Happy Halloween! New Craft Projects!

I am a firm believer that Halloween Costumes are to be made and not bought.  90% of the fun that I get out of October 31st comes from bringing a creative idea to life.  This year after much debate and group costume searches we settled on the Adventure Time characters Finn, Lady Rainicorn, and BMO.
BMO= Max

               Finn= Jeremy

Lady Rainicorn=Me (Marissa)

We are on a budget, and I'm happy to report that our costumes (that's right, all three!) cost a mere $1.67.
When the average three person family could have easily spent upwards of $60.00 at a party store, I think we came out with one heck of a deal!

                           



Here we are! Max also had a video game controller, but obviously didn't want to carry it all night. I am surprised that he kept his costume on the whole evening though. It stood up well in crawling tests conducted throughout the evening.


The down side: not everyone watches Adventure Time (hard to comprehend!)
The up side: WE HAD A BLAST!



In other news I happened to inherit a bead loom from a very generous friend.  I've been having a great time tinkering with this. I have only made a couple bracelets, but I've been on Pinterest looking for inspiration for my next project.

 
 

I'm happy to entertain any suggestions for patterns/ideas.  Also, please ignore all time stamps. I don't know why but the date on the camera was not updated correctly.

That's it for now. I promise to post again soon. I'll try to convince Jeremy to as well. He is now the proud owner of a scroll saw. Can't wait to see what he comes up with!