Progress Report and Something Fun

Just a report on my Lent progress - this is HARD business. Obviously I miss my sweets (especially in the baked goods department), but what has surprised me the most is how hard it has been for me to give up Celebrity gossip. 24 days to go.

Now to move to something a lot more fun to talk about - something I greatly desire. Cookies! I found these lovely little cookies cutters a while ago, and since my oldest boy is obsessed with Star Wars (and lets face it, secretly, I am too), I couldn't resist.

From the Williams-Sonoma website

A sample of our cookies - pretty good eh?

They are the perfect cookie cutters. I am not joking. I wish I could explain in words how much I love them. If only I had the skills to frost them like this:

I'll keep practicing.

Star Wars Project

fts, My 4-year-old is currently obsessed with Star Wars, so when he had the option to choose a theme for his room decor, of course, it had to be STAR WARS (Note: the original Star Wars movies - he wants to be Luke Skywalker).

I searched for Star Wars stuff, and came across this lovely display from Pottery Barn: 

I covet it.

Oh, and this one too:

But of course, everything pictured above costs a BAZILLION dollars.

So I did my own, much cheaper, thing. I will admit I hate working with Mod Podge, but it created my desired "Pottery Barn-ish" effect. Some wall hangings:

 I used a some 12x12 Star Wars paper, a few $5.00 art canvases, black acrylic paint and the infamous Mod Podge. Total cost for all three (one is not pictured): about $20! I like that price! The instructions on this blog: "The Sassy Pepper" were wonderful (I'm still trying to figure out how a pepper can be "sassy").