Athen Update..

22 months old and growing bigger and busier by the day! Bring our family lots of joy and laughs!

Flowers.

I've been wanting to make some fabric flowers to pin on anything and everything. Thanks to this creative lady, I finally figured out how to make them and am so excited to make them for me and you !
These are a few I made with some scrap fabric laying around my house. You can bet I'll be making a trip to JoAnn's soon.

Project Closet.

I'm not trying to dress a model for the runway,

I'm trying to dress myself from my old outdated closet.

Remember this post?

Well here are a few of the things I've had laying around in my sewing room trying to find time to finish. What do you think? Would Hedi tell me "I'm in" or "I'm out"?

Before: a plain and boring sweater

After: shorter sleeves and some flare

Before: a pair of silver shoes that I haven't worn in a long time

After: a pair of red flats that I've been wanting for a long time. Now they just need some cute embelishment.

Made from some fabric and Mod Podge (idea found here)

Before: a yard of cream colored knit fabric. After: a new shirt made by me!

"Trunk" or Treak.

Our ward Halloween Carnival & Trunk or Treat was a blast. Our family had a lot of fun, dressing Athen up (if you can't tell, he was a lumberjack) and decorating our car. We decked the car out with spider webs, a ghost, bats, candle lit jack-o-lanterns, dry ice fog, and really loud scary music. The kids loved it! We can't wait till next year to do it again.

Trick or Treat.

Found here, I got the idea to make Athen his first Trick or Treat bag.

I couldn't decide on which one to make, so I made three. The bat is my favorite, it has stuffed wings that make a crinkle noise.

Winner.

Thanks to all those who shared a Halloween memory or tradition.

I am excited to announce that the winner of our giveaway is...

AMY OLSON

Congrats Amy you will be receiving a copy of Halloween Nights signed by the Illustrator.

Stay tune for more giveaways as the other Holidays get closer.

Giveaway.

Happy Halloween!

To celebrate I will be giving away one of these books signed by this very awesome talented illustrator.

To enter:

leave a comment sharing with me your favorite Halloween tradition.

The drawing will take place Monday at noon in hopes to get this fun book to the winner by Halloween!

To start I'll share a tradition with you.

Growing up, Halloween marked the first day of fall that my mom would start fires in our fireplace.I remember coming home from school to our double sided fireplace and the warm cozy feel of our home warmed by the fire. Along with the fire was the smell of spider soup that mom would make. Her yummy clam chowder with little black and white plastic spiders hidden within. I remember the excitement in every bit wondering if I missed picking out a white spider because they hid so well.

What great memories and traditions I've been excited to carry on with my own family.

Lets hear yours!

Check out some of the illistrations from Halloween Nights here.