Hello everyone!

I thought I would write my post for today while I am waiting for James and our nephew to come back with some pumpkins to carve. Oh, I think I hear the door...:-)

*couple of hours later*

We sure made some scary faces! :-) Actually, only one with a scary-funny face and the other one with the peace sign, special request from Jakey-poo!

What are your thoughts on Halloween? Being a Christian, I had the chance to hear from other fellow believers different opinions. Some think it's a "pagan" and and dark celebration and I thought that for a while. But now I associate it more with other cultures' traditions related to "death". Wearing scary/funny costumes is a way of saying that we are not afraid of the "dark side". I can't quite figure out the purpose of the "sexy" costumes, though...;-)

Romanians go to the cemetery on the 31st of October, at night, and light candles on the graves of the dear ones. In my hometown,  we live in the valley (along with everyone else...) and the cemetery is on the hills around it. With all the candles burning, it looks like the sky with all the stars came down to earth, it's so beautiful! 

With all this talk about Halloween, I don't have a Halloween card. Do people actually give cards on Halloween? I wasn't really sure. But I do have a Christmas one :-) It is inspired by another Verve sketch that I didn't post on time :-)

Recipe for {Merry Christmas} card 4 x 51/2 in 

~ Cardstock: PTI {Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream, Scarlet Jewel};

~ Paper: Making Memories {Fa La La};

~ Stamps: PTI {Peaceful Poinsettia, Vintage Labels};

~ Ink: PTI {Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel, Fresh Snow};

~ Ribbon: PTI {Scarlet Jewel};

~ Button: PTI {Spring Moss};

~ Rhinestones: KAISERscrapbook;

~ Golden thread.  

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