What's a coffee mug tree?

I used to bowl in a couples league with my husband and some friends. Every year we did Christmas gift exchanges, but for a couple of years we did a white elephant exchange. Basically you wrap up an item you no longer want and give it away. Some of the items were old vinyl records with Hawaiian music, a very old bowling ball, paint by number artwork, you get the picture. Well, one year my friend got an old coffee mug tree and of coarse had no use for it, but it sparked an idea in my head. She gave it to me and I painted it and hung all kinds of different objects on it, like a hanging display. It was very cool and she loved it when I returned it to her in it's new form. Recently on a trip to the thrift store, I found another one and with the holidays approaching I thought it would be a great ornament display. I painted it dark green and added some decorative flair to it. Here it is on my dining room table as a great centerpiece. I put it on top of a small round mirror and a tin for a bit more height.

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Heartthrob Cafe Memories

The best job ever and the coolest friends that I ever had were when I worked at a restaurant called the Heartthrob Cafe. It was in downtown St Paul, Minnesota and was so fun! Today we had a get together to catch up and reminisce. This is one of the many good things about facebook, finding people that you wished you never lost contact with. So, today my post is the buttons that I made for this event. We had 'flair' that was a lot more fun and cool than a restaurant chain that I will not name here. We danced and sang birthday songs. The girls wore poodle skirts and we did all of this while wearing in line skates. We were a crazy family and honestly this was one of the best times in my life. Ahhh...memories. In the time spent there somehow the button machine came into my possession. In honor of our gathering, of course I had to make pins. Here are also two murals that I painted at the restaurant. Let me...

Too many ideas!

When is comes to this time of year, my mind goes into creative overdrive. I realize my posting is much less now that my original goal has been met, but believe me, I am still making stuff. There are about ten Christmas gifts in the works as well as my calender drawings. Current projects involve sewing, crafting, drawing and crocheting. I am proud to say that a good chunk of gifts are already done or close to being done, yeah! Working in a fabric store has definitely boosted my creativity and some days too many ideas are crowding my mind. Because funds are still low for us, I have been buying things bit by bit every payday. It helps to not have to blow an entire paycheck all at once. This also is good because with my discount on top of sale price, I have gotten some incredible deals. Add caption Today, my post will be the first of my calender pages. There are two finished so only ten to go!

Fun Fruit

So, the other day, my mom gave me a wire fruit basket. I really wasn't sure what to do with it until yesterday when I went to Michael's. They had paper mache pears and apples on clearance for .50 each. They had five total so I got them all. There may be a trip to another Michael's soon because five is not enough to fill the basket. Painting them normal was not an option they had to have fun patterns and bright colors. I am still debating about adding a fun glitter finish to them or just a plain gloss coat. They do need something else, to make them complete, we'll have to see what kind of inspiration hits me. Have a great night!

Creative Dawn

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