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  • playing dress up

    MWhalloween2010a 

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    MWhalloween2010d 

    It was a great night, following a weekend of continued home improvement.  Daddy scared the pants off trick-or-treaters at the door with his Slipknot masks.  Sam is perpetually Uncle Sam.  And so cute at it - thankfully he doesn't get the unwelcome and unfunny remarks that people in the street feel compelled to say – political stuff.  Peter pretended to be from Slipknot too (for the unaware – they are a heavy metal band from Iowa).  And Fallon was perfect as Lydia from Beetlejuice.   I told neighbors I was a poem….The Raven ;) 

  • playing dress up

    MWhalloween2010a 

    MWhalloween2010b MWhalloween2010c
    MWhalloween2010d 

    It was a great night, following a weekend of continued home improvement.  Daddy scared the pants off trick-or-treaters at the door with his Slipknot masks.  Sam is perpetually Uncle Sam.  And so cute at it - thankfully he doesn't get the unwelcome and unfunny remarks that people in the street feel compelled to say – political stuff.  Peter pretended to be from Slipknot too (for the unaware – they are a heavy metal band from Iowa).  And Fallon was perfect as Lydia from Beetlejuice.   I told neighbors I was a poem….The Raven ;) 

  • october thirty-one

    MWhalloween2010 

    It was foggy one morning this week….took the photo of the trees in our backyard (above).  Have a happy Halloween!  We are psyched here, even though we are pumpkin-less.  Still time to grab a few tomorrow…

    Project Runway….did you watch?  Congrats to Gretchen.  We were cheering for Mondo.  *pouts*

  • october thirty-one

    MWhalloween2010 

    It was foggy one morning this week….took the photo of the trees in our backyard (above).  Have a happy Halloween!  We are psyched here, even though we are pumpkin-less.  Still time to grab a few tomorrow…

    Project Runway….did you watch?  Congrats to Gretchen.  We were cheering for Mondo.  *pouts*

  • FALLing behind

    MWRubyTuesdayBanner 
    MWRTpaintedleaf 

    I've kept up with my RT journal, just fell behind posting it.  I used a real leaf as a mask on the left, then I was going to adhere it on the right showing the beautiful fall colors but I put the wrong side up!   We had walked around the neighborhood collecting the many leaves – fab shapes and colors….will have to use them on another page.

  • FALLing behind

    MWRubyTuesdayBanner 
    MWRTpaintedleaf 

    I've kept up with my RT journal, just fell behind posting it.  I used a real leaf as a mask on the left, then I was going to adhere it on the right showing the beautiful fall colors but I put the wrong side up!   We had walked around the neighborhood collecting the many leaves – fab shapes and colors….will have to use them on another page.

  • gah! this just in….

    Love love love cleverness.  Love a good pun.  Love cool tape.  From Copernicus Toys.  Their slogan:  This tape goes to 11.  *grin*

    MWspinaltape 

    Thank you for the red apple searches.  My mission is over.  The story:  our original cookie jar is long gone, but when my parents moved into their new home a few years back I sent Mom a new one.  Since she hasn't been using it (doesn't match her color scheme) she is giving it back to me!  Kinda cool that my new apple cookie jar is coming from her. We reminisced today about why she had the first one…..she thinks it was because we had a thing for big red apples.  Me and her.  My first word was apple.  We would go to the Applebaum's grocery store and I would point to the big apple sign with a smiley face on it and call out "apple".  I can still picture that place, and that sign. We would later refer to it as the Big Apple.  Funny that I grew up in the Minneapple and now live near NYC.  I couldn't find a photo of the old sign…but learned alot of cool history about the grocery store chain that evolved into Rainbow Foods, where my parents shop today!

    MWapples 

    One more kitchen memory:  we had wallpaper with stripes of vintage-looking-fruit on it.  I even tried to lick it after seeing Willy Wonka.  The snosberries didn't taste like snosberries.  *cracks self up*

    Mwredapple 

    What is your childhood kitchen memory?  Have you reinacted anything from it in your own home?

