Decorating for Halloween

My mother has put out her jack o'lantern.

And I have decorated above my bedroom door.

October Bucket List

While reading the other day, I came across a Fall oriented bucket list.  It had a number of fun ideas for celebrating the Fall season.  I thought what if I created an October bucket list.  Here is a start:

Collect and press colorful autumn leaves

Catch the scent of apples, and acorns on the autumn breeze

Make my favorite applesauce cookies

Decorate my door with witches, spider webs and other Halloween decorations

See how many of my Halloween T-shirts, pins, scarves and ties that I can wear to work during the month.

Visit our cabin one more time before we need to winterize it.

Then I came across a zentangled spider web, so cool!  So I doodled a spider web, but decided to add

 another doodled or/and zentangled spider web to my bucket list.  One that I can create with better art supplies.

Send out Halloween correspondence - much more fun that a Christmas card in December.

Any ideas for other additions to my October bucket list?

Seasonal Doodles

September: Acorns & Sunflowers
October

My Mother & Her Witches are featured in the local paper

Read the article:
http://www.standard.net/topics/features/2010/10/21/witches-get-dolled-season

Working toward Halloween?

A few more pins - these will be at the Carriage House Gallery at the Eccles Community Art Center.

And Zackery draws his own witch using Mom's drawings for inspiration.

18 Witches

My mother has received a commission to create 18 witches. Here they are, 18 pocket doll witches just lying around.

Arlene's latest dolls more

The opening reception at the Eccles Community Art Center has come and gone, as have many of my mother, Arlene's dolls.  Here are just a few more photos of her work.  Again, please do not use these images without permission.

Arlene's latest dolls

For those of you that are familiar with me, you know that my mother is a talented doll maker. She has been working on Halloween & Christmas items. I wanted to share a few with you. These are all my photos of my mother's original work. Please do not copy with out permission. Thank you!

Many of these items will be in the Carriage House for the September exhibit opening on Friday September 5th.