Etsy Rocks!

I love to look at other artisans creations on etsy. I am always in awe of others creativity and talent ~ I could bop around etsy all day long...sippin' my coffee in my pj's, curled up with my computer ....wait- that thing called a "job" keeps getting in my way!

But anyhoo- in my free available time - you know at 4am in the morning when I get up before anyone else in the house - just so I can steal some alone time... I am usually surfing etsy. This morning I found these awesome Halloween decorations made by Linda Silverthorne.Check them out....

All of these items made by Linda are sculpted of paperclay over a styrofoam and wood armature, then painted and antiqued for a vintage look. The heads even bobble on a wire springs!

This is my kind of Halloween Decor!

Halloween Advent Calendars

Advent Calendars make me feel like a kid again. The whole counting down till the big holiday ~ all the anticipation and excitement that builds up....I love it.

I found these super cute Halloween Advent Calendars and just had to share!

This one is from ShambleRamble and it is so awesome!


I love working with felt, so when I saw this Advent Calendar, made by Nerd-Bucket I was head over heels!

Witchy Woman

I am in love....

I found this wonderful Witches Hat this morning on Etsy at Mermaiden Creations.

It is making me re-think my Halloween costume now!

Martha, Martha, Martha... Halloween Goddess

I just love Martha... sure~ she may be a little OCD and kinda bitchy... but dang - the girl comes up with some cute crafts. Check out these cuties. These are on my Halloween "To Do" list....I love anything that involves mod podge and glitter.... These skulls are some of my very favorite Martha Halloween decorations... I made several last year for my Halloween Dinner Party. I made smaller skulls and cut a slit in the top of the skull to hold a place card for each plate setting. The guests got to take them home as a small gift.

Tis the Season....for Spooktacular Crafts and Goodies

I love Halloween. I think it is because I was Halloween deprived as a child. My mom wasn't really into Halloween... and it showed with the costumes she had my sisters and I wearing. Example... one year I was Wonder Woman - the next year I was R2D2 - I know...it sounds cool right?? - well, not so much. My mom had me wearing cable knit tights, a turtle neck, and ... get this...Wonder Woman / R2D2 Under-Roos as my costume. For those of you young-ens... Under-Roos were underwear and a tank top - that had a screen print of a then famous character's outfit on it ~ meant only to wear UNDER your clothes~ not on top. So of course you can imagine we were heckled - 'cause we had underwear on top of our clothes. ***Now before I go further -I ain't mom bashing here .... my Mom rocks - she is one of my best friends - but you must know her choices in Halloween costumes really sucked - and she knows - my sisters and I have confronted her about these things on several occasions!***

So, as Halloween starts creeping toward us...I am vowing to make this the best Halloween ever for my kids...Great crafts, goodies, and costumes... I better get started now!