Bring it!

Memorial Day has come and gone and now its official. For all things Black & Orange or things that end with"ween"....the Hunt begins.

Here's the thing of it...for the past 2 years, my love for vintage-esque & folk art Halloween items and the itch to add to my growing collection kicks into high-gear right about now. This year it started even earlier. I know for certain that I made Halloween purchases before St. Patricks Day this year. I even lucked upon a little general store right after Easter that had a whole display case of Bethany Lowe halloween items and I certainly picked up a few then too.

And tonight, I have placed my first *BIG* order of all things Black & Orange from Bayberry Cove. (well mostly black...because I bought several black cats on this order) Of course, almost everything was a pre-order, so it will be a while before it arrives....but that makes it all the better. Kind of like a little kid waiting for Halloween to get here.

And shhh....don't tell anyone....but I ordered Johanna Parker Halloween plates....and they are ADORABLE!!!!

The reason I say don't tell anyone is because Johanna Parker is a very up-and-coming popular artist right now and it seems like everyone wants her stuff. But I don't want everyone to know that her Halloween Plates are ready for pre-orders yet... (Debbie JUST listed them today, partially at my begging) and I want it to be my little secret for now. Just for a moment.
Sigh.

Challenge Accepted - Tasks Complete

I have now completed all 5 steps to hopefully be the lucky winner of Johanna Parker's Halloween Give Away. I have now successfully blogged about her blog....twice. (as indicated in Step #3)
http://www.johannaparkerdesign.blogspot.com/

Oh please oh please let there be a Great Pumpkin and please let the Great Pumpkin pick me!!!

Johanna Parker's Halloween Give Away

Please visit http://www.johannaparkerdesign.blogspot.com/ to find out more info about Johanna's Halloween Art Blog Giveaway! However, if you win Lucky Lumina, (by seeing it here on my blog) you HAVE to give it to me!! Just kidding of course. You just have to let me borrow it atleast once a year during the month of October. Then it will be a win-win.

The True Reason for this Blog Post

omg...its been an entire year since I have blogged. Wait - scratch that. its been almost 13 months. wow. its surprising that I even remembered my login and password. Actually, to be quite honest, I had to have my password reset. Here's the thing of it....last year when I opened my blog account it was so I could connect with people who liked to scrapbook. This year...its to enter a contest to win a Johanna Parker Original piece of Halloween Art. So part of the directions were to follow her blog. So when I tried to create a new account it said that I was already registered. Thats when I reset my password. And here we are....to celebrate the occasion I give you my first ( and only???yikes!!!) blog of 2009.