CRAFTING!!!

A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away I wrote blog updates... what a beautiful time that was. Alas my life is slowing down in a crazy kind of way, I'm graduating in 4 weeks!!! It's a scary/exciting time. My plan is to work this summer as much as I can them move to NYC to pursue the dream of being an actress and a social media guru... it's fine I'll make it work:)

On a completely different note I've been thinking about crafting lately. (Stop judging right now! I like crafts, they make me happy...I said stop it... thanks) and I wanted to share the gift that I made my mom for christmas with you. I got the idea of making these pumpkin lights from Not So Idle Hands and then was inspired to make snow men!!! (Halloween and Christmas are my mom's favorite holidays, and mine too!)  Plus this gift idea is potentially a "green" project if you you use old jars, candle holders and other glass vessels that are sitting around your house... maybe a vase...I digress... so here are my little creations!!

Not So Idle Hand's Inspired

(My fave is the squatty guy that's made out of a candy dish)

The snowmen!

(I'm like a proud mamma... I love them all)

Cheers, 

JoJo

I'm back!!

Dear blog,
I think I'm back!! i have so much to talk about finally!!  At this very moment I'm "modge podging" if that's a real word. I got some inspiration form an awesome blog called "Modge Podge Rocks" it's an awesome blog to check out very crafty and fun!! She posted a project from another blog that i also love and gave me the idea called " Not So Idle Hands ". Check both of them out for some awesome inspiration. back in halloween for a rockin gift for my mom, it's Halloween and Christmas themed, her ( and my) favorite holidays! I don't want to put up any pictures of my awesome gifts till they are done.

On another note, i;m making my room mates and friends recycled gifts!! (No that doesn't mean re-gifting)'m really pumped about this one. My family and I went to Findlay today to eat dinner with some friends at olive garden then to go see AVATAR afterwards. Wile I was walking to the bathroom at "O.G." I saw all of these wine bottles and had a genius plan ( well I think it's good at least)  I successfully got OG to give me 5 wine bottles and I'm making them into lights!! woot woot!! It's either going to be amazing... or a total disaster. I'm going to be going to other restaurants tomorrow to see what I can get from them, tis the season to be drinking wine... that's how the saying goes right?  I'll put my pictures of my masterpieces up in a wile. Is anyone else recycling things to give to their friends and family this year? let me know what you are up to!!  I've got to go because my cat is slowly destroying all of the tissue paper I'm using for my gifts.

This is John "Buzz" McClaine he's  celebrating christmas by making it snow tissue-paper in my room, what a good kitty;)

Cheers,

JoJo

This is Halloween!!

I love Halloween almost as much as Christmas. When I was young my mom would make my costumes for my brother and I. I was a bunny one year, bell form beauty and the beast and jasmine from Aladdin, those are the three I can think of off the top of my head right now.

My family is the real reason why I love Halloween. Every year we set up the great pumpkin.  My grandfather started this tradition and my father has carried the tradition on.  Essentially we build a scarecrow in our front yard with a pumpkin for a head. Then we put a baby monitor in it’s chest and a speaker as well. When the little kids walk up to our door my dad will say hi to them through the speaker in the great pumpkins chest and when they say something back to him he can hear through the baby monitor. It’s one of the best traditions ever. My favorite memory of the great pumpkin was a few years ago a little girl was dressed up as a witch, the great pumpkin said “ well aren’t you a cute little witch” and the girl continued toward our front door and got her candy, wile she was walking away we hared her say to he mother “ he called me a witch” she sounded offended, it was extremely cute.

Another reason why this Halloween was awesome; we ate four bags of candy yesterday...yumm...

Me and my friend way back when

This was a wonderful Halloween; I hope everyone else had as much fun as I did!

Cheers,

JoJo

It's Starting to Feel a lot Like Halloween and Christmas Everywhere I Go

On my way to my voice lesson I saw this.

Apparently one of my professors got mad at their neighbor and rushed through the hiding process;)

This is what I love about this time of the year, when Halloween is around the corner, Seeing fake arms and legs hanging out of a teachers car isn't strange it's normal!

And in honor of the beginning of October I will be singing Christmas songs all night! that's right ladies and gentleman it's christmas time, at least in the Freed Center. So wile the rest of you are dreaming about candy corn, I'll have sugar plum fairies dancing with scarecrows in my dreams.

At least they are my favorite holidays, might as well combine them!

Cheers,

JoJo