I remembered a teacup I found at GW one time that would be perfect to do this with. Its on the large side for a teacup, and is very Spring-y looking. I'll have to pick up some tiny bird or butterfly at Michaels and play around with it. I'm glad y'all enjoyed these ideas. hugs, Karen

Wasn't it Tam who used allot of the white pumpkins last year? Sure hope she will stop by and post her Fall decor pics for us again this year. She has a blog now, so we might have to head over there to take a peek at her pretty decor items. And lucky us, we have some new posters with us now, so they will have new things for us to enjoy seeing! Yeah! Karen, you really did allot of Fall decorating last year and it turned out so pretty. I was thinking that anything I post will be boring for the gals who were on here last year. I haven't thought of a single new idea yet--guess I'm trying to drag my feet a bit and hang onto summmer awhile longer. For those who had a late Spring this year, I'll bet you really want Summer to stick around for awhile. Luvs

How about a story. It takes up a little time and this one makes a "Jack-O-Lantern"right in with your theme. The Little Orange House (One of many versions!) A storytelling Activity Needed: Scissors and a large piece of orange paper Once upon a time a very small witch was walking in the woods. The cold wind was blowing the dry leaves all around her. The little witch was frantically searching for a house for the winter. She could not find one. Suddenly a piece of Orange paper, blown by the wind landed at her feet. She picked it up. The little witch looked closely at the paper and then she said, "I shall make myself a little house from this piece of orange paper." She folded the paper in half. Then she took her scissors (she always carried a pair in her pocket) and cut off the two corners to make a roof. (Cut the construction paper as the story indicates).I round these off. "This will do just fine," she said as she looked at her new house. "But I will need a door." With her scissors she cut a door. Since witches always wear pointed hats,she cut a special door. Cut a triangle shape with one end pointed up(near the bottom right of the paper) this is the door/mouth. The little witch walked through the door into the little orange house. It was very dark inside. She quickly hurried back out. "I will need to make a window to let in the light," said the little witch. She cut a window/eyes. (Cut a square shape in the top middle of the paper opposite end of the paper than the door. Cut through both sides of the paper.) Oh, it was a very fine looking house. Her very own little house with a roof, a door, and windows was all finished. But just as the little witch started to go inside for the winter, she saw a tiny ghost floating down the wind swept path. As the tiny ghost came to a stop near the little house, the little witch saw that she was crying. "Why are you crying?" asked the little witch. The tiny ghost stopped crying and answered, "It is cold and windy. It is getting dark. And I have no place to spend the winter." "You may spend the winter with me in my new house," said the kind little witch. "Oh, thank you, " the happy tiny ghost said as she peeked in through the window. "This is a very nice house." "First," said the witch,"I will need to make you a little door of your very own." She took her scissors again and began to cut. She cut a very tiny door. (Cut a half triangle on the folded edge of the paper between the big door and the window. Make the longer part of the triangle point up towards the window) The two happy new friends went inside. The tiny ghost went in the very little door, and the little witch went through her own special door. All winter long they lived happily together inside the little orange house. If you want to see inside their little orange house,just open your piece of paper and Surprise! The kids really love to see that the house is really a jack o' lantern.

I wish this site was easier to navigate. (All the BH&G sites seem to have a global problem with slowness due to stuff running in the background, paired with difficulty in quickly and easily finding the information you're after. There's a lot of information, but it's hard to get to.) On allpeoplequilt, the categories in the aqua navigation bar are vague, there is no site map, and the search engine does some odd things. But there are some nice quilt patterns. Worth the download time. I'll give you the main categories to save some time for those on dial-up. Applique Patternshref> Pieced Patternshref> Accessorieshref> Other areas of interest. Note the vague categories. An attempt to group pages into logical stages. Quilt Doctorhref> Q&A format to solve problems Ask the Quilt Doctorhref> Threaded discussion like our quilting forum. Get Readyhref> Planning a quilt. Get to Workhref> Techniques. Pull It Togetherhref> How to finish the quilt after you have the top pieced. Wikihref> Sparse, but the site is new. An encyclopedia made up of entries by visitors to the site. I'm on dialup, and I don't have the Flash Player installed. Makes things faster. As fast as they can be on dial-up, anyway. So if you are waiting too long for pages to load, consider de-installing the Flash Player.