Happy October!

A very Happy October to all of you...! Welcome to cooler temperatures, colorful leaves, football, blue skies, fresh apples, applecider, pumpkins and my favorite holiday.....Halloween.

To get this month going...I've posted a very "Halloweenish" photo.....one of the pumpkins carved a couple of years ago by Morgan and Andrea. I love pumpkins (But not pumpkin pie...ick) and I'll post some new pumpkins every couple of days for this month. Real pumpkins, fake pumpkins, pumpkin cards, pumpkin soap, carved pumpkins, white pumpkins, paper pumpkins...all kinds of pumpkins!

A Not So Itsy Bitsy Spider....

This is the spider living on my deck...right outside of my kitchen windows. He's made a web the size of Rhode Island across my windows...and he watches us through them at night. **Shudder**

You'll notice that I took his picture from inside the house...you can see the reflection of the curtains in the window.

He is a striped spider....I always did like stripes...just not on all of those hairy legs.

Anyone know what kind of spider he is? Should I just move?

Itsy BItsy Spiders....

Yep...spiders...six of them...but don't worry...they're just harmless cardstock spiders. Not like the one on my deck...he's kind of creepy...but an excellent Halloween decoration.

Poor Neglected Blog...

I haven't paid much attention to you lately...have I? I promise to be better about blogging.

For now...here is a set of tags that I made last week...I had such a good time with them...you'd think that I'd never used Diamond Glaze before.

I stamped on chipboard, colored it with Copic Markers and gave it a good coating of Diamond Glaze. After it dried, I cut around it using the Nestibilities Large Scalloped Square Die. ..and then cut one more piece...one size bigger. I layered them together...added some 1/8th inch satin ribbon ties...and wound up with a great set of tags

I'm still Diamond Glazing stuff...I seem to be addicted. I have things drying everywhere in my scraproom.

Portrait of Piper...

I was crawling around the floor with my camera...following Piper through the house when she stopped and stared at me like "What is it exactly that you want?"....and I got this picture. I know it's not perfect...but I love it.

Witches Do Come True...:)

Here's a lil' witch ready for Trick or Treat on Halloween night....she's hand cut and paper pieced in bright Halloween colors!

Grow Your Own Jack O'Lantern....

Well...probably not in time for Halloween this year...but here's a new glittery Seed Packet Tag for Halloween Jack O'Lanterns. I love this Mary Englebreit paper!