Just about every day since before Halloween, I’ve been told that Thanksgiving is going to be late this year.
Last week it did feel like it should be time for a holiday, but I didn’t kick into high gear until the weekend, grabbing my trusty recipe and shopping lists and checking out the food section of the New York Times to see if there was anything new I’d like to add.
Once that was under control, it was time to turn to decorating.
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I’m a sucker for a good Venn Diagram, especially when they are humorous or snarky. And sometimes they occur in my craft world, as in this project, where my love for lettering, felt and easy embroidery completely and totally overlap to create a personalized mug cozy.
I’ve seen lots of versions of these mug cozies in varying degrees of complicated – some were crocheted/knitted, some were sewn and embroidered. While my mind was wandering last week (I think of some of my best work and craft ideas while either unloading the dishwasher or riding the stationary bike) it occurred to me that I could make a personalized mug cozy by back stitching my lettering.
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I complain about the weather for all but two months out of the year – November is one of the good ones here in Kansas City.
It’s cold, but usually sunny, and the first snowfall is exciting (as opposed to the thirteenth one in February when I’m “enough already!”).
Daylight Saving ending is a hit and a miss – I like the early morning light, but hate the drive home in the dark. Why do people feel like they need to take their evening run at rush hour, on the darkest streets with no sidewalks AND dress in all black to do it?
But the best part of November, by far, is Thanksgiving. It’s our favorite holiday at SuzerSpace, and I have a Pinterest Board (actually two) to prove it.
This month I’m also working on my Etsy shop – this is my first holiday season so I’m not sure what to expect.
I’ve also been practicing my lettering, and my embroidering skills – a craft that combines both is coming up on the blog soon, and it’s perfect for hand made gift giving, so be sure to check in!
This year, as I was cutting a new monster for my front window, I remembered that I had pinned another project that I wanted to do for Halloween.
But when I thought about it, making all those pieces and crawling around on my stairs didn’t sound like that much fun. Plus, I’d need to clean the stairs of all the dust and cobwebs. And then I saw this post on Instagram, and realized that a) I did not need to clean, and b) I could just put happy bats all over my stairs and it would be just as cute and my knees would thank me for it.
Bats have made several appearances at SuzerSpace, so I don’t think you’ll be surprised to find they are back for this year’s Halloween.
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I don’t think it is any big secret that I like to decorate T-shirts. I’ve posted about my favorite freezer-paper stencil technique enough times that I probably should start a category for it. And I’ve dabbled a little in Heat Transfer vinyl, although I need a lot more practice to be comfortable with it.
But sometimes, you just need a decorated shirt for a one-off event. Say, Halloween. Sure, I’ve hand painted a Halloween T-shirt before, but this year I wanted something different. Mostly, I wanted it to be temporary – so that the shirt could return to normal duty after the holiday.
This turned out to be ridiculously easy. I just used removable vinyl!
I don’t go all out for the holiday; just a work appropriate Halloween T-shirt so I’m showing some spirit (pun intended 🙂 ) To capture that completely, I hand-lettered a “This is my costume” layout and then used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the words from two different colors of regular, removable vinyl.
If you’d like to make the same shirt, I have the cut file in my Etsy Shop. And if you hurry, there’s a Halloween sale going on.
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