Football Tailgate Centerpiece and Sign

1. Take an octagon base and wrap it in

navy blue and sparkly iridescent orange

ribbon.

2. Make a goal post and football and a

team helmet in foamcore.

3. Insert the helmet into the base & the

football in the goal post with round

wooden tooth picks.

4. Add some mylar poufs and voila!

A football centerpiece!

I like and understand 

FOOTBALL CENTERPIECES 

better than I understand real football!

But I love our guy Jeff who plays football.

 He's a cool kid.

But these football centerpieces aren't for him.

They're shipping out tomorrow to another state.

Those crazy snowmobilers.

What do 'ya want to bet it was a guy that made these 

tracks on our ice?

Probably under thirty.

Saw a hole in the ice and just knew he could make

it over it.

Looks like he has a little trouble on one side of

the puddle.

It also looks like he only did it once.

Maybe he learned from his mistake...or...

maybe he went looking for another puddle?

Luckily the water is only about a foot deep

at this spot in the wildlife area of our lake

at this time of year.

But I somehow have the feeling the

depth might not even have mattered

to this wildlife snowmobiler.

What color are we suppose to love this year?

 Pantone...a color authority....says this is

THE COLOR of 2010.

Maybe so.

I think they just rotate colors because turquoise has

been on the outs for awhile.

It's been so "out" that I had to have a color custom

mixed up by Home Depot.

Here's my special mix.

It's more blue.

I love it, don't you?

But my pretty

bowl is a closer match to the "trendy Pantone

turquoise".  It's a glass bowl I got at an

artfair.  Do you believe I would put a

gallon of paint in it. What am I thinking!

Well....only for the picture.

I do love turquoise. I love it with lime green.

I love it with red and yellow.

I really love it with purple.

Hooray for turquoise this year.

If you want to mix up a batch yourself,

here's the numbers from the Home Depot

mix formula.