'Tis the Season for Fall!

     Fall is here! While not all of the leaves have started turning colors, the weather has definitely been getting crisper. To help mark the approaching holiday season my mother dug up our two strands of orange Christmas lights. Only half of one strand lights up, but the other strand makes up for it by being made in the good old days to last forever (thank goodness for thrift shops!). I helped out by twining the lights around our stair bannister, giving the entryway a festive look. We hope to have the lights up until they are replaced by a multi-colored strand at Christmas.

     Another sign of the arrival of fall is the approach of Halloween (this event has been long in coming - I work at a craft store and we had our Halloween stuff up in August).  Our family is not super big into Halloween, but this year I will be wearing a costume! This was prompted by one of my college professors, who promised us extra credit if we came to class with a costume on Halloween. I'm a sucker for extra credit, so I couldn't resist. Plus, it gave me an excuse to fire up my creative spirit!

     After much deliberation I decided to tackle two costumes. This year I will be dressing up as a butterfly and a minion (from Despicable Me). The butterfly will be the main costume, with the minion set on the back burner (it won't be completely useless; I can wear both costumes to work).

     Stay tuned for pictures of the process and final product!