Elegant Halloween

So costumes have been decided and created. I am a flapper girl and Artemis is current favorite thing in all creation: a doll. Photos below, and to come.

I have deep fond feeling toward my sparkly beaded dress (NBC $16) and metallic shoes (Goodwill $5). I also glue feathers and ribbons to a hair clip for my headwear and found a lovely vintage pearl bracelet. My fingernails are painted Orly's "Luxe" and toes are Orly's "Rage". (Cool metallic gold and rose gold. Very pretty!)

Artie's doll costume includes gelled hair, pink frilly dress, coordinating diaper cover and socks, sparkly necklace, and a brown paper price tag that says "I'm a doll", tied on with ribbon. Easy peasy, made from stuff we already have.

Mom and Baby Creative Halloween Costume Ideas

Summer is ending right and left! QUICK THINK OF A HALLOWEEN COSTUME!!!

Candidates for our costumes:

- little red riding hood and the wolf

- 1920's Gatsby flapper girls

- Victorian witch and owl

- Matryoshka dolls

- Parvati and Krishna

Decisions, decisions...

It's been years...

It's been years since I kept a blog. I cannot begin to describe to you the changes I have undergone since our last correspondence, great void. So here's an update, tossed at whoever might chance upon it in this corner of the information wasteland.

I am a mother now. The best thing that ever happened to me is now 14 months old, with my features and my heartbreak's name. And she is golden. She's the most bright and hopeful thing I've ever seen. She's changed my world.

I'm a nursing student. I finished what I started with cosmetology school and worked in the industry for 6 months. I discovered that it isn't a foundation to build my life on.

This feels right, for myself, my family, and my contribution to the world. Maybe a traveling nurse career will be the perfect piece for this puzzle.

There it is. My new life. Well not entirely new. Same triggers and struggles. Better motivation to keep fighting the good fight. What's new with you?

Would you like to see my latest project? And what I look like these days? Here are my favorite Instagram photos.