Trying to be crafty again.....

So I have been browsing the Internet and have found some amazing blogs by stay-at-home moms who are incredibly talented.  At first it just made me wallow in self pity that I am not very creative - ok, more like - original.  I can copy pretty well, but just can't look at something (like hand sanitizer) and think -"Oh, this would make a cute functional decoration!"  So, instead of feeling sorry for myself, I have decided there isn't anything wrong with letting others share their creativity and me following along.  The originals are usually better, but mine aren't too bad.
So here is what I found the other day - way cute vinyl decorated bottles!!  So for teacher Halloween gifts, this is what I did. The other three are actually cuter, but I can't get the picture to download.  So I will post it later.
Pretty darn cute if I do say so myself.
I was brave and finally used my Cricut for cutting vinyl - and it was EASY!!  I have had my vinyl for months and have been afraid to try it.  Now, I am afraid- vinyl lettering will be abundant once again at the Sill house!!

Hey!  Greg just found my other picture of the bottles.  He's so great!
They did turn out pretty cute.  So I will be doing more of these - soap, hand sanitizer, anything that comes in plastic bottles.






So Friday is Noah's birthday - he is turning 6!!!  My "baby" - well, my little guy - who is actually 5 going on 17.  He keeps me entertained - that's for sure!  So last year we made a monstrosity (?) of a cake, named fittingly -"The Monster Cake", 5 layers of chocolate with fudge frosting and crushed pistachios. I have a picture somewhere - the story of my life... hahahaha. So this year he has decided he wants a "graveyard" cake.  We went to the craft stores today to find skeletons and bones to have clawing their way out of the graveyard.  Noah's words, not mine.  He wants to bury lego guys in the cake too with lego body parts all over.  Not so much.  Lego's melt in the oven.  As do little green army men.  But that's a story for another day.  So we will be posting pictures of the graveyard cake soon.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!