Give Me The Deetz...*

*Hint #1 is terrible pun!

 

 

One of my friends (Colin) says that I have 1930's newspaper comic strip humor. Yup, sums it up well.

 

The bangs were a nightmare!

 

 

Hint #2, the camera is part of the costume.

 

Hint #3:

 

"My whole life is one...big...dark...room."

 

 

I am guessing most people will know who I am supposed to be, but if you are too young to remember scroll to the bottom.

 

 

Had to have one silly one with the kids. (Although I look psychotic!)

 

Clothes:

Tuxedo Tank Top [hard to see] ~ Converse, from Target (couldn't find online)

Black cardigan ~ Old Navy (Hey, I was broke, don't judge)

Velvet skirt ~ The Goodwill (Woo-hoo, eco-friendly shopping)

Shoes ~ from Mum

Tights ~ The Goodwill, Halloween section

Choker ~ The sash from my bathrobe

 

The make up:

First layer was Elf concealer, I used the white all over my face

Second layer ~ Hard Candy's Nobody's Perfect Concealer Pallet (lightest shade)

Powder ~ Revlon Photo Ready Sculpting Pallet (just the white)

Contouring/eyeshadow ~ E.L.F. 144 count Eyeshadow Palette (Purples, and silvers)

Eyeliner ~ Elf cream eyeliner

 

Obviously I am not a makeup pro, I just did the best I could. ; )

 

gossmakeupartist channel ~ How to contour

(Just use silver, purple, and white instead of browns.)

 

 

Have a happy and safe Halloween!!

If you haven't figured out who I am...here is her bio.

Happy Hallowee-ween!

Teddy the porcupine wishes you all a happy (and safe!) Halloween-ween.*

 

 

 

 

*The episode of The Neighbors is likely only available for a limited time.

Mucho Monday!

Source       Love the happy kitty!

I found tons, and tons of cool stuff for you this week! Hope you enjoy it folks. : )
 

Animals:
♦Oh man I have been there: Pill-ing a cat
♦Cats demonstrate their photo ninja skills
♦Amazing wildlife photography (SpaceManSteve, check out #5, and #6)
♦Need to express you irritation, or grumpiness...check out Colonel Meow
♦Cute cat + chilling + park bench = super cuteness

Awesome:
♦Random trivia: typographical river
♦Kanye Wes (Kanye West lyrics over shots from Wes Andersen Movies) So ridiculous!
♦The Bloggess put wigs on Hunter S. Thomcat
♦Captain Picard dances to Gagnam Style
♦You are beautiful (Super awesome video...go check it out!!!)
♦Get well cards for Malala (Made me teary eyed!) Info about Malala's story

DIY:
♦Cool use for old book spines
♦Make a galaxy scarf
♦Make a beautiful mask
♦A shirt + a scarf = cool new shirt. (I don't like the combo in the tutorial, but love the idea!)
♦Easy change-up tassel curtains
♦Tons of  homemade Christmas gift ideas
♦A way for freshening your towels
♦Make a cool crystal barrette

Fashion:
♦37 ways to tie a scarf

Feminism:
♦Introverted Fairy tales. These are pretty awesome!
♦*Sigh* I think that women have the right to dress sexy for Halloween if they choose to. I don’t appreciate that almost all costumes available are sexy, including costumes for little girls. So with my disclaimer out there here is a round up of some of the worst sexy costumes. There is also a music video that has non-sexy costume ideas. (Plus: it has a Tim Gun impersonator)
♦Dressing as part of a relationship. I found her discussion very interesting. (I don't dress much like my husband at all. We look like opposites, often getting weird second glances)
♦"Fantasy Slut League" this makes me so sick!
♦YES! I guy who gets it! (About harasment/cat calling)
♦Cats against cat-calling Tumblr:

I love this one! Source

Nom:
♦Make your own sprinkles. (I normally don't like sprinkles they are made primarily out of corn starch and wax, eww. These are different.)
♦Barmbrack ~ Irish Halloween bread (Interesting, sort of like King Cake for Marti Gras)
♦Pumpking double feature: Pumpkin-Beer Waffles, and Maple Pumpkin Granola
♦Garlic rosemary bead
♦Brussels sprout chips (Ok, so this isn't for everyone, but I really like brussels sprouts.)

