sneak peak > trick or treating besties

my lucy > a little batty

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

my lucy > in the halloween spirit

outing @ joan's pumpkin patch

Another Fall Day...Another Pumpkin Patch...

outing @ meyer's dry creek pumpkin carving

What an awesome day - A big thanks to the Moore's for having us - Yummy food, Pumpkins galore, Beautiful scenery, Great company, Fresh fall weather, and all of these Silly Kiddos! 

let's do this > felt bat costume for lucy

My first costume made by Me.  Since Halloween is this week, and some of you may need a last minute costume...this was very easy, and can be made for any age or size!  I'm very happy with the way it turned out. 

The How To Shirt:

Get a black shirt - turtleneck, hoodie, or any longsleeve

Put over a sheet of felt and trace the under arm along the seam with a white pencil

I eyed out a bat silhouette, cut, flipped over and made a second for the opposite side 

Here are the two pieces before I pinned directly to the outsie of shirt seam

I sewed right to the shirt with a little worry it would look funny not being actually sewn in directly

But it turned out looking just fine

The Mask:

I hand sketched this out.  Adjustments were made for her eyes to see through

Pin to black felt, cut and lay over orange felt to do all over again

All cut, now hand sew or put through machine. 

 I put through machine, but I think a hand stitch would look pretty cool

 Felt is so awesome to work with!

Now we need to put some elastic on.  I thought I could needle it through, but the string wouldn't fit through the dang needle hole! Instead I just poked a hole in the felt with the needle and stretched it around to make a bigger hole.  Did I tell you how much I like Felt?!!  Then I hand fed the string and tied a nice knot

For measurements I used a headband that currently fits Lucy well

...and the Final Product!

I added an extra bat on the shirt with the same method.  It needed a little something.

I did use a couple of sites for reference.  Click here for bat sleeves, and here for mask.

Stay tuned for Lucy in costume! We can't wait to go Trick-or-Treating with her for the first time!

replay > jack white

Yesterday I went through all the cd's i NEED to have - Jack White of course made the list - he is genius. I will play this all weekend! Have a good one!!

let's do this > spider web frame

let's preface this with: Yes, I saw this on pinterest. Then I will tell you I did this off memory - which goes to show must not be good...You will see why.  Although I still like the final product. 
....It's more "artsy" as my mom would say.

Pinterest:

Click here to see the 'How To', Which I obviously didn't.

How I did it:

Grabbed an old frame, a white paint sample I had lying around, and paint thinner.. to loosen up the incredibly old paint sample I had lying around.  Thank goodness the painted frame isn't a close up shot, the paint was kinda chunky.  Then grab some twine, yarn, rope, anything you may have and start at it!

This is what I ended up with.  I hung it on the door and realized I forgot to add a spider.  I don't have spiders anywhere I can think, so I glued on a puff! Works for me and Lucy :)

What do you think?!  It's kinda close...I guess..... It looks more like a spider web from the 80's vs an actual spider web... oh boy! Oh, and notice the lovely curtain in the window?!

Reason #109 > grocery stores

A reference was made last night on "Breaking Bad" (we bought the first 5 seasons) to Albertson's.  Not saying all Albertson's are bad, but the one we went to in Vegas was horrid.  I would cringe everytime buying meat or veggies...

I love the grocery stores here! I don't necessarily love grocery shopping...but atleast the stores are clean, food is fresh, I have options (Whole Foods, Costco, Safeway, Nob Hill, Lucky's, Farmer's Market) all within 5 miles, and best...all the workers are nice! (most)!  Lucy and I have to load up today.  Wish us (me) luck! When Lucy starts to act up I dart it to the bakery and grab a donut for her...Shhhhh!!! Hey, it works!

move me > a little catch...without the catch

 

in the moment > waiting for daddy

my lucy > late night accident = next day mattress fun

in the moment > morning dew equals swingtime

my lucy > thought's of wisconsin