Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Mermaids, Mermaids, Mermaids - Halloween 2019

11.03.2019


Wow, it has been some time since I last created a blog post. As much as I love sharing about our little lives, it seems as time goes on I just cant find a minute to sit down. Even now as I write this, it's 1:44am, that quiet time of the night when I can have a me moment.


As you might know, we LOVE Halloween! It's one of our favorite days of the year. I don't care for the spooky side of it. I'm personally not one for gore or scary costumes, but the imaginative side, creating a costume theme with my family, I absolutely love! This year was inspired by my youngest daughter, Isla, and her love for the little mermaid and really ALL things mermaid.


Chloie, my oldest is now a bit too old for the trick or treat part of Halloween. This was the first year she chose to stay home and hand out candy. I have to admit I've had a bit of a hard time accepting she isn't my little baby anymore but I do love the adult relationship we have, it's very Gilmore Girls. Okay okay, I'm getting mushy and off topic... Chloie did dress up some. I love what she did with her makeup. She went for a more modern hipster mermaid look.


Piper's absolute favorite color is blue BLUE BLUE, so naturally she went as a blue mermaid. I made her and Isla's necklaces from beads I found at the thrift store. I spent maybe a total of $5! Score! I also embellished a gymnastic top with pearls and sequins. I also made both their seashell hair clips.


It's cold this time of year in Colorado, especially this year. Just a few weeks before the weather was amazing and in the upper 70's. I honestly thought we might have a lovely Halloween too.... WRONG! It was like 35° with snow still on the ground. Thankfully I anticipated that and my lovely mermaids (and myself) were wearing SO. MANY. LAYERS!


I made Isla's top from a ballet leotard that I cut into a crop top and sewed. I bedazzled hers with jewels and pearls.Then embellished it further with draping pearls. She originally wanted red hair like Ariel but as I predicted, the night of, she wanted pink. *sigh* thankfully I bought several colors.


This year Jedidiah and I were supposed to dress up together as "Kiss the Girl" Ariel and Prince Eric but he got stuck out of town with a really difficult work project. I'll be honest I was really upset not having him home. This was our first Halloween apart in like the 20 years (don't do the math) that we've been together. I am thankful my brother came out with us. I'm not wild about walking around by myself at night.


My costume is simple but honestly I love it so much! I could definitely see myself wearing it again for a future Halloween or dare I say any random day! I didn't make any of my costume this year but I'll attach links below for where I got everything.


Chloie helped me take most of these photos. Without Jedidiah here to help, I was in a rush to get photos done before the sun went down and I couldn't find my tripod. So please excuse how fuzzy and cut off some of my photos are. I did my best to clean them up in Photoshop. Although honestly I think Chloie did pretty darn good!


Despite how crazy this day was, I think we all had a wonderful Halloween. Our costumes were a bit more basic this year but I love how they came together.



How was your Halloween? Do you celebrate it and if you do, did you dress up? I'd love to hear from you.

Mermaid Tails: Mystic Cove Mermaid
Cardigan: Mak Sweater
Skirt: Vintage Galeria
Crab Purse: Amazon
Top: Old (Le Bomb Shop)
Shoes: Old (ModCloth) can find on Amazon
Large Bow: Titas Hiding Place

Take Care & Enjoy!
♥ Heather Gwinn

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Family Circus: Halloween 2018

11.03.2018




Well hello there readers! It has truly been a while since I last posted and while I won't lament on the whys I will say that I've missed writing and sharing photos. So with that out of the way, I'm excited to share our Halloween photos!

It's been a crazy year in the Gwinn house and seriously it's been exhausting! Incredible and accomplishing but exhausting. This year I tried to keep our costumes simple. I made Isla's lion hat and her tail. I also sewed and pieced together my coat but the rest was pieced together (non handmade). I know, I know, not what I usually do but this mama need to dial back a bit. Next year, it's game on!


That aside we really did have fun with our costumes. I think I've finally gotten Jedidiah into dressing up. He really got into his part ! He even expressed what we could do next year! Yay!


Isla on the other hand wasn't entirely sure about dressing up (even though she loves to do so at home). She let me put her lion bonnet and tail on but she said nope to make up. She was also really sleepy and didn't feel up to me taking photos. I will report she got into it as the night went on and realized everyone was giving her candy. LOL! Go figure.


