Trick or Treat, and More Camping Fun

Hello Ladies,
I hope you are having a great day!  After being gone for 2 weeks, I am still trying to get into the swing of things!  I would much rather spend my time blogging than unpacking the rest of our motor home, not to mention all of the yard clean up that I need to do for fall!  I thought I would share with you today some cute little pails that I made a few weeks ago for my Etsy shop.  I had so much fun making them!

I decoupaged copies of vintage Halloween images, then added some Martha Stewart glitter.  Where would I be without Mod Podge and glitter?!  I used some of the wonderful crinkly seam binding ( that I purchased from Blue Bird Lane on Etsy) on the handles.  I adore the seam binding, and in fact have almost used all of it up!  So I just had to place another order yesterday, in some pretty and yummy colors, plus more of the Halloween colors.  I think it has become my latest addiction!!

 I just love these sweet little images!

I also made glittered tags for each pail.  Below you will see how the pails looked when I first spied them at a garage sale.   They were just begging for a makeover!  This was such a fun project, I think that I'll make some for Christmas, too (because it's just right around the corner, you know!!)

 The other day, I shared with you some (ok, a ton!) of pictures from our trip to Michigan's gorgeous Upper Peninsula.  Today I thought I would show you some more.

Believe it or not, there are miles and miles of beautiful sandy beaches in the U.P.  The area is known for it's agate stones, and rock hunting on the beach is very popular.  We collected some pretty stones, and we have a rock tumbler, so I need to get busy and get them polished (the entire tumbling process takes a month!).

At the Porcupine Mountains State Park, where we camped 2 nights, we climbed a big tower to see a fantastic view.  This is part of the boardwalk thru the woods approaching the tower.

And this is the view we were rewarded with after are long hike/climb.  Thankfully hubby did really well on our trip with all that walking and climbing.  Pretty good, considering he'd had knee surgery just a month or so earlier!

Our pup was thrilled to be included!  I think camping is one of her very favorite things to do!!

Look who I had on my lap most of the time when we were driving down the road!!

My very favorite part of our trip was spending time on the Keweenaw Peninsula.  If you look at a map of Michigan, it is the very furthest North part of our state, and the scenery is breathtaking.  This is the school in the town of Copper Harbor.  Can you imagine?  Apparently it is for all grades!  Lots of history in this area, which was once the sight of copper mining predating (and just as big as!) the California gold rush.

 This is the view from above Copper Harbor.  I really miss Lake Superior, it is just a magical place!

On the way to Copper Harbor, we stopped at this adorable little shop, which sold everything from antiques to jams, and freshly baked breads and cookies (the smell was amazing, before we even walked in!).  We bought some chocolate walnut fudge, which was the best we've ever had!!

I love this giant spoon!

At the very end of our trip, we visited the Seul Choix light house.  I took the picture directly above from inside the top of the tower.  I thought the shadow of the tower looked so neat!  It was a long way up, I lost count of the steps at 90!  I didn't mind going up, but down was a little scary to me!

I don't want to bore you with too many pictures at once (I told you I had a ton of them!), so I will share some later this week!
I hope you have a wonderful day, can't wait to get caught up with you all!
I have linked up with the following fun parties:
The Blackberry Vine's Pretty Packages Party.
504 Main Tickled Pink Party
Chic on a Shoestring Flaunt it Friday 
Between Naps on the Porch Metamorphosis Monday