All Hallow's Eve

Happy Halloween everyone!

My very favorite holiday of the year. This is how I went to my classes today:

Freckles from 101 Dalmations!

Luckily, I was not the only person dressed up! I saw several fun costumes and masks around campus. And I got lots of compliments!

I have a few last-minute Halloween-y things to share.

Here is a great site by a master pumpkin carver. He has done several nerdy jack-o-lanterns, which I love, of course. Check it out; he's amazing! The Pumpkin Geek.

And, of course, I have been busy re-blogging and re-pinning Halloween things on Tumblr and Pinterest.

You know those people who do elaborate Christmas decorations to music? Well, here is one for Halloween! Halloween Light Show 2011: This is Halloween.

My favorite song to listen to has been Werewolves of London. Not sure why, I just am really feeling it this year.

I am reading the Halloween book that I decided that I should read every year around this time: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. I love it and highly recommend it. And it isn't a scary story, for those of you who, like me, don't like horror.

I always like to share my favorite Halloween memory: 10.31.2012: My Favorite Halloween Memory.

I hope you all have a great Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving Party

Want to know a great way to extend Halloween celebrations? Have more than one party! Halloween party, pumpkin carving party, et cetera.

My friends and I had a little pre-Halloween, pumpkin carving party. We all brought pumpkins, stensils, tools, snacks, and some drinks. We put in some Halloween-y movies (Clue, It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Hocus Pocus, and an episode of Supernatural) and carved away!

I, sadly, had a ton of homework to work on, so I did that and my friend, Jhenn, was super awesome and gutted my pumpkin for me. Katja saved all of the "guts" so she could get all the pumpkin seeds out and toast them for the party next week.

We all had a great time sitting and chatting. And everyone carved a pumpkin.

Here are the results!

Isaac's Weeping Angel

Everyone's pumpkins! Don't they look great?!

We had a grim reaper, a haunted house, Stitch (whose candle was not cooperating here), a Halloween kitty and the Weeping Angel.

Here is mine (surprise, surprise...):

It's the Goblin King!

That seems appropriate! One of Isaac's coworkers got the stencil for me! I love it! I know I messed up a bit--it was a difficult pattern, but I think he's recognizable. Sooo exciting!

That about sums up our pumpkin carving party! Our Halloween party will be next weekend. A bit late, I know, but I am perfectly OK with spreading out the fun! Stay tuned for more Halloween posts.

What did everyone else carve this year?

A Long Overdue Halloween Post!

Here we are, halfway through the month of October, and I have posted next to nothing about Halloween! What a travesty!

Being in school all week and having to re-do the majority of our condo has really put a dampener on my normal Halloween activities. I don't have the time or space to do many crafty things or decorating.

I did decorate the door of my dorm room.

Cute, right? The eyes are construction paper and the "wrappings" are white streamers. I've gotten lots of compliments from the people on my floor.

I do have a couple of new additions to my Halloween collection. I had a brief quilting lesson from the mother of a friend of mine. She is a very talented quilter and seamstress. She makes tons of quits for her family for holidays and I was lucky enough to be included because my friend, Veronica, mentioned that I love Halloween. So here is the absolutely beautiful (and comfy) quilt that she made:

The front side.

The back reminds me of candy corn. And it's super soft!

I am absolutely IN LOVE with it! I really need to learn to quilt!

If you follow me on Tumblr, Instagram, and especially Pinterest, you will see several Halloween and autumn posts. Feel free to peruse any of these.

On Tumblr, I found this and fell in love: Heather Franzen: a Halloween comic.

Feel free to look back on my past Halloween posts. I have party ideas, some costume-making, Halloween songs, movies, and TV show episodes, some crafts and more. Here is a good one of activities to do in Colorado around Halloween: Haunted Houses, Corn Mazes, and Pumpkin Patches, Oh My!

I hope everyone is enjoying getting geared up for Halloween! What are your favorite Halloween-y activities?