Well it is now October....and that means HALLOWEEN

Halloween is by far one of my favorite holidays. Everyday this month I will be showcasing a fun halloween craft that can be done by the whole family.

I found this one today at familyfun.com - this is a great website for those with kids.

Spooky Spider

1. Use a craft knife (parents only) to cut off the spout of the milk jug, then completely cover the jug with black duct tape.

2. To create the 8 legs, tape the center of each of the 4 pipe insulation tubes across the handle side of the jug.

3. Tape the tubes to the sides of the jug as well, to keep them bent.

4. With scissors, cut and remove a 1-inch-deep notch from the middle of each leg, then bend the insulation at the notches and tape the bent joints in place.

5. For eyes, stick black tape pupils on the 2 broader ends of a pair of plastic eggs. Tape the eyes in place on the jug. Finally, decorate the top of the spider body with green duct tape, and your oversize arachnid is ready to tape or tie in place on a front porch or door.

I too will be working on a Halloween layout (I know I said I was done) today, hopefully it will be ready to list on ebay and add a pic tomorrow. The layout will be titled "In search of the Perfect Pumpkin"

All for now,

Cheers

Great weekend, productive and more

What a great weekend we had.

We started off with Trevor going to buddy bowling with Braiden, it was uncontrolled choas (sp?) but still fun to watch them.

After bowling Ror, Brendan, Trevor and I went to a local apple farm where we spent the afternoon not only picking apples but the kids were able to ride ponies (Brendans first time), play on a bouncing pillow, slides, and more. It was a great day.

Sunday we had an open house, not a big fan of these as I don't believe they will sell your house, but it doesn't hurt I guess.

Packed up the kids after hours of cleaning, ( I honestly don't know how the house gets so dirty so fast, lol), grabbed some take out KFC and had a picnic in the park. Played at the playground for an hour or so and then drove around looking at different neighbourhoods we may like.

So after dinner it was t.v. night for sure. Amazing Race, Cold Case, and Brothers and Sisters. My three favorite shows on one after the other. Doesn't allow me much time to get anything done but I was able to get the following layout done and I listed it today.

Title BOO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260294146459&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

It is a fun halloween layout with 4 tear bears dressed in different costumes on their way to the haunted house.
This will probably be my last halloween layout for the season except for my boys books.

So it is off to bowling tonight, I have finished the stew for dinner, and I see more scrapping in my future tonight.

Cheers

New ebay listings - yahoo!!!!

I have found the time to list two new auctions on ebay today.

The first is one that I have been working on for quite some time now.

Catching some fun - a great fishing layout, tear bear and all

The second layout is titled Batter Up - great layout for the summer pics of the kids playing ball

On a non-scrapbooking note, Trev had his parent/teacher interviews last night. All is going well but we are dealing with a bully at school. We have to find a way to nip this quick before it becomes a bigger problem.
He is so excited to do the Terry Fox run tomorrow, thinking half way through it he will probably change his mind considering he isn't old enough to understand the significance of the run.



Well I am off to do some layouts for the boys books, working on a layout for Brendan, hopefully it will be done in time to load it tomorrow.

Cheers

Where oh where did the time go

Well I had intended this blog to have a post everyday, considering it has almost been a month I don't think I have been keeping this up very well.
Well in my defense a lot has happened since the last entry.

We have re-listed the house with another realtor, I hope this works this time.
We have finished all the renovations, yahoo!!!
We celebrated our 12 anniversary. Great dinner out at Newlands.
Trevor started school, grade one already, I can hardly believe it.
Went to New York for a long weekend away with Mom and Tracy. I would love to post pictures of this trip but I forgot my camera, a scrapbooker that forgets her camera, I should be shot!!!!

Now I am back in the swing of things, I will be creating more layouts. Actually just finished one that will be listed tonight, and many more ideas swirling around in my head.

Hope to post of pic of this tonight.

Talk to you later.
K