Going Batty

Remember how I wrote that inspiring weekend post about how I was going to smile and breathe deeply with all that a weekend promises to bring?  Uhm.  Ya. 
Maybe I should have started on a different weekend. 

I will spare the gritty details, but suffice it to say that I lost my cell phone at Michael's (thankfully it was found a few hours later), our dog did something that makes me so livid I cannot even write it, another soccer mom brought oranges on MY snack day, I made the worst Sunday Dinner to ever be eaten, and I didn't sleep much. 

Still, I remembered that I didn't want to be a blog post hypocrite so I smiled a bunch throughout it all.

AND we did get some more decorating done. Is there a limit to Halloween spookiness? The kids and I went card stock crazy.  I think they should have a support group.  Hello.  My name is Carrie.  I'm a paper-holic.

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There was one more kiddo in this bat family, but Kai decided that he needed to be eaten by some monster named John? And yes. I totally did these free hand. Just check out that bat's double wing! Is there an award for stuff like this?

This was such an easy craft to make.  I simply took my tiny witch hat, candy corn, and ghost candy molds and used them to bake the clay.  After that I used a black glossy paint as an undercoat for the pot and then grabbed my orange sequins stash and oh my gosh are you still reading this?  Holy crows, people!  I bought the dang tree.

There is just something about a skull.  But there is something more about a skull coated in green glitter.

I really love bunting.  Especially bunting that I can make in 25 minutes/aka using paper.  Except the more I look at it the more I think it needs a paper rick-rack border.  And THAT thought alone is when I know I need to get more sleep.

We hid eyes in the most unlikely of places.  I'm not sure if this is cool or down-right weird, but the kiddos seem to think it is awesome. 

And for my benefit, I told them the ghosts are always watching so they better be good.
  

What? 

 You wouldn't say that?

And that's our weekend wrap-up!  How was yours?

***do you like my new signature?  or is it totally lame 'cuz you know who this is already?