Candle Filled Mason Jars Suspended By Wire

Joshua and I, being the hoarders we are, have boxes and boxes of Classico spaghetti sauce "mason" type jars. We even gave boxes of them away! Not sure if that means I'm a good pasta eating 1/2 Italian or that I need to branch out in the food department;) I've seen countless pins of all the cool stuff you can do with mason jars, but never repinned them, so I don't have a link to go to.  But on 10-22-11 we went to the most darling "cowgirl" party for our dear friend's daughter and the setting just blew me away. The lucky little birthday girl has one seriously crafty mama!!!

This was their backyard the night of the party.

Notice what are hanging in the tree in the background? Candle filled mason jars suspended by wire. It looked magical!

*note...we stole used Jen's idea of the hay bales surrounding the firepit for our Halloween party the following weekend. Joshua scored the hay bales off of free cylce!*

So, I grabbed a spool of wire and wire clippers from the garage and started cutting in twisting. Couldn't be easier! Joshua said he will attempt to find our boxes of others so I can make more:))) Oh, all of our jars in boxes are the thinner ones like the one hanging on the right. Now they offer a fatter family size jar like the one the left, so we'll have a little variety. My GOAL is to post a pic of a tree or patio filled with tons of these guys. Such great ambiance!!!

***1/20/12 UPDATE***

I 've made 8 so far, but I've given up until I get a thinner gauge wire. This stuff hurts my fingers and takes too long. A thinner gauge will definitely speed up the process:)))

Bohemian Twist Hair

I'm not even sure how I arrived at this site, but I'm sure glad I did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOlmRc5Uk68. Super easy tutorial. I ended up watching several of her other videos too. Then I tried it out myself.

Not too bad for a first attempt;)

I'm not so excited about this side though because, as I've mentioned in the other hair posts, my hair is markedly thinner on my right side. However, I don't think there is much I can do about that. I have to work with what God gave me;)

Realized I should've used a hair tie that would blend. Oops!

This is definitely something quick and fun to do with my "hair cape."

A Quest for Contemporary Christian Art

I just ordered this PRINT. I pinned this one ages ago and just couldn't get it out of my head. I'd click on it now and again just to read it and it makes me smile. I pinned it thinking I would try to recreate it in photoshop one day. But tonight, just out of curiosity, I clicked on the link to be taken to the Etsy shop that sells the print and was shocked to see that it was only 30 bucks!!! Without even hesitating...I JUST BOUGHT IT. So. Not. Like. Me. I can be impulsive when I shop at, say, Target, but then I can just return the items once I realize I really didn't need the same shirt in 3 different colors, or even at all. This, however,=not so returnable. Years ago I went on an Internet quest in search of contemporary christian art with the hopes that we could fill our home with biblical images (for the boys room), words, and reminders of what's really important in life, but never found anything that spoke to me and was visually pleasing at the same time. Apparently, I wasn't using the right search words or "christian art" has come a long way. I'm pleased to report that Pinterest has gobs of cool prints...more on par with what I had in mind when I began my search. I would also LOVE LOVE LOVE this PRINT for our bedroom!!!, but $50 is a bit steep for us at the moment. Hopefully someday;) Can't wait to post a pic of the print when it gets here...

***UPDATE***

Sooooooo excited!!! My maaa, who is notorious for giving the PERFECT gift year after year, gave me the "WHATEVER" print for Christmas:))) I couldn't be happier! I love it so much that now I want 2 more...one for the living room and the boys room too...HA! (sounds like the problem I have with clothes from Target, huh?) But the point is...I love, love, love it!!!