Halloween lovelies

After pinning quite a few painted pumpkins on Pintrest, my family and I decided to give it a go...

They sit next to my fireplace along with some other Halloween lovelies...

I made the banner out of luggage tags that I found at Michaels.  The tags were a little to perfect, so I painted and antiqued them with a burnt sienna color.  I then printed out the word "Harvest" in a Rosewood font and glued each letter to a tag.  To add to the Halloween vibe, I covered the front of the tag with birdcage veiling...

Vinnie the vulture looks down over the fireplace.  He too was a great find at Michaels!

And what's Halloween without Abigail the librarian hanging out with the crew...

I bet you can't guess where I purchased the black glittery trees from???  Michaels!  I know.  Crazy.

Happy Harvesting!

Jamie

Photo shoot

Hello there!  

I'm putting the finishing touches on my new sewing pattern.  Here are a few pics from the photo shoot we did last Sunday.  Pierre Olivier was once again my photographer.

It certainly was a family affair with my sister coordinating the shoot and my brother as a prop in some of the pics...

It was nice having him there playing his banjo.  At one point in the shoot some local folks, who I believe lived at the park near by, came over to watch the shoot.  They had a parrot with them and the parrot would dance every time Nathan would play the banjo.  Yes, we did include the parrot in a few pics.  We really didn't have a choice, because the owners were INSISTENT that the parrot be in some pics.  I hesitated at first, since I was concerned that the parrot would poop on the garment.  However, the parrot's owner assured me that he, the parrot, had "morals" and would never do such a thing.  So we let him in some shots. 

He is handsome!

Soon I will be back to posting, but in the mean time I am determined to wrap up this pattern.  Before I'm off, I wanted to share a video promo of my brother's band, The Drowning Men's current tour. They just signed with Borstal Beat Records, which is Flogging Molly's record label.  I'm very excited for them!  Here's a video promo for their tour with the Airborne Toxic Event...

  

Cheers,

Jamie