Zombie Pub Crawl is this weekend! Get ready people because this is going to be epic. According to the website it is going to be "the largest gathering of undead souls on Earth." With over 9,000 people RSVP'd "Attending" on facebook I can see how they can say this will all certainty. Heck yes. And yes I will be in attendance. I love zombies and I love dressing up so this should be a no-brainer win-win. (Brain joke included!!!!) But being the crazy person I am I can not be satisfied as being just one of the hoards of the undead so I need a more unique zombie-persona. While talking with my mom (about what I can not remember) I suddenly had my light-bulb moment "ZOMBIE MARY POPPINS!" I shrieked at her and then I proceeded to choke on air because I was so excited. I told my friend the idea and she had the brilliant idea of making the iconic umbrella the cause of my death. I could just see it: Sweet Mary Poppins, covered in blood with her own umbrella protruding from her gut and a hungry look in her eyes. Oh yes. This zombie is going to love brains...especially the brains of children muhahahahahahha!
The next day I started my mission to finding a costume. At my favorite dime store I found a lacy top, a blue skirt, and a long navy blue wool coat for $3! The coat will need a bit of work but I think it will work well. I went scouring other thrift stores for an old-style umbrella to use with no luck (yet) but I did pick up a carpet bag for $2 that I think will look excellent with a little fake blood and perhaps some zombie 'snacks' inside. My last stop of the day was the dollar store where I picked up a couple severed limbs and some skull for decoration.
At home my sister already owns a sweet pair of old-school looking boots which she is gracious enough to let me borrow and I think I may use this old pair of gloves I have as part of the look (since it WILL be chilly out). Now all I need is a hat, an umbrella, and a ton of fake blood.
Throughout the week I will show you how my costume is coming along!
Getting back into embroidery has been really good for me. I was super into it about a year ago and then I just sort of fizzled out on it. Really loving it again! Here is the piece I made for my friend's wedding this last Saturday.
I had seen similar designs around the internet and I just really liked the simplicity of it. Her wedding was on her farm so it was very nature oriented and they incorporated oak leaves into everything from the invitations to their wedding rings. It was outside which was a little chilly but really fun.
First day of October!!!!! It is going to be epic. Are you ready? I am booked the entire month. Between weddings and pub crawls and my favorite Holiday I don't know where I am going to find the energy (or money).
I got a little over-zealous at the dollar store and bought these 15 skeletons. Oh Halloween, how I love thee! Are you dressing up? Because you should. I will be going as Hit Girl from Kick Ass.
p.s. I have an interview tomorrow for a part-time job. Wish me luck!
As much time as I spend on Etsy I try to restrain myself from buying everything I like. I splurged the other day though and got these adorable/eerie/functional/gorgeous little note books from heavensentcrafts.
Seriously the pictures do not do them justice. So perfect I don't know if I will be able to use them.
I guess I thought junk mail was just one of those things that you had to live with. But WHY? It is such a huge waste and I hate it. In my life I am trying to simplify in all areas and become more environmentally and conscious. I am not going to go live in a tree but there are more steps I can take than the everyday things I am already doing. Today my beef is with junk mail. I don't even own a credit card (and hopefully never will) so why do they insist on sending me this crap? Grr.
The other day I was going through a large pile of junk mail and I decided enough was enough. I sent them something back.
Spam me? I am going to spam you back.
I recycled as much of the 'mail' as I could and then used their little envelopes that do not require a stamp and sent them a little note. Then I went on google trying to figure out how to get off some of these lists. I went to this website. I think I may even have to call my college since they keep bugging me for money. 1. I am still in debt up to my eyeballs to them and I am unemployed (thanks liberal arts education) and 2. I will inform them that the amount of money they will save in paper and postage and printing costs will be my donation.
Here is a treasury I posted to honor those who know how to reuse this junk for better use. I tried using that new thing where you can post an entire active treasury to the blog but for some reason it will not generate html for me. I am going to try again latter because that would just be all kinds of awesome.
Need to make. Create. Do. I can't help but feel overwhelmed and exhilarated all at once. I want to make things. I want to make all kinds of things right now. I want to make what I know and I want to branch out and make things that I have zero skill in. I want to make cozy things, beautiful things, useful things, lovely things, all things.
Are things the important part though? They are certainly part of it but I need/crave the process. For too long I have simply sat back and tried to make pretty little things in my spare times and be pretty and quaint about it. I don't want quaint. I apologize if I have been quaint. I don't care what it is at this point but I just need to make. I need to get the images out of my head that have been haunting me. I also need to get rid of this feeling of not doing. No longer will I be stagnant. I will go out and MAKE. Whether it be things or food or music I just need to start this habit and work though whatever it is I am feeling right now. Antsy/productive.
