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98 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN



On July 24th there were 99 days left until Halloween. Yeah, basically the name of this blog. But yesterday. I got busy and missed the date again. So HAPPY 99 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN a day late! It's true- there's less than 100 days till Halloween and you know what that means? Code Orange!! No not that guy. It means that Halloween merch has started showing up in stores. I've seen pix on Instagram at Home Goods. It's arriving at Michaels (tho lots of it is pink & black). I know what you're thinking- let's have a moment of silence for the loss of Joanns stores- they're missed by many!! If you have any independent craft, fabric & yarn shops near you be sure to support them if you're able cause you'll miss 'em when they're gone. 

I've been thinking about Halloween off & on since January since it's my favorite holiday and have made a few plans for events to attend and projects to create. This little needle felted pumpkin is one of many I intend to make. Less than 2" tall it's a challenge and takes longer than you'd expect to finish. But the combination of focus AND the stabbing/jabbing the wool with the needle is crafting therapy for this Democrat. 

The Halloween dollhouse I've been working on is still a WIP (work in progress). I'll share some photos I took in late October in another blog post. I should probably doing video but really I'm really not confident in front of a vid cam to do that. And I've gotta go now so I'm posting it AS IS lol. I'll edit the alignment another day. Have a great weekend! 



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