Happy 16th....

This past weekend, Dean and I celebrated our 16th anniversary!

Without getting all gooey, I'll just say that I am one very lucky girl. I am so happy that God put Dean into my life and opened my eyes to him.

pumpkins and candy and cats, OH MY!

Kaela was the only one in our family to dress up this year.....she went as a maid in the Red Queen's Palace...complete with heart shaped lips!

She got a LOT of compliments on her outfit!

her sweet friend was a hippie!!!!

Earlier in the day, we finally did our pumpkin carving! Dean has been so busy with work that we kept putting off until we could all do it together.

Matt used a design print out....
but wouldn't let us see it until the big reveal!!!
Dean and Kaela went all artiste' on us and drew pictures and carved and carved and carved.... We even had Kaela's friend help scooping and saving the pumpkin seeds for toasting! Dean is the only one who got injured.....besides the pumpkins!
He managed to cut himself AND stab himself....a couple times each.
Lucky for him, we had plenty of girly band aids to help him out...
so on to the big moment! Matt's ghost

Kaela's big wolf and moon
Dean's howling wolf
and my luminary (power tools ROCK!)

and here they are together...



SPOOKY!

Trick or Treat!

I joined Christine's annual Halloween swap again this year. It is such a fun and simple swap that I just knew I'd enjoy it.
You had to mail her 2 treats and 1 trick, once everyone mailed them in to her, she would mix them up and mail them back!

I sent in a glamorously ghoulish glittery pumpkin...


and a creepy skele-pin too....


an owl to wear...

and a tricksy garland....I found the garland font/idea here.


I put a few extras in for the hostess and let her choose....here is how they look all wrapped up. My favorite is the spidery choker but I forgot to take a photo of it.


and I got some tricks and treats in return:




a photograph of a poor demon possessed soul complete with death certificate...

A treacherous witch's brew kit that I've already put to good use...

....such a bewitching little witch on the lid...


my treat was a Halloween apron! (Christine certainly knows her swappers!)


and a wonderously creepy necklace from the ghostess herself! Made by her minions, I'm sure...



Thank you for hosting Christine!

And to everyone who ventured here....

Have a Happy Halloween tonight!

Spookify me Saturday

Welcome to the last week of Spookify Me Saturday!

This is another super easy project I did to spruce up a couple
Halloween packages. Someone else made these too but since I'd already scheduled the post, I decided to let it run...

Here is what you need...



Take your clothes pins and paint them a Halloween color....I used black because I had it on hand.

Once dried, just glue some spooky critters onto them.



How EASY is that! And look how cute and spooky!


I like the witch fingers the best!



I think these would be great if you get a lot of Halloween cards or maybe to hold a Halloween garland........

your next!

Wicked Word Wednesday

Here is this year's last Wicked Word:

"Mommify"

Unlike Mummify, or the process of mummification, mommify, is much more sinister.

Defined:

To change one's appearance into a loving motherly form that will entice young children to ones home.

Facing the photo below you will see that the witch on the right has not been mommified and you can be sure that children would not go anywhere near her!

The witch on the left has been mommified and most children will happily accept candy from her...and once they do that, they are DOOMED!

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mommy's little helper

Each year I use those little Halloween envelopes and put a couple pieces of candy and a scary toy in them.

It helps me keep up with how many we give away so I can plan for next year. This year I decided not to do that and instead made little ghosts out of suckers.
I used coffee filters instead of tissue and they turned out so cute!

See?


I had a lot of fun making them....and so did Suki. Aw, look how sweet, here she is pulling out a sucker for me.


and here she is picking one out for me to ghostify


and here she is taking one I finished to put in the 'done pile.'


WAIT a minute....here she is taking off with it!



HEY! I thought she was supposed to be helping me!

But she wouldn't give them back....she batted them around on the floor...


and guarded them....


and then batted them around some more....more than once.

We'd have to chase her down and take them away. I finally gave her one of her own.
She batted it around until the ghost AND the wrapper came off and then lost interest...thank goodness!

Monday's Maladies...

Today is our 4th and final installment of Monday's Maladies.



















"Stink Eye"

This is a highly contagious, yet not dangerous disease.
When one is affected by stink eye, the affected eye is red and irritated causing the witch to squint.
Before being listed as a disease, many people believed they were simply being glared at.
Due to this misunderstanding, the phrase "giving her the stink eye" was coined.

"Obsessive Repulsive Disorder"

Another disease of the older generation wherein disgust of the younger set is a constant source of irritation.


"Irritable Howl Syndrome"

Another disease to affect werewolves. This is a disease affects werewolves once they return to their human state.
A compulsive syndrome, when angered, the human will involuntarily throw their heads back and howl.
This type of behavior is seen throughout the world at parties and other crowded events. Therefore, most people believe it is celebratory in nature, which is false.


"Old Crones Disease"

This disease affects elderly witches. Once affected, they cannot conjure dehagification correctly and have difficulty ensnaring male victims. As the disease progresses, they age abnormally quickly.