Before Halloween Fades Away

Well, it's officially Halloween tonight.

I want to wish all of you, dear and freakish friends, a very scary night and a frolicking one, as well. I plan to hold up in my bed reading "Vampire Darcy's Desires," as we have no little Halloweeners in our community, sadly, ...55 and older...you know. But, I am probably well "spent" after the rush to get things to my little grands this year. In addition to the boys' quilts, my grandgirls received Halloween trinkets and books, so they all were treated by Grammie and Grampie. Actually, we aren't your creepy, satanic type Halloweeners...just kindly, homemade baby 'treaters. :]
Above is Kellan's Quilt finished. This is the front side. The spooky house is the back side. I love how this one came out. It was mailed off a few days ago so I hope he gets it today ... or Monday at the latest.

Some beanie bags! Stuffed with Grampie's lentils... :} Wouldn't it be great if Grammie could take better pictures??

Here's a close up of one of my roses planted by DH. It is soooo fragrant that the whole back yard is perfumed by it. I hope it's not the last of the roses for the season! We tend to have a very long growing season because of our sunny, warm climate all year. I just love this rose. :]

Now.....it's on to Thanksgiving and Christmas for us all. I look forward to seeing all of your wonderful stitching. I'm going to try just to catch up on my WIPs and to start my little grandgirls' Christmas quilts. There will be 3 of those: Hadley, Ella and Amelia.

Thank you all for following me throughout Halloween. It's been fun. Congratulations to all of you who won in Missy Ann's Giveaway, and in Kathie's, and in Pumpkin Patch! Wasn't that fun!? (Well, for some of us, anyway... :l) LOL

Love and hugs,

Deb

Missy's Giveaway is Drawing Nigh/Neigh/Ni/Near

Go forth, dear stitchey and witchey friends, to the land of Missy Ann and don't miss her fabulous Halloween Giveaway. Once and for all, you have to try to win one of her ghoulishly gorgeous prizes. This is the Halloween giveaway of the century! Truly, she's made the gosh darndest treats of crafting you've ever seen...they are amazingly fun and darling. (I'm not kidding)

Let me be your channel and direct you there: http://www.deepinsidemissy.com/ This may be your last chance and it's been such a hoot!!

I'm here to tell you that our friend, Sharon, of Daffycat, had the audacity to bump me out of the Crafty Cauldron so she could get Missy's last prize...you have to go to her blog to see part of the gift. I was shocked that Sharon would betray me like Queenie did yesterday...but, of course, they have no shame. ;{ They both flaunted their "thanks" on their blogs. Sigh.

I guess I have to forgive them and to wish them both joy in their wins, but as I told Missy Ann... that stinkin' Cursed, Crafty little Cauldron needs a kick in it's black-bottomed little heart to mix up the rest of us still floating in there!! And, so certain, special personages of us will rise to the top...no names in particular, you understand.

In humility I remain your fast fading, witch-stitchey friend,

Deb

PS: Please go down to my Oct. 28th entry to find more Giveaway information on Pumpkin Patch and Kathies Blogaversary! You have to hit those too!

Patti and Missy's Giveaway

What!!??? Patti (we all know who she is...see side bar for Tapestry of Dreams) won Missy's Giveaway prize yesterday! Well, that little witch! She and I were battling it out over comments and I can't believe the Fates made this misstep. They had to have mixed our names up in the Cauldron of Cast Spells. All I can say is, "Congratulations, Queenie, the best witch may have won this time, but another one will live to triumph again!"

Do check out Missy's Giveaway for yourselves at http://www.deepinsidemissy.com/. Missy is an incredible crafter. I can't imagine how she's gotten all these gifts finished for her Giveaway. (And, I'm not "suckin' up," Queenie! :P) Sigh.....

You know it's only 3 days 'til Halloween. Isn't it sad?? :[

If you've won any Giveaways in the past month would you please leave me a comment and tell us what you won? I may as well chalk all of them up to a malfunction of my Cauldron Ckeeper.

Your giftless and witchless, wistful friend,
Deb

PS: Please see the Giveaways I've listed below, as well. "Pumpkin Patch" and Kathy's Blogaversay... these are wonderful and generous ladies whose blogs are both inspirational and good fun to read.

Pumpkin Patch and Blogaversary Giveaways!!

