~wednesday trivia & a winner~

Which came first: The pumpkin or the Pumpkin seed? Do you know?

I would also like to announce the winner of the fabulous scentsy giveaway!

Meg from Instead of Sheep, you are the lucky winner!

Please email me and I will get you in touch with Robyn and have your prize shipped to you!
Hoping everyone is having a fabulous fall day!

{photo from my friend Chelsea's blog here}

&

more pictures from the ruffles and rust show here!

xoxo

~paper pumpkin tutorial~

I got so many good ideas at the

flea market this past weekend.

One of them was a pumpkin

made out of a book,

{this one is an apple}

So, I came home and tried to

find directions on how to make one.

Guess what?

I did! Go here for the step by step instructions.

I also have something to confess.

I didn't bring my camera to the show.

Bad, bad, bad!

However, so many people took pictures and I will share the links with you as I find them.

My friend Isabell took some great shots and you can see my booth in one of the photos

{the one with the book page wreaths on the wall}

You can see them here.

Let me know if you make one of these pumpkins, or apples.

I am thinking I will do these for the kids' teachers for a Thanksgiving gift.

Out of an old dictionary perhaps?

xoxo

Day 25

Corn Maze

I love corn mazes because they are so Octoberish. Tonight we went out in the cold and slightly muddy corn maze at Del Osso Farms. I some how ended up leading our group but that eventually got smaller as we lost people! My friend Ryan nicknamed me the corn fairy because It was easiest for m to prance through the maze lightly on my toes, as opposed to gong slowly trying to avoid mud. Some thought I might fall running through that way, but it was actually Matt L. who took a big fall right in front of me!

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When Matt R. joined us, he was very concerned about the map, but I told him to forget it and that you just have to feel it! He then jokingly pinned our success or failure on my shoulders. And what do you know, we got out before a lot of our group did!

There was tons of stuff to do there so after the maze we petted some horses, went on zip lines, jumped on tires, and went into yet another surprisingly scary haunted house!

Jack Skellington? Is that you?

Song of the day: The Doors "People Are Strange"

~scentsy giveaway~

Today's giveaway is brought to you by the sweet Robyn of whimages.

If you are the lucky winner you will recieve one plug in warmer of your choice

{my favorite is pictured below}

and the scent of your choice.

The scents are so yummy, such as,

sugar cookie, toasted caramel sugar, Christmas tree, autumn sunset, baked apple pie, and sticky cinnamon bun, to name a few.

Robyn is also offering a great discount to all my readers. If you place a $150.00 order, she will give you a FULL SIZE UNIT and a scent bar in addition to $15 in free products and 1 half price item!

{These make great teacher gifts}

That's a heck of a deal!

{pls. mention my sweet savannah}

Here is what you need to do to win.

We are going to have fun with this one!

Can't wait to read all your answers!

{4 chances to win}

1} Visit Robyn at scentsy and tell me your favorite scent.

2} What was your favorite childhood smell?

3} Have you started Christmas shopping?

4} What did you have for breakfast today?

Remember to leave a seperate comment for each answer!

I will be picking a winner randomly on Wednesday, that only gives you 3 days!

I will be back with highlights from the ruffles and rust flea, but for today, I am still recovering :)

xoxo

Day 24

Make A Scary Movie

Well along with enjoying the Halloween activity yesterday, me and some of my friends also decided to make a scary film while we were there! I've been editing it all day and now it's ready! It's a little random but a lot of fun, kind of a throw back to those old cheesy horror films. If you feel like making your own scary movie, go for it! You don't need much at all, just a camera and some willing friends. Get creative with it and I promise you you'll have a good time :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alv250cices

Song of the day: Scanners "In My Dreams"

Day 23

Halloween Activity

Drum roll............

My first costume this year was a............

Peacock!!!!

You might be thinking, hey, aren't the pretty peacocks boys? Well they are but it's Halloween right? Almost anything goes :)

I made the costume myself. I bought a bunch of peacock feathers and sewed them onto a corset that I had bought just last year. It was important to me to sew them on because it is a really nice corset and I didn't want to ruin it with super glue or a hot glue gun just because it would have been easier (side note on life: easier is not always better!) I also bought a black skirt with lace layers and a purple and blue petticoat, which I put underneath the first layer for a subtle poof of color. I then went to a fabric store to buy lace to use as pretty sleeves. I was able to find some falsies with feathers in them in the perfect peacock teal. They were a hit! I really love the peacock colors and was able to draw inspiration from make-up guru's, actresses, and of course the birds.

I wore this costume to a YSA Halloween activity. It was amazing! There was food, music, and the most amazing haunted house. I couldn't believe the effort and attention to detail that went in to making it so amazing. It was just as scary as Pirates! The house had many rooms, including a creepy child's room and a scary clown birthday. A big great job to everyone who put it together!

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Here Matt and I get our party on.

And how scary is Monique (this was the exact pose of the scary little girl down the hall at Pirates!)

Take a look the clown room...woah.

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Unfortunately I was feeling very sick from a day long sneezing fit (I think I may have been allergic to the feathers...oops!) But a group of us still went out for some desert after the party.

Here my buddy

Craig is doing

what I like to

call the future

old man face.

As cool as my

eyelashes were,

I had to get them

off at some point.

Not such an easy thing!

But we all had a good laugh :)

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Song of the day: Rihanna "Disturbia"

Day 22

Holiday Pedicure

I went for maroon with purple and teal sparkles to match my costume for my holiday pedicure (can you guess what I'm going to be yet?!) Plus a dark purple is a great Halloween color. Check out these links for some great holiday manicure ideas. This girl is talented!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKCJfWz4svo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgbp1mOe5Y

Song of the day: Eagles "Witchy Woman"