Sips & Scraps: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

{happy halloween!!!}

Wow, I guess blog updating has not been high on the priority list! However, now that things are getting a little more organized around here (phew!), posting should be a more regular occurrence from now on.

I love Halloween! In fact, I think I love it more as an adult than I did when I was a kid. I love to start decorating the house with pumpkins, leaves, and other fall items. I also have my little Halloween town (The Spookytown Collection, available at Michaels) that I put up as soon as October hits. I really, really don't like the Christmas villages, but I just ADORE these little Halloween ones for some reason! Maybe because they're funny and playful :) This year we had to add the pub. Well, yeah, I mean it's a BAR :) Don't you love those little drunk skeletons in the front? They rock back and forth!

The kids and I also made some banners (instructions here) and hung spooky spider webs all over the house.

I also printed out some of my skeleton paper (from the Mysterious Melancholy kit) and pasted them on to little mini canvases:

So everything is set for trick-or-treating tonight! I even have a CD of spooky sounds that I play while kids are coming to the door! Alex has decided to be a cowboy this year. Helen will be a mummy, and Jessie will be Scarlet O'Hara. Morgan opted for Alice in Wonderland (I let her dress up, but I think 15 is a bit old for trick-or-treating). I can't wait to take photos!

I have plenty more pictures to share, but I think this post is long enough! Next time :)

shoppe talk

Our DigiScrap Day festivities are going on all weekend over at After Five Designs. Lots of new products, and everything's on sale! I have two new glittery kits, there's a new lottery ticket, and we have added another designer! Come check it out :) Oh, and be sure to stop back by this ole blog tomorrow, as there might be an extra goody to pick up ;)

Also, ScrapBlog, in partnership with Digital Scrapbooking Magazine, has created a challenge just for DSD! The theme is centered around "Scrapbook Your Holiday Greeting," because it is a timely project and one that is simple enough for paper scrapbookers to jump in. The prize is 50 prints of your own customized holiday greetings! So be sure to stop by there to participate.

Here's to Halloween! Cheers!

Monday, October 6, 2008

{progress}

such is life

Last weekend, we went to Target to purchase a storage solution for the mess on the dining room table. Now everything has been moved into a fairly stylish, *almost* perfectly designed cabinet. We got the modular cubes that you can mix and match to fit your needs. Fabulous theory, but a bit time consuming to assemble, and overpriced for the quality. But, overall, I'm very happy with it. We got two cubes with 2 drawers each, 1 with shelves to hold two little fabric bins, and 1 cube with a hinged door. We just stacked them on top of each other to make a tall, narrow cabinet in the corner of the office/guest room/craft room. Everything just *barely* fit! But now you can see the top of my dining room table!

I did a tiny bit of autumn decorating while I was at it:

The weather on Saturday was perfect for the zoo, not too hot but nice and sunny, so we took the kids for a family day out. We like to go at least once a year. Memphis has a pretty good zoo, and we like to take advantage of having cultural things like that so close. Alex was old enough to really enjoy it this year, and I had an excuse to snap photos all day! Here are a few of my faves:

Morgan wanted a picture with the giraffes: