When Minecraft Steve and Katniss come for a visit.

This year, with Halloween being right in the middle of the week, we wanted to try and keep things as low-key and calm as possible. Normally, we are driving from one end of the county to the other, trying to hit as many relatives and good trick-or-treating places as possible. One of our newer neighbors came over on Monday and said that several people in the neighborhood wanted to try to hand out candy for all the kids that live around here. This is huge because normally nobody ever trick-or-treats in our neighborhood. (Not that it's a bad neighborhood, it's just off the beaten path a bit and nobody really knows we are here. We like it that way. lol) 

Well, y'all know me and my love for Halloween, so I was thrilled! 

The kids put on their costumes and their daddy walked the neighborhood with them. But not before Mama got a hundred few pictures.

 Jameson wanted to be "Steve" from the Minecraft game.  Yes, his head is a large cardboard box.  Yes, I paid for it.  Yes, I realize that probably wasn't the best decision, but hey, he loved it and that's all that mattered.  LOL  Chelsea is dressed as Katniss from the Hunger Games series.  She had everything needed for her costume, including a mockingjay pin.  The only thing we had to get was the bow and arrow set.

 

These pictures are so funny!  It looks like Jameson is trying to sneak up on Chelsea and attack her.  In reality, he was just standing behind her, doing his own little thing...making one pose after another.  LOL

I finally got him to come up beside Chelsea so I could get a picture.

They were only gone about 45 minutes and came back home, done for the night.  We asked both of them multiple times if they wanted us to take them some other places and both said "NO!"  Things have really changed in the past year, that's for sure!

We didn't get a lot of trick-or-treaters, but we did get more than we ever have before.  I made a ton of treats, so I still have a good bit left.

Yes, those mustard-colored candies are M and M's. They were in a Fall pack. Very ugly unusual color.

And for those of you who have asked, here is my "finished" front porch.  We got almost everything up, but just pretty much stopped at what you see.  It still looked cute for the few trick-or-treaters we did have.

Jameson did this. He was so proud of his waving skull!

I hope all of you had a safe, but thrilling Halloween!

Continued prayers for all of those hit by Superstorm Sandy!

Give the kid a t-shirt and a sword....

and this is what kind of photos you get on Halloween morning:

The shirt is one Jameson designed himself.  He is obsessed with the game, Minecraft, and Herobrine is a spooky legend from the game.  They couldn't wear their costumes to school today, but he did carry a little Minecraft with him.

His {quickly drawn} sketch.

I did the shirt last night while Jameson was asleep, so I was nervous if he would like it or not.  Thankfully, he LOVED it!  He even waited until he was completely ready to go this morning before he would even put it on so he wouldn't mess it up.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!

(I will have pictures of the cutest Katniss from the Hunger Games and Steve from Minecraft after tonight!)

No TRICKS, but lots of TREATS!

It's that time of year, where there is a lot of Trick-or-Treating going on.  I don't like a lot of tricks, so I thought I would make a lot of treats to share with my co-workers and Jameson's class mates.  The test-tubes I did last year were such a hit, I thought I would do something similar again this year.  Instead of test-tubes, I decided to go an easier and safer route, and use clear plastic baggies to hold the candy.  I think they turned out almost as cute! 

I hope everyone loves them!

(The graphics used on the tags are from the Silhouette Store.)

Are you looking forward to the Tricking or the Treating?

Mama's Mumblings

Hey y'all! 

It's another Monday.  Why do they always seem to come so fast?  I mean, I swear it was just Wednesday, and I blinked my eyes and it's Monday again.  Time, PLEASE SLOW DOWN!  Do you realize that Christmas is only a few weeks away?  How did that happen?  I think I'm just going to stick my head under my pillow and pretend Christmas is still a L-O-N-G way away!

(You think that will work?)

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I've been busy, busy with "the business" again this week.  I've managed to knock a TON of orders and gifts out this week!

 

The next 4 pictures are for an order for a very special friend.  Her son is graduating Army Boot Camp on Halloween and the onesies are for his precious baby girl to wear.

Mommy needed a special shirt, too!

 

I made a TON of these for friends, family and co-workers:

 

For my niece:

 

Also for my niece:

 

And these invitations for a very special little girl:

 

 I can't believe little Miss Mallory is almost TWO!  I am SO SAD!  She is growing up WAY too fast!

(There's that "flying time" thing again!)

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I'm pretty sure I'm going to participate in a local craft fair in a couple of weeks.  I am TERRIFIED!  I've been trying to come up with some cute ideas of things to make.  I will take orders for t-shirts and my monograms, but I'd like to have a lot of things that people can take with them.  I'd also like to see how much of my craft hoard I could use to make things.  If I only did frames I could fill up a whole table, I'm afraid.  LOL  I just don't want to make a bunch of stuff and not be able to sell it.  Do any of you have any great ideas of things that may sell well?  I'm open to suggestions!

