4
November
2009
I want to go to bed and watch the History of England (I’m at the American Revolution!!!), but I thought I ought to post pics from Halloween before it’s too late.
We had a lovely time with the Peeps (Ashley and Devin).
We ate lots of good food, drank sangria (and a wee bit of scotch), and carved pumpkins.
Ash made the cutest zebra:
Devin carrying a bowl full of pumpkin goo. He made the most delicious roasted pumpkin seeds!
From left to right: Ashley’s pretty flower and star, Kyle’s mini emoticon, Devin’s scary face, my Jack Skellington wannabe.
Mine didn’t light up too well, but that’s okay – it was lots of fun!
Posted: Holidays
5
October
2009
Yeah, that’s going to be stuck in my head all day.
Anyhoo, I engaged in a bit of craft therapy on Friday night (how cool am I?). I went to Target to see if I could find some Halloween decorations (as if I don’t already have enough), but couldn’t find any that suited my fancy, so I decided to make some instead. I went next door to Michael’s (hooray for strip malls!) and picked up some cheap picture frames, paper, ribbon, and stickers. Here’s what I came up with:
I actually got the idea for the “BOO” sign from a blog last Halloween (I can’t remember whose it was), although, I made a couple of alterations.
I printed out the letters on orange scrapbook paper, which was pretty difficult to do, since we just have a laserjet printer, with very few bells and whistles. It was really difficult to get the letter to print just where I wanted it to – but it worked out okay. I also stuck some really cute spider and bat stickers on the frames. I’m pretty happy with the way they turned out.
I have tons of these glittery letters left over from when I made my Gram’s memorial sign, so I decided to put them to use by spelling out “spooky.” Don’t worry, Kyle already pointed out how big of a nerd I am. Now all I need is some orange and black tapers for my owl candle holders. I found some cute ones on etsy, but I’m hoping to find some locally, so I don’t have to wait for shipping!
My Mom was actually the one who encouraged me to decorate for Halloween. I was telling her how much I’m dreading the upcoming holidays, since it will be the first time we will be “celebrating” them without my Gram. My Mom told me that making our place feel a little more festive might help. While I can’t decorate myself into feeling better, it is nice having the place looking cute for Halloween.
I have another crafty Halloween thing planned – I’m hoping to have some time this week to make it.
Posted: Decorating, Holidays
25
December
2008
Well a lot has happened since I last posted.
First of all, I’m an auntie to another boy! I’d like to introduce you to Jared James:
Here’s the kickass outfit I got him:
I also finally finished up with school just in time for the holidays. I did some last minute decorating this week. Here’s Piddy enjoying the tree:
We got our tree pretty late so we decided to get a smaller one. I cut the top out of the frame because it looks ridiculous (we didn’t trim the top, but I decided to put our star on top anyway).
I got these half off at World Market. I guess I’m supposed to take a glove/hat/stocking off every day until Christmas, but I thought it was cute as is:
I stayed up all night the other night making chocolate chip hazelnut cookies. They were pretty tasty if I do say so myself.
I also made a chocolate hazelnut tart. I’m bringing it to Ashley and Devin’s tomorrow night, so I haven’t tasted it yet (those are heath bar pieces on top).
Well, I’m going to enjoy the rest of my eggnog and head to bed before Santa gets here!
Good night, and Merry Christmas!!!
Posted: Holidays
