Floating tea cup and what's up in the garden.

I have been wanted to make a floating tea cup for a while now. I decide we would make them for a party this weekend. 

I finally figured this little craft out.  A lot of videos show to make it with a fork and to glue the plate first... hmmm . That did not work well for me. 

I will go into more detail tomorrow but this way made it difficult.  I used a coat hanger and it worked much better than a fork.  Glue the cup first, if you don't the glue will run down the hanger. 

Any whooo, I like the way it turned out. 

I will make more for Thanksgiving and Christmas too. 

We had to get the garden and trees ready for winter.  Thursday we are forecasted for snow.  The trees all got fertilized and watered really well. 

This poor little one was found dead in the cactus patch. It is sure pretty. 

The gardens did well this year.  I had them on a strict watering schedule of Monday, Wednesday and Friday plus working every day doing something outside. It worked out well. 

Dude worked in the greenhouse and with the well water. 

All kinds of greens were planted here. 

I picked all the tomatoes...

Some zucchinis and pumpkins were picked too. I love how they look this year!

The peppers will be left in the greenhouse. We will cover them Wednesday night just to make sure. 

Picked the rest of the cucumbers. 

Tomorrow I will show you how I make the floating tea cup and what is going on with the well. (it is finally a good thing).

peace

Sharing the harvest, craft party, and target practice

Every year, since my children were young we have had a craft party.  One to celebrate fun of family and the other to share our harvest and food.  Out of our six children, my brother and his family, my mom and a sister who lives in our state, only two sons and a wife could make it. So, I put an IM out to friends and we had friends who were able to come , celebrate with us. 

First the food.  I wanted to keep it simple to focus more on family, friends and fellowship.

I made fruit and cheese kabobs.

To celebrate our garden we made personal vegetable  pizzas. 

We made a fun and silly cake to celebrate the Halloween Crafts we were making.

Everyone made their own pizza.

Then the crafting began! Most of our supplies were from the Dollar Store.

We made Fall Wish Sticks of things we wanted to do this season. I found a Fall Bucket List online.

We transformed Halloween skeletons and skulls in to glitter decor.

We laughed and had great conversations. We crafted for hours.

And came up with transformation of glitter and glitz. These were plan bird skeletons that were decorated.

And glow-in- the-dark fun.

We also covered plates, decorated pumpkins and other crafts but got so into it I forgot to take pictures.

My sons and their grandma. We were so glad she decided to craft with us! 

Then we went out and practiced shooting. Young Nathanael did a great job.

My friend Susan was a natural. 

Happy to see my friends James and Shelly, whom I have known since high school.  

The afternoon passed quickly.  I am grateful we were able to share our day with family and friends. 

The night ended at mass.  We meditated on the readings of it is never too late to turn to God and how our actions speak louder than words but if we can't act , do our words show what we believe? I do not fool myself. I know I am a work in process and have a long way to go. 

peace