The Verdict is IN!!

The verdict for the pumpkin party is in:

The witch carving by my dear friend Shelly came in first with 28 votes.  (She's on the far left)

The Boo carving by my wonderful sister, Catherine came in second with 13 votes.  (far right)

My sad sad scary face came in last with 7 votes!!  (I'm in the middle)

We had a great time, and I knew the witch was going to win! Shelly is awesome at all things crafty!  Thanks everyone who voted.  It was fun!

Pumpkin Carving Contest 2008!

Ok kids...here they are.  We have.....

Number 1-BOO

Number 2-Scary Face

Number 3-Wicked

Please leave a comment and vote for which one you think is the winner!!  Tell your other blogger friends to come vote!    

The fabulous Amy over at Chapters did this, and I thought it would be fun to do. 

We had a great time doing this on Saturday.  It was supposed to be a couples carving contest, but the boys didn't really want anything to do with the carving.  So now us girls are all suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.  Those babies were hard to carve!!

It was a fun, cold fall evening.  We ate the yummy WW meal; Baked Pasta with Butternut Squash and Ricotta.  It was delicious and no one even knew it was so healthy.  We had a fire outside in the chiminea which is good because it was really cold here.

Thanks in advance for voting, I can't wait to see who wins!!

 

An uninspired Friday...

Ugh.  Just an ugh day.  The weather sucks.  I wish it were cooler and crisper, but instead it's warm and muggy.  yuck. 

I really need to cheer up because some friends got us tickets to go see Slippery When Wet-the Bon Jovi cover band tonight!  They are so incredible-the lead singer looks EXACTLY like Bon Jovi (even has the same tattoos!)  We are going to have a blast screaming "livin on a prayer" at the top of our lungs.  (you know you would too!)

 ANYWAY, I thought I would blog about what I wish it was like outside...

Can't you just feel the crisp air??

Don't you want some hot cider and carmel apples right now?

This weekend, Vince and I are going to a PUMPKIN PATCH!!!  You know he is just thrilled.  I am hoping we can get the perfect pumpkins to have a pumpkin carving contest with.  I am also hoping we can get a really cute picture of us for our Christmas card this year.  I know.  We aren't married, and we don't have kids-but yes, we STILL send out photo Christmas cards.  I love getting them, so I just assume everyone will love it too!

Anyone else have fun fall plans this weekend??

A crafty Monday

Tonight has been very productive, as you will see below!  The first picture is from my closet.  The shelves were open and ugly, so I got some fabric, ironed on velcro and hung it up!  I love it, now Vince won't get mad at me for seeing my shoes...

This one is courtesy of nie's blog from a few Halloween's ago.  I spray painted branches and birds black and hot glued them.  Pretty spooky, huh?

This one below is the most time consuming project of the night, but so worth it!  I got fabric and ironed on velcro to the top.  Then I hot glued the beaded lining on the top and hung it on the shelf.  I spray painted the baskets on top and put various laundry room items in them.  I love it.  It was a lot of work, but with Heroes on tonight, I was in good company!

Up close for more detail....

Yay for crafts!  The rest of the week I will be doing a few more projects...stay tuned!