Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

Halloween is truly one of my favorite times of the year. There is so much fun in planning your costume, decorating your home with spooky details, Halloween parties and trick-or-treating. We try our hardest to make it to Disneyland's Not So Scary Halloween Party...and this year was no exception. Of course tickets sell out quick, so we made sure to grab them in advance...two months to be exact. We chose the weekend of Halloween and it was the spookiest yet!

The Mr. and I chose to be Cliff and Jenny from the Rocketeer. It was fitting since the movie is celebrating it's 25th anniversary this year. Boy, how time flies. I was lucky enough to have my wedding dress I based off Jenny's gown from the movie. I remember my hubby always told me that his first crush was Jenny, from the moment he saw her in that famous white gown, so of course the day after he proposed to me I hunted down a similar dress.

The helmet and jet pack was a completely different story. I had made those completely from scratch. The helmet base was a large Red Vine's plastic container...yup! I then worked around that container with a mixture of cardboard and Duct tape. It was definitely a case of trial and error. But I got the shape down to an acceptable look. I then sprayed the entire helmet down with gold spray paint.
The Jet Pack was made from two soda bottles and an apple juice container. I glued google eyes around the pack to give the illusion of welded studs once it was painted. I sprayed it down with silver spray paint. Then I slit two openings in the back and put two of my husbands leather belts in as straps. I was impressed. Even though it was cheesy...it was fun!

We got quite a few looks, stairs and giggles...mostly because everyone thought I was a bride and my husband was a jet man. But it was so worth it when the handful of people that got it went nuts! My husband beamed as he heard from afar "It's the Rocketeer!!" Those that got it were so excited! Even some execs' at Disney that stopped us for pictures. It was exciting! 

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!!!

Pictures from that night at Disneyland

My favorite part of the whole night...THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN

Happy Halloween

Halloween decorating at our place is taken very seriously ;)

I start decorating right on September 1st...I mean why not?!?! This year we decided to take advantage of our large front windows and place a cut out of Oogie Boogie to resemble his first appearance in The Nightmare Before Christmas as a shadow in the moon.

To create a large silhouette cut out for your windows you need black poster paper (Dollar Tree), scissors, pencil, tape and a print out of your image.

 I achieved this by finding that exact image online and blowing it up in Microsoft Publisher. I resized my project to the size of my window and placed the image exact how I would like it to appear. Then I printed the project. The important thing is to keep your prints in order so it's easier to lay them out like a puzzle. Laying out the pieces needs to be done prior to cutting out your project. I laid everything out to make sure my image was right and then I taped the pieces by rows...not attaching the columns at all. I then cut out the image. I then taped my multiple pieces of poster paper. For this image I needed about 4 posters. I laid out the entire image atop the black posters just to make sure my image would fit. I then started tracing the image onto the posters. After making sure my outline was correct, I cut the poster. Once you're done, you could immediately place it on your window. I secured mine with shipping tape.
At night, this cut out really pops out as the center of my décor. Such a simple, cheap and effective idea. I am thinking of way now to use this during the Christmas season.

Traci Lords Launch Party

I grew up wanting to be Wanda from Crybaby...Traci Lords to be exact! I cut my bangs because of her and grabbed everything I could in polka dots. Traci's character was my first exposure to the modern rockabilly scene and I was only 11. So when I hear Laura Byrnes of Pinup Girl Clothing was bringing Traci Lords on as a designer for her own branch of clothing I was so excited, but when I heard Traci was making an appearance at the Burbank boutique...I was in shock! I couldn't wait to finally meet her!

With my gal-pals Kat and Cristine!

My bestie, Emily, with Traci!

Meeting Traci for the first time...I was so nervous that the words that came out of my mouth was "I grew up watching your movies!" not what I meant...obviously! I meant I grew up watching Crybaby religiously. I laughed so hard that moment...and she knew why.

The babe of all bad ass babes.

Pumpkins and Pinups Galore!

I had a fun filled weekend packed with pumpkins and pinups at the Disneyland Resort. My amazing gal-pals and I strolled around the fall decorated parks. Of course packed with pumpkins...my favorite of course! It was a weekend filled with much needed girl time and laughs.
I can't get over the huge Mickey Mouse Pumpkin they display at the entrance of Main Street USA. It's a photo-op must!

Birthday Pups

Recently, our puppies celebrated their birthdays. We always celebrate our furbabies' birthdays. Ruby celebrated her 2nd birthday on September 1st and Rusty celebrate his 4th Birthday on the 29th of August. It was small, sweet and perfect. We whipped up a carrot cake and they were just thrilled.