Halloween Night

Here are my little, and not so little, trick or treaters. Morgan is the frog. Melissa is a Corpse Bride. And Megan, is, well, a linen closet. Mariah is the bee and Dylan is the scary, creepy thing. Dylan, Morgan's boyfriend, rode his bike from the next neighborhood over to Trick or Treat with her. Isn't that sweet! They are in the 6th grade. Puppy love is so cute.

My Work of Art

I gotta tell ya, this album was SO MUCH FUN to make. I will be playing with watercolor crayons again. Real soon. Donna had us paint, watercolor, spray a fixative, stamp and doodle. This beautiful album started out as raw chipboard and clear acrylic. You can tell in the very first photo that the fixative puts a very light "frost" on the acrylic. I think I really like it.

I am not quite finished with my album, but it is close. I am going to tweak it again and again. Probably forever...

Halloween Mini Album

I made these cute little albums for each of the girls that came to our annual Halloween Sleepover. (even those who could not spend the night.) This is my daughter Melissa's album. Each girl has a picture of themself in the front cover. I don't know too many kids who don't like pictures of themselves.

The albums are 2 3/8 inches by 2 3/8 inches.

I put them in these adorable little shimmery bags I got on sale at AC Moore about a week before. Punched a little tag to write each girls name on her album. They were a BIG hit.

Donna Downey is a Jersey Girl

Turns out she grew up about 30 minutes away from where I graduated High School. Who knew. Why would I put this random fact here on my blog? Glad you asked. I got to meet her and take a class from her on Sunday morning. Yes, you can tell all your friends that you know me.
She is the most personable teacher I have had the pleasure of meeting in a while. She is so friendly and funny. I didn't feel like an idiot at any point during her class. And let me tell you, I normally do several times during any given class. We had a whole 3 hours with her. Bill is so cute. Much better IRL, if you know what I mean, wink, wink. AND talk about a sweetie... The ladies at Beach Scrapbook are fabulous. They had most of the supplies we needed there at the store. Good thing too. Because you all know how I need more eyelets. LOL. Megan went to the class with me. I will have to post a picture of the three of us, Megan, Donna and Me. But not tonight. I am tired. I didn't feel well Monday and Today, so I was home. You would think I would have blogged. But, I didn't want to get paint on the keyboard. My priority was to attempt to finish the incredible book from Donna's wonderful class. I am "this" close to finishing it. Photos are promised. I wasn't a total bum. I made a beef roast with homemade mashed potatoes for dinner tonight.

Way behind, and won't be caught up today either.

WOW, how time has flown. Last week at work was really busy. Trying to "find" money. But I made it through. Friday was Survivor. Usually we have Pizza and watch it, but this time we got Chik-fil-A. It was a nice change. Saturday was relaxing. During the day we only had to get Morgan packed and ready to go with Abby for the night. Then Steph came over and joined us at Red Lobster with Carolyn and Brannon for dinner. It was a nice meal. Not my first choice, but Pop-pop used to take the girls there and I think that it holds sentimental value with Carolyn. While we were there the table kind of kitty-corner to us just got up and left with out paying. I can't believe that people are that "ballsy". I would be so frigging scared, I would pee my pants. There were about 6 people at the table. AND they had a baby with them. And to add insult to injury the Red Lobster gave the server the choice of paying the check or being written up. I am so not impressed with that policy. Poor guy. I hope he picked the write up. I would have.
Anyway, after the meal, Carolyn and Brannon took Megan and Melissa back to the house. Danny, Stephanie and myself went to a party at a friends home. She was celebrating the end of a 4 year long divorce. Her ex just wouldn't let go - of the money. He wanted all of hers. She is the one who made wise choices and invested well. He is a no-load who ended up getting way more than he deserves. And he didn't get more than a bunch of lawyers bills. The party was very nice. She hired a band. Route 66. They were pretty good. I can't believe she hired them and had them set up in her house. But she did. We are not party animals, and despite the good time, we headed home around 10.

Halloween Party Pics

I hung these lanterns to form a barrier between the hall and my scraproom. They had a little light in each one that I couldn't get to photograph well. I am not a good photographer. Yet.

I had the girls guess how many candy corn were in the bottle.

The winner took it home with her.

These sodas were pretty wierd flavors. Candy corn and buried pomegranite. The girls didn't like the sodas. But the cans are cute.

Megan, Morgan, Melissa and I molded the candy a couple of days before the party.

They ate mummy dogs (cresent dogs), monkey brains (pear halves) and bat wings (Doritos). And drank blood (Tropical Punch Kool-aid).

Two of my three big mouth daughters.

Even the eighth graders had fun with the disgusting food names.

Megan really let loose.

Megan really lost it when Melissa announced that she dropped her wiener.

The highlight of the party. The Mummy Wrap.

Here's my little coven.
Watching "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and winding down.

Halloween Sleepover Party 2008

I haven't had time to really do much of anything but get ready for tonights Halloween Sleepover Party. I promise to post later on this weekend. Pictures are forthcoming.

The girls are very excited. I think this will be an annual event now...