She's Crafty

Argh, trying to do a Halloween costume without a sewing machine is frustrating. It does make you come up with creative alternatives though. I was planning on using a costume I had previously created (for the 7th HP book release), but then I realized that the only of my local friends who might recognize Luna Lovegood is the one who can't host the party because she'll either be in labor or busy with a newborn/ being overly pregnant, so that's a bust. So instead, we are hosting the Halloween party, and I am going to be an obnoxious pseudo-punk teenager. I am thinking I might have to make the waistband of my gross red pleather skirt out of electrical tape. I just have to say, I dislike pleating fabric- it's tedious.

I've also been working on the dogs' costumes. Normally we don't dress them up, viewing that as a bit, uh, freakish, but since the party is at our house they will be SuperStitch and LiloBug. I'm sure there will be photos at some point. I've also been busy making bats & ghosts & things out of felt, and knitting black widows & eyeballs. I refuse to buy cheap plastic crap to bring out of the closet once a year as decorations. We've got lots of little pumpkins from our garden (and natural spider webs, ick) and I have felt & crappy yarn I bought previously to use a tiny bit for trim on a knitted item, so I'm making do with what I have. It's not exactly simple living, but it's better than going to Wallmart & buying junk.

On the food front, I made some blondies with dulce de leche for craft night tomorrow, but they came out way too gooey, so I'll make chocolate chip cookies instead (or something). Tonight we made chipotle chicken in the crockpot, which we ate as tacos with homemade tortillas (really, the only way to go, they are SO much better) and salsa (not always better, but it was this time), along with avocado & cilantro, very tasty. We're using the crockpot more often now, it's pretty handy.

Off to tape red pleather....