Halloween pics and some pranks.....look closely at the pictures!

What a great Halloween! The weather was beautiful! Sunny and a balmy 50 degrees! We got quite the stash of candy! (5 large bags!)
Cortney was a mermaid this year and Kyle was an "Army Guy."
I would take this costume over the 50 million Jasons and Freddy Kruegers!

These are my teaching buds. I am Little Red Riding Hood. The two other teachers are Grandma and the axe man. (Although we think she looked more like a fisherman!)
Our Librarian and her assistant....so cute!
This is what we found when we opened up our bathroom door.......courtesy of our dear principal!
Having lunch with a "dummy!"
AND this is what I found when I opened the refrigerator! Needless to say I yelled quite loudly...and was VERY surprised! What kind of person has this kind of humor? Wellllll the same guy who put the CPR dummy in our bathroom.....our principal! Everyone got a good laugh at my expense!!!! It was pretty funny after my heart started up again.... : )

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Last year's cuties in costumes and tagged twice!

What a crappy photo of this scrap page huh? And I am a photographer? Pathetic! Actually I took this picture last year with my digital point and shoot. This is Kyle as Johnny Depp from Pirates of the Caribbean and Cortney as her favorite food.....Pizza! Get it? 2P's in a Pod? Clever huh? Hopefully I will get some decent pics of them on Halloween. We'll see.

I was honored to be nominated for the, You Make Me Smile Award by Jessica, at Wild Rose Stamper. It is so nice when people are so kind! Thank you Jessica! I have tons of people I could nominate, but I think they have all been chosen! I have so many on my favorites list as well as on my blog roll. The list grows continually! All of you women inspire me everyday! I feel out of the loop a bit these days because I haven't been able to visit each of your blogs daily. With teaching, report cards, parent conferences coming up, and my own children to tend to, life has been very hectic! So I apologize if I am not visiting as often! I try to catch up with you at least once a week!

I was also tagged by Lisa at Somewhere between "Going" and "Crazy, " to list 7 random facts about myself. I've played before, and really I am not all that interesting, but here I go:

1. I have a photography business. Did you know that? Mostly portrait work. I specialize in pictures of special needs kids. I take all the time in the world to get a good shot of them!

2. I met my husband while working the Burger King drive thru at age 16. (Almost 15 years of marriage, and we still like each other.....imagine that!)

3. I worked at a place called Survey Center in high school and though college. Yes, I WAS the annoying girl on the other end of the phone trying to set up focus groups at Navy Pier.

4. I taught at a Catholic school for one year in Chicago. (I actually loved my job, but the pay was crappy!)

5. I have been in the same size clothes since high school. (I think some areas have shifted and gotten saggy, but hey after 2 kids, I think that is quite an accomplishment!)

6. I was in show choir in high school. I wore a hideous satin green dress and had to dance (sort of....if you count what I did as dancing) and sing at THE SAME TIME!!!

7. My worst childhood memory, was when my older sister made me watch the Exorcist. I was 9. After the movie I cried all night and prayed to God that the devil wouldn't take over my body! (pretty sad isn't it? ) To this day I can't watch ANY scary movie! Thanks Lisa! : )

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Birthday Card!

I went Target shopping a few days ago for my Halloween party and came across this cute adhesive paper by Autumn Leaves. I love the soft pastel colors. I stamped the cake stamp in sky blue (SU!) and used glitter to fill it in. I also cut photo turns using my long forgotten Quickutz. I glittered those too. Don't they remind you of sugared fruit? I used the Heidi Swapp Ghost star and added a button, circular rhinestone sticker, and vintage ribbon. This card was given to my MIL for her birthday.

BTW....I am reaching my 200th post! That means blog candy very soon! So keep checking back!

Gearing up for Christmas!

This cute little guy is from Inky Antics. I purchased him from Eclectic Paperie. I colored him in with my Copics. I stitched him onto pink felt. The Christmas paper is from K & Company. I used my vintage ribbon from Pine.

And....as many of you know I had a 2 hour Halloween party for 20 fifth graders.....What the Hell was I thinking? It was sunny all day until it was time for the party. OF COURSE! The one thing all of them can agree on is the outdoor scavenger hunt. Which you can NOT do in the pouring rain! Soooo we tried filling time with Win, Lose, or Draw.....boooorrrring! Mummy wrap.....lasted all of 2 minutes, POP the Balloon with Your Butt game.....lasted all of 2 minutes! So what did we do for the remaining hour and 45 minutes? Wellllll we tried telling scary stories, Hot potato, and Charades. The kids were complaining they were bored and to be honest so was I. Fortunately, we got a 20 minute reprieve from the rain. So we did our Scavenger Hunt. That was the longest 2 hours of my life! I am so glad it is over!

Yes....Another Crafty Secrets card!

I am probably boring you with all of my Crafty Secrets cards lately! I just can't help myself! I just got a bunch of new stamps to play with and love working with these images! For this card I used Crafty Secrets paper and their stamps. I colored this gal in with my Copics and then added some glitter to her wings. There is a red velvet circle behind her, and behind that is a paper doily. I did some machine sewing and added some little buttons and a Hedi Swapp ghost flower.

Well, off to the store to buy Halloween prizes for my party on Friday!

Bitten by the Bug Challenge!

The challenge over at Bitten by the Bug was to use the Stamped cartridge's flower. The paper is by K & Company. I braided the "stems" with floss. I cut the flowers in two sizes and added buttons and floss. The sentiment is by Stampendous. I also stitched the card using my trusty sewing machine! The card is prettier in person, it looks more yellow in the picture.

I'm getting ready for my yearly Halloween party! 20 kids all ten and eleven years old! I got my work cut out for me this week.....gotta get busy!

Altered Egg Carton

As you know I participated in a Halloween swap over at the Witches Cauldron. (Elizabeth and Simone). One of the requirements of the swap was to make an altered item. I decided on an egg carton. I spray painted the egg carton black. The image is from Crafty Secrets. I added various embellishments: buttons, crocheted flowers, plastic spiders, and black spider webby ribbon.
On the inside I took these tiny plastic cups and altered each one with a Halloween item and a jewelry tag to indicate what was inside. I filled each cup with little things, like sequins, brads, flowers etc.... The recipient was Mary, of a Very Mary Design. I am now saving more egg cartons....I'm thinking Christmas....or Easter....
And on a personal note....closed the pool officially today. Sort of sad really. This means the holidays are around the corner....presents to buy....parties to plan! I miss the laid back days of summer with no schedules and sleeping in!