I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. Zack and Sabrina stopped by as they were headed out for a Halloween party. They took a step back in time to the Bonnie and Clyde days. They were so cute together. I knew right away that Zack had on a zoot suit. 

Here is another of my Christmas cards that will be going out next month. I love the Ornament punch from Stampin' Up.

These are Halloween bookmarks that I made for my students.

I took an empty container from the caramel popcorn that I get from Target and made a trick-or-treat container for Catherine. She called me tonight to see if I had found the black wire that I wanted to finish the top with. I think she will like it. The spider is from Stampin' Up decor elements.

I finished my bookmarks. I made several of the spider ones. Not only were they cute, they were really easy to make. We will have our Ocala Stamper's Ten club meeting on Monday the 20th at the new location of Priceless. Thanks Trish!

Priceless will be closed on Monday the 20th, which would be our next Ocala Stamper's Ten meeting night. I have to get with Trish to find out if we can move it to the 27th. This will be for the Ocala, Monday group only!

I am making some bookmarks for my students for Halloween. I don't want to sugar them all up. They don't need it. Here are some of them. These bookmarks are made from scrap paper and plain white labels. I am keeping the 3D effect down, because they will be mashed between the pages of a good book. I hope!

Lost "Creative Mojo", if found return to Sue Jones. I'm sorry that I have been away from my computer for so long. I don't know what is wrong with me. I guess I was just out of juice! Hopefully I'm back. I just have not felt like doing anything. I wasn't feeling sick, I just didn't want to do anything creative.

Madison and I made a cake Sunday. I replaced the sugar, and brown sugar with Splenda. They make a brown sugar too. I can't tell a difference. This is a Caramel-Pecan Pound Cake from Paula Deen's Holiday issue. Madison was a great helper. She held the mixer while I added the ingredients and she was a great help with clean-up.

I made this little candy box for a Halloween Treat!

Today was special! The kids were bouncing off the walls. I kept over half my class until the last bell because of their behavior. I'm hoping that keeping them a little later than normal will curb their behaviors. If not I guess I'll keep them late and make them line up and I'll walk them to the bus like elementary students. I made my Halloween cards last night. I love that spider stamp by Inkadinkado. I also used SU's Baroque Motifs set.

Sonny and I took a little time for ourselves this weekend. We took the boat out on the Ocklawaha River. We almost felt like we were doomed from the start, everything seemed to go wrong. We got past all that and went anyway. I'm glad we did, it was a beautiful day and the river was just gorgeous. Just to show you that everything was really going wrong . . . my camera battery also died on me.

I made another altered candy jar using the Haunted House stamp. I stamped a bat to fly over the house. I also completed an accent lamp that I have been working on for Catherine to put in her bedroom.

Tonight was my Thursday Stampers Ten Club meeting. We had a good turnout and everyone enjoyed the projects. We made the same card as the Monday group. Instead of the candy jar we made the Halloween candles. I got out all my Halloween stamps and let everyone design their own candle. This is the front and back of the one I did to show everyone how to attach the tissue paper to the candle. I love the little Jack-o-Lantern faces.

That nasty black cloud still lurks around us. Sonny's clutch went out on his truck today. I had to pick him up, go home to get the tow chain, go back and tow him to the house. Wouldn't you know it would happen on the night I had about 8 ladies coming over for my Stampers Ten Club meeting. I have decided to have a drawing for that "black cloud". Just let me know if you are interested in temporary custody! lol

There is a sweet cat trying to adopt us. Sonny is fighting it really hard. I don't understand why the cat seems confused. Sonny sprays him with water and I feed and pet him. He doesn't know how to act around us but he keeps coming back. I think he belongs to one of our neighbors because he is healthy and well fed.

Yesterday was my dad's 81st birthday and mine and Sonny's 26th wedding anniversary. And naturally I forgot everything. Oh well, it's a good thing Sonny forgot too!

Happy Birthday Dad!!!! (Thanks for the picture of dad holding his birthday cake, Joan. That set my brain back to working. It didn't take me long to put it all together and realize that I am a Dumb Ass!)

I'm back! My computer has been down since Thursday. The good news is that I got it back up. The bad news is that I lost all my favorites and some of my address groups. Yeah, that means you guys..... If you would send me an email I can add you back to my address book. I am enclosing the club reminder for the Monday Night Club since you need it tomorrow.

******Reminder ******* Stampers Ten Club Meeting Date: Monday, September 15, Hostess: Brenda Where: Priceless Scrapbooks

Time: 6:30 pm Birthdays: Brenda Steele Attachments: Project Samples Here is a list of items that we will be using this month. Bring your basic stamp kit and your paper cutter. This will keep you from having to wait so long to complete your projects. Thanks! Project One: Card Stamp Sets – Haunting Halloween (p. 27), Haunts & Howls® Wheel- Scary Skulls (p. 29) or Arachnophobia (p. 27) Ink – Basic Black, Versa Mark Accessories – Basic Kit, Clear Embossing powder, Heat gun, 1”, 1/16”, and Word Window Punch, Glue Dots, Regular Wheel Handle, Versa Mark Cartridge. Project Two: Altered Candy Container Stamp Sets – Tasty Sweet (p. 29), Carved and Candlelit ® Wheel – Ink – Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie Accessories – Basic Kit, cutter, Crimper, 1/16” punch, Glue Dots and Red Line Tape. ++++++++++++++++++++++++Reminder++++++++++++++++++++++ Please bring your basic tool kit with you. Anything that you think you may need. (This helps the meeting move faster. Less waiting for tools.) Here are some suggestions, those with double stars are required for each member to have their own. Double stick tape ** (required) 1/16” punch Ruler ** spritzer tool Scissors ** blender pen ** Bone folder watercolor crayons or pencils Cutting tool sponge Crop-a-Dile Basic Black Ink Pad Corner rounder 1/8” punch

I am keeping a low profile for the next week or so. The Jones' are not fairing so well. I may have been pushing it by using my heat gun on these candles. But, everything went well. I almost left my ribbon iron plugged in ---- that could have been ugly. The ribbon iron gets really hot.

These candles are so easy to create.

*Stamp your image on a piece of tissue paper

*Attach the stamped tissue paper to the candle by using a heat gun to melt the wax