Every one is making a welcome sign right? I jumped on the bandwagon too. In fact, my sister-in-law requested a welcome sign for Christmas 2021. This sign will hang in an outdoor space. I like the result, but I also plan to make some changes for my next one based on what I learned. First […]
First Halloween Baby Costume-Pattern Review
So our little grand daughter is only 2 months old this year but it is her first Halloween. So, she needed a costume to mark her first All Hallows day. I have recently discovered the most wonderful place to get patterns for babies & children called the Peek-a-boo Pattern Shop. The range and uniqueness of […]
Slasher Halloween 2015
This year for the Annual Halloween Bash™ I made our Halloween costumes from a rather random selection of items from the Value Village Halloween costumes section of the store. I found these really long, Victorian type jackets that were really, really inexpensive and I loved them and bought one for each of us. I formulated […]
Chimney Sweep Halloween 2014
So the Annual Halloween Bash™ costume party is still a thing at my brother and sister-in-law’s house. For past few years, we shopped around looking for ready made adult couple Halloween costumes with limited success. My complaint is mostly because the comfort level wasn’t great. I’m can’t really complain since that is expected with a […]
Halloween 2013
UPDATE 2022: I was looking at this older post, and I noticed that our halloween costumes in 2013 were not only exceedingly ill-fitting and uncomfortable, they were also troublesome in terms of cultural appropriation. Therefore, I made the decision to remove images related to our costumes for this year. Strange how I didn’t make any […]
SteamPunk Halloween 2012
So this is the time for me to review our adult couple Halloween costumes that we purchased from buycostumes.com. Every year, my brother and sister-in-law host a Halloween costume party for grownups. Before I started attending these events, I was reluctant and didn’t really think I’d like it too much. I enjoyed dressing up when […]





