Wedding Vinylmation

This past week, a couple brought a large set of Disney Vinylmation for me to decorate for them.

Vinylmation are collectable figurines. They come in 3" and 10" sizes. Most of them come with decorations

http://www.vinylmation.com

But they also come in white, that can be personally decorated.

The couple bought 33 of the small ones. They wanted me to personalize them for place settings for their wedding reception. They had also bought two of the large ones for me to decorate as a bride and groom.

I gave them each a wedding ring. The groom wore a tux with tails, and spats.

Here comes the Bride Vinylmation

It's hard to see in the photos, but I had also added glitter gel to the bride's dress and veil.

I was going for the glass slipper look on her shoes

Vinylmation/ Reception place settings

Here are the 3" tall vinylmation

Each had a heart in their palms

And some of them had favorite character names added as well

Meet the Sandies

We have Sand Hill Cranes living in our neighborhood. They are a rare bird here in Florida. I've posted photos of cranes on my blog before. But this is the first video I've gotten of them.

Just to warn you, towards the end of the video, one of them finds a bit of lizard jerky in the road for lunch.

I was hoping they would start calling. They can be quite loud.

I had just turned off my camera, when one of them started. I got a quick video of it, which is my next post...

Out for a walk

I had plenty of excuses. We had just moved in. There was lots of work to do around the house. The busy season was in full swing at work. Then we had our cold snap. But I finally took a walk around our neighborhood.

I went to the end of our community. And I found a beautiful bit of wet land. It was small but quite scenic. We have a few retention ponds around here too. But they planted cat-tails in them. It makes them look more natural, instead of a big puddle.

Dawn's Lawn

My grass is looking nice and thick. But I'm not sure what type it is. I'm still thinking of going with the reel mower.











I think I have a holly tree, but the leaves are smooth. Is it a different type?


















I have a beautiful climbing rose.
It's been beat up do to the weather though.
Does anybody know its name?











This little shrub has cute little pink flowers on it. But it's getting crowded out. Anybody know its name?











Anybody know what type of pine this is?