Halloween Fun!

Just so you dont think ive been slackin off...i finished this stitchery last night and wanted to share. It finished at 12 1/2" X 15", so it was a quick little project to do in time for the holiday! I received the pattern from Kaaren thru her first Friday freebies...she will be posting a new stitchery on the first Friday of each month, and the first two are really cute, so check it out if you get a chance. Now that that is finished, i can get back to a Christmas cross stitch that has been in the UFO pile for almost 20 years.(yes, you read that right) Its almost finished too...so its just been taunting me forever! Photos of that next time~
Now on to Halloween fun...if you havent watched the weather lately, we got a rather large snow storm up here for a few days. 18 inches to be exact. Naturally the day of the Halloween party at school was cancelled, so sadly Jordyn missed out :(

The good news, on Friday the weather let up, so we were able to take Jordyn to storytime at the library. The roads were not bad at all, but most parents stayed home anyways, so there were only two families present. That made the library visit extra fun!

They got to play all the games as many times as they wanted...

And the hidden candy was theirs for the taking!

After being cooped up in the house for 3 days, it was nice to get out and do something different. Jordyn certainly seemed to have a good time...

and since it was daddys first time to storytime, he had a great time too!

Later that evening we decided to carve the pumpkins. I left that project up to daddy and Jordyn, while i took photos. She had a ball scooping the goop out...and daddy roasted the seeds for snacking!

After cleaning out the pumpkin, it was time to design a face....

When the design was chosen, the carving began...dont worry, those are kiddie carving knives :)

The design i chose was a little more difficult, so i let daddy do that one. Here is a perfect example of redneck pumpkin carving...

The knife wasnt "cutting it", so he got out his drill~

And here is the finished product!
After everything was finished, Jordyn and Daddy walked the ghost pumpkin up to Great Grandma's as a surprise. Now we are ready for trick or treating...keep your fingers crossed the sun will come out tomorrow and melt this snow down a bit :) Cheers~

Corn Maze Fun ~

Last year Jordyn's grandma and i took Jordyn to her first corn maze, and we had such a great time we decided to make it an annual event. This year we went to Bartels Farm and it was loaded with fun!

There were pumpkins everywhere, a dozen or so inflated lawn decorations, scarecrows, wind spinners, a pumpkin launcher, petting zoo, and of course...a corn maze!

It was an absolutely gorgeous day, perfect corn maze weather :)

Jordyn had a great time running all around, gathering corn, and pulling grandma thru the maze!

We started to wonder if we were going to make it out of the maze without cheating...it was very hot...and we kept taking wrong turns...but im happy to report that we did indeed find our way out.

We found this pumpkin at the exit, which was helpful...its amazing how an orange round pumpkin shape will stand out among the corn husks, to help lead the way.
After the maze, we headed over to the petting zoo...

The pot belly pig had a bit of an attitude, but can you blame it. :)

This little goat was sweet.

But the chickens really fascinated Jordyn, and she kept running back over to them to see what they were up to.

And finally...the pumpkin launcher...i cant believe i actually caught the pumpkin in flight, but since the cannon was rather loud, it scared me when it went off and i pushed the button as i jumped :)
Hope you enjoyed our little adventure at Bartels Farm!

ALQS (round 2) teaser #3

If you havent guessed by now, Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday! Christmas is wonderful, but Fall being my favorite time of year, and October 31st also being my fathers birthday...it brings back fond memories of my childhood and the silliness that is Halloween! Not to mention I love any excuse to wear crazy clothes and costumes!
This is our newest addition to the festive decor, and for those of you that commented about the bear, we are hoping the little bells on witchy-poo will spook him off. (fat chance) She looks spectacular blowing in the breeze, and at night she is quite scary. Jordyn loves to peek out the window at her and see what shes up to.
Speaking of Jordyn, she is enjoying her visit at grandma's right now, so i am sewing away and enjoying the peace and quiet. This is what i worked on today...

Not much of a teaser i suppose...but a peek nonetheless. I am undecided on the binding...the dark blue, or the light color? I kind of like the openness of the light color, but i know some folks would probably hate to have a light edge due to dirt, etc. Any of you out there have a preference? I am pleased with the way this turned out, and may try it in some holiday colors for Christmas, however, im not a huge fan of paper-piecing, so i would probably stick with the washable stuff i used in this one. I cant imagine doing an entire bed quilt like this....yikes!

and finally, here is Jordyn having a very serious discussion with my garden gnome the other day. He's probably reprimanding her for stepping on all of his flowers!
Cheers~

Free Day!

Today was my free day! Jordyn went to Grandma and Grandpas, Justin was in town at work, and i had the house to myself! :) I spent most of the day quilting...woohoo!
I havent blogged anything quilty in a while, so i thought i would share a teaser of my miniature for the ALQS swap (round 2). I have the center finished, now it just needs a border or two, backing, quilted, etc...but that should go pretty quickly :)

Here is a fun shot from yesterday...Jordyn decided to inspect Grandpas catch of the day!

and finally, a little fun in Photoshop! My little pumpkin :)
Have a creative weekend!