The Heart I received is the one with the lovely yellow flower in the middle...I love yellow and am fond of wine LOl! It is definitely suitable for framing!

The second shows the actual peices I contributed.

Here are the finished products of the Heart Puzzle Swap. Six ladies (including me) took 8 pieces of a heart puzzle...all the pieces being mixed so no one worked on their own but all worked on everyone elses...and altered to our 'heart's' delight! The results are so fun! Thanks to Dove, Kas, Kimberly, Kristal and Phyll! You ladies ROCK!

So here is a picture of my felt skeleton...rather looks like a bride, so I think she needs a groom...and she is sitting on my hat (veils of gold with black cats, black lace in front with a skeleton attached), my spell wand from a branch that I glittered, rhinestoned & feathered and my "poison" apple. That campsite will never be the same, trust me!! A good time was had by all!

Okay, so there were 13 of us all wearing witches hats, holding our wands and chanting spells over the fire...then, after burning our paper spells and notions in a caldron, we walked under the full moon (1/2 mile one way) to the edge of the lake and dumped the ashes in the water...hey, it's how witches do it, I guess :o)) Either way, I'm sure we scared a few other campers that night...wearing hats, waving wands, repeating spells...what a hoot!!

OMG, so much has happened over the last month or so. But, let's just get down to business. I finished my second Halloween matchbox anad it is now off to her rightful owner along with the tombstone one.

Then I joined my dear friend for a few days of camping and a Witches Birthday party for her! This was quite interesting and included making witches hats, spell wands, poison apples and felt skeletons!

It is getting to be that time of year again...Autumn is officially here (Sept. 22) and although California is still hot (Indian summer), thoughts go out to my favorite time of year. I love Halloween, and decided to offer the idea of Halloween Matchboxes to swap. I've completed one done not in the traditional style. I used a wood cutout of a tombstone and you can see the rest. The other will be a pumpkin, though I've yet to decide if I'll go cutesy or not. Also, as October approaches, we will have the Harvest Moon on Oct. 4th lighting up our heavens. I'll be camping with my dear friends, celebrating birthdays, making witches hats and other ghostly things! For those who have an interest, the Harvest Moon is the full moon that is closest to the Autumnal Equinox...or the first day of Fall. This moon can be before or after the equinox...this year it is 13 days past. The next full moon is called the Hunter's Moon. Lately I've had some incredible luck with my camera (must be that I'm learning how to use it LOL) and I've gotten a few impressive 'moon-shots'. I'm anxious to see what I'll come up with on the 4th.

Happy Autumn to all!

Thought I'd try my hand at the camera...this is a close-up of the inside of a 30+ year old barrel cactus from my mom. I'm not a photographer at all, but have found the want to incorporate my own photos in my art, as well as just try my best at taking some decent photos to hang. This almost has a wedding feel to it since it is done in black & white...in reality it is cream colored and pale yellow. It opens once a year and the bloom lasts only for a day, if we're lucky. My husband and I were both out early clicking away when we realized it had reached it's peak of perfection bloom.