This time last year, we were in the midst of a Hurricane Sandy lockdown. As you can imagine, safety was kind of the priority last year so we pretty much skipped Halloween celebrations all together. No costumes, no Halloween parties, and not even a carved (or decoupaged) pumpkin! Lucky for us, there were no impending storms this year, in fact the forecast actually brought us temps in the mid 60’s! Needless to say, to make up for lost time last year we had to get into the season this year!

This year,  I ventured into the unknown.. the couple costume! I’ve never done one before, or really had any desire to.. but I saw an idea on Pinterest and had to go for it. Bob Ross and a happy tree! I mean, who didn’t love Bob Ross growing up?

I started by trying to convince Chris to be the tree and I’d be Bob Ross, but he wasn’t feeling it so I decided to be the tree, and of course I had to make it a little more exciting because well, it’s a tree. Michaels was the place to go for this one too — hot glue, leaves, pinecones, and mini birds. Done and done. It took about 4 hours of hot-gluing, but I was pretty happy with how it turned out. 

I had to get into the details too, of course! I completed the costume by making leaf bracelets, a leaf ring, and covering an old pair of Toms in leaves too.

And my headband! I finished the costume off with some pinecones, more leaves and two little birdies to go on my head. I was pretty happy with how it turned out!

Now onto Bob Ross, I mean, Chris. He had it much easier.. a wig, palette of paint and a shirt tucked in. I only gave him a few days notice, so the beard wasn’t exactly up to par, but he wouldn’t let me take the eyeliner to his face either so this is as good as we were getting!

And now for the grand finale…. What you’ve all been really waiting for. What Scooter was for Halloween! This year my little weenie dog was a dragon! 

Gotta love Halloween! Hope you all had as much fun celebrating the holiday this year as we did!

You know that moment when you just look at your hair and are just bored? That was me. So bored! I’ve spent the last few years growing my hair out, and now that it’s been long for awhile it’s just felt kind of blah. I like having my hair long but I decided I wanted to do a little something, before the next time I get my hair cut, and so I did.

Helloooo bangs, and a few more layers in the front (just because!). 

Little side-swept bang action to switch the ‘do up a little! And, since I was having an impulsive moment I just pulled out the scissors myself. I’m a rebel like that. But hey, it’s just hair and if I messed it up there are quite a few salons I could hit up. I just happen to like the free price tag! Ha!

Happy Halloween everyone! This year I tried a little something outside of the carving pumpkin box, which let’s be honest, I’m not very good at the carving part to begin with. Instead of playing with the guts of the pumpkin — okay, that part is fun — I decided to get out the Mod Podge, wrapping paper and paint!

The process is super simple! I cut up pieces of some leftover wrapping paper and newspaper I had. Then just use a sponge brush and cover the whole pumpkin with pieces, one by one with Mod Podge. To finish off the project, I decided to paint the stem of the pumpkins white.

And wa lah! You get this little masterpiece! It’s not perfect, but I like it and it goes with my patterned theme in the apartment very well!

I also decided it would be fun to do the same process with newspaper :) I spy Bloomerg and Ian Somerhalder!

And there you have it, my DIY of the day! Enjoy the holiday everyone! :)