be perfect for Halloween by adding a simple little black bow to the stick, there are six of them. The green one has a traditional bow tied around the stick, I used the tutorial below for the flat bow on the orange one, I think that looks neater. The lollypops were from Michaels a year or two ago.

While clear ornaments with the glitter on the inside are very pretty (and not messy), nothing beats the shine and sparkle from glitter on the outside! Lovin' this royal purple chunky glitter I found at Walmart for 88¢. So far I've covered a couple old balls of different sizes...

How to tie a flat bow:

My pudgy little heart is broken, after almost 5 years of solid use and abuse my ♥4 quart electronic pressure cooker♥ has died. Gonna spend some time without it to see how much I really do miss it... I guess the good news is I now know what to ask Santa for:@) I've said it many times, this has been my all time #1 favorite -worth every penny- kitchen toy.

It's a cool, rainy day here so I think I'll put a pot of Chalupa (pork and pintos) on the stove 

and enjoy the smell of that gently bubbling away for a few hours. If you haven't tried it, it's good stuff folks!

And lastly:

I'm so excited, I even treated myself to a new 50" TV this year!
It'll be like the players are in my livingroom!!! Well... minus all that sweat:@)

Have a happy day everyone!