Happy Halloween. So tasteless

I was invited to a party where I KNEW everyone would have an incredible costume. Boy howdy. One guy arrived as one of the Dick in a Box guys. Unbelievable. "Well, if you can't be incredible," I told myself, "just be mean."

I present Mount Lushmore.

Lindsay Lohan, (my son standing in for me), Gary Busey, and Amy Winehouse.

Bedroom rug

I made for my bedroom. Because I downsized from a queen bed to a double bed, there's a surprising amount of more floor space. Plus, I put my sewing machine in my bedroom, so I have a chair in there now, and I'd like it not to be on just bare wood. So I decided I finally should get a rug. I saw this in ReadyMade Magazine: They took a bunch of carpet samples and just duct-taped them together on the back. HA! I must have spent 20 minutes going through rug samples at Ax-Man (Best. Surplus. Store. Ever.) to try to find complimentary colors and patterns. Then I cut some of them diagonally so I would at least have some sort of pattern.

It's not the coolest thing, but it's not bad for 16 x $0.95. :-)

Shark teeth display

My awesome cousin Kate is a wildlife biologist for the state of Georgia. I asked her for some shark teeth, and a week later, a big bag of teeth (complete with handmade identification card) arrived. I got this display box 40% off at Michael's (is everything always 40% off at Michael's? I suppose it is if you have the coupon), combined some interesting Wikipedia facts with the information Kate also provided, and made this.

I still have not figured out how to adjust the manual exposure setting on my camera, so that's why there's the GIANT GLARE as BRIGHT AS THE SUN. Sheesh.

I hosted a baby shower for a dentist last weekend, which means I had 19 dental professionals in my house. The loved it!

X-wing fighter pilot shirt

It was a lot of fleece, some fabric paint, a black shoe string, and a couple feet of gray strap.