Halloween, Part Two-Little Pink Riding Hood.

"Once upon a time...

there lived in a certain village, a little country girl,

the prettiest creature who was ever seen.

Her mother was excessively fond of her.

This good woman made a little pink riding hood for her.

It suited the girl so extremely well that everybody called her…

Little Pink Riding Hood."

This was so fun to make! Minna was supposed to have her little pink riding hood last year, but I didn't have my sewing machine, (or a house) in time to make her one. We remedied that this year. I am so pleased with how it all turned out and I know my girl will get lots of use out of each piece. The dress is a prairie type chemise. I am hoping she will sleep and play it long after Halloween. The cape is a good standard cape and the apron was just made on the fly. The dress and cape were inspired by two fun McCall's patterns.

Trick-or-treating tonight! Wonder if we will be snowed on?

Not gonna stop me, my zombies or my girl in pink.

Have safe and fun night!

Halloween, Part One-Zombie Rock.

So, my boys wanted to be something scary.

Specifically, they wanted to be The Grim Reaper. I wasn't down with the Reaper and for some reason Zombies seemed more acceptable. Don't ask me to explain my reasoning. I couldn't. I ended up with two Zombie Rock Stars for Halloween.

All I can say is... who knew Zombies could rock so hard?!

They got the rock star look.

The sound.

The moves.

And every rock star, alive or re-animated, needs a groupie.

They got one of those too.

Happy Halloween!

(Part two coming soon...)

sunday

saturday

this moment.

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

-Amanda Soule (SouleMama)

Happy Weekend!

Got your costumes ready?

Fall Decor-Newpaper Style.

I think everyone knows how much I love to paint on newspaper. I am not alone in this. Luckily Minna loves it as much as I do because we made a bunch of newspaper leaves to hang!

We drew a variety of basic leaf shapes and pulled out the paint. Why were maple leaves so hard for me to draw? They just didn't look right. I was even looking at leaf pictures for reference. Oh well, nature does it best anyhow.

Then we picked out a Fall-ish pallet, and painted away. Just layering colors. Or dabbing colors and swirling colors. Very relaxing actually. I needed to relax after the maple leaf frustration.

Minna did a lot of the cutting after they dried. She is getting good!

We have had some debate on whether or not we actually made leaves, or hearts or "weird things", as one of the boys insists. I can see the "heart" argument. There really are heart shaped leaves in the world, so I will take it. "Weird things"? Sure, why not? I will take those too.

We used floss and small label stickers to tape 'em up all over and I like it. That was Minna's idea. I am so proud of my easy-going crafter.

A windy storm blew off the last of our real leaves outside last night. Now I am really thankful for our "weird things". :)

Hello and goodbye Fall.

We are holding onto you just a little bit longer in doors.

Have a great day!

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