Bright sunlight today and cool temperatures...it's a very cool 61 going to a high of 66 today...no rain...that comes later in the week.
Yesterday I got a lot done...made bread from scratch. Not my favorite recipe though, so to me it wasn't that great. I also made spaghetti sauce using some of my latest batch of tomatoes with lots of herbs, mushrooms, beef, pork, onions and garlic. I have to say that it was very good and the garlic toasted homemade bread was a great addition.
I got in the full amount of core and strength exercise yesterday which I do every other day so today's exercise is more about movement. Do you exercise on a regular basis? I know that life is so full at times that taking even a few minutes to exercise seems too much...BUT, and this is especially true if you are at an advanced age like me, the old adage of 'use it or lose it' is true. You don't have to join a gym or buy lots of equipment, enjoying a walk works just fine.
As I said yesterday, I enjoyed doing a lot of crafting last weekend so here's Wednesday's Craft Day craft.
The supplies needed are: Cardboard, glue (stick & either tacky or glue gun - I did not use a glue gun), some decorative paper (I used pages from a book), trim (ribbon, yarn, etc.)
First create an oval pattern any size you want, the larger the oval, the larger the finished piece. Mine was about five inches high. Next copy that pattern unto cardboard a minimum of five times. If you make a larger oval, you may want to double or triple the thickness in which case you need either ten or fifteen oval shapes...
Once the ovals are cut out (and glued together if you decided to increase the thickness), cover the front of the oval with some sort of decorative paper. As I said, I used pages from an old book. Using a stick glue, I adhered the pages to the ovals. I decided to add ink to the pages rather than keep them plain but that's optional...
Next, I glued (using tacky glue) trim around the edges of all the ovals. In this case, yarn. If your ovals are thicker, you may want to use a wider trim...
There's one other piece of cardboard you need to cut and it resembles a pumpkin stem...
Cover the top half of the stem with the trim you used around the edges of the ovals or maybe some yarn. The bottom half is where you place the glue...
Now that you have all the pieces, place two ovals next to each other and place a third oval on top of them in the middle, gluing it to both ovals. Next, place an oval behind each side of the first two ovals leaving a little less space than the space between the top oval and the edges of the two ovals under it and glue. Then glue the stem to the back of the ovals at the top. Add a bow using some trim and this is what you get...
To keep it standing, I cut two squares out of cardboard and bent one third of the way. Glue the smaller part to the back of the oval pumpkin to stand. Fold the flaps flat to store...
Obviously I didn't create this fall decoration, you can find instructions for it all over the internet using cardboard, wood, even plastic and glass! One thing you may want to do is make sure that the decorative paper is the right side up! If you notice, my pages are upside down. I didn't plan it that way, I was just not paying attention when I glued the stem on!
That's all for today...have an amazing one...and take a walk if you can...
Talk with you tomorrow. (It will be later than usual as I have an 8am dentist appointment!)