From the Mind of AlphaBetsy

It is that time once again for skeletons, bats, spiders and sparkles. And I am not jut talking about my everyday wardrobe. Once again Vanessa is hosting her:      Join me on October 25.     See you there!!    

Happy Wednesday. We're halfway there!!  I just wanted to pop in to brag a bit that I was featured today on my friend Berol's blog  Blossom Tree Valley  for her Wednesday Wonderfulness post. She wrote such a nice piece about my little space in the blogosphere. She's a total sweetie and even though for some reason blogger will not allow her to comment on my blog she just sends me little email comments. How amazing is that. So if you get a chance stop by to say hello and check out her Animal Mondays which always make me happy. Especially the one about her mantids. Awesome. 

 A couple of days ago I received the beautiful stationery I won from Faye at  Aradia's Cauldron . I was so excited and have finally gotten pictures of the amazing papers she sent me. A super whimsical robot and faery Earlier in the year I was working on my Viking Garb for the Ashville Viking Festival and my sewing machine died. Very literally. It got slower and slower and slower until it just stopped working altogether. So since April I have been without this most vital of tools. Not a good thing. Well a few weeks ago Joann's had a sale going and I just could not resist. This is my new toy. I was pulling out some of the supplies I bought last year or the year before for Halloween that I would like to complete this year. There are skulls to paint, and bats, and little figurines, and witches hats. Here's some of the raw material to be finished before my Halloween party. A stack of skulls Wooden bats on a stack of school junk. :)  I also want to sh...

I have a bunch of awesome things coming up in the next couple of months so be on the look out for posts about the following things. Going to the Dublin Irish Festival this evening. A couple of trips to the zoo, one for Seth's Dad's company picnic and one for my Mom's birthday.  Country Living Fair 2011  is the weekend of September 16 - 18 at the Ohio Village here in Columbus again this year. Mom, Traci, me and maybe my Aunt Gayle will be attending again this year. On October 5, my mom and I are going to see the Club Belly Dance tour as it comes through. Club Belly Dance is the smaller tour of the Belly Dance Superstars tour, so it should be an amazing tour. Also in October will be  many Halloween events including my first blog giveaway. I know what I am going to do, so be watching because it is going to be a good one. I am so ready for the fall festivals and such to start. I love fall. I bought the book Autumn Equinox by Ellen Dugan this week and I am loving reading abou...

Many awesome things have been happening recently, and I have made some awesome acquisitions as well as crafted some very cool things. I thought I would take a few minutes to share some of them. First off I was a lucky lucky girl and won a recent giveaway by the lovely Vannesa at  A Fanciful Twist . She is making these amazing bracelets using fabric scraps and bits of yarn and I won one of them. Yay. I got it in the mail this morning, and I love it. It's crazy and bright and makes my day. The pictures don't do it justice it is so dynamic. I am going to make myself some more of them too. Cause I like this one so much. :) We also acquired a new piece for our dining room recently. It is actually a bedroom chest of drawers given to us by Seth's brother and sister-in-law because they didn't have room for it in their new apartment. I decided that it should be in our dining room to be a bar and storage area. I like it there already. We even have our wine glasses and shot...

Since I have been missing from the world. I sent out my Alice swap package and my partner received. Here is what I sent her. An apron which I was proud of because I made it without a pattern. I made a fascinator with a painted rose and a spool of thread.  A bracelet with Alice based charms.  Two garden/ flower pot mushrooms.  A talking flower pin, I made the face from shrinky dink, a wooden dormouse pencil sharpener and a wind up Caterpillar I also included some Disney Alice stickers and a deck of playing cards.  Last week I also received a card in the mail from the lovely Miss Lou of  elousions  as part of her Snail Mail Project. I was so excited to get mail. Here is the card and the lovely inclusion she sent me And speaking of the lovely Miss Lou, I found out yesterday that I won her latest giveaway on her blog. It's for an inspiration book, and I am so excited that I won. If you are curious you can see exactly what I won  here . I al...

My one year blog-a-versary is February 25th. Be on the look out for fun things and something special that day. I'm plotting and planning. Muah-ha-ha.

K from Banterings of a Basketcase gave me an awesome award that really made my day. I was totally bragging about it to people who had no idea what I was talking about. lol. I can honestly not remember which blog led me to K's but I loved her personality and hit follow...and I'm glad I did.  So here is the award. And here are the rules... 1. Thank the person who gave you this award. 2. Share 7 things about yourself. 3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic! Okay...I am also going to alter this part a bit. I am going to give this award to four blogs two that I have been following a while and two that I have just recently begun to follow. :)  4. Contact the bloggers you’ve picked and let them know about the award.  First things first though.... 7 Things about myself.  1) I am a proud pet mother. I have a 3 year old chihuahua, Zoe and an almost year old cat, Samhain. That picture of the kitte...