Banquet Journal

tattoo envelopes

number one priority around here the last few days has been valentines, and the 49 cards that need to be made for the kids' classmates. of course we were using our amazing valentine's tattoos (snak...

bats

still playing with the black paper, this time making bat crowns, as the four (!) and the six are totally obsessed with the upcoming night of fright...

michael grater masks

over the weekend we made some michael grater inspired crow masks. super easy, super fun. (the trick is the extravagant beak that folds over to make the nose.)

egyptology

love love love these painted banners hanging at the school...

owls

sorry for our absence. the six had his last week of kindergarten and it was fairly epic. and not without a few tears, mostly on my part. we also (in this case the we being the three and i) were in...

valentines day bites.

heh heh

obsessed...

pyrite the turkey vulture obsession has segued into a fascination with dinosaurs radicchio with hard-boiled egg & crisp pancetta sweet acorn capped mushroom craft, here.

make cheery totes

kraft and tassel gift bags, from an old old old copy of mccalls.

mask making

rainy day + two three year olds + cardboard + felts + old magazines + gluestick + scissors + string = one bad guy villain mask and one butterfly princess mask

egyptian queen

i always have a hard time thinking of a halloween costume, but yesterday i had an hour to myself and some corrugated cardboard and egypt on the brain, and this collar and head dress just kind of c...