Trees and supplies

It rained all day.  Several times it rained so hard it looked gray outside.  Of course, the kids had to stop their work and look.  I guess they've never seen rain.  LOL  Anyway,  it stopped when I was going home.  And when I got home, I took a nap!  7th graders can wear a person out.

Went to dinner at a hibachi restaurant.  Excellent food.  Then off to Barnes and Noble.  And AC Moore.

I did get a hole punch.  You can tell it's been a while since I bought one.  The handles are really nice.  The old one that needs to be pitched has the metal ones.  Hard to use after awhile.

And I bought some flower stems.  All green.  I don't want to paint them. 

Paint was a bit expensive.  I usually only buy paint when it's on sale.  This was not on sale.  I bought 3 because I want to finish the trees tomorrow.

I've been looking for this template.  The camera wouldn't take a clear picture but it's quarter scale furniture template.  The top right shapes are beds.  There is a regular couch and a sectional, too.  And tables.  I couldn't find it for the longest time.  I read about it in the blog, Casey's Minis. 

These are the trees I bought last year at the end of the Christmas season.  They are fir trees and come in a plastic package.  They are usually $20 for 7 trees, all snow covered.  I don't want them snow covered.  That's why the paint is necessary.

 

 

These are without the snow.  I dabbed the 8 of these with Plantation Pine paint.  Quite messy.  But did the trick.  I like them a lot.  Most are for the fairy village.

 

 

Then I picked up the May 2013 issue of one of the two best magazines that I read from cover to cover.  I would love to learn how to make a mini tin ceiling.  They used to have these pieces of thin metal in AC Moore but didn't have any of them tonight.  A trip to Michael's is in my future.

 

 

 

So tomorrow I will work on trees and flowers.  I hope to be able to show you the flowers in tomorrow's blog.

 

 

Until then...

 

Pat