Paint 'em Pretty ~ Happy Halloween!

BOO!

I wanted to have fun with my nails for Halloween but was running low on time sooooo I just went with an orange I had picked up at a garage sale, yep a garage sale!

Sorry, no labels on so can't tell you what brand or color.

My pinky has a different color orange, why? My daughter was cleaning her desk and found a sample she had received, gave it to me and I wanted to see the difference between hers and mine. Since I was already done with my orange I just did my pinky ;)

It's a little lighter and pearly.

Again no label ~ sorry.

Now for my accent ghoulies ~

One coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear, 629 -   "Black Out". Absolutely LOVE this! One coat does the trick, covers well, not too thick, not too thin. 

PERFECTION!

 Sinful Colors,101 - Snow Me White made the body. 

Again only one coat was needed.

Used a dotting tool to make the eyes and mouth.

A coat of Seche Vite and c'est fini!

Congratulations and Happy Early Birthday Brandon!!

A big CONGRATS to my oldest for receiving a Commemorative award for being with Rabobank for 5 years!

A key chain, his choice of gifts (nice ones too!) 

And a personalized book by bank officers, 

management and co-workers.

Very touching and funny remarks and associated pictures,

 to say the least.

An early celebration for Brandon's birthday was held yesterday. Why? Because little Brandon Joseph will be making his appearance on Nov. 4th and Brandon Ray's birthday is Nov. 10th. Tanya didn't figure a BIG 40 celebration would be in order that close after a c-section! Don't blame her!

A good time was had by all,

usually is when you get this crowd together :)

Just gonna throw in some photo's here,

burning daylight ~ rain has stopped and need to prep the yard for Winter. That's a novel concept in and of itself!

But I digress.....

A delicious lunch followed by opening of the gifts...

Tanya telling Sheri how she's going to 

pop LB threw the goal posts?

The piece de resistance ~

Star Wars Birthday Cake 

Love you Brandon!

♥

Smiles for Today

Woo Hoo!

Back in this post I showed how I made a

 suncatcher out of a broken Carousel Horse.

I entered it in the Hometalk Decor Contest.

Didn't win, oh well, but.....

I received runner-up!

Got a Hometalk T-shirt!

Yippee Skippy!

Fantastically Carved Pumpkins!

We were able to make it to an exhibition of 

exceptional pumpkin carvers. 

Here's a few we saw :)

Unbelievable!