Journal Your October/Oct. Daily 2021 MEGAAA thread

Those are so fun and bright refugeepea

I ran out of steam when I realized that, once again, I had left it too late to be making Halloween cards for my shop. It was too late for donating them too. I really need to be better about scheduling my crafting 2-3 months ahead of the actual season. I managed to send a couple of dozen cards out to friends though.

I have a Halloween set of sheetload cards to finish up that will use up most of the cool DCWV paper pad I bought last year, so I guess I'll be 11 months ahead of the game for next year.

I have some friends with October birthdays so that helped get me motivated to get cards in the mail. Once I got started and figured out that I didn't have to write them all proper letters (or even much more than a sentence) I got through it fairly quickly. 

I do follow Kristie although I don't often use her sketches. The sheetload sketch is from Call Me Crafty Al. azcrafty posts a link to it on the card board every month but if you subscribe to her YT channel you can download a free printable that guides you through turning a couple of sheets of paper into 6-12 cards. It's very doable if you like making sets of cards and have the patience/diligence to follow instructions which I often don't. 

I’ve done pretty good in my memory planner keeping current. I used the 6x6 doodlebug pumpkin spice pad for my accents and the matching enamel stickers. I really had fun using it even though it’s not my normal style.

Happy Halloween fellow peas! I know what you are thinking. You're a day off, but Trick or Treating happens today. An unspoken rule if Halloween falls on a Sunday, you do it Saturday because...Mormons.😆 Have no fear, I will have treats ready (and extra) for those who didn't know tomorrow. May I present to you Eleven. Total luck he did that finger to the nose like it was about to bleed.🤣 It was dress up day at his school yesterday.

I hadn't decorated outside, totally lazy this year, but I just pulled out my small rusty cauldron, a teal bucket of stickers and erasers (allergy friendly), and opened the box of mini potato chips. One bag ripped open as I cut the box open so I had to eat that and stash a couple of my fav flavor. I strung some purple lights in the window and called it good 🤷🏻‍♀️ I also got our house on the local Fbk group trick or treating map, fwiw. I think 7 other people are on the map, but our neighbors have lots of decorations and a bright orange candy chute so we'll probably get some kids regardless.

It looked like a lot of places were doing their trunk or treat events tonight but even last year we had a half dozen visitors. And this year we have the rarest PNW Halloween of all - no need for a raincoat over your costume!