Glitter and Graupel

Hello there! Is it my imagination, or has autumn come and gone already? I fear it's almost time to start thinking about gloves, and (gulp) snow shovels.



I've been watching the leaves swirl around our yard, as if caught in mini-tornadoes. The past couple of days the high temperature has been 45 F, with wind, and rain, and one day, graupel. You may ask - What is graupel?  I'm not 100% sure, but it's a fancy meteorological word for wintry white stuff.  So, the other day, I stood looking longingly at my back yard, where I still have my saw horses set up, dreaming I was outside working in the sunshine with a warm breeze blowing.

Instead, I turned on the heat, and went rummaging through my craft supplies and spray paints in the basement. I grabbed glitter. (Lately, it seems whenever I'm looking for something to do, and it's too cold to go outside, I reach for the glitter.) I particularly love gold glitter.

Then I went dumpster diving at my parents house. They have a new addition going up at their house, and in preparation, they're doing a major clean out. That's right, I have no pride, but I've scored some great stuff because of their new bedroom! However, I need to remind myself that "one man's trash may be another man's treasure" -  but sometimes, it's just trash.

So I told myself that, and then I grabbed a couple of old pimento jars. What? They're not trash! They have cute little handle things.

And when I gave them a coat of glitter and a little twine... Well, now they're my treasures!

They came out cute. And luckily, they go perfectly with graupel. :)

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