Hi everyone! We are down to just the last few days before Halloween now, and we are in full Halloween swing. There is still so much we would like to do, so many fun things happening at this time of the year. We still have pumpkins to carve and costumes to try on and sort out. Nik wants to be a witch, but wants to put her special touch to her outfit, so much fussing needs to yet be done. We also would love to get to the corn maze in the next couple of days. It just wouldn’t quite feel like Halloween without our annual visit.
I got to participate in a new event last night that was so fun I would love to have it join our yearly line-up of activities. Our local outdoor amphitheater is showing spooky Halloween movies at night all this week. We saw Night of the Living Dead. How fun that was to bring our chairs and our blankets and a picnic dinner and sit outside at night watching a creepy movie on the big screen. My girlfriend brought the most fun Halloween cocktail that I thought I would share with you, called a Dark and Spooky.
Dark & Spooky
Juice of 1 lime (about 1/4 cup)
1/4 cup dark rum
1/4 cup ginger beer or ginger ale
1 black gummy spider
Combine lime juice and rum in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Pour into glass and top off with ginger drink. Add gummy spider.
Rim top of glass if desired using a lime wedge and black rimming sugar.
Tonight they are playing Casper, and tomorrow is a double-header…..Frankenstein and Dracula. Toooooo much fun!
And now I have a scrappy project to share. Today is my dad’s birthday! I have the most wonderful father. I cannot tell you how this man has been there for me and supported me throughout my life and how lucky I am to have him.
Being a Halloween baby, I of course had to make him a card with a bit of a Halloween twist to it.
This Melissa Francis paper remains my absolute favorite Fall line yet. Paper, chipboard leaf, and today cardstock sticker are all MF. I covered the leaf in paper and outlined the edges with marker. Added a touch of ribbon and some wire curlie-q’s for detail and then popped a metal bat charm on the leaf for a bit of Halloween fun.
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Thanks for stopping by everyone!
That cocktail is so fun! Love the spider and the black sugar! Great card for your dad….didn’t know he was an October birthday. Enjoy the festivities!
Audrey I fliped when i saw your dark and spooky! so cooool! acn’t believe there’s anything cooler than this spider bizness! gonna try that out
and those cards are so gorgeous Audrey! Happy Haloween!
And please say Happy Birthday to your dad for me. Just say the wishes is from his daughter’s fan
Have a blessed weekend 
-jaz