Happy Halloween!

I have spent the last week making costumes.  Yesterday, my darling daughter wanted something like she would wear to dance.  I wanted something that covered her a bit more.  It all started with the hat she wanted to wear and we went from there.

Today, she wanted to out as CleoCATra.  We have spent the last week putting this together from an old table cloth and lots of materials from the Dollarstore.

My son couldn't seem to decide what he wanted...just that he wanted to wear a mask.  I don't like them wearing masks when they are out at night.  I found a half mask that I thought would work and would not obstruct his view.  Out of that mask came the idea of making a voodoo priest.  Thankfully, he liked the idea.

All in all, I like these better than the store bought ones.

Happy Halloween.

Art Journaling

After a very busy summer with the kiddos, I only have a few art journal pages to show for any remotely creative activities.  Most of the summer was spent exploring, lazing in the sun and just enjoying ourselves.

I currently have two art journals on the go.  One is a larger A4 format book and a smaller mixed media sketch book.  The first three are from the sketch book and the two pager was done in the A4 book.  In the art journals, I try to use up any scraps that I have left over from scrapbooking and I have a lot of left over scraps from over the years.  I just can't seem to throw anything away.

I also received my Foldio2 which I backed on Kickstarter.  It is a foldable light box that uses LED lights.  I really like it because I can fold it down quickly and easily.  It takes up very little storage space.  The only drawback is that it is a bit too small for photographing 12x12 layouts.  I have managed to gerry rig a solution to make it tall enough but it is wonderful for small objects.

It comes with various back drops but I find that I tend to use the white one the most.


For all the Canadians, Happy Thanksgiving.  Our turkey is in the oven and it smells wonderful.