The Reveal....

A few hot glue gun blisters later and VOILA!  A Mardi Gras wreath for my front door....  Unfortunately it's too dark out to take a picture of it in its rightful place.  And my camera sucks in low light, don't you think?  Sorry for the poor quality of the image....  Doubleclick on the pic for a better view if you dare.  :)

 And ladies, for your viewing pleasure here's my Mardi Gras tree from a previous year's burst of creativity.  HAPPY MARDI GRAS from the deep south!

Glitter on the Rug.... AGAIN??!!



Just when I thought my rug had finally recovered from the deluge of red and green glitter that fell off the new Christmas ornaments, along comes the gold, green, and purple making a mess all over my rug...AGAIN.... 

Hobby Lobby was just a callin' my name this afternoon, on the eve of my first day back to work since December 22nd.  Couldn't let the LAST day of Christmas vacation pass doing idle housework now, could I?  One hour later I emerged with a stash of glittery gold wire ribbon, shiny purple ribbon edged in gold, some adorable glittered musical instruments, wire sparkly thingies, and a nice cheap grapevine wreath.  Sigh.....  Could've spent a ton of money in that place....  There's nothing like a project to make a quiet evening fly by, is there?

To that I added gold mesh recycled from my Christmas swag and a neat fleur de lis and glittery crown I got for half off at Louisiana Nursery Outlet the day after Xmas.  Throw in a hot glue gun, a handful of glue sticks, and one blistered finger and what do ya get???? 



Tune in tOmOrRoW for the result.  HAPPY MARDI GRAS, EVERYONE!!!