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Ghosts of Halloween Past!

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween.  I thought I would share some of our stories from past Halloweens!

Mr. E was born just a couple of weeks before Halloween, so he was a tiny little thing on his first Halloween.  Before he was born I found a cute little Jack-O-Lantern costume for him.  Here is the cutest little pumpkin I ever picked!!

The next year he was a Puppy Dog.  He had just started walking and really didn't know what Halloween was about getting candy. We just made the rounds to the family and to a family friends party! 

When Mr. E was almost 2 I got him a Lion costume.  He was so cute...he was really good at growling too. I was preggers with Miss C at the time so we just went to a local Trunk-or-Treat event.  Mr. E didn't want to get dressed up...one we finally got the outfit on he was fine.  He still didn't understand about what the "trick-or-treat" to get candy.  Here is a wonderful pic that a local photography student took of Mr. E.

Last year Mr. E was a Cow and Miss C was a Little Lady Bug.  We had a lot of fun at Trunk-or-Treat.  Mr. E was really into the candy, and Miss C was just along for the ride! 

This year the kiddos went as Woody and Jesse from Toy Story!  They are so cute together! We went trick-or-treating last night.  We have more candy than we know what to do with...can anyone say sugar high???

 Miss C looks so happy doesn't she?  She liked the hat, but didn't want to keep it on, hence the look.

Happy late Halloween!!

Jack-O-Lantern Dress

I have been planning on making Miss C a cute little Halloween Dress for several months. 

       **Side Bar:  One thing I have really learned this year.  Make things while you have the time.  You don't have to wait until you need that present/decoration to make it.  I had lots of time this summer to make things, but I didn't make as much as I should have.  Now that time is scarce for me, I don't get to make some of the stuff that I had planned. 

ANYWAY, I bought an orange pillow case from Goodwill this summer with the purpose of turning it into a dress for Miss C.

I cut the pillow case to the length I wanted, plus about and inch and a half to turn over and hem the top to make a casing for the ribbon.

Cut slits for the arm holes (I forgot to do this until after a I hemed my casing...so I had to go back and hem some more) and hem these as well.

Now that this is done you are ready to cut out your Jack-O-Lantern's face.  I wouldn't suggest anything scary or too complicated.  I found some cute templates on line, and I am sure you will find a perfect one too.  If you are a good artist I am sure you could draw a face too.  I am not blessed with that talent. 

Cut out the face pattern from paper.  I then cut out my face pieces from black material that I had attached to Wonder Under.  After the pieces are cut, iron them into place on the front of the pillow case dress.  Make sure you don't place the pieces too high or too low.  You may want to pin them in place and try the dress on to make sure everything looks even.

Once the face pieces are ironed on stitch them into place.  I used my sewing machine, but using some embroidery floss or crochet thread would be cute too!

Here is my final product on Miss C.  She didn't want to stand still long enough for me to get a good picture. 

Finding Fabulous

CSN WINNER!!!

Okay, so I am a little behind, but I have had a busy week, with 3 tests, and one project.  I think my brain is turning to mush!! 

On to the important part,  THE WINNER...

drum roll please...

is #2...The Watts Watch!

Congrats and I hope you find something cool to splurge on!!

Happy Shopping!!