Happy Halloween :) and Blessed Samhain!

I got my camera back. It's still broken. *angry eyes*

I was able to take nice pictures of Mariann and Merrick in their suit though!

(just in case you're asking, that lady is my MIL)

So that's my little couple. Merrick has a tail on his back even if we can't see it. The grey pyj was donated and the ears and tail are leftover from this coat, with a bit of grey felt.

Mariann have this dress on, and the cape and bonnet are all hand made by yours truly. I found the wicker basket at the thrift store and sew a draw-string bag in the matching gingham fabric I found at another thrift store... She already had the red vest, stocking and boots. Total cost of the costumes? I don't know... under 5$ for sure!

There was a nice little activity in the mall, with my tattoo artist friend doing make-up (the one who did my Belly), and a Clown shaping balloons. And some music to dance to.

Of course right after this blurry shot, Mariann felt itchy and passed her wet hand on her cheek...

Merrick did not touch his nose. And I some black over the boobs after a feed, then Papa washed him...


and a little helicopter ride before we go....

It was my SIL's bday yesterday so we had a yummy zucchini cake in plus of the tons of candy.

And we went trick-or-treating today, in the snow! Mariann liked it, I think. She loved having her bag getting full of chocolate, and ate some. Half of the candy's gone now, thanks to dad!

Phew! Now that the costume & swap rush is over, I'm gonna start my handmade gifts and maybe even some playthings to sell in my etsy shop. :)

Costume preview

Oh Please, Goddess of the camera, grant me this wish:
Give me back my beloved Canon Rebel!
It is my will, so mote it be!

I'm really tired of not having my precious blog sidekick...

So the cape is done, I found a (thrifted) knitted zipping hoodie, because it's not gonna be warm on Halloween, and a lovely little basket which I need to sew a gingham bag in order for it to receive more candies.e

and

I found a grey one piece for Merrick. I only need to find some grey felt from my stash and sew some ears!

prepare for some halloweeny cuteness!

you won't be able to resist.

Autumn is here

As I sew a red hood to a red cape, what's left of orange maple leaves are falling on the wet ground and other trees are mostly naked. They forecast snow for Halloween, maybe enough not to make it possible to go trick or treating with a toddler.... But there will be sun, so we'll see.

October has gone so fast! Even if what I mostly did of my days was feeding and attending to my toddler. Now I can't wait to show you the costumes I'm making. I still need to find a pretty basket, and some brown cloths for Merrick, so I'm gonna hit the thrift store this week. If only it could stop raining a day or two!

I also want to find a version of the story so that Mariann understand what's she's costumed as. I'm pretty sure they have it at the used book store, maybe even in English!

Should I have a working camera on hand, I'd include *here* a galore of red jersey knit and red&white gingham fabric.

image from google

The second witch outfit

Maybe you'll find that she looks more like a little gnom.. but it's cute and I like it!

The Hat was an adulte size witch hat from the dolar store... somehow it passed through the washer last year... and came out scrap :( So I ripped the surround part and sew in a new band of fabric (from really old pants) I made a ruffle bow from the extra I made for her rufflebut onesie.

I really tried to get a decent shot...

Boots are my firsts! And I'm really proud of them! They are entirely from scratch (old polar hoodie) And I used a empty scot towel roll as a mannequin. Since I had no anti-slipping fabric (and coulnd't find anywhere) I destroyed a pair of halloween sock I had with HUGE anti-slip dots. The white buttons come from an old blouse (which part of it are in the onesie ruffles... The white with black polka dots)

And I love my witch hat handsaw design. The only thing I bought for making this is the Halloweeny fabric


Close-up

The number 6 of my to-do list is done! Here's the preview...

The little witch

Unpacking some boxes (the candles onese) I felt on last year's witch costume I made for Bébé Tattoo. The Pointed Hat is actually from a dog costume, and I added the pretty yellow ruban. It is now too small to old on her head. I'll need to find/make another one :)