  • gah! this just in….

    Love love love cleverness.  Love a good pun.  Love cool tape.  From Copernicus Toys.  Their slogan:  This tape goes to 11.  *grin*

    MWspinaltape 

    Thank you for the red apple searches.  My mission is over.  The story:  our original cookie jar is long gone, but when my parents moved into their new home a few years back I sent Mom a new one.  Since she hasn't been using it (doesn't match her color scheme) she is giving it back to me!  Kinda cool that my new apple cookie jar is coming from her. We reminisced today about why she had the first one…..she thinks it was because we had a thing for big red apples.  Me and her.  My first word was apple.  We would go to the Applebaum's grocery store and I would point to the big apple sign with a smiley face on it and call out "apple".  I can still picture that place, and that sign. We would later refer to it as the Big Apple.  Funny that I grew up in the Minneapple and now live near NYC.  I couldn't find a photo of the old sign…but learned alot of cool history about the grocery store chain that evolved into Rainbow Foods, where my parents shop today!

    MWapples 

    One more kitchen memory:  we had wallpaper with stripes of vintage-looking-fruit on it.  I even tried to lick it after seeing Willy Wonka.  The snosberries didn't taste like snosberries.  *cracks self up*

    Mwredapple 

    What is your childhood kitchen memory?  Have you reinacted anything from it in your own home?

  • taking back tuesday

    MWRubyTuesdayBanner 
    MWRTinthekitchen 
     

    Back to my Ruby Tuesday journal finally!  We've been doing some work in the house, inspired by our recently renovated bathroom.  New kitchen color:  Rum Runner, selected for it's fabulous vibe (Duran Duran fans may get this connection).  I think we may have been channeling my friend Peggy, who has a killer red kitchen.  Or maybe it was a subliminal choice as a favorite childhood memory is the red apple cookie jar we always had on the countertop.  I'm on a mission to find one just like it.  Preliminary online searches did not yield a close match, so I am still on the trail.  We painted the living room and hall too.  I'll share that evidence on another page.

    Mission:  to find a red apple ceramic cookie jar.  Must have brown stem, green leaf, solid color red, no varigations.  Top lifts off at stem.  Should you come across one that fits this description please send details.

    Thank you for your feedback on the Parlor Tricks workshop as I'm giving consideration to presenting online.  I think I will offer both download and kit but I will be reformating the book so it does not require coils.  That way, whether you opt for kit or print-it-yourself, we will all be able to follow the same class video.  It may be a few weeks before I am ready to post the details, but be sure to scarf up any ghoulish supplies you come across to add as embellishment if you are interested in the workshop.  It's that time of year!

    Happy Birthday to my BFF, Judi!  xoxo

  • taking back tuesday

    MWRubyTuesdayBanner 
    MWRTinthekitchen 
     

    Back to my Ruby Tuesday journal finally!  We've been doing some work in the house, inspired by our recently renovated bathroom.  New kitchen color:  Rum Runner, selected for it's fabulous vibe (Duran Duran fans may get this connection).  I think we may have been channeling my friend Peggy, who has a killer red kitchen.  Or maybe it was a subliminal choice as a favorite childhood memory is the red apple cookie jar we always had on the countertop.  I'm on a mission to find one just like it.  Preliminary online searches did not yield a close match, so I am still on the trail.  We painted the living room and hall too.  I'll share that evidence on another page.

    Mission:  to find a red apple ceramic cookie jar.  Must have brown stem, green leaf, solid color red, no varigations.  Top lifts off at stem.  Should you come across one that fits this description please send details.

    Thank you for your feedback on the Parlor Tricks workshop as I'm giving consideration to presenting online.  I think I will offer both download and kit but I will be reformating the book so it does not require coils.  That way, whether you opt for kit or print-it-yourself, we will all be able to follow the same class video.  It may be a few weeks before I am ready to post the details, but be sure to scarf up any ghoulish supplies you come across to add as embellishment if you are interested in the workshop.  It's that time of year!

    Happy Birthday to my BFF, Judi!  xoxo