Candy Corn Craft

Here is the finished project hanging on my door

It is my belief that candy corn is a sorry excuse for a candy, I'm sorry but it's true. I've never liked it. But today I finally found a reason why it exists...to make decorations.

Here is the easy peasy you can do it yourself candy corn wreath...

And the kicker, it cost 3 bucks. I bought a wreath ring at the dollar store and two bags of candy corn. I already had black spray paint at home. I sprayed the wreath ring black and hot glued the candy corn. The orange ribbon was on sale at Michaels, I would prefer black but that wasn't on sale. Wa la done.

I might add some spiders to it but as for now my eyes are dizzy. The best part was, I wasn't tempted to eat one stinkin piece of candy corn, not one.

Update on "Preparing"

Well, we've made some progress since my last blog on this topic...

Nursery painted - check
Hospital tour - check
Pre-registered at Torrance Memorial - check

Child birth, breastfeeding and newborn classes - check
Mother completely uncomfortable - check

Major Accomplishments

Montana, is now sleeping in the living room instead of our bedroom. Last night was his third night in a row and he didn't even come in once in the middle of the night (major progress). My pregnancy hormones must be going crazy because emotionally I've been taking this very hard but Kiel assures me he is fine. This is a big accomplishment for us and will be a great help when the baby comes and I don't have to trip over a giant moose in the middle of the night to feed the baby.

Kiel painted the nursery!!! He did such a good job. He is a total perfectionist when it comes to projects like this, which I LOVE by the way. I taped off the walls and pointed out spots that needed to be re-done but the rest was up to my handy man husband who will now be the professional painter when we have our own house. Poor guy - I hate white walls.

Baby C had another ultra sound today and his estimated weight as of right now is 7lbs 10 ounces. He's in the 84th percentile and we are too far along to get a head circumference this time, but it's not looking good ;( Well, I shouldn't say that, things look great and baby is healthy. The doc said he'll be an estimated 9lbs when he's born and could be bigger since big babies grow faster than average. But I hear they are usually off. I'm hoping we will compromise and be no more than 8.

And for fun, my friends at work have been sending me pics of 9lbs newborns...frightening to say the least. This guy below is just hours old.

Fall Decorating

I decided to decorate for Fall.

Kiel hates the decorations.

That's All.

Fall

Fall Brings wonderful things:
Halloween decorations
Colorful leaves
Thanksgiving
My beloveds Birthday and my own
Cold crisp air
Football
Sweaters
Dresses w/boots

Unfortunately, Fall doesn't show up in Southern California. But that won't stop me. I'm going to make fall arrive even if it stays 70 degrees and the leaves don't change. Today after work, in celebration of Fall, I am going to go get new colored place mats and napkins to go with the beautiful napkin rings and vase that I got on sale at pier 1 on my lunch break. While I'm at it, I might as well pick up some fall colored decorative pillows for the couch ;)

When Kiel comes home it will be Fall and he will say..."you changed the place mats," "you got new pillows" just watch.

Nesting

Dining Room

Tan or Black

Otherside of Dining Room wall

Ps. Kiel would like me to add that I take crooked pictures and that the shelf and artwork mounted on the walls are perfectly level and straight, thanks to Kiel :)

Bathroom

Theme: Black & White w/ accents of Cream

Bedroom