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MERRY CHRISTMAS from The Lewis’s We LOVE you all

Thought I would share with you my decoration ideas for this year.  This is my hallway wall.  It very hard to get a good picture, so this doesn’t do it justice.  It turned out really good. The balls look like they are floating. This is the top of the piano.  This is the swag that I won in the United Way silent action at work. (It’s the only way I’ll donate money to United Way). This is the table center piece.  I’m trying out on of the battery operated rice lights. It hard to seem them in the picture but they are in the bottom of the vase. This is the coffee table in the living room. This picture is not really very good, sorry.  I decided that I didn’t want to put up a big tree this year, so I say these trees at Hobby Lobby and loved them.  I think they would be so cute with some old fashion ornaments. (that will have to be next year) Last by not least my stairway ledge.  It turned out really cute with my subway art, the 3 glitter tr...

Here are my Christmas creations. Love you all ~~ Mitzi

This is the story of a king. He was the king of a very small country, and he was a good king. He decided to have a contest to see who could swim the length of his Olympic size swimming pool. The winner would receive half of the king’s treasure. He invited everyone in his kingdom to come to his house. Everyone was so excited until they got there, only to find that the pool was filled with sharks, piranhas and alligators.   Several days went by and no one was willing to take the king’s challenge. On the fourth day, all of a sudden there was a huge splash. Everyone turned to see a man swimming with all his might across the pool. The whole kingdom cheered him on as he made it through the sharks. The man continued to swim as the piranhas nipped at him until finally he had made it through the alligators. He threw himself up on the side of the pool out of breath and exhausted. The king was quickly at his side. Congratulations, the king said, now you will be rich . T...

Here are the two subway arts that I created for Thanksgiving.  I kind of like them both, so I’m going to have to figure out how to use them both.  Let me know if you want the files. Love you ALL ~ Mitzi

THis is what we had for dinner tonight. Man, were they yummy…… Bacon wrapped Chicken stuffed with onion and chive cream cheese. OH, you’re drooling…….. Love you ALL~ Mitzi

TREAT……. I found this Halloween cake idea on bettycrocker.com so I tried my hand at it.  I think it turned out pretty good and it tastes yummy. Happy Halloween! Love you ALL ~ Mitzi

I fell in love with the witch’s cauldron I saw on Eighteen 25, actually just the cute feet.  I have no use for the cauldron itself since we don’t get any trick or treat-ers at our house.  So I stole the idea and did some brainstorming . . .   here is my version….. I LOVE how they turned out. Side view of the shoes   Close up of the front of the shoes They fit perfectly on my ledge with my subway art and some pumpkins I made with faces from my silhouette machine. Just another close up of the witches feet on the ledge. One of the things I like about it is this that nothing above the shoes is permanent, it could all be changed out.  I actually thought that black roses would look really good, but the JoAnn’s by my house didn’t have any and I didn’t want to run all over town.  Maybe I’ll do that next year. Love you ALL ~~Mitzi

I thought I would share some of my fun Halloween crafts (decorations) that I have been doing. Start with silhouettes of Frankie and Hilda the witch… Love how my black and white pumpkin turned out Close up of the pumpkin Tried my hand at making a cheesecloth ghost Just some displays, Jessie made the banner for me last year A couple of different wreaths.  The BOO wreath is burlap and fabric, mod pod letters  The EEK wreath is all fabric and glittered letters.  I showed this when I make it.  I hung it on the wall by the door.  Dana said we should leave it up all the time….. HA ha And of course, my Subway art. I’ve had a blast doing it.  Alex thinks I’ve gone overboard. Love you ALL ~~ Mitzi

About my new toy I LOVE IT! Look out world here I come. Love you all ~~Mitzi

Well it’s that time of year….. Dust off the vinyl machine and get crackin’ at making Halloween fun stuff. Here is what I whipped up the other day.  The frame were free from my neighbors garage sale.  I spray painted it black the sanded it a little. Cut the words and bats from vinyl and put the on top of the glass.  If I was going to put this on a solid colored wall I would have not put anything behind the glass and just let wall show through but since I wanted to hang this on my outside door I needed something to put behind the glass.  The picture was 11 x 14 so I couldn’t find any paper that I could put behind the glass without a seam so I decided to go with fabric.  Found this cute spidery, glittery fabric and love how it looks. Love you All ~~ Mitzi

I’ve been working on a couple of new pieces of subway art and want to hear your feedback.