WTF:
♦In the 1940's  a woman adopted and made clothes for a squirrel. (I think its cute, but really not the way a squirrel should live. He is a wild creature after all.)
♦Where's Waldo tattoo
♦Tongue soap...eww

Thankful for Gramma Honey

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♥Found a cool site with tons of scarf tying ideas
♥Beautiful picture of love (Makes me teary eyed)
♥So excited for Gramma Honey's party!!!!!!
♥Wathcing the puppies play/fight is so fun.
♥Curry + pumpkin + soup = must try!!!
♥OMG! This made me laugh so damn hard!
♥I need to plant blue berries around my house next year. Yum and beautiful!
♥There was a terrible thunderstorm this morning. It knocked out the power for our neighborhood. A good excuse to go out for breakfast! [Also a good time to check emergency supplies]
♥Knowing that we make Frankie feel safe. She always comes to us when their is a storm, she gets scared.
♥This guy cracked me up!
♥Awww! Cute metal guy snuggling a kitty! This is so Raspi!!!!
♥Snuggling with the puppies.
♥Waking up to a purring foot warmer. (Rue was sleeping on my feet, cute boy!)
♥We have been enjoying the warm weather...while it lasts.

Lady In Red

 

Trying out a "fashion-y" pose. Ha! As if.

Check out my Halloween kitty and broom on the left. ; )

I have very slender feet, as you can see. The squared toe on these shoes makes me feet look even longer. Water-skis. Ha!

Red sweater ~ Shopko (Many years ago)
Bronze pin ~ local antique store
Glass ear plugs ~ local tattoo shop. Similar ones on Etsy
Skirt ~ Ann Taylor Loft, Mum's garage sale
Heels ~ Payless (Many years ago)
Topaz ring ~ Local antique store
Matte lipstick ~ Palladio, shade: Just Red
(It is irritatingly hard to find a matte red. I hate those goopy super-shine products. It looks like they slathered hair gel on their lips!)

Tool Kit Tuesday

Once again, Para Abnormal head the stake nail…on the head.

Merveilleux Monday

Merveilleux

French

Adjective   wonderful     Noun   supernatural

I love that fluffy little belly!   Source

Art:
♦Beef jerky portrait of Sasquatch Ha ha!
♦Amazing pop-art dog paintings

Awesome:
♦Zombie Luau
♦25 cool tattoos based on childrens' movies [My favorites are: Toothless, Marry Poppins, and the soot sprites.]

Cute:
♦Even Maru's toes are cute!

DIY:
♦Mich has a great tip to prevent beads from turning the wrong way
♦Snazz up some white lites
♦Picture frame pincushions

Lol:
♦Murderous cats?
♦Killer cat..comic

Halloweenie:
♦Creepy/classics...13 films.
♦Make a skeleton wreath
♦Create folk-art pumpkins
♦Some spooky fun with milkshakes
♦Plethora of "vintage" poison label images
♦Fun bunt cake
♦Monster cakes

Noms Pumpkin:
♦Casting chocolate from home-made molds
♦Pumpkin streusel muffins
♦15 pumpkin recipes!
♦Pumpkin cinnamon rolls
♦Pumpkin toffee cheese cake...drool!
♦Pumpkin dream cake

WTF:
♦Ten bizarre gowns. [The last one really grosses me out!]
♦Someone photo shopped out half of a horse???
♦A $300 paper lunch bag?
♦An odd Tumblr called Black and WTF

