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So, when I commit to something I usually go with it all the way... right? Authenticity and attention to detail is VERY important! I had a vision for my costume and a wig with a skin head was just not going to cut it. You know what my son always says... 'Go big or go home'! Well, I went big.....
Yes, I shaved it off!!! Only the top came off for Halloween but the rest had to come off on Monday morning before I could go to work. Can you imagine the mullet I would have had if I had let it grow with the fringe? The thing that was really scary was with all the make-up I had on, my hair color was my own. I didn't have to put any gray in it for effect... I had enough gray of my own.
Funny thing today... My Bishop had me stand up at church and introduce myself with the other visitors. He had no idea who I was... but maybe that is not a bad thing, right?
Welcome to my nightmare! I know I have been a major slacker on updating my blog, but I think when you see what I have been working on you will understand. Halloween is finally here and I have created some great 'things and stuff' to share. In fact KSL television came out and did a story about us this year. The hours of planning and preparation have been worth it!
I wanted to share all of the details so I have written three blog postings that break up the decorations in to three areas-- I thought that might make it easier to read. Thanks for joining me... I hope you enjoy!
"Greetings. Thank you very much for coming. Your attendance would have meant a great deal to Daddy Big Bucks. Please sign in so he knows you were here..."
Are you a weeper or a moaner? Wait, don't answer that... just sign the book and get inside!
Be sure to pay your respects to the widow's. Daddy's passing has been very difficult for them.
This is Genvieve. She doesn't look as sad as she should be... but check out what is in her hand. Interesting. Daddy's 'Last Will and Testament'.
It seems that all of the 'things and stuff' that belonged to Daddy Big Bucks was left to her. Poor Esmeralda.
Seriously, 'POOR' Esmeralda. She didn't get a thing (no stuff either!)... All those years, and nothing. Oh, what is she to do? If you look closely, you can see her purse under her right arm. Is that a knife? I think I know what she is going to do...
This is Daddy Big Bucks. I get the feeling he was not ready to go!
They say that wakes began originally because some people could not handle their liquor and would pass out completely. They would slip into a coma that left them so paralyzed that people could not tell if they were dead or alive. Rather than risk burying them alive, they would lay them out on a sofa, have a party and wait for the person to 'wake'. Some how they had discovered that people were being buried alive only to wake and find themselves trapped. They started attaching a string to the finger of the corpse and running the string to the surface then attaching the string to a bell. If the corpse turns out to be only in a coma, they can pull the string, ringing the bell to let those above ground know that they are still alive and should be retrieved. DEAD RINGER. A wake was much easier! Believe what you want....
(Yes, I sculpted the figures from polymer clay. I compounded their make-up from a mixture of pastel chalks and translucent face powder. Their eyes are glass and imported from Europe. Igor's hair and beard are mohair raised on a farm in upper New York state. Their garments are tailored by me from vintage clothing and fur. Genvieve is wearing a genuine fox stole. I also built and carved the coffin and did the floral arrangements!)
So, how do you know when someone doesn't have any friends? They are the ones buying zucchini at the grocery store!! However, there was a big bag of nice, tiny, perfect zucchini on the kitchen counter this afternoon. I asked where the nice zuch's had come from. Turns out Erin had purchased them at the grocery store! She is baking some secret chocolate zucchini treat for the neighborhood "Festival d' Vegetable" on Wednesday and wants her treats to be perfect! I said why buy them when you an get as many zucchini's as you want (and way more!) for free rigt now? The giant ones coming out of the gardens right now don't have as much flavor, she says. And then adds, "at least they are Utah grown!". What ever.
Speaking of "giant" zucchini's-- it has turned into "ZUC-U-LEAR" warfare!!! (You know, 'NUCLEAR" with a 'Z')! Oh, the 'things and stuff' that comes out of our heads sometimes!
Stop the insanity!! Seriously, what do you do with the stray zucchini's looking for homes! You can't just leave them on the porch where people leave them. And you really can't leave them in your car after you forget to roll up the windows. Imagine the fun I have with my Jeep! I can't roll up the windows and lock the doors! Some times my Jeep 'runneth' over with zucchini!
Our answer? Declare "ZUC-U-LEAR" WAR!!! Imagine the surprise when some unsuspecting person opens their front door and discovers that the "Zucchini Bandit" has struck again! And what did he leave?? A "Zuc-u-lear" BOMB!!
BOOM!!!
So, when I commit to something I usually go with it all the way... right? Authenticity and attention to detail is VERY important! I had a vision for my costume and a wig with a skin head was just not going to cut it. You know what my son always says... 'Go big or go home'! Well, I went big.....
Yes, I shaved it off!!! Only the top came off for Halloween but the rest had to come off on Monday morning before I could go to work. Can you imagine the mullet I would have had if I had let it grow with the fringe? The thing that was really scary was with all the make-up I had on, my hair color was my own. I didn't have to put any gray in it for effect... I had enough gray of my own.
