Therese's Crafty Cabana

Hi everyone! So I've been working on a file that was really fun to get creative with and has morphed a lot since my first vision of it. My husband wanted me to make a pumpkin lantern, so I made my interpretation of it by including other Fall elements. The files I used are from SVG Cuts: Boho Butterflies  for the lamp base and top detail. Crisp Days of Fall  for the lantern and pumpkins. Freebies... Sunflower Oak Leaves Corner Bittersweet Wreath This is what it ended up looking like with some tweaking... I added hemp around the base and parts of the top for texture but didn't like the dull color so I spiced it up with some gold paint. I used a Letter Press wire fence embossing folder for the details in the base and on the top of the lantern. Then, I finished the top with some  Trendy Twine . This is what my rough sketch looked like. It was all made with off white cardstock. I didn't have any vellum on hand, but I did have tracing p...

To start off this fine day, my husband and I needed a good breakfast, so we made our new favorite...German breakfast!  It all started one day when my husband asked me what kind of breakfast I had when I was in Germany that was completely different than traditional American breakfast foods. I was young growing up in Germany so I had to think about it and even went online to research what most German's have for breakfast, and as soon as I saw pictures, it all started to remind me of foods I had. I put together a grocery list and we created our first German breakfast back in May. Today, we have mastered the ingredients and loved every bite of it. It consists of a pretzel roll, lettuce, tomato, onion, cheddar cheese, roast beef, chicken, hard boiled eggs with paprika on top and fresh fruit. I know it looks like a lot, and it kind of is, but it's a good meal to start the day. Plus it's so pretty! We pile all of our toppings onto the pretzel roll and YUM! After fillin...