Down to the last wire

and I feel pretty prepared. I can't believe it has already been 6 weeks! The house has been in complete disarray, so Kev and Mochi will be pretty happy to get a cleaned up space again. The photos is a make shift display of what it may look like tomorrow at the boutique.


It's been fun creating all this stuff and I'm excited mostly, to see how the public reacts to my stuff. I know most of you can't come because of job duties but, if the boutique is successful I may start thinking of opening an on-line shop. Hmmm...we'll see.

One last time:
Holiday Boutique
Camino Medical Group
Conference Rm C & D
701 E. El Camino Real
Mountain View
8am-6pm

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

- George Eliot

Did anyone else eat over the 5,000 calorie limit?

4 HOURS TO PREPARE...

10 MINUTES LATER...

Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving! This will be a quick post. As you can imagine I have quite a few things to do before the boutique THIS FRIDAY!

November 30th
8:00am -6:00pm
Camino Medical Group
701 E. El Camino Real
Mountain View
Conference Rm C & D
Third Floor

Here are some items that are available to be adopted:

Great balls of color!


Suprize (spelled like this on purpose) rolls


Bon Bon Cup anyone?


A wand for the Diva in your life


“Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”
Dave Barry

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!

May your stuffing be tasty,
May your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and
gravy have never a lump,
May your yams be delicious
and your pies take a prize and
May your Thanksgiving dinner
stay off your thighs!

Up to my ears in...

Yo Yo garland! Another product that will be in the boutique. It will be sold by the foot. It can be used to decorate a lovely tree or a mantle or even a gift! I love it. I keep saying to myself "am I going to be ok with letting go of these hand-made items?" I can just imagine me at the boutique "Ah, I decided that garland is not for sale, oh you're interested in the pixie monster? they're not for sale either, in fact nothing is for sale, shop is closed." Hee hee.
Well, I have not falling short of keeping myself busy, that's for sure! I'm working steadily on boutique projects. I am also taking a sewing class too. Which I regret signing up for at this time (what was I thinking? right before the holidays?)

These Pixie Monsters are ready to go:

They all have such great character!

and last night I worked on the marketing side of business

Business cards, bags and such!

Hope you've all had a good Monday!

:Peter Gibbons: Hey, guys.
Michael Bolton: What's up, G?
Peter Gibbons: Want to go to Chotchkie's? Get some coffee?
Samir: Oh, it's a little early.
Peter Gibbons: I gotta get outta here. I think I'm gonna lose it.
Female Temp: Uh-oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays."
-Office Space

More to come soon!

P.S. In case you've been hiding in a cave, Holiday Boutique on November 30th @ Camino Medical Group
701 E. El Camino Real Conference room C & D 8am-6pm

P.S.S. Mel if you're reading this Happy Birthday!!!!

Big O' Bowl...

of noodles! On a cold night I love this comfort food. If I had to choose one food to live on forever, it would be noodles!
Well, I've been working steadily on boutique stuff. Pixie Monsters are being created day by day.

Hope you have had a good week so far. I gotta get back to sewing.

"I have noodles in my nostrils. I have noodles on my nose. There are noodles on my cheeks and chin and
dripping down my clothes. I've got more upon my forehead. Some are sticking to my neck.
It's completely disconcerting. I'm a noodle-covered wreck. I can see them on my kneecaps,
and I know they're in my shoes. (When I stand they're somewhat squishy and I feel them start to ooze.)

There are several in my pockets. There's a handful in my hair. And I'm pretty sure that some are even
in my underwear. So try not to do what I did (I'm a total nincompoop), and don't ever fall asleep
while eating noodle soup."

--Kenn Nesbitt

Lazy weekend...

for Mochi that is! For me it was work, work, work on items for the Holiday Boutique. Just a reminder, it's on November 30th at Camino Medical Group in Mountain View....mark your calenders. The following items want to be bought up by you!



and now I'm onto making the next item



Aside from taking over the living room with my craft items, here's what else is taking over...




This is in 3 parts of the house! eek!

"Let books be your dining table, and you shall be full of delights
Let them be your mattress, and you shall sleep restful nights."
~Author Unknown

xoxo,
Romy

Boo...

