Happy Halloween!

Halloween Crochet

A friend of mine makes these awesome towels and was nice enough to show me how she does it.  Here's my first two attempts at using her design.

 

I like the flower in place of a button.  It's more girly and means you don't have to dig out stuff to sew on buttons.  

I've got more towels in my stash for Thanksgiving, Yule, and even the 4th of July.  Hopefully I can find colors of crochet cotton that look ok with them.

Back to house-cleaning and other necessary things!

Happy Halloween!

It's Halloween in Singapore

So I'm going to show this off. :-)

The first successful study and sculpt of anything resembling a face. And I made it especially for San's palace!

I was working off of these images:
I have to admit I was nervous about sending this mini clear to the other side of the globe. Add that to the hope that San would like it and you get a frazzled Kat. ;-)

Best Treasure Ever!

Here is my long awaited post about the lovely treasure made by Jodi Creager for Ara's "Up From the Basement" swap.

I am in absolute love with her!Isn't she the most lovely dearly-departed you've ever seen?

She is intended to become mistress of my haunted San Fran when I get it back from storage and start work on it again. Until then I think she will have to be Ezzie's house guest in the witch's house. Of course this means I have to get Ezzie's house started and Ezzie made. Oh darn. ;-)

Thank you again, Jodi for such a beautiful doll.

OMG a Mini!

The wellspring of miniature work hasn't completely run dry in my corner of the world. Last Thursday was the local mini group meeting. Our project was hosted by the same gal who did the jewelry display project back in June.

This time we made a Halloween decoration and gourd birdhouse.

Silly me forgot to put a scale in the pictures, but if you look closely the birdhouse is hanging on a toothpick.

I forget what the project for October is going to be. November will be some sort of Christmas-y wall-hanging.

I'm heading back to the sewing machine. I've got another non-mini, non-Rendezvous project in the works. All part of the mental reset from earlier in the week. Pics soon!

Be safe

I hope everyone, especially the children, have a safe and happy Samhain tonight!!

-Remember to wear something bright and/or reflective and carry flashlights so the cars can see you. (This applies tot he parents as well, since you are old enough to know better but tend to forget that.)

-Remember that is not required that every household should participate in this holiday. If the lights are off or there is a "No Candy Here" sign on the door, leave them alone.

-Remember to tell your offspring to say "thank you," since the people who do hand out candy spent their hard earned cash on sweets for your crotch-fruit instead of getting the new shoes or glasses they need for work. Or worse, put it on their credit cards just so they could have the illusion that nothing is that bad yet in this economic downturn. Besides, saying "thank you" is polite and should be a requirement to get anything from anybody that is handing out free stuff.

-Remember that some folks in this country consider this night a special night. An actual holiday and not some excuse to get free candy. Be respectful.

-Try not to let your kids knock on doors after 9pm. People are tired and wanting to go to bed by then. In fact some folks have to work the next day.

-Keep your teenagers engaged with a night of horror movies, pizza, soda, and candy. I don't care if they trick-or-treat earlier in the night with younger sibs or even in small groups. But it's safer for them if they don't end up implicated in criminal mischief, vandalism, or worse. Even if you know they wouldn't do something like that the hassle of proving they didn't could be costly and annoying. Face it. Adults don't care for teenagers. You might as well lure them into staying in and having a movie night with friends. It certainly kept my friends and I out of trouble all those years ago.

-For the love of all that is holy, check the candy before the kids start chowing down. Urban legends aside, my older sister did check our candy one Halloween and tossed some out before my nephew and I could eat it. The objects in question were apples with small pinpricks. I'm just saying use the thing in between your ears tonight...