Ocotver....

I have decided that I reallly do love October...I love the colors of the leaves turning, and the colors of the fall season. And if you think about it, it is the only month we REALLY get to celebrate fall all by itself. ( By the time November rolls around, there is a lot of sparkly, Christmasey stuff out there and no matter how much you try to ignore it, it is there.) I have fallen for the fun way everyone loves Halloween. Yes, there is lots of creepy going on, but I have decided to fall for the vintage creepy and have crows and bats hanging around and all that.

I finished my creepy pumpkin guy this year and that was a major thrill. I covered white pumpkins with black lace and bought fake little tombstones. I searched everywhere for black spooky crows

and refused to pay 7 bucks for em. SO, I went to my workroom and pulled out my stash of stuff and made my own...ha. And of course, my velvet pumpkins were a smash on my Etsy site and I mailed them to Canada, and Vermont and Illinois and California to name a few. And they are still fun to make. (even after making uh...about 75 this season). And then it was time to fashion a Cleopatra costume for Em and when it came time to embellish and such, I didn't have to buy any trim....how is that for a stash?

( I need to go and replenish!) And Emmas school has a Halloween parade for the kids...it is way cool! They come to school dressed in their costumes and then line up and march through the gym in front of family and cameras...with "Monster MASH" playing in the background and the principal leading the way! ( He is the DOG here!) It is a great way to be inside and warm and show off their ghoulishnes...sans the masks.

And I helped turn my senior daughter into a fairy princess for her first date and first prom....best work I did all month. So November is here and I may need an extra nap to get through it....