Tackle it Wednesday??

So since I missed Tackle It Tuesday, instead of Washing something on Wednesday I am tackling my bedroom...or a corner of.

This is Andy's corner of the room, which is a total eyesore. Do not EVER let your hubby get into playing Dungeons and Dragons on a regular basis (most of you won't EVER have to worry about this. LOL!) - they think they need to accumulate every book about how to be a better Ranger or Sorcerer ever written. And what is worse, they buy these packs of mini dragons and elves and such that they use to maneuver all over the Dungeon play board. Satan must have created these things! Not only do they come with these ghastly looking creatures but you get 50 of these and only 1 of the really cool dragons you were after in each pack. After buying as many packs as one can in order to get all the rare dragons, elves and beasties you were after, you end up with MOUNTAINS of excess strange, little miniature beings....thus, the mess that you see before your eyes...







I have to give it to Andy....he has really tried to organize said beings in the plastic bins. It's just not working for me anymore. The goal here is to get the tall shelf where the table holding all the crap is and get rid of all that is not needed and try to hide anything that is an eyesore, which is most of it.

Then display Andy's Yoda collection in a very aesthetically pleasing manner on one of the open shelves.

(Only in my house, huh?)

Wish me luck!

Ari and Kaiya thank you...

...for voting yes on Prop 8!

*Trooper thanks you too but he was playing inside when we took this picture. =)

Don't forget. Tomorrow...

For the protection of marriage between a man and a woman, for families, and for the continued separation of church and state, please vote:


*Do you think with my cute mushrooms and flowers, this will sway people?

If you are undecided right now, I warn you that the future implications of this could be devastating for the parental control of our children's education and the religious freedom of our churches. I love all men and do not judge anyone, but if you still think this proposition is about tolerance or oppression, you are being deceived as I was only a few months ago. I want happiness for everyone and have known and sincerely cared for a handful of others who are gay. So I felt I would be betraying those friends by voting "yes". I have since done more reading and research and know now that this proposition is about so much more. We can still love all men, but this does not mean we agree with their lifestyles. I also want to teach my kids at home about marriage and what is right and wrong according to our religion. I also don't want my church to be forced to perform same sex marriages.

God's definition of marriage is between a man and woman. Gender is essential to our eternal identity. This may seem archaic to many of my young friends, but I believe He sees and knows all. It may be hard to understand, we don't have all the answers now, but that is what faith is for.

Bibbidi, bobbidi, BOO!

And may all your Halloween dreams come true!

Kaiya and Trooper's pumpkins they designed themselves

Sugar Cookie Decorating

Scaredy cats too.

Doesn't my pumpkin coach look so inviting and cozy? It's ready to whisk a little Cinderella faerie away to the ball!

My cooky, spooky mantel.

My milk glass collection with a haunting glow.

Spells and Potions.

Gotta love those polka dots. Ms. Witch and Mr. Gourd love them too.

A gem of a find on Etsy...

Jack the Pumpkin and my faerie oil burner. I love the smell of pumpkin spice. The four paintings on the wall are from The Voyage of Life series in which the gigantic originals are currently on display at the Smithsonian.

Getting my witch on...the shoes and socks. Check.

The black raven wings...of course there would be wings. Check.

The eyes...check.

The lips...check.

The magic amulet...Kryptonite, perhaps? Causing Superman to be weak in the knees isn't a bad idea, actually. Check.

The dress...check.

The smirk...check.

The evil stare...check.

All set!

Trick or Treating

Emily, Kaiya, Jocelyn, Mason, Trooper

Girls and Wings

Jocelyn, Kaiya, Emily

Kirsten and Emily

Ari and Cameron

Erin and Cameron

The Boys

Chandler, Mason and Trooper

Andy and Ari


The shoes were wickedly cute but were killing my feet by the end of the night. The price we witches pay for fashion...sheesh!

Kaiya....giddy at her conquest.

Tired out and full of sweets.

Hope your Halloween was full of magic!

Pumpkining

Trooper's 2nd grade class went to the pumpkin patch last week. Ari and I tagged along. I'm in love with a new bronze effect in photo-shop so I used it on all the pictures. It makes everything look more autumn-like.

Wyatt and Trooper

Trooper, Wyatt, Cora and Miranda

Ari with her little pumpkin

I found a wagon in the parking lot and decided to put it to good use.

These last two pictures are my favorite. I also used the blemish tool to blur the background in this one. I love how the rays of the sun are shining through the tree and the curly stem of the pumpkin is in the foreground.

Ari is giving her pumpkin a kiss and giving her "look". I can't remember the name of this type of pumpkin but I love the way his stem looks like a tiny winter hat =).

I took this outside with my collection of pumpkins. It's a temporary banner for my new Etsy store: The Black Pumpkin. The permanent one I want is going to be an original drawing by yours truly of a funky black pumpkin atop a petite pedestal. More on my new store in a later post...