Tweet We often equate magic with the airy-fairy or it conjures up images of evil and sinister things. Mostly because adulthood erases the automatic wonder that comes with being children. Also because a lot of the things we knew about magic were either fairy tales or scary Halloween stories that we learned were untrue. There’s […]
Tweet My second son’s first birthday was right before Halloween. This made planning a theme pretty easy. Pumpkin favors anyone? Actually my idea for the favors came a year ago. I remember the bliss (seriously!) of lying in the hospital and watching TV. It was like being at a hotel that came with its own […]
Tweet Every year for Halloween my challenge is this. Create a costume out of the things you have or do it as cheaply as you can. A few ideas from Halloween’s past include: 1. Pumpkin Pi 2. A basketball player and movie star couple. 3. Trash. To make this one I stuck double-sided tape on […]
Tweet I don’t usually do much decorating for Halloween. But this year with a new toddler in tow, I was inspired to do something fast, easy and out of reach. After finding this bat template online, I scrounged around for some leftover construction paper and created this: Although it might be hard to tell […]
Tweet I have a net that seeks to capture every jumping fish in the ocean, every balloon in the sky of my mind. “Just in case,” it thinks. “I might need it for a rainy day.” The things I need to pack, the conversation I need to have, the idea for an article I need to […]
Tweet Yesterday I accomplished the fun and not-so-difficult challenge of creating my own ornaments. While the process was long, the actual tackling of it was easy. You won’t believe how cheap it was either. Basically, you need citrus fruits, ornament hooks, a paint brush, modge-podge, glitter and a cookie sheet. And the results? Pretty sweet. […]
Tweet It’s Halloween guys. Whether you’re choosing to celebrate the season in costume, passing out candy, or being an old fuddy-duddy like me and doing nothing, it’s hard not to be cognizant of theme of the holiday. F-E-A-R! It’s my nemesis and my bestfriend. It alerts me to baggage I need to work on, lessons […]