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This year at Jameson's school, the library is having a pumpkin parade.  Kid's pick out their favorite characters from a book and make a pumpkin to match.  Well, being my kid, this is what Jameson decided to make:

 

That would be a vampire worm, in case you didn't know!

So, we worked ALLLL weekend making our own version of a vampire worm.

 

We had a lot of fun fixing him up. It was really neat for all of us to try to come up with ways to do each different part of the worm.  The "ears" are melted/painted baby spoons, stuck into styrofoam that is hot glued to the pumpkin.  The eyes are screw-top caps from Coke bottles, the skin is a painted garbage bag, and the teeth are made of fun foam.

  We just hope it survives until he makes it to school.  The first pumpkin we had ROTTED before we even had it a day, so we had to get another one.  We hope the coat of black paint will keep this pumpkin alive for a few days.  Then, the cat decided she wanted to use the "ears" as a chew toy...AND WOULD NOT STOP!  So, after some touch-up paint, we had to take it out to Marty's truck so she couldn't get to it!

Jameson is so excited to bring it to school!  I just hope he's not too disappointed if he doesn't win.  There are a lot of really awesome pumpkins in the parade!  I definitely think that he would win for "most unusual", however!  LOL

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I've got my yearly "I'm going to screw up your favorite time of year again" sinus/cold junk.  I felt the first little tickle Tuesday night and it's been all downhill from there.  My friend Julie has the same mess and she's taking off work today to go to the doctor. She is hoping to get a shot to get rid of it.  I asked her if it was wrong of me to be jealous of her for getting to take off work, even if it is to get a shot. She did invite me to come along and get shots together.  I'm seriously thinking it would be worth it.  LOL

I remember when I was a kid, I would have to miss Trick-or-Treating almost every, single year because I would be sick.  I would just love to be able to make it through October - December without feeling like my head and chest were going to explode.

 

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Chelsea's current crush, Scotty McCreery, has just released a new Christmas album.  So, in the past week, she's gotten an autographed copy from the Scotty McCreery fan club, an "exclusive edition" complete with booklet and calendar from Wal-Mart, and has downloaded the album on iTunes. 

Sorry for the bad cell phone picture.

I think she may be just a tad bit obessed, don't you?  

 

(She is also wearing a North Carolina State t-shirt because that's Scotty's favorite team.)

I guess it could be worse....she could be this obsessed with some hormone-ravaged teenage boy that lives locally.  We would be locking her in the house for sure!

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Well my friends, I hope you all have a wonderful and fantastic week!

Frightful Halloween Decor

Hey friends!

As usual, I'm behind on my holiday decorating, but I have managed to finish my inside decor.

Last year, I went with a "witch's foot/leg" decor, so I just assumed I would do the same this year.  Well, after a couple of trips to Ross/TJ Maxx/ and the Dollar Tree, my decor changed up a bit this year.  As much as I love my witch's feet/legs, something about the muted colors and frightful bones just spoke to me.  Instead of fighting it, I decided to just go with it.  I think it turned out pretty spooky!

 

And a little decor on the entrance table:

As far as the front porch, wellllll, we have a little bit done.  The "famous" witch's legs from last year finally made their return this afternoon:

Things still need a lot of work, but hopefully we can accomplish more tomorrow.

I hope you all are enjoying this fabulous fall weather! Have a great weekend!

No Tricks here....only TREATS!

Happy Halloween everybody!

I am a little sad because my absolute favorite time of the year is coming to an end today.  No more scary movies, no more really cool Halloween decorations, no more trick or treating...

Anyway, I'm really sorry that I've been totally absent from Blogland recently.  I've been working on several projects like CRAZY, and computer time has been limited.  I'm completely finished with two of the four big projects, and have a lot done on the other two.  I just have to make it through Saturday, and then I think I will take a solid month of a craft-free holiday.  It sounds extreme (to me), but I.AM.TIRED.  Hobby Lobby isn't even looking good to me right now.  HAHA!

I always try to do something special for my kid's classmates and my co-workers.  This year, I decided to do the same treat for both.

I originally saw this idea on Pinterest around May of this year, and I just knew I HAD to do it!

I loved everything about it, so I tried to get everything as close to her original as possible.  I even got into a bidding war with someone on Ebay to get the retired stamp set.  HAHA!  I am SO tickled how these turned out!  It took a LOT more time than I thought it would, and I don't even have a clue how much money they ending up costing, but I love the end result!

My Sunday School students loved them, so I hope the school students and my co-workers do to!

Test tubes filled with color-coded skittles!

 I made 100 in total.  These are just the one's for the kid's classrooms.

 

Here are the kid's gift bags, complete with custom labels I made with the Silhouette software.

I also decided to have a little fun with some Hershey's kisses:

It was a lot of work, but I love how everything turned out.  I hope the kids like them too!

I hope you all have the most wonderful day ever, filled with lots of TREATS!