Happy Halloween!   We live off the beaten track so we get ZERO kids knocking at our door.  The kids around here are too scared to wander down a dirt road with no street lights and then head down our narrow driveway to a house you can't even see from the road.  Little chickens!  In years past we would actually buy a bag of little chocolate bars just in case.  At least that was what we told each other.

So making the best of no kiddies to photograph, I played with a picture of our Kelly and one of myself and did this LO using every thing I could possible use for the digital scrapbook kit

SPOOKTAKULAR by Sara McCarthy Designs.

Growing Spearmint

While on a holiday to Mexico with my sister, Lois, and daughter, Alice Marie, I discovered a very tasty and thirst quenching drink called a mojito.  It was love at first sip.  I don't know if it was the fresh spearmint leaves, the lime, the rum, or the club soda.  I just knew it was the drink of choice during the hot summer. 
I found a little spearmint seedling for sale at the local nursery and planted it in a big pot on our deck, half expecting the roaming band of deer to chomp it down to the ground.  Much to my surprise and delight they only took a few little bites from some of the leaves.  Guess they don't really care about having minty fresh breath.  The page below celebrates that little plant and the lovely mojitos it flavoured.

Halloween is Getting Close

It’s time to play with all the Halloween goodies.  Break out the cookbook with the creepy foods, scary cakes, and bubbling bowls of punch.  Unload the box of wooden pumpkins, ghosts and skeletons. 

This is just the start of the Halloween projects I envision. 

I love the blocks and they are easy and fun to do.  They are just pieces of 2 x 4, cut in different lengths.  Then sanded and painted black.  After the paint dried, sand a bit off the edges to give them a worn look.  Print off the page with your designs, trim to fit your blocks and Mod Podge them onto the blocks.  
I used the Fright Night Collection by Kim Hackworth for the layout. 

Today's Fun Site

Well, not actually from today.  More like last summer.  If you need or want to just goof off while looking very busy, check this out.
http://csscreme.com/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/shrek_girl_photoshop_tutorial

Every girl really wants to be a princess so here is your chance.

I Better Get Something Posted on Here

I may not be the best at keeping my blog UTD (up to date), I am a busy lady most of the time. 

This past weekend I had Satuday almost all to myself as Peter was at school all day working with the tech guy to get the 20 computers all up and running in the school's computer lab.  I had visions of getting caught up on all those housewifey things that needed doing.  You know, laundry, dusting, cleaning things.  Well, that didn't happen, though I did make the bed.
            

                     
                        Fright Night 

                      Tammy Circeo    Sweet Stuff

                           Bel Esprit Kit

And then I checked the forum and lo and behold there are more kits to download.  I love all the cool things they design,  I have the fun part, I play.