empty nest.. snowglobe, more dolls and other goodies

Good sunday morning to you all! Its been an interesting week! I'm about to be an empty nester! feels a little wierd I have to admit. Jennifer officially moved out friday into her own apartment. the same apartment that Bethany just moved out of! And now, my youngest informed me yesterday that he and his girlfriend have rented an apartment and he will be moving out next weekend! hmmmm... well, hmmm.. ok then. I should then have 3 empty rooms.. something tells me though that Roberts not going to be able to take all of his stuff.. I think i'll keep his room set up for Tony Jr to sleep in when he comes home. I'm sure Robert wont be taking everything with him anyways. hes moving into a small apartment. sooo.. this will be interesting.. Its been a lot of years with kids in the house, it'll be different with out at least one in!

Well., at least I'll still have violet! Who you can see, has taken up skate boarding! picking up right where my boys used to be! I think she'll keep me busy! she is also a little prankster... hiding plastic spiders in the candy corn! I'm glad I caught here, because they might have scared me!

Do you like her new outfit?? my sweet friend Sandy sent me a sweet little package with the adorable outfit and also the sweetest little halloween goodies! Thank you soo much Sandy ♥ xoxo

Speaking of recieving packages.. I have recieved a few wonderful things in the mail again! I'm actually having trouble keeping up with posting pictures and saying thank you!! I'm so afraid I will offend someone by leaving them out... lets see.. I recieved my sweet and sinister package from Geri.. thank you Geri! Geri sent me the sweetest things! heres a peek at a couple of the things she sent! thank you Geri! I especially love the vintage mobile!

I also recieved this package from vivlyn also from the sweet and sinister swap. I just love the halloween swag she made and this picture doesnt do it justice! thank you so much Vivian! (heehee.. another vivian! )

I did another swap with Grace Garton , emily G and tiffany m. Grace was the hostess of the swap and it was a three for three small animal swap. I made the three little black kittens, you might remember from a while back.. still excietedly waiting for tiffanys creation to arrive! Thanks Grace and Emily.. i love my new friends!

And lastly, I made this snow globe this week. I've had more fun with needle felting. but now, I really need to work on my bear order that I've put off for the past few weeks!

have a great day!

oops... a little edit here..Emily has posted pictures of two more of the dolls from the halloween ball doll swap these are Tanya and Emilys dolls and they were partners! the first sweet little pumpkin is what emily made for tonya and the second precious kitty is what Tanya made for Emily. great job girls! I'm so glad you both joined the swap!

I'll be posting the second annual snowman ornament swap in a couple weeks.. so stay tuned!

and.. one more thing.. I went to see the SECRET LIFES OF BEES lastnight. You should go.. it was a really good movie and I think the movie stuck very close to the way the book was, if youve read the book. My girls both loved it too! dakota fanning is so talented.. and queen latifa and jennifer hudson were great.. as were the rest! take a break.. go to the movies!

ttyl