A compilation of all the things I’ve made for Halloween…from printables to costumes to decor. Links are at the bottom of the image:
1. Lego Sticker Stamps and Pieced Block Dress
3. Glass Clings Made From Packing Tape
A compilation of all the things I’ve made for Halloween…from printables to costumes to decor. Links are at the bottom of the image:
1. Lego Sticker Stamps and Pieced Block Dress
3. Glass Clings Made From Packing Tape
The leaves have changed in just few short days. One week ago the leaves were just starting to change at the Hemlock Inn. I picked up some leaves off the gravel drive and brought them in to paint. I haven’t used my watercolors since early spring:
We took the Blue Ridge Parkway home today from Asheville. Up at the higher elevations of 4,000 and 6,000 feet the leaves have made more progress. It started out a little dark at the French Broad River:
But then the leaves just became richer and brighter as we drove:
Gorgeous color that only nature could produce:
And now back at our cozy little cottage at the Hemlock Inn. We had so much fun in Charlotte with my sister’s family but it’s always nice to come home. Not much traveling planned between now and Thanksgiving. There’s a lot going on in Bryson City and the surrounding area over the next few months. It’s Boo’s first real FALL and we are going to soak up every bit of it.
You can read more about the area and all the events on the calendar here.
This month as a Michaels Maker I was challenged to come up with a DIY Halloween costume. I asked Boo what she wanted to be and she gave me an answer that we summed up to be something like a phantom butterfly:
I wanted to come up with something that was easy to recreate so I used 2 Gildan t-shirts from Michaels (size XXL):
We made the wings and the antennae and bought the masquerade mask from Michaels: move 2
Basically to make the wings I took 2 of the largest size adult t-shirts I could find at Michaels and cut each one as shown (basically using each sideways shirt as a wing):
The two shirts cut into two wings: (click continue reading) [Read more…]