Showing posts with label costume. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costume. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Halloween

Take a "stab" at what my favorite holiday is..... LOL!
I tend to go a bit overboard when it comes to Halloween....
I love to decorate both the interior and the exterior of our happy little suburban home... and at the end of the decorating day- if it hasn't run away on it's own- it's been decorated. 
My house this year was once again dripping in Halloween and  the creep-tastic!

I'm sure it's because I'm and All Saints baby- so pretty much every birthday I've ever had has been Halloween based... and I love it!  I've been collecting decor for years... and now that my kids are getting older- I can start to bring the dramatic rather than just the "cute"...   And this year, they were really able to help, create and cook and it is making the holidays just that much sweeter.
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Gabbi is and always has been a horse nut- so when Onika found several components of an equestrian outfit at our favorite 2nd hand haunt- it was as if the costume Gods were trying to tailor the perfect costume for my girl this year.

Not surprising that Onika wanted to be a Vampiress- again.... {for the umpteenth year in a row...} just with better accessories.... LOL-  Oh well- she rocked it.

We had a fun little get together with friends and neighbors and rocked the pre-trick-or-treat snack and the post-frozen children dinner.... witch's fingers, chocolate chip cookies, home-made chili bar, spiced apple cider and a jack-o-lantern pizza.... goodness on a plate!

I even got in on the action as a sugar skull pulled from el Dia de la Muerto lore.  I had fun with it- but felt bad- I scared the pants off of several little ones who came to "twik o tweet" my house.... they were definitely NOT ok with whatever I was and where the heck was Mrs. Miles at?????

Hope you all had a fab Halloween!!!
{and now... back to work for me}
xoxo Didi V.





Sunday, November 1, 2009

Halloween fun

Halloween-

Ghouls & goblins, witches, villains, angels, princesses, and even a Bo-Peep... we had them all! We even had a pretty anatomically correctly carved melon- literally and figuratively..... you want something done right- you go to the pros........the good Dr. Morin carved the brain from a melon and covered in cherry juice and it was a huge hit- What started out as a couple of us neighbors doing a pre-func turned into an all out party and good deal of chaos- topped off with monsoon weather. It's the first night I've ever trick-or-treated with a golf umbrella, that's for sure.... But we had a ball- rotating houses for a different acidity at each house and food here at ours.

There was a pinata, a donut drop, apple bobbing, fishing for eyeballs, and a treasure find in the hay- topped with lots of great snacks and tons of pizza!

This shot of Bo-peep was one of my faves...

Ahhhh- the bucket-o-apples for bobbing- I'm grounded- I pulled all the stems out.... bad aunti,.... bad aunti..... (heeeeheeeeeheee)

Storm Troopers and a Skywalker....

Indiana Jones even made an appearance....






Annie stopped in- her twin brother, however, could not be stopped for comment.....


This cute little gator was having a shy moment...


Medusa was givin me the eyes.....

Meanwhile her brother the great spider... was looking for his next meal- and the occasional eyeball that popped off his costume.....

Little lady bug was just as cute as a bug...

The donut drop was harder than anticipated and messier than hoped for some... but always good for a laugh!


Oni was vampire-licious as we made a break for taking their pix in between cloud bursts and time to take off and go trick-or-treat!






The usual suspects found at my house on almost any given weekend... love these girls to pieces!


Gabbi- be afraid, very, very afraid....


We hope you had a grand Halloween! xoox D


Sunday, October 25, 2009

Masquerade Ball II

More from the event last night...
There's the ever lovely Ellen..... those purple feather's are workin'!

This lady was just lovely- I shot several of her-
This pretty peacock belonged to the court jester in the other post- and they were a scream!


more and more beautiful!

And sometimes you just have to embrace an accident- and make it happy... I rather like the funky colors in this one. :)




I met so many interesting people last night- It was honor to capture the beauty last night!