Thankful for Falling Leaves

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♥Have you ever seen a venomous man eating orchid? No? Well, I am making a sculpture of one. : )
♥Lightbulb moment: turn clear plastic containers upside-down = faux bell jars.
♥Saw this Halloween idea on Facebook originally...might have to do this. (Bwaa ha ha ha!)
♥Eventhough our whole neighbor hood has been turned upside down, it will be so nice when the construction/utility work is done. *Trying soooo hard to be positive.*
♥The fallen leaves collecting in our yard are yellow and chartreuse. Very pretty. : )
♥The pups have been very good in spite of all of the noise and  strangers working nearby. They stick close by us. (They think they are guarding/protecting us from the work crew.)
♥Enameled dutch ovens are pretty cool. I finally used the one we bought. Love it. No more non-stick for us!
♥Raspi and I started to play Magic. It is pretty fun. (Yeah, we are nerds.)

*Special note:

Happy Birthday to Allison & Lori!*

Pale Peony

The kids wanted to be in the picture too. I love that Bud is checking himself out. : )

This is a sort-of bland outfit for me. I had errands to do, hair cut, groceries, and pick up a new pan.

I know that some would find it weird that I wear heels to run around. Wearing heels for a few hours is nothing compared to being on my feet for 12+hours at work. Bleck!

Shirt ~ from Mum's garage sale
Jeans  ~ ? (I can never remember where I have bought pants, sorry!)
Boots ~ from Mum (She is very stylish)
Peony hair clip ~ Made by me
Puppy fuzz ~ supplied by my kids. : )




Bonus for Jhonen Vasquez fans, the lime green/yellow art piece was made by Rasputin in highschool. Its the charecter "Filler Bunny."

Alterna-Tuesday Part 3

Join me for the final week of 90's music.

Chumbawamba ~ Tubthumpin’

Fiona Apple ~ Criminal

(This video always gave me the creeps, its weird.)

 

Green Day ~ Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Note: I am NOT a fan of this song, bad memories.

 

OMC ~ How Bizarre

(You couldn't go an hour without hearing this song! It was everywhere.)

Enjoy!

 

Full list available here.

Manatee Monday

Sometimes its really hard to wake-up. Get that bun some coffee stat!

Art:
♦Calligraphy made from paper pulp
♦Portraits Drawn with Tea, Vodka, Whiskey and Ink
♦Simple, yet whimsical art/photography idea

Awesomeness:
♦A great animal sanctuary...and it has 5 cute corgs? Sign me up!
♦Cakes with Eastern-Indian flair
♦Valentino makes costumes for New York Ballet
♦Calming manatee
♦Ooooh pretty!

DIY:
♦Faux pewter pumpkins
♦Super easy binding technique (Book Binding)

Feminism:
♦Dressing to not be noticed It’s a very interesting article. There are some part I disagree with:

We were trying to hide our asses. This is the one thing that enlightened, unpretentious women (Kate), insecure and possibly pretentious women (me), and company dress codes everywhere have in common: an abiding fear of the female ass.

“Mirror fasting” is a solution that’s been proposed a lot lately in the media. The gist of it is that a woman decides to go for a period of time (three days, five weeks) without looking into any reflective surfaces, thereby achieving freedom from the tyranny of her own image. But this is (almost literally) a head-in-the-sand approach.

♦Men explain: Why men keep telling women to “smile” Parts awesome/frustrating.
♦Why does low self-esteem seem to be expected?
♦A man is called-out for ripping on a Sikh woman's appearance.

Hair-to's:
♦The Gibson tuck (P.S. she has beautiful freckles!)

Noms:
♦The perfect iced coffee
♦Listen to some chocolate...
♦Pumpkin rolls
♦Caramel apple bites
♦Flour-less chocolate cake
♦Applesauce spice cake
♦Roasted red pepper cheese dip

WTF:
♦My father-in-law applied for a credit card, and was denied credit because he was dead? (This honestly happened to him!)
♦Straw hats and violence... (in history)

Yay Soup!

