halloween challange and a fine feathered friend!

I had posted a while back that I would be hosting a halloween crown swap. but Ive since changed my mind, and thought instead, I'd offer up a challange! so here it is.. hopefully people will be interested.

Make a halloween crown, or a witches hat! Something very special that you will get to keep for yourself!

Send me a picture, and I will post them all on october 25th! That gives us a little over a month to make one. I made this one today using the new halloween alice in wonderland papers.. They are so cute. So come on ladies.. join in the fun! Create yourself a sweet halloween crown! You can make it out of anything you want too. I've seen some pretty fantastic crowns in blogland and on flickr. The possibilities are endless. If you need some royal inspiration, goggle crown images.. you'll see tons!

And spread the word too, the more the merrier. I'll try to make a button tomorrow to post.

Its been a busy weekend. Ive been on call, and been shopping and cooked a big dinner tonight ( roast beef, oven roasted potatos, butternut squash, brussel sprouts, rolls and applecrisp with ice cream!) for Jennifers 29th birthday! You know, I just cant believe that my oldest child is 29... and that another is pregnant and going to make me a grandmother! and that in 3 weeks I'll be 50..... Its all so odd sounding to me.. LIke I'm looking at someone elses life, because I could not possible be old enough to have a child who is 29, or a grandchild! I think I'm only, maybe, 30 ish! I'll have to come up with a special post for my 50th birthday... also.. I'm hovering around my 500th post here~

today I put together another shelving unit, just one of those tall white,cheapys from target. I really needed more storage space in my craft room. I need to get organized!! Funny how this room has just filled up since I've started using it!

I have a busy couple of weeks in store. My mother will be coming up from Florida and will arrive on Thursday. She is bringing my grandmothers bird. She , Buffy, will be coming to live with me. I've sort of inheredited her. After Grandma died, buffy needed someone to care for her. She is only 12, which is quite young for a parrot. Anyways, she will arrive in rochester on Thursday night and we will have to go pick her up, which means, i need to get her cage and get ready for her between now and then. Friday my sister will arrive from MO, Saturday we'll all travel down to Cattarugus for my grandmothers grave side service and a little family gathering. Sunday my hubby leaves for florida with his uncle for a week, and I will spend the week trying to make Buffy at home and also getting ready for Bethanys baby shower.

Her shower is on my birthday on the 2nd. We have invited about 80 people and we have a lot of work to do.! I can hardly believe I'm getting a grandbaby!! I do have to admit that I'm getting excited now.

Alrighty then.. I'm feeling quite exhausted from the day.. and I think I should head for bed... so I'll be back tomorrow! Till then, sweet dreams!