Thursday, April 28, 2011

Etsy Treasury Love

Bellazahn added me to her Babushka Matryoshka Dolls Etsy Treasury!
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Monster Mash

My niece, Marianna, just turned 13! To celebrate, we threw a Classic Movie Monster slumber party bash!


Welcome....


I was happy to find monster themed items, but I did have to do some hunting because it wasn't "Halloween" time!


Decorations:


(Wall decorations made using old Dracula comic pages I found at Empire Comics)


(Zombie mirror clings found at Evangelines.)

(Blood splattered gauze found at JoAnns. )

Food:

We dined on Mari's favorite Friday night dinner of PIZZA and a few other treats...

Braincicles!
(made with lemon lime soda & strawberry torani)

Swamp Monster candy jello/pudding yumminess!

I seriously went to 9 different candy stores to find all the candies used in this fabulous trifle concoction!

Angel couldn't wait to dig in!

Vampire Bites!
(Food ideas found in Little Monsters Cookbook by Zac Williams)

Games:

I kept the girls entertained with a few classic favorites with a twist!


Favors:

What party would be complete without a little swag for the guests?
I had a lot of fun making these!

Classic Necklaces
(Necklaces made by me with US stamps from 1997 (small), cardboard packaging (large), glitter glue, cardstock & diamond glaze)

(bags made by Mari & I using old Dracula & Swap Thing comics I found at Empire Comics)


Presents:

Mari couldn't wait to open her pile of goodies. She got a lot of fun stuff including some appropriately themed books - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Dawn of the Dreadfuls & Little Women and Werewolves!



Cake:

I ended up making her cake at the last minute. I probably could have done a better job given more time & supplies. Gratefully that didn't seem to matter! She enjoyed her bloody monstrosity of a cake - Yay!!!




We ended the night with a monster movie viewing of the classics (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolfman). Luckily I found most of them at Dimple at fairly reasonable prices! The girls fell asleep in the wee hours, long after the adults had gone to bed. We all woke up in the mid morning to Angel making pancakes. All in all it was a monsterful bash!


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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Etsy Love!

I was happy to find that Kikilunet added my Dead Frida Earrings to her Frida Treasury!
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A Buffy-rific Birthday


My good friend and heroine, Buffy Anne Summers, turned 30 a couple weeks before me on January 19th. I want to take a moment & wish her a very Happy Belated Birthday!

Knowing what a huge fan I am of Buffy, my mom & sister made me something special for my own 30th birthday! They cooked dinner and dessert complete with my own Buffy grave cake & vampire bitten cupcakes!


(cake made by my sister Angel & good friend, Jacqueline)

I couldn't wait to "dig" in!
(After I made a wish & blew out the candles, of course!)


Me channeling my inner Faith (the other slayer) & her love of knives!

My niece & I also played vampire & slayer:

lurking vamp >: [

BATTLE!

Stake in the Heart


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Fantastic handmade gifts of monster nesting dolls & Halloween themed crayons!

A BIG thanks to my awesome family for giving me such a special treat!

Just in case you were curious about my Buffy gear:
1. My favorite Xander, Buffy & Angel pic.
2. My handmade "Mr. Pointy" wooden stake I made when I was 17.
3. No slayer is without a cross necklace...handmade by me.
4. My Claddagh ring my mom gave me when I was 18.
5. "I'm a slayer, ask me how!" button I received in a swap from Heather 76.
6. Sunnydale High Class of 1999 ring.
7. Real Holy Water (blessed by a priest).
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30

30, it feels a lot like turning 18. You can feel the milestone. The essence of it - it's weight & maturity... and also it's cluelessness. Where do I go from here?
It's funny. I woke up this morning at the precise time I was born 8:18am; and I knew it was just going to be another day. Another day of waking up & being one day older than I was the day before that. It wasn't magical or glittery. I wasn't hiding from it or depressed. I just accepted it.

So here's what I'm thinking. I'm going to continue to pay off my debt. Fix my car. Read more ( I have too many books sitting on the shelf just waiting for me.). Work on my projects. Eat better. Be more active. And just breathe & work towards my goals of being a better me! Happy 30th to ME!!!
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