I am so greatful for:
♥Instant soup
♥Hot tea
♥Two sweet corgis to keep my company
♥Piles of blankets
♥Naps (When it is quiet enought around here.)
♥I learned to make healthy micorwave popcorn

Profitez De La Brise*

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Sometimes you need to stop and appreciate the wind in your hair.

 

I still look and feel like crud…I was in no mood for having my picture taken. Besides…who really wants to see me  red-nosed and exhausted lazing about in my PJs? No one…

So please enjoy this happy little dog having a blissful moment. : )

 

 

* Translation: Enjoy the breeze

Alterna-Tuesday Part 2

The Verve ~ Bittersweet Symphony

Third Eye Blind ~ Semi Charmed Kind of Life

Dave Matthews Band ~ Crash Into Me

Ben Folds Five ~ Brick

Enjoy!

Full list here
 

Bleck....

I am not feeling well, so please enjoy this cute kitten. [I don't remember the source....?]

I am hoping to  be back to my regular blog  schedule soon...but we will have to seen how things go.

Stay warm, stay healthy!

Road Confusion

To funny not to share!

Thankful for Cute Koalas

I can’t believe that she put-up with that hat on her head! What a patient girl.

♥Fall leaves have blanket our yard.
♥I have be drying and saving  up herbs
♥The cool weather = better sleep.
♥We are going to try green tomatoes.
♥Cici is so dang cute when she is sleeping. (Soft little snore....)
♥Raspi helped me clean up my office, and lay down a new rug. Thanks honey!
♥SpaceManSteve clued me in to an awesome show called Oddities. IMDB for Oddities. Thanks again!!!
♥We let the pups pick dinner. Apparently their noses decided on beef. ; )
♥There are some truly amazing creatures on this planet!
♥There are kind folks out there who love their furry friends.
♥Sometimes you just need a little encouragement. : )
♥I lost my lens-cap, and my sweet husband bought me a replacement one.
♥A cute koala made my day

Paprika and Mustard

I wore the wrap in the morning when it was cool. I left it behind when it warmed in the afternoon.

Cici was keeping me company. What a sweet girl!

White lace tank top ~ from Mum
Mustard sweater ~ Urban Outfitters (Yeah, I know hipster store...but I was looking for a mustard colord cardigan for ages! I didn't care what store it came from!)
Wrap ~ Mum's garage sale
Skirt ~ from Mum
Boots ~ Walmart
Necklace ~ made by me
Earrings ~ Tawapa (Very similar to these)
Topaz Ring ~ local antique store Wrong ring, oops!
Edit: Green amber ring ~ Local Charm (MOA location)

Alterna-Toonsday

Bust out the mechanic shirts and wallet chains.
Some of the top modern/alternative songs of 1997

Foo Fighters ~ Everlong

Sublime ~ Santeria

[Note: there is nothing wrong with the video, its censored due to lyrics]

 

Wallflowers ~ One Head-light

White Town ~ Your Woman

 

I will be working my way throught the list for the next few weeks. Hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane.

 

 

 

 

Ps. If you want to peek at the list, go here.

Maple Monday

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Autum Overload:
♦Autumn to do list
♦Ali's awesome fall post

Art:
♦Charlie Brown drawn as horror charachters
♦World flags made in food
♦Cut paper art. So cool!

Awesome:
♦Fun serving platter
♦What a cool job! (Makes me want to join the circus!)

DIY:
♦Amazing paper mache site (His dragons are incredible!!!)
♦Aunt Peaches lists 50 home remedies

Femminism:
♦Vintage pagent photos. (Its interesting to see how the ideal body has changed.)
♦What Is Real: Art, or Beauty?
♦Subversive Knitting

Freebies:
♦A beautiful Mess has a bunch of give-aways
♦Free hi-res photos for art use: postal images, old books, paper textures, note pads & notebooks.

Noms:
♦Pumpkin snickerdoodles
♦Pretzle bites
♦Lemon lime cupcakes
♦Microwave popcorn with no bag, or oil