A Halloweeen-y Meal

Happy October everyone!!

My awesome mother sent me a spooky care pacage today. In it I recived black spabetti, ghost marshmallow peeps, and awesome hot chocolate mugs. Also in the package were Choxy chocolate bars (YUMMMMMMM!), and Halloween recepie cards with fun and creative ways to have Halloween themed dinners and treats! It was so cool I just had to share this with you!

Etsy Halloween Costume Contest

Hi everyone I'm EXCITED for Halloween this year! Especially because of this contest! I'm thinking of entering it! Only thinking because I may be consumed by Halloween party planing at the time I would be making it. Also I will probably be making our whole family their consumed this year. Wow thats a lot of sewing. Any way you all can enter if you want here is the info.

Oh yes, my crafty ghosts and goblins, we’re holding the ultimate handmade costume contest, and awarding eighteen winners with over $2,000 worth of goods and prizes. Three winners will be selected in each of the following six categories: Pet, Kid & Baby, T-Shirt Costume, Sci-Fi, Green, and General Awesomeness!

Judges from Treehugger.com, Boingboing.net, Craftzine.com, Makezine.com, Babble.com, Threadless.com, and Tcritic.com are helping us pick the winners and donating cool prizes.

The Rules:
To enter make a handmade costume and put it for sale in your Etsy shop no later than 11:59 EDT, October 26, 2007.

• All entries must be tagged 'costumecon'.
• All entries must comply with Etsy's Terms of Use, Dos and Don'ts and other Site Policies.
• Entrants must specify which categories they want their items to be submitted by stating so in their item description. All entries will be considered for the general awesomeness category.
• Each Etsy seller may have up to three entries in each category, but may submit the same item into as many categories as they think apply.
• Contest is open to U.S. residents only, due to dumb laws that we hate.
• No purchase necessary. You can also send us your photos and a written description (See legalities).

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No bird in the birdcage ORIGINAL acrylic painting

Here is a little peek of whats NEW in my painting collection, it will be up in my shop later Today. What a fun project this was! I love the texture and print showing through. I also love that she is holding Mr. Squid-opus, a plushy who is also in my shop.

Thrifted busts and pedistal bowl

I always look forward to our monthly trip to the thrift store. This time We struck GOLD! I have always loved the stone ballerina bust my lovely Mother has on her mantle, so when I saw these little sweethearts I had to get them! P.S...they only cost a $1.50 each.

I also got this awesome pedestal bowl for our pears to hang out in! (also a $1.50)

And here they all are together!
Oh I almost forgot!
We also purchased a soup dish that matches all of these as well, I just forgot to get a picture of it. Its very pretty.

Shoe Love

Recently I have been looking for the perfect maryjanes. I tried these ones on at Famous Foot Wear and they pinched my toes unbearably so that choice went out the window.I looked at these ones (below) at Anthropology and they cost $260 (roughly) YIKES ...next choice

Then I went to Smiths Marketplace and there they were and on sale! I am so excited to have found a comfy & affordable high heeled shoe!
Aren't they Lovely!

Mini painting

Trent and I went to the frame shop the other day to pick up an order, and we saw these mini frames there and I fell in love!!! I just had to create something to go inside one of those itty bitty frames. Now, I didn't buy one yet so I don't have a photo of the painting framed but I HAD to share the painting with you anyway. The painting is only 4x3 in. Cute huh!!and a close up view here

Lori Mitchell

I am so much in love with these little sculpures by Lori mitchell
They inspire me! so much!