Going Into October

  I am LOVING October so far as we have been experiencing gorgeous Indian summer weather! We actually reached 83 F yesterday although it wasn't a record. The weather was perfect for this past weekend's Celtic Classic- so perfect that I never saw it as packed as it was (almost claustrophobic) especially on Sat.! We did watch the parade of Tartans but decided to leave after that because we could barely move around to see anything and ticket lines for food and drink were 50-100 people deep! Sunday was a much lighter crowd so we were able to enjoy it fully by taking in the music of some Celtic bands and bagpipe group competitors, along with border collie demos. I didn't have my camera with me though-oh well. However I played in PicMonkey ( a free photo editing program) for the first time and managed to create a collage of a few of the photos I took at last year's parade. The same bands returned this year.

     The last row is my alma mater, and I must say those Liberty Grenadiers blow away every other local high school band by far year after year!


  As it is a new month I created my October calendar spread to join in on Kate Crane's 2013 Calendar Project. Here's the background:

 Dylusions Ink Sprays in Squeezed Orange, Pure Sunshine, Lemon Zest, Dirty Martini along with Julie Balzer's Leaves stencil (12" x 12"). Foam stamps and orange acrylic paint were stamped on then outlined with marker.

 I finished it by stamping and outlining the weekdays using a foam stamp set by Magenta (which I've used many times in the last two years calendars). Weekday numbers are an old stamp set by PSX. An assortment of stickers were added on along with the moon face image (Retro Café Art) and Halloween Faux Postes (ARTchix Studio).

 In continuing with the Halloween theme I received a pkg. containing the tags I received in a swap I participated in recently. You can see the tags I made here.

 The swap was hosted by the generous Sallie Rodman who decorated the envies and included the baggie of tags, a hand made card and Halloween ephemera! 

 First three of the six tags I received:

 

 From top left these tags were made by Renee Stockfleth, Sanna Burgess, Barbara DeLisle.

 The other three tags:

 

  From top left these tags were made by: our hostess Sallie Rodman, Nikki Smith, and TJ Mazie Trani.

            Aren't they fantastic??? I can't wait to hang them banner style! Thank you all so much!!!  

 I have two more exciting happenings coming up next week. First of all I'll be seeing my guy Keith Harkin along with Celtic Thunder who will be in town Wed. to perform their latest tour-Mythology!!!

 Secondly, next week I will sharing a special post, along with a fantastic giveaway...so stay tuned!!

  Linking to: Art Journal Every Day, Creative Every day, Kate Crane's 2013 Calendar Project, Mandarin Orange Monday, Glue It Tuesday, and last, but certainly not least- Paint Party Friday!