A Real Cinderella Story...Louisiana Style!

What You Need For A Ball:

1. A Cinderella...check!

2. A Prince...check!



Who doesn't adore that scene in the Cinderella movie where the mice and birds put Cinderella's gown together. Well our local Macy's took care of the gown but because this ball is a Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball the only thing left to do are the masks.

I have longed for the days when I made my kids Halloween costumes, helped them make out their Valentine's and orchestrated all those "A" school projects...lol!

Well the day finally came when my daughter approached me to assist her with Mardi Gras masks. The difference this time is she asked me 5 days in advance of the ball which is a huge change from the days of doing projects the night before they were due! 

We set off to our local Hobby Lobby to see what we could find. She had expressed to me on the way that she would like the stick mask version and a wearable one for her boyfriend.

Well the Mardi Gras gods were with us because we were able to find what we needed with ease and most of the items were on sale.

Here is what we purchased:

 We also found a silver decorated stick mask to embellish

And a plain black face mask to embellish

So this is what we accomplished:

The ball is this Saturday, so I will be sure to post pics of our Cinderella and her Prince...:)

Couldn't resist...my little Cinderella at 5 yrs old...so sweet!

As promised, here is the lovely couple...

Gratefully,

Deborah...xxoo

  

Finally something SWEET about the Sweetgum Tree!

A rainy Sunday and thinking outside the box!

Well another first! Didn't think I would ever have something "sweet" to say about our Sweetgum trees. We are blessed to have a line of these trees along the side of our home for privacy and a beautiful fall color scene but cursed in winter with thousands of "spiky balls" all over the yard and gutters.

 And what starting off as a joke with JT about doing something creative with these little annoying fruits (yes, starts off on the tree as fruit), I received my February issue of Southern Living. And as I was relishing in my new issue as I do every month, I came across a cute heart wreath craft project. The article suggest that you use natural items such as berry twigs from your yard to decorate a grapevine heart wreath. I don't have such berries but had one of my ah-ha moments and thought I have just the thing! Turns out I made a inexpensive but very cute wreath for Valentine's Day...what's the old saying..."turn lemons into lemonade?"


So on a very dreary rainy Sunday by myself (Umm, sometimes heaven!) I made it outside  between the rain and gathered up some. I then laid them out on newspaper to dry but found myself looking at them in a whole new light! 

Drum Roll Please...

  

I plan to use this on my back patio area outside so I wanted it to be on the rustic side. I actually love the texture of it...that is as long as you are not stepping on them in the yard! Ouch!

Hobby Lobby Trip:

 Grapevine Wreath...$6.99, but they are currently 50% off so paid $3.49

Super Thick Tacky Glue...$3.49, used my 40% off coupon so paid $2.09 

Organza Ribbon...leftover from Christmas

Grand Total...$5.58 

So even though my new craft project didn't make a dent in cleaning up the yard, I think JT will love the wreath!  

Oh and Martha Stewart..."Call Me"...:)

Gratefully,

Deborah...xxoo