When Gardner Village Moved the Moon!

 

Look at who I met at Gardner Village in Salt Lake last month?  Yep, it's those crafty girls, Shirley and Kimi.

And when the water tower wears a witch hat, it Witch Fest time.

Here I am with Kim

Loved this haunted house in the shop area of Archibald's restaurant.

Here we are all ready to order.

Then the witches came by.  Its tons of fun when the witches roam in Gardner Village. 

Just getting better acquainted.  They were so fun and funny. Kimi's thinking of applying, and no one would make a better friendly witch.

 

We took pictures for these ChatGPT portraits that Shirley does for kicks and giggles.  I'll have to do a blog post on the portraits she did of my historic (and yes haunted looking) old house.

 

Aren't they just perfect, other than being a bit too dark?

 

The illustration is a lot more fun than the actual picture.

Then it was time to walk around the village.

  

This is my personal favorite of the ChatGPT portraits.  Thanks for sharing Shirley!!

And just for fun, here I am 5 years ago with some of my grands as we did the village then. Did you notice they moved the MOON!  Who knew?

Halloween Crafting With Crafty Friends

Shirley had a fun idea for a Halloween framed shadow box.  How cute is her example?

Here is Kimi's cute accomplishment.

I used this old tin book shaped box instead.

And here it is opened up.

Shirley also found some coffin boxes.  Here is mine with a pumpkin headed skeleton, pumpkin head compliments of Kimi.

Here is Kimi's coffin offering.

All the projects on Shirley table.

Then it was time for lunch.  Again, thank you Shirley, you are the best.

Yummy soup and healthy veggies.

Lucky, lucky us.

And seeing all of Shirley's fun Halloween decor was an amazing bonus.

Nothing is sweeter than having like-minded friends. 

I Went to a Garden Party

So a couple of weeks ago, I had an opportunity to go to a Garden Party hosted by Joanne, a member of my Art Group.  I'm trying to down size my craft selection at the antique mall, so I decided to put together some art kits to share as favors.  It was great, it meant emptying out about 8 jars of crafties, like keys, buckles, drink parasols, assorted cardboard letters from games, some majong tiles, and the like.

Joanne always sets a beautiful table … in fact all the ladies in this group are naturals at entertaining.  I loved that she used my favors in the place

settings. 

I also loved her patriotic rag swags.  In fact I made one for my garden house … I can't wait to be done with it and be ready for a reveal of its make over.  It was definitely time.

Here are Cindy, Jann and Ann …

and Margo, Kimi, Trina and Joanne … somehow I missed Shirley … but she is in the group shots below.

How fun is Joanne's sweet child's cupboard … yep, I had to exercise restraint in the coveting department.

Joanne's yard is so full of whimsical fun, I wish the light would have allowed me to share the fun.

Here we are; Kimi, Cindy, Jann, Joanne, Ann, Shirley, Trina, Margo and me.

 Its been a cool summer here, and by the end of the evening a few of us where snuggling up.

After we brought in some of the accoutrements, I decided to take a better shot of Joanne's crafted candlesticks. We all loved them and are now collecting small glass objects … that's right, it never ends.

Thanks Joanne for the wonderful Mid-Summer's Night Dream of an evening.  Everything was perfect!!