Hoo! Halloween is over! I hate when such a fun day has to come to an end. I had a VERY last minute shindig last night.

I had a great last minute idea...

Just happen to have severed fingers laying around.
Last weekend I did a little bit of thrifting and found these:

It was one of the best thrifting trips in a long time. For some unknowing reason I LOVE hot air balloons. So, you can imagine the excitment when I found the fabric! And I love the owl piece. It's one of those fabrics that is going to be savored for a long time!
Lastly, I been working very hard on making items for the boutique...here's the evidence:

Which reminds me...I better get back to work! But not without a quote.

"There's a goblin at my window,
A monster by my door.
The pumpkin at my table
Keeps on smiling more and more.
There's a ghost who haunts my bedroom,
A witch whose face is green.
They used to be my family,
Till they dressed for Halloween."

P.S. Pumpkin number 3 Romy and Martin's is the winner (big pumpkin eating little pumpkin), number 2 Geri and Barbara's (Chanel pumpkin) could of won if he didn't cheat!

Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble...

Happy Halloween! As an ode to the occasion, we are having a
Pumpkin Carving Contest and we need you, The People to vote!
So please leave a comment on which number pumpkin is your favorite!
Ready, set, go...

Number One


Number Two



Number Three



Number Four


Number Five

Thank you Andy...

for the old/new camera! I can blog with great photos (I should learn how to take good pictures first)! I apologize for being absent from blog land. I have had many things to write about but not enough time (likely excuse).
I have great news...my day job is having a Handmade Holiday Boutique! What does this mean for me? Well, this means I get my first chance in selling my homemade goodies! Yippy! I am so, so excited about this. I have already started creating glittered cone candy boxes:


The Boutique is on November 30th, which leaves me about 6 weeks to create in my lab. I hope those of you who happen to have that day off can come and visit me! I assure you I will keep you posted from here til' then!
Halloween is just around the corner and for the first time in many years I have not gotten a costume together (yet). I have an idea, and I am inspired by the Alice in Wonderland theme. IF the costume comes together, i will be sharing photos!
I hope all is healthy and happy, I will leave you with yet another Halloween Vignette:


“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.”
-Lewis Hine

Another woman's trash...

is my found treasure! Remember those glittered pumpkins you saw last post? Well, I was walking Mochi the other night and saw this tray on the sidewalk and I knew the glittered pumpkins is just what it needed to bring life back to it.



I think the whole tray (including M&Ms) cost me less than $15! I love, love it!
Other Halloween Vignettes (as promised) around the house...


I love what Spanish moss can do!
I also received this in the mail today...

I think the French Inspired Jewlery Book is a great addition. After skimming through, it makes me want to bust out my bead stuff and create something. The Last-Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts book has a couple of neat things but it is filled with many recipes for quilts (which doesn't seen very last-minute to make). All the same, I love new books!
Happy mid-week friends!

"Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung." -William Morris, French Inspired Jewlery

DON'T READ THIS...

if you're reading Harry Potter and haven't finished. Actually, I'm probably the only one who just finished! I was excellent at avoiding the buzz about the ending of Deathly Hallows. I found that everybody seemed sad and I thought that was do to a rumor that Harry dies at the end. However, now that I'm through I came to the conclusion that people are sad because it's the end of an affair we've had for so long with Harry Potter. For those of you who are not into the series this must be a relief. You won't have to read me drone on and on. But I do feel a relationship has come to a close (a bit mellow-dramatic eh?).

You've probably already guessed, I spent most of the weekend reading. The rest of the weekend was spent:

Crafting with CLOSE friends...

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Visiting with OLD friends...

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and meeting NEW friends...


I can't seem to get enough of Halloween decorating! I created this wreath over the weekend...










and I have more Halloween vignettes to come!

"Daddy, look-one of the gnomes actually bit me!"
"How wonderful! gnome saliva is enormously beneficial" said Mr. Lovegood, seizing Luna's outstretched finger and examining the bleeding puncture marks. "Luna, my love, if you should feel any burgeoning talent today-perhaps an unexpected urge to sing opera or to declaim in Mermish-do not repress it! You may have been gifted by the Gernumblies!'

-Harry Potter, Deathly Hallows