Hi Gang!!!

I’m going to launch monthly giveaways here, starting on the 15th of each month, from some of my fabulous new blog sponsors! *applause*

Somebody is gonna get really lucky!! Check out the generous prizes!

1. Registration to Home Ec e-Course! Learn to Sew from Your Own Home! The Home Ec eCourse will increase your confidence behind the machine with usable techniques & step by step visual instructions, 28 rad projects and progressive learning! Home Ec is only $50 (registration here), access does not expire, and students can take the eCourse at their own pace! But you’ll have the chance to register for absolutely free!

2. Super cute handmade Fox Pillow by Clairey Lou Creations! Her shop is filled with all sorts of happy and adorable felt friends!

3. A 20 euro (about $27 USD) gift certificate from Petits Pixels to her Etsy shop! I’m particularly in love with her milk drop dolls that come in different flavors!

4. Gorgeous neon yellow cowl by Quiet Tiger!

5. $10 gift certificate and this beautimous Ms. Bianca Bunny postcard/print Pink Milk & Cookies. Here’s her shop!

6. Print of your choice from Angel’s Artsy Shop. Here are a few of my favorites!

7. Bride of Frankenstein Brooch hand drawn by Ahoy Miss!

8. Check out how lucky we are! Scrawny Girl Shop is offering 30% off in her Etsy shop to ALL OF US!! Dang! Take a peek at her handmade dolls and use code TWINKIE30 when you check out!

That’s a lotta loot!

Follow the Rafflecopter widget! Good luck! You have until next Tuesday, October 22nd at midnight/11:59pm to enter!

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On Sunday, Manda and I visited a pumpkin patch together in Portola Valley and test drove our Halloween-themed hats! I’m wearing the trusty Pumpkin Slouchy Beret, and Manda is in a brand new sample of a Candy Corn Kitty Hat that I sketched out and crocheted on Saturday night. (Not listed on Etsy yet. I need to shoot product photos!)

We made a little video, and here are some fun moments!

 

Watch the video to find out why Manda was so mad at the skeleton guy that she slapped him upside the head with her purse.

 

I will be posting a free pattern for this little ghost on my blog later in the week (I hope! I’m also in Elysse’s wedding this week!).  What is it? Watch the video!

 

 

 

As long as I’ve known her, she has been addicted to sugar. She is chugging candy corns out of a Candy Bar Clutch!

These crazy giant gourd things look like kettlebells.

 

Really hard core squash-lifting.

Okay, here’s the video! While we were at the patch, one of the guys working there asked where we got our hats. Manda said I made them. He asked if I could put a name on a hat, and I told him it depended on how intricate the name was. He pointed to a name on his own hat in some olde english-y font. I’m good, BUT NOT THAT GOOD! How about a pumpkin hat, buddy?

Here’s our video from last year! Do you guys already have Halloween plans for this year? I don’t think we have any yet. No costumes planned. Today I joked that I could be Dora the Explorer and Manda could be my monkey-friend, and she asked me to make her a monkey hat … but … You don’t REALLY want to be a MONKEY for Halloween do you!? 😛

The neat thing about the German edition is that it’s my first hardcover! You can get it here at www.Amazon.de.

A Finnish edition also came out in 2011, but I’m not really sure what the major Finnish book retailers are, or if the book is still available. If you have any idea, let me know! 🙂

Sourpuss Clothing strikes again! They sent me their super adorable “Mary Lu” dress, which comes in this pretty teal as well as all black. I love how it is a little bit dressy but still really fun. It fits like a dream and is surprisingly comfortable. There is a side zipper for easy in and out, but there’s also a lot of stretch in the material. The black mesh/lace overlay is not at all itchy, and the whole dress basically feels like you’re wearing pajamas (that’s a good thing!).

I tweeted once about having a vintage phone purse, and this seemed like the perfect moment to whip it out!

It actually works. There’s a phone cord inside! I used to use it to test the landlines whenever I moved to a new apartment if the real phones hadn’t been unpacked yet. There’s not a lot of room inside, so I don’t actually wear it out as a purse, but it’s just one of those treasures that you can never get rid of!

The necklace is by Art School Dropout. I told Jessee that I liked how this necklace looked a bit more “grown up” than most of my jewelry! Haha. It’s really pretty, and I love the little iridescent flecks and glitters all over.

I bought the shoes for a wedding that’s coming up next week. I have really wide feet in the front but a narrow heel. I have a duck feet, y’all. So I think I need to buy some kind of insert for the heel so it doesn’t swim around so much!

Obligatory twirlyskirt photo! The shot on the right really shows off how the shape and paneling of the dress flatter your waist!

There are actually a LOT of dresses on Sourpuss right now that I would love to grab, even some neat Halloweeny ones!

Dress: c/o Sourpuss Clothing, Shoes: Seychelles, Necklace: c/o Art School Dropout, Socks: Topshop

 

Plush You! 2013 is opening tonight, Friday, October 13th, from 5 pm – 9m, at Schmancy in Seattle, Washington. The show features over 55 artists from all over the world! I submitted three pieces last year  and had so much fun checking out all the other plushies. I realized that I never compiled all the little video snippets I took from 2012, so I did that just now in order to prompt you to check out the show this year if you are in the area. If you go, let me know how it is!