Fall Festival!

Aside from making my costume this week, I was also in charge of making this mural for Fall Festival. My friend Angel asked me to make it and of course I was up for the challenge FUN!!! I've always thought owls are very stereotypically "autumn" animals so I thought it would be cute to do a mural featuring little felt owls with different personalities... for example, the farmer owl raking leaves... the coffee-addicted owl up in the tree... and the aloof wild-card pumpkin owl who's just a wee bit insane. Oh and by the way, if you scroll down below, can you guess what my friend Pauline is dressing up as? Hahahaha I really had no idea until she explained it to me. HAHA. Take a guess and then click HERE for the answer! 

After awhile, Mr. Potatohead and I thought it would be cool to get a picture of a peanut butter & jelly CHEST BUMP. So we attempted it... many... MANY times. Look at those faces of intense concentration!

This particular shot is hilarious because it was this attempt that made me totally wipe out and CRASH into that wooden door behind me. HAHAHA. Oh man.

After that fiasco, you can obviously see that we switched sides to prevent more door crashing. It also looks like I'm awkwardly curtsying. 

Eventually we got a half-decent sandwich-smush... after about 20 takes. Maybe I should make the whole ordeal into an animated GIF! 

Now that the whole thing is over, I've got four pieces of cardboard toast with nowhere to put them. But it's a shame to recycle them so quickly, don't you think? 

presents, parcels, and pumpkin piggies!

This week has been full of RANDOM SURPRISES (the best kind). I don't usually get so many presents all at once but this week came with THREE random surprises! When my cousin came over for dinner, he handed me two awkward-looking bundles wrapped in newspaper - souvenirs from Singapore! One of them contained an object that looked like some kind of mushroom or fungus (not illegal, rest assured). The other bundle contained two hand-carved birds so when put together with the mushroom stand, the whole thing made a bit more sense. I love birds and  little wooden knick-knacks so this makes a perfect desk decoration!

The next little surprise came when Mr. Potatohead presented me with a PUMPKIN PIG. That is literally what it is - a pumpkin painted pink with the stem as its tiny tail. I'm very sad that it will rot in a few days, but for now he sits proudly on my windowsill, greedily eyeing all my hamburger collectibles. Isn't he cute?

The last surprise came today when my dad woke me up by throwing this parcel on my bed. He immediately said, "It's from Amanda. It's a bag", thus ruining the element of surprise. HAHA. Apparently he was just quoting what the delivery guy said at the door. I could hear my mom saying from downstairs, "'Is Laura online shopping again?!??" But no, it was a belated birthday present all the way from New York! =) A true friend knows that there is no such thing as too many camel-coloured cross-shoulder bags. And thus, my collection grows. 

I'm not gonna lie - I love receiving unexpected presents! Doesn't everyone? Okay. Enough blogging for today. I'm off to make a costume for tomorrow (last-minute, I know). But I've been busy working on a mural for my church's Fall Festival event which is tomorrow as well. I'll post pictures when the mural is done! For now, here's a snapshot of my costume that I have yet to make/paint.

 Any idea what it is? Leave me your BEST GUESS!!!!!!! =D

Whoever figures out the correct answer gets... my admiration and respect. Bahahaha.