Isn't my hubs hot?! Ok, dont answer that ;) Knowing how to paint makes it so easy to do cool make-up at Halloween! I'm thinking about buying a bunch of make up after halloween (on clearance) just so I can play around whenever I feel like it.
C went as the Corpse Bride to our Trunk or Treat. I really wish I would have gotten a pic of the hole in the side of her cheek! It was creepy!
So I had originally started this blog so that I could share with other people. Making a living is all fine and dandy (and oh so important) but somethings you just want to share and not get in on that commercial band wagon.
Jessica has been hunting for cute paper cutting patterns, which got me to thinking about making some of my own. I know they're nothing like the traditional types that can be found, but whatev! So, you can use them (I think if you click on the pics you will be brought to their flickr page and can select to see other sizes and just copy them from there???) You could also print them out for little kiddos to color, make stencils, print directly onto paper for cards, whatever you dream up (show me what you do! ;)Just don't use them for any commercial reasons. thanks
I just want to add that I am chilled to the bones tonight! We're having a low of 27 degrees out of nowhere! (It's been near 80 all week!) It's making me feel on edge and restless!
There is a countdown all September at our house. Kids just waiting for the first of October so we can decorate for Halloween. Really it is the start of the whole whopper of decorating holidays. After the Halloween stuff comes down, we'll adorn table tops and doorways with autumn leaves and pumpkins, then the dya after Thanksgiving the Christmas tree comes out, a small collection of Santas and an ever growing nativity set.
But until then, there are costumes to throw together, candy to be bought, schemes to be made.
Raesha and I went out to a cafe and got dessert. mmmmm I got a Cin-city cinnamon bagel and Raesha got a slice of cheesecake. yummers! It was sooo nice to get out of the house for an hour with her and gossip ;)
At home, I totally intended to go to bed by midnight, but one of the kiddos (B?) turned the drying cycle off on the dishwasher and I really needed to do the dishes tonight as our live-in colony of sugar ants could smell the BBQ sauce from dinner! (Am I weird that I think sugar ants are so cute?! They're so tiny! and named after sweet sugar! But of course I can't tolerate them on my kitchen counter.) OK so I turned the drying cycle on and worked on a new doll (found out they are only 50¢ at the dollar store!!!) I know C-bug will be so excited to see this edward scissorhands doll! Even if he is a little effeminate.
Good sweet Dawn is really helping me out BIG TIME with coming up with assignments for The School of Craft. With only 4 weeks left (officially) of this pregnancy, I barely have time to think about blogging...between naps, nesting, back to school time, my church responsibilities, and doing the best I can at getting some crafting and photography work done. (oooh I do have things to show you!)
Anyways, Dawn came up with this great assignment:
Let's do Halloween this month. You may work in any medium but you must include a pumpkin somewhere in your design (in honor of Moki and the cute pumpkins on her blog). The deadline for posting your work here at our Flickr clubhouse will be September 30, 2007 (I believe a month is a must in any serious deadline).
She even said there will be a prize!!!
The coolio thing to me is I "met" Dawn (and a group of other great artists) a couple years ago when Amy hosted a Halloween/jewelry swap...(right?) Can't believe how long ago that was!
So get going crafters! Join the School of Craft flickr group!
ohhhh and look at the details over on flickr for the mosaic above! Some of the pic owners have GREAT vintage collections!
