Hey this was my idea

Don't you love it when you have a great idea, and then years later- or how ever long- someone else uses the idea?
Yeah-- this was my idea- Meghann will vouch for me!


Megh- remember when we were planning our Toy themed Halloween party back in Connecticut?
Yeah- that was 5 years ago- I totally came up with this idea... just so you know. I thought it would be awesome to have a whole army of toy soldiers, and all of them in different positions just like the actual toy soldiers.
We had this idea of doing a themed Halloween party- which we did a Movie theme once- but our original idea was for everyone to come dressed as a toy from their childhood. We had lots of great ideas for this one- including the toy soldiers.
So- just so you know... it was my idea first!

Just a hint....

This a picture of the hat, umbrella, gloves and shoes for my Mary Poppins costume.. it is going to be awesome!

The most wonderful time of the year...

is Halloween.
Yes, I know most people think it is Christmas, but they would be wrong.
I love the Halloween season, and I love FALL!
I usually start planning the day after Halloween for next years Halloween costume.
For years I have been wanting to be Medusa, but it just has not come together yet.
So this year, as I was looking at various costume ideas - which I very rarely go with a store bought costume. Such a waste of money. You pay through the nose for this cheaply made costume which if you are lucky is not a slutified something or another, which is next to impossible to find now-a-days. Plus, those store bought costumes are not going to win an costume contest. Everybody has them. There is NO originality anywhere. That is why I always go with my own costume.
So, you ask, what is Andrea going to be this year for Halloween?
Well I will tell you- Mary Poppins.
You know that you are on to the right idea when it hits you like "Why have I never thought of that before?"
So I decided to be the Mary Poppins as she comes in to London to the Banks' house.
You also know when it is perfect costume when everything falls into place, and you do not have to struggle to pull it together.
So the first thing I looked for was the hat. It took a little while, but I found the perfect hat. I will show you pictures later. In the process of looking for the hat, I found a perfect shirt at Savers, as well as a pair of black ankle boots that were perfect. When I found the boots, I knew that I was destined to be Mary Poppins this year.
Then well searching for the hat, I was at this antique store (love antique stores) and was looking at old hats. I saw this black one, tried on, and it was not quite right, and then as I put it back it fell to the ground, and landed on top of this other hat that I did not see. I picked up both hats, and guess what- the hat that it landed on, was the most perfect Mary Poppins hats!!!! See what I mean by destiny?
I found a skirt at Savers as well, and got a coat from my sis that she was getting rid of. So thus far, I had spent a total of $20.00 for total outfit. All that I needed now was the umbrella, white gloves, and carpet bag.
Since Disney now has Mary Poppins on Broadway, the have a souvenir umbrella they sell- this is the most expensive thing I bought for the costume, but well worth it since it had the PARROT head on the umbrella.
I found some white gloves at a costume shop, and now I am probably going to make a carpet bag.
I am so excited for Halloween!!!! How about you? What are you going to be?
Stayed tuned- I will be sure to post pics.

ugh...

You ever have one of those days? That is today. After these weekend of going and going, I am just spent. Last Friday, was Kevin's wedding rehearsal dinner(which is it technically a rehearsal dinner since we don't actually rehearse anything? Just another excuse to eat yummy food right?) Well all day I had been working on two different cakes- the wedding cake and then my Nephew's birthday cake. I decided to give fondant a try- I must say I like using fondant. I made four batches of marshmallow fondant- which tastes way better then the store bought kind- and used it on all the "cakes". The reason for the quoatation marks on cake, is because of the four cakes that I covered in fondant, only one was an actual cake (the birthday cake- which tasted delicious! and normally I don't like the cakes that I make but this one was awesome!) For Kevin's wedding cake, we had two layers of styrofoam, and then the top layer was of rice krispy treats- Nutella rice kripy treats my own invention and they are YUMMY.
So both cake turned out awesome- not perfect but for never having any experience with fondant, and basically figuring it out all on my own, I think I did a pretty good job. I will eventually post pics, I forgot to take one of the i-pod cake for Jesse, but I think my sis might have some.
The wedding was fun. It was a good time. Bronson was a doll in his little tux, and was such a trooper with his cold that decieded to hit him that morning.
Everything went off really well, and we all had a great time.
It was a long weekend, and I now getting sick- not fun. I think it is because I was running around so much, and it just wore me out, now I am paying for it (Seriously, sore muscle three days later)
So for now this will do as a post.