We're Finalists!

For the 5th year in a row, we have been selected as finalists in Inhabitots nationwide Green Halloween Contest ! Yay! Although we have never won this nationwide contest, we have been fortunate to hover in the top 15 every year. With your help, maybe we can actually win some Yummy Earth organic lollipops, which is the runner up prize. My kids love them!
Please click on the links below and hit the yellow "vote for this design" to cast your vote!
We truly appreciate it!

Cleopatra costume: made with pillow case and paper shopping bag

Maya is Cleopatra here:

Ninja costume: made with fabric remnants, recycled rope, and rug pads

Jaxon is a Ninja here:

Halloween on my mind

As we move into October, Halloween is definitely on my mind.

Halloween is that one time of year where you can be anything you want to be!

When I was a child my mother would make my costume, and it was really fun

to try and find different things around the house to make the outfit complete.

To see a costume develop from simple materials is pretty amazing, almost like a dream!

That is why I continue on with the tradition of making Jaxon and Maya's costume

from scratch every year.  



Maya as a mermaid
Materials: deconstructed previous year's Statue of Liberty costume,
shopping bag tail, handpainted gold details.

Jaxon as a soldier
Materials used: his grandfather's BDU deconstructed, rug pad remnants, etc.

This year I am to make a Cleopatra and Ninja costume. At this point, it sounds overwhelming, I really don't know where to start.