Fall Flowers

This is a store-bought bouquet from my wonderful husband, but I will attempt to replicate it for Thanksgiving.

Fall cards

Invitations are more fun when mailed.
However, one of these Thanksgiving invitations was sadly returned to me by the post office - it said that the length to width ratio was unable to be sorted by machines. For future inviations, make sure it's a rectangle!

Autumn signs!

Jess's autumn sign

Amanda's autumn sign

My friend Amanda and I made fall signs.
Materials: Plywood, sandpaper, white primer, pencils, letter shapes, acrylic paint and  paint brushes.
Procedure: We had the hardware store cut the wood to size (about 16" long). Next, we lightly sanded it and then primed it using foam brushes. We traced around the letters with pencil, then filled in the letters with paint. Display by leaning the sign against a wall.
Total time: One evening

Family Crafting

I brought origami paper and instruction books from the library to my parents' to do origami with my cousins while we watched the Super Bowl.
The swan pattern was from the Minigami book but it's similar to this Pelican pattern; Crane pattern.

Origami Foxes

I like foxes.

pale fox

orange Forcher fox

black fox

Directions for:
Pale Fox, orange Forcher fox, and Black fox.
My notes: Used Google Translate for the Forcher directions (German -> English)

Origami for Fun

 

Directions:
For house, kayak, frogs, hearts, boats, tulip, dog, and leaf.
Butterfly directions are in the Minigami book.

Art Space Quilt Show

Went to the Herndon Art Space and saw the Quilt Show (on display Jan 10 - Feb 12). Here are photos of my favorite quilts (bottom right is my absolute favorite).

Top by E. Garnaud; next by P. Traut; bottom quilts by other artists (didn't record)