Signs of Fall

I had to say good-bye to my favorite summer drink - ice tea - and hello to my favorite cold-weather drink - hot tea.
This cute little guy dropped in just in time for Fall. Thanks, Mom!

I've discovered that it's impossible for me to take a photo of Emma in the close-up mode unless she's sleeping. Way too much motion! We broke out the long sleeve dresses and tights this morning. Of course, this afternoon it's supposed to be 80! Gotta love Idaho!

More signs of Fall to follow...the trees are just starting to turn.

Project #2

Wall-hanging for our meal-time graces

Today's 30-minute project

The space on the front of my refrigerator has outgrown the space needed to display the kids' art projects. We've got a large blank wall in our office over the kids' table.

Items needed:

One piece of molding with a flat surface (Lowe's cut mine to 5')

Two pieces of scrapbook paper

Modpodge (spread on the molding, apply the paper, press out air bubbles)

6 clamps (I tried to find the ones that you can screw in...no luck! In the office section at Wal-mart, they had packages of 2 with magnets on the back. I cut a piece of thick double-sided tape to fit the back of the magnet, superglued it to the magnet and then superglued it to the board)

Picture hangers for the back

I saw this idea at a friend's house in Portland. She had also photo copied pictures of the kids, cut them into squares and modpodged them on the board in between the clamps.