The Day After.....

  Halloween is filled with fun, silliness, and imagination. It's that time of year to play dress up and act like a kid for the day.  I thought I'd share some of our Halloween photos with you. 

Kyle as the spooky fortune teller.....

Myla, the cute, furry pirate.....

The cutest Raggedy Ann ever!

And last but not least.....Wonder Woman, Robin, And Batman.  I'm the one in the middle, in case the dark hair fooled you!) ; )

So hopefully, my 5th graders aren't totally crashing from their sugar high.....and are ready to get serious and work.  (A girl can dream right?)

Happy "Day-After" Halloween!

An Unusual Coffin....

When you think of Halloween and coffins, I bet you often don't think of mice too....do you? ; ) I thought I'd shake things up a bit....be different and create a cute little box to hold those sweet Halloween treats! You guessed it....with a mouse! Why not? In this gal's crafting world, anything goes! I used Happy Hauntings and my trusty Cricut to create the box and the mouse. I used traditional Halloween colors here, with a heavy dose of glitter.  (Thankfully, the candy will be wrapped!) 

I added a satin bow, rhinestone, some fringy grass....

 ...and a cute sentiment from My Craft Spot.

You can find my box in this month's issue of Cricut Magazine....along with a few other projects I've created!

Tomorrow is Halloween and let me just say....my 5th graders are WELL aware that tomorrow is Halloween!  Holy moly are they excited!  Makes trying to teach a bit challenging, when all they can think about is their costumes, trick or treating etc....

Just wait until you see the teacher's costumes! The students have nothing on us! ; ) Ha Ha!

Have a great day my friends!

Boo!

Halloween is almost here......hard to believe that the holidays are fast approaching!  I wanted to share my last Halloween Crafty Secret's project with you. It uses the Halloween Digital CD.  I love the look on this pumpkin's face! ; )  All of the papers used were printed using the CD. I took a Tattered Angels chipboard frame and covered it in black glass glitter.  It is chunkier than regular glitter, but I love the texture it gives.  

I created another alphabet stick pin, added a bit of seam binding, and this miniature piece of candy I had in my stash.  Jolee's perhaps?  

Thank you so much for  all of your support during this journey with Cortney.  I hope you aren't tired of hearing about it just yet....because I am hoping this is just the beginning of great things to come for her.  She was so cute yesterday.  She must have watched herself in the news about 30 times.  She was so excited to go back to school and tell her teachers she was on TV.  

Chicago's Channel 7 News.....

Cortney and I have been fortunate enough to be a part of an amazing campaign called, Changing the Face of Beauty. Katie and Steve are amazing people who have given our children a voice. A chance to shine, and be viewed in a totally different light. Channel 7 news just aired this piece this morning and I wanted to share it with you. Just click on the link to be taken to Channel 7 new's website.  

Changing the Face of Beauty News Story. 

More Halloween Goodness!

I have to admit, that Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays.  I think maybe it is the "kick off" to all the holidays to come. Or the change of season....or the fact that for one day, even mature adults can act like kids!  (I'm going with the latter! ; ) 

I've created a couple of treat containers for my fellow 5th grade teachers....my partners in crime.  ; )  I will be out looking for candy to fill them with.  

The cupcakes were cut using my Silhouette machine.  I used these cute Halloween papers from Paper Loft.

I added a cute furry spider, ribbon, and stick pins I created using alphabet beads.  And of course.....glitter!  

For those of you who live in the Chicago Land area, the story of "Changing the Face of Beauty" with Cortney and I will air this Sunday at 8 AM on Channel 7.  

I have everyone's costumes lined up....even the dogs! HA! So expect some pics of the family...and the furry family members on Monday! ; )

Have a great weekend my friends!

EEK!

Can you believe that Halloween is next week already?  I have mine and Cort's costume ready, and Kyle just informed me that he is dressing as a wizard for a Halloween party he was invited to.  So  me thinks we will be heading to the store this weekend for a wizarding costume!  ; )  

I have a Halloween card that I created using my Silhouette.  I created a backdrop to the tree  using acetate and alcohol inks. I added the moon to the top and a bit of crystal effects for added dimension. 

I tied some rustic twine, a button, and an eek brad to finish it off. 

It was a fast easy card to make, and I love the acetate window....the alcohol inks just added a bit something.... 

I am excited to announce that Cort has her first modeling job this weekend.  It is for a Chicago designer!  I will share more after her photo shoot! 

: )

Five Days of Christmas with JustRite and Petaloo!

Before I start my crafty post today, I just wanted to thank you for all of your kinds words regarding Cortney.   Your e-mails, comments here on the blog, Facebook comments warmed my heart so much! I am so glad I am able to share my life with all of you.....so thank you! 

JustRite Papercraft has teamed up with Petaloo for a 5 days of Christmas celebration!  (You know Christmas is right around the corner! Hence the Christmas Target commercials......already!)

I was browsing the Internet (like I so often do!) and came across a download for birch paper by Martha Stewart.  I thought it was kind of neat and something I could use down the road.  I covered toilet paper tubes with it.  I thought I could fill the centers with tissue paper wrapped candy. Wouldn't they make cute table favors? 

I used JustRite's O'Christmas Tree set.  I stamped them in green and red.  I tied the tubes with a bit of burlap and rustic twine.  I added some Petaloo flowers to the top, filled them with candy, and voila! Easy table favors!

I also tucked some glittered jingle bells under those beautiful  flowers.

Be sure to stop by Marisa's blog today for her beautiful Christmas project, and of course the JustRite blog! 

The designers will be sharing projects all week! : )

Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by!