New Uses for OLD Things

Please check out this realsimple.com link. Being inventive has its advantages. Besides, you'll look like a genius when using these tricks! It will save you tons of hassle.

On a side note: I was doing some fun searches on etsy.com and found some great (yet expensive) items.

BriannaPaigeDesigns offers this darling cake topper.

FutureMrsRedfood offers these great custom hangers on that very special day.

Lastly, YandeBridal created this whimsical ring pillow = love.

New Home, New Age, New (almost) Husband...

*In  3 days, I'll be a home owner (along with my husband-to-be)

*In 5 days, I'll be 26 years old (pass the midpoint!)

*In 60 days, I'll get my dress! (with a few lbs less of course...)

***And, in 158 days, I'll be Mrs. Sarah Watson!

What a fun year, eh?!

Etsy is back up, with a new purpose

Knowing that a wedding has to be planned ... my fiance and I are in need of funds to make this process as painless as possible. With your purchase, you will be a huge blessing to our new life together. Thank you, ahead of time! Please visit me: (new items coming soon)

Guess who's engaged?!?!

It's me, its me! 

The awesome and handsome Nathan proposed a couple days after Thanksgiving. Yeah, I'm about 2 months late in telling the blog-world, but at least I told you! We'll be getting married later this year - haven't set a permanent date, but we're planning it fast and smoothly. I'll be heading to a bridal boutique (maybe Thursday) soooooon! I pray I find 'the one.' I was chatting with my fiance during lunch today and couldn't help but get gushy with him and tell him how excited I am to be his wife. To get flustered at almost 4 years together is quite a phenomenon. It's great to find another who lives like you live and loves what you love. We have so much fun together. A simple car ride is an adventure...

So, there you have it -- My Update! Thanks for reading. May our Lord bless you, abundantly.

Unique Packaging

I'm always looking for new, creative ways to gift wrap. It never fails, when I'm in a crunch for time, that's when my best gift wrapping happens, yet I could do without the stress involved.... so I went to one of my favorite sites - www.realsimple.com. I clicked on an appropriate tab, "holidays" and saw this heaven-sent article (with pictures!) --- 21 Easy Holiday Gift Wrapping Ideas

So, by using these techniques, I don't have a ponder and search for materials to come up with a cool way to gift wrap. I hope these finding help YOU in your joyful season that is Christmas! 

Merry Christmas,

Sarah

Little Worlds

I teach two Saturday morning art classes every weekend. The first class ranges from 2-3 years old. The second class is about 4-5/6. This past weekend, I was pretty proud of my second class. They made Little Worlds:

They started by tracing a circular paint palette as their Earth. Then, they took that same pencil and designed their own lands and boundaries. After that, they traced on top of their pencil etchings with a black marker. Next, they did the oceans. I explained to them the reason why the coasts were lighter and the further out the water gets darker. They got it and the outcome was pleasing to my eyes! After the ocean was done, we went onto the green lands. Here, the rules did not apply. They created their own shades and painted however the way they wanted to. I did, however, stress the fact that we didn't want perfectly straight lands, so I asked them to make wavy brush-strokes - and they did. ;-]

And lastly, my favorite, we painted the black universe and once it was semi-dry, we used glittery paint to represent all the magnificent stars!

So, how did they do?!