Yet Another Apartment in Sweden

Hi, me again. This second post today is another splendid apartment in Sweden from the same real estate site Alvhem. I simply love the view! To me, those coloured roof tops look like a sea of flowers. Gorgeous.















You'd better eat all your veggies, mom's watching.










Couldn't resist including this pic. A park near this apartment.

There are a couple more pics of this apartment right here (while it lasts!).

The Ghosts of Halloween Past: Advertising Mascots

Every year we have a crazy adult (if you can call us "adults") Halloween party with a theme. We usually start at our house & then get a limo out into Georgetown where the streets are mobbed with costumed-people. I just LOVE IT!!!! (This year, being pregnant, I just wasn't up for the crazy night out, so we had a fun kiddie one instead.) But, I thought I'd share with you one of our past themes: advertising mascots. The first one up is the Sunmaid Raisin Girl:

The box of raisins inspired the whole party. I've always thought my friend Lindsey looks like the Sunmaid Raisin girl & would always suggest she dress up as her for Halloween. Then, I thought of all the other advertising logos & how my other friends could dress up as them. Here's Lindsey, aka "The Sunmaid Raisin" girl in her costume I made from Goodwill finds. (The bonnet is the sleeve of a red button-down shirt and her corsette is from a suit.)



And next is Chiquita Banana:Marcela's costume is AMAZING. She paper mache'd the basket on her head & meticulously glued all the fruit down. She was such a trooper & it stayed on all night!!!! I made her dress out of cheap t-shirts from Michael's:



And here's our Chiquita's husband, Juan Valdez:



Billy, AKA "Juan Valdez" actually made his entrance to the party by knocking on the window and handing in a cup of coffee... It was perfect!!! The mustache got a bit crooked as the night went on & Billy is just hysterical:

And who can forget the Land O Lakes Butter Girl?
Mo was adorable!!!

And even though she's underage, we decided to let the Morton salt Girl join the party.

Erin was perfect! Check out that little mary-jane-clad foot kicked up just like the real Morton Salt Girl:

And we can't have a party without the beer! (ok, we totally can, but let's just pretend! ;)

Here I am as the St.Paulie Girl with a costume made from Goodwill finds:

(I'd originally tried making a "Chicken of the Sea" costume but it was just way too hard to walk around in!) And of course my husband, Sam Adams, was there to help host:

Here he is posing with his friend The Quaker Oats Guy (married to the Morton Salt Girl- what an age gap!! shocking!! ;):

There were a few more gusts I don't have pictures of .. argggg.. Anyway, we've had lots more of these crazy parties & I'll share some more next year. I can't tell you enough how much fun I have on Halloween. We usually start planning in September and my best friends & their husbands come in from out of state. Everyone stresses like crazy about not "having a costume" and in the end they always look awesome. I'm so lucky to have friends who will go along with my silly plans & I love them for it.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

xoxo,

lauren

ps- the hanging scarecrow wasn't visible at night so no one noticed it (phew! ;) and the kids loved the ghost & taking pictures with him.

Halloween from Pottery Barn Kids

We get REALLY into Halloween. I mean disgustingly into it. We have a party every year and there's always a theme. (We usually start at our house with a bunch of friends & play games & then get a limo into Georgetown... but really? A bar 6 months pregnant? Just not happening.)

So this year I think we might stick to a smaller, family & kid-friendly party... (We might have to do both parties next year...)

Anyway, since I have this kid-friendly party on my mind, I checked out the Pottery Barn Kids catalog & just loved what I was seeing!!! I think (with a LOT of patience!!) you could make this chandelier (In all honesty, this is not a project for me this year... ) But how adorable is it? ($59)

Love this canopy too:

And I'm crazy over all of these cute kid costumes!!! The traditional pumpkin is always adorable. (I think both of these are $29-- not bad at all!)

As we looked through the catalogue last night, Christian said he wasnted to be this lady bug... Daddy vetoed it so I MIGHT have to try to make him a more masculine lady bug costume...

How cute is this little bear?? I love that their costumes are microfleece to keep the kids warm!

We've been into alligators lately: ;)

And finally, here's a pic of me with Christian (AKA "Superbaby") last year:

As Halloween gets closer, I'll have to post pics from our previous Halloweens... They're ridiculous! Have an awesome weekend & talk to you all soon!!!

xoxo,

lauren