Looking back at Halloween past!

This year we have baby #2 due on Oct. 9th. Our second October baby. As a crazy Halloween lover...I have to get better at planning these babies. So...as a result there will be no big party or elaborate costumes. In fact, our 3 year old daughter was allowed the responsibility of picking our families costumes this year. I'm very impressed. 

"Finky" is the nickname that Viv has given Baby #2.
Oinky is her best friend/stuffed animal.
The apple costume is the only one that really threw me. 

****UPDATE 11/01/16****

Halloween Costume Planning Came to Fruition!

 

So, since there will be no major Halloween festivities this year...I am forced to just reminisce on Halloweens past. 

Some more decorations from last year:

Halloween Costumes!

2015 Operation Game's "Cavity Sam" (yep...he actually has a name!)

2014 Sheldon and Amy Farrah Fowler

2011 Micheal Jackson and Black Swan

2010 Handmade Cupcake!

2009 Lumberjack and Pocahontas 

2008 Shark and Amy Winehouse

2007 Rainbow Brite and The Burger King

Ikea hack: Spice rack bookshelves

Finally got around to completing the bookshelves for Viv's playroom. Not a lot of space in there, so any wall space is precious. These are IKEA BEKVÄM Spice Racks.

There are lots of posts all over Pinterest about how to use these as bookshelves.  I didn't want to paint mine one color...I wanted them to be whimsical so I used patterned washi tape from Micheals. The ones I used are from their Recollections line: Yellow Floral, Modern Floral, Modern Aqua, and Pink Damask. After applying the washi tape I used a layer of Mod Podge to seal it.

Modern Aqua and Yellow Floral

Pink Damask and Yellow Floral

Pink Damask and Modern Floral

Yellow Floral and Modern Aqua

These really are great space savers...I wouldn't be able to put anything useful on the wall going into the room so these worked great.

They work well for little hands at a little person height.

DIY Creepy/Zombie Halloween Dolls

 The number ONE holiday I spend more time, money, sanity, and energy on...Halloween. Recently got my hands on some of my old childhood dolls....and immediately thought, "These are way to creepy to throw away."  

Interestingly...I called her Joy when I was little.

I used Craft Smart Crackle Medium with Chalky Acrylic Paint in Silver Gray for the base color and White for the top color. 

Before

Before

First, I painted the dolls with the gray paint and let it dry overnight. 

Then, I painted them with the crackle medium and let that dry overnight. 

Then apply the top coat color. Be careful to try and paint in one swipe because if you attempt to go over the paint with your brush again it can clump it and cause it to "crackle" in a not so attractive way. Follow the directions on the crackle medium bottle and it should turn out fine. 

After

"Joy" after (I painted her eyes with regular black paint)

Added a rat and an eyeball and...voilà...creepy dead baby on the doorstep.