Happy Hallloween!!!

Getting ready for our get together and all the trick or treaters!

This is on of my favorite days!

Turned in the cards for November card class.  I'm hoping to have them on display tomorrow.  We will be learning to make waterfall cards.  These are so much fun to make!
The next couple days are some of my favorites.  Tomorrow is the Halloween Party at school.  I love seeing the children in their costumes.  They are so excited to have you guess who they are behind the mask!  I haven't decided what costume I'm wearing.  It's too hot to wear my Tigger costume, so I will either be Raggedy Ann or a doctor.  So I must go and make treat bags for my students and prepare my costume, whatever it will be!  Maybe I'll be the character that requires no ironing!!!

I'm happy to be back home after a wonderful weekend in Princeton, IN.  I have learned soooo much!  My head is still spinning.  I went down by myself but met alot of really nice women. This is the first time I've been in a class with just store owners, designers, and instructors.  I was like a sponge, just listening to all the ideas and about the other scrapbook and rubber stamps stores in the midwest and yes, Ontario, Canada!  The classes on Saturday were open to everyone.  I met alot of great ladies from the Princeton area.  I learned alot about Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists.  Did you know you're not suppose to shake them to get the glimmer off the bottom?  I'll tell you another time what to do instead! I learned some basic techniques using the Copic Markers on Saturday and then Sunday I spent a whole day learning about Copic Markers.  WOW!  Sally Lynn McDonald was awesome (our instructor for 2 days).  I am so grateful for this opportunity to learn from such a talented lady.  I ended my experience this weekend with, TADA, Copic Marker Certification!  My name should appear on the website in about 3 weeks! 

Back to reality, I need to unpack my stuff and start a load of wash!  I can't wait to be artsy 2morrow!

A big thank you goes out to everyone who came to card class today.  I hope you had a great time.  I'm sorry if I seemed a little scattered brained today.  I seem to be having this problem all week!  It must be the Too Much To Do And Too Little Time Syndrome!  Does anyone else suffer from this syndrome?  Maybe we could form a support group, but that would just add one more thing to our lists!!!

We had a great time yesterday watching Greg play baseball and then the family picnic.  He did a great job in the baseball game.
Steph went skydiving today!  I couldn't believe she was going to do it, but she did!  We have the pictures and DVD to prove it.  I was kind of worried but after seeing the DVD of her jumping, I think I want to go!  It was pretty cool.
Getting things ready for my week at school. Tomorrow I'm going to prepare the card class and clean up the art studio.  Yikes, it looks like a tornado went through it!  I am starting to get excited about my trip to Princeton, IN.  I'm going to take classes on Saturday and then the Copic Marker Certification Class on Sunday.  I talked to the owner of the LSS and was told there were people coming from Ontario to take the class.  There will be quite a few people from out of town.  It's always good to meet new friends.The teacher doing the Copic Marker class is also a designer for Tattered Angels (I think that's the name).  I'm going to learn how to use those misty colors sprays we all bought and don't know how to use!  Hopefully I'll come back with some new ideas!  I also found out there are antique shops in the town.  Hopefully I'll get a chance to do some shopping!

Can't wait for tomorrow!!!  We're going down to Cape to see Greg.  The baseball team is having a family day.  The boys are playing an inter-sqad game and then a bar-b-que (inside) afterwards.  I made cupcakes at Greg's request and mandrine orange salad.

Here's a look at my hearthroom mantel. Those are hand painted gourds. The two larger ones in the middle light up! I found the gourds at Cobblestone Cottage in St. Charles on Main Street.

Have an artsy kind of day!

Okay you've asked where are the pictures. I finally took them today for your viewing pleasure. All the pieces light up, the carnival rides all move, and several of the pieces make music and sound haunted!!! I love it!

Happy Birthday Pop! You're the greatest dad a girl could have!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!! We love you Bunches and Bunches, a Buschel and a Peck, and a Hug around the Neck!

I've been working on the Halloween Village tonight, finally! I promise pictures soon. It really is pretty cool! Also I keep forgetting to post pictures of the October Cards. Here they are, I hope you like them!

I haven't blogged (Is that a word?) for quite a while. I finally have the house put together just in time to put up all the Fall and Halloween decorations in our home. Mike just LOVES hauling all the containers out for me!!! He says that this is the start of 4 months of hauling decorations! What can I say, I love to decorate for different holidays! My mom always decorated our home as I grew up and it has been a tradition that I will continue. I'll try to take pictures for you to see the Halloween village. It is so cool!!!