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A month of Halloween

I am soo glad Sheldon loves Halloween as much as I do. It is our favorite holiday!

We've been getting the house ready since the beginning of October.

      

Sheldon has also been making sure we only get horror movies from Netflix. Some of them (Trailer Park of Terror) were awful. Others (Drag me to Hell) were great. I've never been much of a horror movie fan so i think I've seen more this month than any other time in my life!

Last night was the Ghouls Gone Wild Parade downtown. We weren't in the parade but we still wore our costumes. I made all of my costume (except the wig) and Sheldon found the perfect suit at a thrift store.

We had a lot of people comment on our awesome costumes and we even had a little photo shoot with a camera club that was there. It was pretty cool. The parade was a blast!! Sadly, my camera battery died 3 floats in so I don't have pictures. My favorites were the Edward Scissorhands float and the Stepford wives float they were all so cute! We stayed for the after party to see the Collins Kids, but we ended up leaving early because they ran out of beer, we were tired, and the music was too loud. We sound like old people. haha!

Tonight, we had Sheldon's family over for a pumpkin carving party. It was tons of fun! Here are the fruits of our labor...

Yes, mine is the Hello Kitty Pumpkin, how'd you guess??

There are more pictures in my Halloween 2009 set on flickr. 

Everyone have a spooky-fun Halloween!

Also, Don't forget about the Embroidery class coming to Oklahoma City November 15th! Sign up today, the class is already filling up! http://www.craftyminx.com/embroidery_class.html

Embroidery class!!!

Hey guess what?! Enrollments are open for the intro to the hand embroidery class Amy and I will be teaching in November.

You can get all the details and sign-up here.

The class will have something for everyone. We'll teach the basics for those of you who have never touched a needle, and there will also be plenty of techniques the more seasoned stitchers.

We're limiting the class to 10 people so hurry and save your spot today!

Apples 2 Apples

I love fall! Sadly, Oklahoma has decided to skip over fall and go straight into 50 degree weather, cloudy and wet--it has not stopped raining for days! We had about 2 weeks of good 65 degree weather. Oh well, even though the weather is not cooperating, I am thoroughly enjoying fall for what it is.

This week has been the week of apples. Apples are available year round, of course, but the variety is more substantial in the fall. A coworker recently became excited that honey crisp apples were now available. I had never had them before, so I went to the store and bought a huge bag.

They are delicious! Crisp, sweet, and slightly tangy. The perfect taste of fall.

 With my new favorite apples in the fridge I decided to make this apple cake.

BEST IDEA EVER! Make it, you will not be disappointed.

Now take a gander at these beauties...

I'll give you a moment. I needed one when I saw them in the store.

 I want to eat everything out of these!!! But I'm also afraid to touch them because they are in perfect condition and don't want to hurt them.

*sorry the photos are soo dark that just shows you how horribly cloudy it has been here. Even after editing them I couldn't get them much better. I really need to get lightroom.

Just Breathe

I've been telling myself that a lot lately. I'm also catching myself with a clenched jaw at times. No idea why. I'm so happy right now, but way busy. My day job is really busy right now, which is wearing me out. My brain feels fried about 60% of the time. I had to drop one of my classes. It was silly for me to believe that I could take two classes in the fall... craft fair season and the busiest season for work don't mesh well with school.

I've managed to make a few things. I've finished the portrait of Sheldon's niece Anna. Now I'm working on one of his other niece. Take a look... I'm really proud of how it turned out. You can see a detail shot and the original photo on my flickr page if you're interested.

My embroidery  class at the Deluxe Craft Weekend turned out really well. I hope my students had a good time and learned a lot. I'll be teaching a 4 hour embroidery class in November that will cover the basics as well as portraiture and transfer methods. I'm hoping to finalize a date and time by next week. I'm still working on the class description for it. 

Yesterday was Sheldon's birthday. It was really important for me to give him something handmade. And with him living with me, it was hard to make him something myself so I asked my friend Stephanie to paint a Virgin Mary planter that my friend Jenny gave Sheldon. He has a pretty big collection of Virgin Mary art and had taken a liking to one of Stephanie's pieces at Deluxe in the spring, so I knew he would love it.

I probably should have taken before and after pictures, but didn't she do a wonderful job!? If you are ever in the market for some wonderful art, check her out at http://www.myspace.com/crypt_o_licious. 

Our weekend plans include birthday dinner tonight at Iron Starr, Football watching for Sheldon and crafting time for me. Sunday is the Native American Festival at the Downtown Library. Sheldon has been coordinating it and it's going to be great. For more info check out the library webpage.