Cookies, Cards, and Jedi

WARNING!
These last couple of days have been kind of busy with various projects.
The computer needed repairs so I was unable to blog them seperately.
Therefore......you get them in one long blog. I guess I could do them seperate. But I'm not. Sorry.

First up:

I was in charge of the snacks for Cubbies this week. This was a good thing as I was itching to make some fall cookies but needed an excuse. So anywho, I made the dough during the boys nap time.  Let it chill until after the boys went to bed for the night and then started the baking and icing. I think I ended up with 4 doz. iced cookies around midnight. A few for cubbies, a few for J's coworkers, a few for a friend, and a few for us!

 Here's the fall leaves. You can't see it very well but I mixed yellow and red icings to get all different shades of colors. Trying to make it look like a real fall leaf.

  Here's some pumpkins. Nothing too special.

Here's the ghosts...OOOOOoooooooo....scary!

And here's an after shot of what it looked like towards the end.

 I'm pretty particular on trying to keep things fairly clean and organized as I go so that it's not a complete disaster area to deal with later.

In the end all cookies went to loving tummies!

Next up:
Cards!!!
I've been trying to be better about keeping up a little extra stock instead of just making the batches that I need at that time. So I'm stocking up on some more fall cards right now. 

 I love fall colors! I also love mixing in some light blues with them. I try to make them not so much matchy-matchy but more vintage eclectic. Each card has mixed papers, various buttons, leaves, and stamps. I like to make each and every one different in some way. It keeps it fresh and interesting.

And more.

After that:

Jedi younglings.

Ok, so I'm going for the over all, from far away, it's a Jedi look. Don't look for distinguishing details because they probably aren't there.

IV has really been into Star Wars lately and asked to be a Jedi for Halloween. He decided that he's  going to be Obi Won Kenobi and Z is going to be Anakin. I'm surprised at how much Z tries to participate with Isaac in their own light saber wars here around the house. We haven't broken down and bought the real thing so they have to use their imagination. So far they have used wrapping paper rolls, western guns, grill tongs, wooden spoons, and most recently baby spoons. I'm working on a way to make some so that they don't have to carry baby spoons and tongs on Halloween.

To make the robes I tried to think of something to use around the house because I would rather make it than buy it. I ended up using an old cream sheet. By no means was it at all really thought out. I doubled over the sheet and laid them both on it with their arms out. Traced around their bodies leaving extra room so that it would be a little flow-y. I wish I would have left a little more-oh well. I hemmed the edges that needed it, made and hood, and then sewed it together. Wah-La! Jedi robes for free! I paired it with a belt, khakis, and a pieced of fabric wrapped around their shoulders for the undershirt thingy (technical term).

The Finished result.

Notice the "light saber".

Finally:
More cards.
Halloween cards.

The outside.

The inside.

Yep, that was a lot.