happy halloween!

I won our office's Halloween costume contest :) I've been doling out finger guns ALL day. Plus, since I won, I get to mark that off my 101 Things list too!

dia de los muertos

I was at the Indianapolis Art Center last week for my running club, and took several pictures of their Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead exhibit. I loved their decorations, including those made by local school children. Then, last night at the Dollar Store, in search of a flag lapel pin for my Halloween costume (which I cannot find ANYWHERE), I found these:

Felt shapes, five for a dollar, in bright colors. It reminded me of this:

I love the bright shapes and different sizes of the felt shapes. Plus, I can use them again for birthdays or come springtime! I'm going to join them with a needle and thread, strung through the tops of all of the shapes, and hung from my stairway.


ETA: The Felt Mouse had a similar idea, and added fabric skull accents too. Too cute!

trick or treat

I'll admit it. I'm that house on the block. I don't give out candy on Halloween, I give out other stuff. Goldfish crackers, candy bars, pretzels. This year I've purchased Halloween pencils and am trying to decide what else to add to it. I only get about 40 trick-or-treaters, so I don't have to buy a lot of stuff, but I still don't like giving out candy. It's bad for the kids, and I know I'll eat a ton of it no matter what. But then today I saw this on BHG.com, and love the idea. It's crafts + candy, so it's something fun for me to do and suckers aren't too horrible as far as candy goes. Although, truth be told, I have no idea when I'll find the time to do yet another craft!

ETA: Several of my friends sent me this link from Yahoo!- 10 Most Disappointing Treats for Trick-or-Treaters

halloween decorating

I finally got my fall decorations out yesterday. I put all the leaves into assorted vases, strung up some "Boo" silver garland, and did up my chandelier. The spiders were made by my mother, probably back when I was in 2nd grade or so. She used to help run the Halloween party at school (back when we could celebrate Halloween at school!), and she could do a killer Haunted Laboratory, complete with brains, eyeballs, and other assorted grossness!