Jedidiah was a mime, Isla my little lion, I was the lion tamer / ringleader, Piper a tight rope walker, and Chloie a fortune teller.


My photos aren't my best but I forgot my tripod so we all took turns taking photos. It was also surprisingly cold this year and hard to keep our hands still. The weekend before Halloween we enjoyed summery days. Then *POOF* snow! It was frigid and completely unlike the typical dry cold we get. The moisture in the air made it feel at least 10 degrees colder! Okay I'm rambling but you get the point.

Isn't Piper lovely. Her favorite color is blue, so naturally everything in her life is blue too LOL! Poor girl was the coldest of us all but rest assured she wore a coat and was powered by sugar.



Well I hope everyone who participated had a wonderful Halloween. We certainly did. More to share soon!

Take Care & Enjoy,
Heather Gwinn



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Halloween 2017: Harry Potter Themed

11.03.2017

 

I'm so excited to share this year's Halloween photos. I'll start by saying this has got to be my most favorite Halloween ever! I've tried to coordinate costumes in the past but there was always someone who wanted to do their own thing. This year Piper begged to be Hermione Granger and I couldn't say no, she is at that perfect age to be her. This sweet girl was over the moon to be Hermione and wear her costume. I have no doubt she will wear this costume for dress-up all year.  


After that I thought how perfect would Chloie be, with all her crazy curls, to be Bellatrix! Of course their character is nothing alike but she totally looks the part. It took some convincing but I eventually won Chloie over.


 I decided to be Ginny, since by default my hair automatically made me a Weasley and also Ginny is awesome. The movies just don't give her enough credit.


That left Isla and Jedidiah. Jedidiah was my Harry Potter and we decided Isla would be warmest as Hedwig.


How stinkin cute is Isla as Hedwig?! She was like a little heater, warm and cozy under all those layers, which was a good thing since it was a cold Halloween (35 degrees). And how impressive is it to see EVERYONE looking right at the camera?! This almost never happens.


The photo above cracks me up! My husband isn't wild about being in front of the camera but he was a real sport with this photo shoot. My sister, Caitlyn, and her boyfriend Mitch also joined our Potter themed Halloween. Mitch was a perfect Draco!


 Some of my photos were a bit blurry and grainy but the sun was falling and we all took turns capturing photos. These were definitely more rushed than usual. All the same I hope you enjoyed this Harry Potter themed Halloween as much as we did.

Take Care & Enjoy,
♥ Heather




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Halloween 2016

11.06.2016


Hopefully you aren't tired of seeing Halloween photos yet. I know, this was so last week but I'm not a "by deadline" kind of gal. I'd like to be but let's get real, I'm a total procrastinator and this has been a crazy week! I'm pretty sure I say this every post. Anyhoo, the above photo is of Chloie. She chose to be a doll this year. Because I was running behind, getting myself and Piper dressed (GASP!), Chloie did her own makeup. I'm pretty proud of her efforts. She isn't allowed to wear a lot of makeup daily so I love how she put this together.


Piper was a white wolf. She's been begging me for years to be one but I've always put it off wanting her to do the cutsie stuff. This year we went for it. I didn't make her full costume because seriously I've had my hands full learning to adapt to 3 children. Her hood was from Spirit Hoods but we got it new on Ebay for cheaper! The tail was from Amazon. The skirt, leg & arm cuffs I did make. She was so proud to wear this costume (she's still wearing the hood). If you've ever had a conversation long enough with Piper, you'd learn she is part wolf and works for a secret underground agency. She is trained in all sorts of skills that help her fight crime. She's been building this story for many years.


I wish I had gotten more photos of Chloie but her friends were with us and you know how that goes. It was also rapidly getting dark, I had very little time to capture our costumes. We took these in my front yard.


As for our costumes, I had wanted to be something different this year but I knew I'd be biting off more than I could chew so we did the same costume as last year. I bought Isla a brown teddy bear bunting suit and made it into a Scooby costume. She was sooo cute, it was well worth all the hand sewing. The only thing I didn't get to was the ears. Oh well. The above photo cracks me up! I love this family of mine.


I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. We have so much candy, it's going to be challenging getting back down to my pre-pregnancy weight. So many chocolaty sweets! Plus my birthday, Thanksgiving, AND Christmas are just around the corner. I hope my will power stays strong!

More coming soon!

Take Care & Enjoy,
♥ Heather

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