Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! Here is Asher's first Jack O' Lantern that he designed all by himself. I did the cutting of course, but he drew the face how he wanted it and I cut it out. Didn't he do a great job?

I've got pumpkin seeds roasting right now and Halloween, my most favorite holiday, is almost over. I hope you all have had a frightfully great Halloween!

Halloween Yummies on Hallow's Eve

Asher and I made sugar cookies today with some new cookie cutters that I bought. I think they are all cute but the bat and the cat cutter are my favorites. He's taking them to school tomorrow. I love the icing that dries hard, it's great for kids to take to school since there's not much mess. Next time I'll make enough to draw faces and details on the cookies.

Happy Hallow's Eve!

New Page Added ~ Halloween Faces Tutorials

I've made a whole new page dedicated to my Spooky faces for Halloween. See it either by clicking on the new tab above or by clicking the logo on my sidebar.

You all know how much I put into my costumes so I thought I'd have a little bragging page and include my tutorials on how I created the faces. Lots of pictures so feel free to be inspired or just laugh at my silly obsession with spookiness. I'll probably add pics of Asher's costumes, too. More pics will be added as I find them.

I made the logo above and of course all the graphics that I use in the pages. I hope you all enjoy looking at them and it gets you even more into the spooky mood for Halloween. Now I've got to get back to making my sons cowboy outfit. I will enjoy it when he's ready to go for the scary costumes!

Thanks for looking. I appreciate any comments from my super fun blogging friends :)

Halloween Costume 2011

This past weekend was my friend's Halloween Costume Party, something I am always excited to attend. Everyone is required to dress up which so up my alley. This time I chose to be a Sugar Skull in honor of the Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos. I made my head piece and skirt, and I used a blouse that I already had. It was a lot of fun getting ready and this is my first attempt at painting a Sugar Skull.

So here is my shameless gallery of pictures of myself. I love to take pictures of myself all done up when you can't tell who I am. I'll post my "how I did it" pictures soon. Unfortunately, my lighting is really bad and you can't see my costume very well.  Oh and nothing reminds you faster that you have a face the size of the moon like white paint...  oh well.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween all my ghoul friends! Here are some Halloween time pics from a couple days ago during a town Halloween Party... Enjoy and remember what it was like to be a kid and the fun and excitement of Halloween!

He wanted to be a black and white bunny, so here it is ;)

Asher and a friend posing at the first stop of town businesses trick or treating

The town we live near is so quaint and full of charm

Fun in a pile of leaves in front of the town gym where a party was held later for the whole town

a short rest

at the town party, a twist on bobbing for apples I guess... ha ha

he never did get it, but tried real hard

Have a spooky day!

Banshee, Female Spirit

Here are the pictures I took while I put on my Halloween make-up that I told you all I would share from this post. I love to get dressed up and I was fortunate enough to get invited to a costume party. I even made up a business card I handed out to everyone with a short description of what I was and a brief history of the Banshee. I always go overboard and I always go scary, that's my shtick and I have so much fun making myself up. I have another visual tutorial of my Swamp Zombie costume from some years back and will post it soon.

I didn't let my kid see me like this, it would freak him out!

So here it is... sleep tight!

Banshee, female spirit part one

Banshee, female spirit part two

Banshee, female spirit part three and finished costume

Till next time... Happy Halloween!!

Busy and Spooky Week

Last week was a busy and fun one for me. My son and I made Halloween Cupcakes Thursday and then Friday we had Boo at the Zoo, where the kids dress up and collect treats from various vendors in a safe and fun setting. I dressed up too as a witch, a non scary witch that is.... hmpfff.... I love to do scary. AHHHHH but then Saturday night was MY NIGHT! I got to play dress up and attended an adults only Costume Party and had a blast as a very scary Banshee!

Boo at the Zoo

So speaking of costumes, my son who is four and a half wanted to be a black and white bunny rabbit much to my husbands dismay. He was hoping for something more male-ish like a cowboy or pirate. I figure who cares! If the kid wants to be a cuddly little rabbit then so be it. Of course the whole night everyone thought he was a cute little girl. Oh well. And wouldn't you know it, I totally spaced out and forgot my camera. I am notoriously late and unorganized (I'm working on it) and I hate it because it causes me much distress and things like forgetting to bring the camera. We were in such a hurry to get out the door I even forgot to take pictures of Asher and his buddy with their cute costumes on. Hopefully, my friend Amelia's pictures from her phone turn out nice and she shares them with me. At least this was kinda a trial run since it wasn't actually Halloween. I have to say he was a cute bunny. I got these poor little pictures from my phone, which isn't very good at photos but at least it's better than nothing.

I've also been painting my yard sale furniture and it has taken me quite a while since I do a little here and a little there. I will have the bookcase finished today. I've also decided to change my wall colors in my studio to a happy orangey color called Golden Berry. I think it will liven the room up and lighten it up too from the depressing slate blue color it is now. I picked up some fun purple and orange twinkle lights that are for Halloween but I plan to hang them in my studio for some dazzle all year round. I can't wait to get it all done and show it off to you all. But with a busy fall, it just takes time.

Ok, so here is my spooky "Banshee, female spirit" costume. I had so much fun creating this. I'll show you more of how I did it later.

Boo!