I LOVE Halloween. Maggie’s not quite so excited about it and usually spends the evening in the closet.
Halloween in Brooklyn, Knicks city dancer, Fred Lebow, and Macklemore.
Incidentally, Andrew is Fred Lebow (founder of NYC Marathon) this year because he’s running the marathon on Saturday for the American Cancer Society. You should check out his page for donations, even if you don’t donate, read the story. (And then you’ll donate.)
Happy Halloween from the Beals
If this little kitty would stop by her Grandma’s house she’d get lots of treats! And hugs and kisses.Ok. This is very scary. Our oldest adorable grandson not being so adorable right now. NO TREATS FOR YOU!Devils in Blue Dresses
The Greens through the years
Found this picture and had to add it. My adorable little clowns!
O.M.G.! Is this the best dog costume ever? It’s Miley Cyrus and her new hit “Wrecking Ball”!
I so wish I had thought of this. But I would have had to get a dog that wears costumes. You can go to The Craftinomicon’s website to learn more about this great outfit!
Anyhow, Happy Halloween! Hope you enjoy your tricks and treats!
I completed a couple more projects in the music room–updated a floor lamp so I have lighting while practicing the piano or banjo and made a dog bed for Maggie.
Why don’t we every see the cords in the designer magazines or tv shows? What do they do cut them off for the photo shoot then put them back afterwards?
Both of these projects were easy peasy. The same semi-gloss black spray paint that I used for the chandeliers renewed the old brown floor lamp.
I also spray painted the off-white lamp shade with white in satin and added washi tape that I bought from Pick Your Plum. (If you aren’t familiar with Pick Your Plum, you should check it out. Michelle told me about their daily email and I’ve ordered several inexpensive items from them since.)
As I mentioned last week, Maggie needs a bed in every room. But she’s not picky. If you leave a towel on the floor, she’s happy with that.
And this was the simplest cheapest bed ever!
I picked up a 1/2 yard remnant at Jo-anne’s of a fleece fabric that I thought Maggie would like. Remnants were on sale when I was there for 50% off their already low price. Cost, $2.03. Fleece is not only Maggie’s favorite blanket material, it doesn’t unravel.
I also had one last piece of 1″ thick foam in storage. 27″ x 14″. Perfect for that small remnant.
I made a little pillow case for the foam with muslin which was totally unnecessary. It just makes it easier to slip the foam out of the fleece slip cover and provides a little more protection from dog drool. Not that Maggie drools.
The fleece was 60″ wide and I had about 18″ of length which I cut down to 17″. (Foam is 14″ + 2″ for thickness of foam + 1″ for seams). Turned under the short ends 1/2″. Fleece doesn’t fray so I really didn’t even need to do that. I mostly did it because you could see the words on the selvedge. (Oh yeah, you are never supposed to use the selvedge which is the very edge of the fabric but this is a dog bed) I then placed the center of the foam onto the center of the fabric.
I did not take a picture of this so am recreating with another one of Maggie’s blankets.
Folded up each side and then marked with a pin.
Fold up first side
Took the foam out and folded over to where I had pinned. Sewed up the top and bottom. Turned right side out. Envelope style pillow case! So Simple!
Here both sides are folded back up to the pinned line after the foam was removed. Just sew along the top 1/2″ and the bottom 1/2″.
Here’s the actual envelope-style slipcover.
The back with the foam cushion
And the front!
What’s next?
One last change for the music room is an art project. That might happen next week. Or I might move onto my office where everything from the former dining room was dumped. That room desperately needs some organizing and prettying up right about now!
The music room renovation was incredibly cheap. A bunch of the stuff I already had. And I used a lot of spray paint. The stencil from Martha Stewart was probably the most expensive item I bought and I’ll be using that in future projects.
The weather has been wonderful. Cool and dry. Flower and vegetable gardens are enjoying the change.
Most of the leaves have fallen from this plumeria but it is still blooming.Roses and Mandevilla enjoying the sunshine.
Most people plant cauliflower and broccoli in their winter garden. I’ve done that in the past but it’s a lot of work and not all that rewarding! So now I just plant herbs and other veges that do not take much care–and that the squirrels don’t eat!
Basil ready to be transplanted
Carrots are not supposed to do well here but Addy and Kendall plant them every season anyhow and we always have yummy carrots. My little picky eaters gobble them up!I planted pepper seeds but they didn’t sprout so I picked up a couple pepper plants last week.Looks like I’ll be picking green beans soon!
This season just doesn’t last long enough! But we enjoy every minute of it!
