Happy Halloween!

Quack

Inch worm, inch worm

You could be Lucy!

You could also be a free kitten, hamster or iguana!

Or you can dress up your dog!

Batty

Leafy Green

(For boys, you could be "The Forest".)

A week until Halloween! Are you ready?

Finding Nemo

Costume today

Sunny Day

... and sunny smiles. Congrats to Beth & Nate.

So I have noticed...

Since I switched over to blogger to power this blog back a couple of months ago, I have noticed that nobody ever comments anymore. I know you are reading because I talk to some of you, but I was just curious...

Costume-A-Day Catchup!

I have been away at my sister's wedding (hooray!) and so here are your daily costume ideas:

Cafe du Jour

I am participating in a knitters coffee swap and I have a few questions to answer. Here are the questions:
QUESTIONS
1. Whole bean or ground? Whole
2. Fully-loaded or decaf? Anything, I like both at different times.
3. Regular or flavored? No fruity flavors, but nutty ones are good.
4. How do you drink your coffee? No sugar, lots of milk. I like lattes or cafe au lait best.
5. Favorite coffee ever? Hmmm..
6. Are you fussy about your coffee or will any old bean do? A bit fussy. Has to be fresh.
7. Favorite treats to have with your coffee? Nothing super sweet. Shortbread, dark chocolate, biscotti. I prefer simple treats to those covered with frosting.
8. Anything else about your coffee preferences? I like a good medium or slightly dark roast.
9. Yarn/fiber you love? Malabrigo is my favorite ever. Otherwise I love merino, anything tweed and unusual fibers like bamboo, soy silk etc. I like something slightly variegated or with flecks of another color more than solid colors.
10. Yarn/fiber you hate? Mohair, novelty fluffy or furry stuff. I love it for other things just not for knitting with.
11. What's on your needles? A ribbed hat in Freedom Spirit yarn, a lace scarf in Malabrigo lace weight.
12. Favorite colors? Rich colors. I like anything watery or earthy - blue, green purple, brown, orange. I hate pastels.
13. Allergies? nope
14. Anything you really love, really don't like, or just need to get off your chest? I don't like scented things like candles. That's it.

Moony

Here's a bonus idea! Skip the moon and arrange your stars in a constellation. You could be the Big Dipper!

More Costumes!

That's right. One week of costumes down and more to come.

Tiara Finished!

Ready to make its debut on Saturday.

A jolly Snowman

How is your costume planning coming? Have a question? Need help with a matching set? Just email beckarahn {at} gmail {dot} com.

oink oink

It's raining, it's pouring...

Don't Stop! More Costumes

It's time to start thinking about...

Costumes!

Hickory Dickory Dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck one,
the mouse ran down.
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Costume Time!

It's time for my 4th Annual Halloween Costume Idea a Day! Each day, leading up to Halloween, I will present you with a costume idea. Most of these require very little sewing, just some assembly and a little creativity. They also work with things you might have around the house or pieces you might use again. They are great for last minute parties and suitable for boys, girls, kids or adults. Please leave a comment if you use one of my ideas! I love to know I am helping out.

You can take your babydoll and $%#@ it!

Dear Clothing Designers;
What were you thinking? The babydoll style top looks cute on a sum total of 2 types of people on the entire planet - anyone under the age of 4 and anyone within 4 months of their due date. I spent the entire morning trying to figure out if I was in the maternity section of the department store or not. Baby doll dresses, jackets, sweaters, t-shirts & turtlenecks! Shame on you. Are you all out there having a good laugh? And while we are at it, when did I slip off the end of the size chart? I understand that the average size of women has been going up but I am now forced in to the juniors department to find a skirt in my size! As I am not interested in showing off my butt crack, belly button or bra straps, I don't find this really an acceptable alternative.
Sincerely;
Grumpy

maple bags

Pyramid Bags with Kaffe Fassett fabric and dupioni silk applique. When I saw the Kaffe fabric in the perfect fall colors, I had to get it. (I met Kaffe at a visit to the Textile Center a while back.) The leaves are a raw edge applique stitched with variegated thread. Did you know that Coats & Clark thread completely repackaged and reformulated their thread? I walked right past it at Joann fabrics! The thread is now 100% polyester rather than poly/cotton. So far I don't seem to mind the difference. I think the poly is supposed to be less linty. Anyhow, as you may have guessed, these are for the wedding. Gifts for a couple of teenaged nieces that are helping with various jobs.

The Kindness of Strangers

On Sunday we decided to go to breakfast at a little local diner. It's the kind of place where you just come in and grab a table. We arrived at the door, dashing through the rain at the same time as a couple about my parents age, and found that there was just one open table for 4. The gentleman looked over at us and said "Come sit with us!" We said "Why not?". We had a delightful breakfast, drank many many cups of coffee and ended up all trading business cards and email addresses at the end. When we went to pay, he said "Let me get that. We'll pretend like we had breakfast with the kids." (do I hear an "awwww!")

Then we stopped in a local yarn shop. We were heading to a friend's house and wanted to take along something to knit, but I had left my knitting at home. Andy came in wearing his "San Jose Museum of Art" shirt which prompted a whole conversation with the yarn shop owners who came from the San Jose area. One was an engineer for Apple Computer in a former life and they had an in depth conference about various Adobe products and what was best for a slide show they are trying to make.

It was a day for meeting new and interesting people for sure.