Bats!
Happy Post-Halloween everyone! I meant to post
a little Halloween cheer the other afternoon but as so many of you know,
Halloween comes by in such a flash (snaps fingers) that between my last minute
decorating and picking up some candy there was hardly any time. I didn’t even
finish my new witchy dress and I certainly did not have time to make myself a proper
wand. Not that the kids cared. They were just pleased with the bags of candy I
think. That’s right, I said ‘bags o’ candy’ because despite my usual ‘one candy
per little monster!’ rule I had a bunch of cello gift bags left over from the packaging
for the Craftzies costumes. Ed also brought home a bunch of print outs for a
free download for Plants vs. Zombies and so two candies and a free video
download worked well in the gift bags. I even had some extra creepy skeleton
hand hair clips I tossed into some bags to just clear out the Halloween
leftovers.
The boys and
I were quite pleased with ourselves when one little 4-5 yr old held his
similarly aged friend back upon seeing the house decked out and said “eek…I
have a baaad feeling about this house…” hehe And then when the candy was
delivered through the spider webs on the door (it kept the dogs inside :) it
really scared their little Captain America boots off! The last of the trick or treaters came at 9:20
and they were adults lol. They got a big handful of extra cello bags full of
candy and they were super happy & so was I. I have a holiday dress to fit
into and it might not be made yet, but it will by the time the holidays roll around and
I mean, seriously, take that candy away!
This is my
third year making Halloween costumes and I am always amazed by the Halloween
rush. I really am. I also realized this year while making the costumes that I don’t
necessarily need to limit my costume making just to Halloween. A few days ago I
received a message via etsy asking if I could keep some of the gnome costume
listings up as they wanted them, but would be able to order in a bit and I had
to laugh because at that same time I was pondering keeping custom listings for
the Princess Danni dress up because I really like making that dress and quite
honestly, it’s not like the Game of Thrones costumes are going to lose
popularity. Speaking of which I just had some happy news, my third Princess Danni named Haley received her dress and absolutely loved it so that was some happy news! In some cases the costumes take a while to put together so offering
them as custom orders year round will only help me out when the Halloween
season is so quickly upon us again.
Here are all
of the costumes I have made so far, many of which you may recognize:
Babies and Toddlers:
Pebbles & Bam Bam-
(this is one photo of the Bam Bam Costumes though this costume has been made in different wild animal prints depending on fabric availability).
Little Pumpkin-
Mr & Mrs Potato Head-
Baby Frog-
Little
Gnomies-
Junior/ Adults:
Classic
Garden Gnome-
Pine Tree
Car Freshener-(looking for the images...)
Zombie
Bloomers-
Mummy Wrap
Dress-
Star Trek
Dress-
Magenta
(Rocky Horror)-
Little
League (Wizard of Oz)-
Mrs. Fox (Mr
& Mrs Fox)-
Princess
Danni Dress (Game of Thrones)-
I had big plans of adding additional Game of
Thrones costumes, and more baby and toddler costumes such as the owls, pandas,
and so many others but there just wasn’t enough time. And so, I am officially
declaring that the Halloween costumes you saw in the Craftzies shop this year
will now be available all year long because I am just going to make them all
year long. That’s all there is to it! Besides, I realized that it is really
tough to find decent costumes out there. Now I get it. I have almost always
made my costumes but after my sister and I hit one of those Halloween stores I
realized why people go a little bit crazy for getting their hands on a decent
costume.
I was on the
lookout myself for one super fun witchy hat but I never did find one I could
settle on. I only found one I considered a possible hat but I was not really
feeling like I wanted the giant feather popping out of the top. In the end I
made myself a hat and I absolutely love it! I will have my cutie take a photo
of me in it but for now here is an image of it on my model. Ohh it’s fabulous.
First of all, yes, that nice big brim is made with wire inside so you can mold
that to how you want it. Second, the inside is lined with foam to hold that perfectly
pointy shape and best yet, it even comes with a cord inside for those super
windy days when you’re off flying about. You know the ones…
So, how
about a little bit of witchy magic with a hat all your own? Each one is of
course handmade by moi, and they are mostly hand sewn so please expect that
once you place your order and give me your size/ measurements, your lovely
witchy hat will arrive within 7-10 days. If you are international, you can
expect shipping to take a little longer, but I will of course use my own magic
in getting these made as soon as possible.
I just love that wired brim and of course it made me want a big black wire
ribbed hat just like this but more of a ‘non-witch’ point if you know what I
mean. I am thinking something fabulously dramatic and fashionable. http://goo.gl/uJ0zZ I have a new
red wool coat that a black hat will look so perfect with. I can feel a new
project coming on…
Until then,
as Halloween is over and we are now into the Winter Holidays, you will find I
am busying myself with two things, first, custom orders for those of you who
have been ever so patient in waiting until the Halloween orders were finished
(TY TY TY!), and then inventory for Holiday gear. I am making new Happy Panda
items, accessories for ereaders, tablets, and computers. I should have some travel totes, aprons
perhaps, maybe a few table clothes, kimono
robes. I have a list of new items I have been wanting to make so you just might
find a few new items pop up in the next few weeks as I work my way through all
of these fabrics I have in the shop. You will see shop updates including the
removal of my pattern Madness sale-as soon as I get those patterns I have
listed in the shop removed then (with computer voice-‘all the patterns
belong to me'). In place of the pattern madness sale you will find a new blog
post (coming up soon here) on my digital pattern collection. I am very excited
to almost be finished with that blog
post as it requires a detailed inventory plus images of all of my patterns. No
small feat for sure!
I am off to
message a few people and then go clean the craft shop-it is a mess for sure-but
in the mean time, here are some fun links I have found, not necessarily in any
relation to each other, but I like!
Lindsay ;)
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