Halloween preparations

Halloween is fast approaching and I need to put the finishing touches on my little families costumes. My b.f. and little puppy are going to be Luchador's (Mexican wrestler's). My b.f. already has his costume and mask. Today I am going to work on my dog's mask, since he also has his outfit.

Mason is wearing a Martha Stewart Halloween dog costume, but he still needs his mask. I found this really great pattern for a Luchador mask. I could not believe the total cuteness!!

Mistakes (the saga of cat-o-lantern).

I think, probably like most people, I like to show all the good stuff I make or rather the stuff that turns out like I wanted it to. Well, today I am going to go out on a limb and show you something that I made that turned out not at all like I wanted it to, but in the end my dog enjoyed it.

As you know, I like to crochet. Since the holiday season is fast approaching (why do I already feel so far behind on all my Christmas stuff?!!). I thought I would try to make some cute halloween decorations. Last year I crocheted some cute pumpkins that I put on the mantel and bookcases in our apartment.

tan bunny hanging out with pumpkin

This year I thought I would make a Cat-O-Lantern. Sounds awesome huh? Well I thought so too, but let's look at how it turned out:

I tried to fix it. I took of the ears, changed the expression on the face, changed the whiskers. Still didn't turn out like I wanted. I can tell you one person (well, dog) who could not wait to get his paws on it!!! I found him in the bedroom chewing on it like a prized treat.

shake, shake, shake

"oh, hi, I didn't see you come in"

don't you dare take this away from me

"these whiskers taste good, please leave me now"

Shortly after I took these pictures he had ripped out one of the eyes. I promptly threw it away. No more cat-o-lantern!