Oh, bother...as Pooh would say...I have one more thing to tell you today. Please don't forget to check out Pumpkin Patch Primitive Quilt Shoppe's Fabulous Giveaway happening on Saturday, October 31st! Go see the Fat Quarters Prize at http://pumpkinpatchprimitivequiltshoppe.blogspot.com/ . Do yourself a big favor, quilting friends, please go see this blog for the amazing prizes. She's also including a $100 gift certificate to her shop! And, you would do me a big favor if you'd mention you heard it from me! :]

Can you believe what a wild ride this Halloween time has been!? I just don't know how the rest of the world lives without it! :B

Halloween howls from your non-pagan friend,

Deborah

PS: Last, but far from least, Kathy is having a Thank You Blogaversary Giveaway for Oct., as well. She's such a darling. You have to go see her at: http://kathystitchcomments.blogspot.com/

Good luck everyone....although, Queenie (Patti) will tell you I'm a very witchey friend at the moment and may not be sincere about that... :P

Skype: Do yourself a favor and get it!!

Thanks to all your comments below, dear friends. In answer to your questions, yes! I do have Skype and this past weekend my children finally got "hooked up" and I was able to see and talk to them. It is an awesome thing to have if you don't already have it with your computer.

Please let me know if you do, so we can call eachother sometime! And, those of you who don't have Skype or don't know what we're talking about....Quick!! Go get hooked up!! :]

Hugs and thanks for the sweet comments below, Your Halloweenish and Haggish fiend - I mean, friend, Deb


PS: Let us not forget Missy's ghoulish giveaway once again http://www.deepinsidemissy.com . I'm living in torture about the whole thing, myself. Her darling things give me daily hibbie gibbies..... :L

Of Books, Bats and Blanking-Out

Remember these fun with kids Fall days? I wish I were there with Kellan and DD while they had fun this past weekend. Kellan loves baseballs, basketballs and footballs!

Shaking fingers with Mr. Skelaton! He's not quite sure if the old guy is real or not!

Kellan was not letting go of his pumpkin! "Oh, I'll take that, thank you!"

Below: The before as Cap'n Spooky is ready to leave home to go to his school's "Trunk or Treat" Fall Festival. They make Halloween a safe and fun time for the children. Kellan's got his squishy frog all ready.

And, finally, two of my very favorite people...DD, Jessica and my grandson, Kellan, as his school's Halloween Fall Festival draws to an end. His favorite candy was a lollipop which he got all over himself, his tv chair, his daddy, and his mom. All's well that ends well....

Books:

My newest reads are: "Vampire Darcy's Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Adaptation," which is so thoroughly entertaining I wish I could send it to all of you! My face is surely glowing with delight, and I know I'm smiling through chapter after chapter as I read. Not so much for the vampirish details, but for how easily each piece fits into the mysteries of Darcy in the original Pride & Prejudice. The author, Regina Jeffers, is a teacher and specialist on Jane Austen, which makes this book heads and shoulders above other adaptations, I think. I'm loving it!!

"The White Garden: A Novel of Virginia Woolf," by Stephanie Barron. We know S. Barron as the author of those Jane Austen mysteries that have been so popular such as; "Jane and the Ghost of Netley." She is also the author of, "Flaw in the Blood." I can't wait to read this new book of Barron's, because she never fails to produce good writing and a wonderful story.

Other exciting bookish news! Anne Rice has a new book coming out this week called "Angels..." not quite sure of the whole title. The reviews say her Lestat readers will be happy to know she's returned more to her old style of writing. I'm sooo happy about that. I'm such a Vampire and Mayfair Witches fan. :F

Also, my other very favorite author, Joyce Carol Oates has a new book out called, "Little Bird of Heaven."

I've downloaded all of the above books to my Kindle, "Stella," and I'm reading like a maniac and blanking out the real world. Afterall, it is Halloween and one can not be expected to act rationally. I've been staying up late reading, getting up early to work on Kellan's quilt and reading, and reading....my eyes are stinging and stinging!

Now I have wild, stringy hair and blood shot eyes! Are you starting to get the picture here???

Please leave any comments you may to bring me back to reality! With hugs from beyond, Deb

Halloweenie Beanie Bag

Cyn asked for a picture of one of my beanie bags for the grandchildren. Boy, Cyn, you caught me just in time! I had already sent them off and given nearly the last of them to my sons. I had only this one left for little Ella that her daddy is picking up for her this afternoon! It's the sqare piece that has tiny ghosts and pumpkins on in, backed with grey. Hard to see how "full of beans" it is. LOL I used lentils because of the softness for the babies. I don't expect these to last very long, or I probably would have used a hardier bean like navy beans. But, the lentils were just the lightness and softness I wanted for them...wouldn't hurt them if they landed on their little heads! :]

You can also see that someone got into the Halloween M&M with almonds... :P Just wanted you all to see the slim pickin's that were left....by this selfish little elfin being. The nerve!

You may have seen my Halloween smallies here that I hope to make into fobs...someday...maybe this year. If any of you get one it will be a miracle this year because of all the quilting I've had to do. Maybe next year....

Check out Georgie's darling Halloween decorations (see her blog addy on my side bar). And please don't forget about Missy's (see side bar) Gigantic Giveaway!

Hugs, Deb