The Last Bounty of Summer

I have to admit I was a little sad yesterday as I popped my last cherry tomato in my mouth, oh I am going to miss those! I headed over to my grapes and managed to get about 10 and I savored every one, knowing that I won't get the sweet taste of a freshly picked grape for another year! I was greatly surprised to find a large tomato, not sure how it survived all the critters that seem to get to them before me but I was very happy with one more! Thank goodness for our local farmer's market as they are still carrying tomatos and lots more fresh produce, at least for a few more weeks, all is not yet lost!

Just a few crafty things. I bought these wood snowmen several months ago and of course the first thing I thought of was how great would these be to crackle! I painted on the base coat and let dry, then a coat of the crackle and let dry and then painted the top coat and within seconds, it starts crackling, it is just amazing how it does that! The base coat is the color that will show through the crackles. I wanted it took snowy so I used a blue shimmery paint for the bottom coat and an ivory color for the top. You have to work fast putting on the top coat as you can't paint over where it has already crackled, it messes it up terribly. (I have had my share of mess ups!)


Then with a little embellishing, this is how they turned out.....


This is a notecard and tag set I made. I cut the trees with sizzix, painted, distressed and added german glass glitter. Background papers are new Making Memories Flocked Snowflake.



We are still working on the HVAC in the house, in fact, Terry and two of his friends are helping him today and they plan on finishing the top two floors. Maybe the sheetrock will go up next week???????
Oh, I have some exciting news to share next week! (No, Terry and I didn't get married, not yet anyways!)
Have a wonderful week!
Annette