Roweyn's Ramblings Wk. 38 & 39

Finally catching up to posts from the end of October, yet I still have so many more oh and not to mention that it's almost the end of November! Who knows if I'll ever catch up!

Oct. 25th - 27th: Rowe trying on her owl hat that was made for her Halloween costume last year but was a winter staple after that. We wanted to see if it still fit, and it did! I got a new hair cut and am loving it! Working on peacock feathers for Roweyn's costume this year and after they were done, got the treats for her class signed and ready to go. We passed out little play dough for trick or treating at her preschool.

Oct. 28th & 29th: Trick or treating at school! She did SO good and had such a blast! I loved watching her walk around to all the bigger kids in her preschool and trick or treat. Telling me stories about the camera while stuck between the bed and nightstand....don't ask me how that could be comfortable! ha Eating a giant apple, sharing it with me while walking around saying "Ahpple" love how she says it.

Oct. 29th - 30th: New coat in the mail from her great grandma! Watching the band at the Halloween Festival at the Fairgrounds the Saturday before Halloween. Saying "Mommy, it's bwight", she's talking about the flash on my phone. And making my favorite holiday cookies!

Halloween! We did the "Safe Trick or Treat" they put on downtown for babies to preschoolers. They get to walk around to all the stores and trick or treat in the morning while everyone else was in school. So no having to worry about older kids or going out at night (even though we did that too) I had the most amazing time with Roweyn! Watching her be such a big girl doing all her trick or treating by herself. She wouldn't let me touch her bucket and would pick out the candy all by herself and put it in her bucket. One of my new favorite memories with her. We headed home for lunch and a nap while I raced off to work for a few hours and then came home to take her out trick or treating down the street from our house where she had a blast again!

Having her very first sucker after we were done trick or treating. She really seemed to like it! #flashbackfriday 2 years ago I was a very 7 month pregnant Juno for Halloween in Cosmetology school. By far my favorite costume! Late night reading before heading to bed on Halloween.

Nov. 1st - 3rd: A very happy baby wearing toddler! Night time snuggles. Hat weather! And a very delicious Pumpkin spick bagel adorned with Nutella and sliced banana! Amazing!

Nov. 4th - 6th: Playing in the tractor at preschool! Pretending to get her hair cut! She does this every time after I cut someones hair at the house. Precious nap time snuggles with the bear that used to be mine. And the sweetest face ever during night time snuggles.

*Side note: This post was written at the end of November but I decided to publish it as if it was earlier in the month so everything would be in the right month.

Halloween 2011!

Halloween this year was a blast! Roweyn was so into it and it was pretty much the cutest thing ever!


Downtown they put on a "Safe Trick or Treat" for Preschoolers and under in the morning while all the other kids are in school. Any of the shops that want to participate stand at their door and pass out candy or another type of treat for the kids. It's a blast for all the little ones and so cute because it looks like it's just a town of teeny kids.

We dressed up in the peacock costumes again that I made basically the week before. ha

Roweyn was all about carrying her own bucket and would not let us get anywhere near it. It was quite funny and cute!

Worn out from such an awesome morning!

We went out that night too in our neighborhood. They designate one street and then block it off so no cars drive through it. Anyone in the area donates the candy so that the houses that are on the street don't have to buy it themselves.

Someone getting a little sleepy until...

She had her very first mini sucker and she loved it! As if you couldn't tell by the photos. :)

DIY No Sew Owl Costume

Last year I could not figure out for the life of me what I wanted to dress Roweyn up as for Halloween. It finally hit me about 2 weeks before...an Owl...duh!! Roweyn and I kinda have an obsession with owls...okay maybe it's just me but I make her have one too. ;) I searched all over the internet trying to find one not only in her size, but actually cute! I found super cute ideas on etsy, but didn't want to pay so much and they wouldn't have it done in time. So after some persuasion and help from my super crafty best friend who was making her daughters costume, I decided I would attempt to make Roweyn her owl costume.


I had a few ideas in my head of how I was going to go about this, since 1. I don't sew. I could but I don't really know my way around a sewing machine without some help and that was more than I really wanted to attempt. And 2. I don't knit or crochet.
Anyways back to the ideas....I wanted a hat knitted of basically an Owl face. My best friend was awesome enough to offer up her services for me and whipped out a hat in like a day! The next idea was to basically take a onesie and some felt  and create an owl body. I had bought some leg warmers right before starting this project and they were perfect for her costume, so I used the colors of those to figure out the rest of the costume.


Fair Warning: This is my very first DIY post of any kind, so please bear with me as I go through everything. Also the photos are not great quality, I think I took them around 10 at night as I was making the costume.


What You Need:
Onesie
Felt or patterned fabric in 2 or 3 colors. I used Purple, Teal and Brown Felt.
Fabric Glue
Scissors
Scrap cardstock, paper, or anything you can use to draw out your pattern
Legwarmers and tights


So here's what I did for my No Sew DIY Owl Costume:

Start by drawing your pattern on cardstock or something similar and then cut out your pattern  to determine the size of your feathers.

I went with the larger size.

 Use the feather pattern to cut out all your feathers.

Mine aren't all the exact same size, I feel it gives it more character when they're all a little different.

Put your extra carstock inside the onsie in case your glue seeps through the fabric. 
Starting at the bottom of the onsie determine how you want your colors. 
I tried to make it so none of the colors would be right next to each other or on top of each other.
Glue only at the top of the feathers right along the straight edge. That way your feathers won't be stiff and can have some movement. I overlapped the feathers just slightly and as you can see none of them are really centered right over the other.

Keep gluing...

And gluing...

And gluing...until you get all the way to the top!

Below you can see I also made little tiny feathers to go around the entire collar of the onesie.

And the costume couldn't be complete until it had a tail! I took the rest of the brown felt and cut out a giant tail that I folded in half and cut little scallops out of each end. Then I took the remaining  purple and blue feathers, folded the brown tail in half and glued the feathers inside of it and glued it to the booty of the onesie!

So here is the result!!

Halloween Nightmare Week

Due to my not knowing what Roweyn should be for Halloween and finally figuring it out a week ago, only to be way too late to buy anything, I now have to make her costume by Friday. *Takes deep breath* Woo that was a mouthful. I REALLY want her to be an owl.


So my plan is to somehow knit a hat, glue ears, eyes and a beak onto it, then buy a long sleeved onsie and buy multi colored fabric, cut it out into feathers and glue it to the onsie. HOPING I am going to have time to do this cause the rest of my week looks like this:


Tomorrow, cutting a friends hair, unpacking from trip and doing laundry. Wed, driving to Truckee to meet my brother to pick up my dog who has been with him for a week now, Imisshersomuch! Thurs go to play group or skip and go to diaper shop then color a client's hair at the salon. Then somehow miraculously have time in between all of that to get Roweyn's costume done by Friday morning so I can take her to the kiddy trick or treating in Downtown GV.


Am I crazy or what? Oh and then if I can't go to the diaper shop Thurs, then I have to go Fri after trick or treating, then Sat I am working there, Sun finally a day off, and then Mon back to the diaper shop to work!


Hence the name Nightmare Week. No sleep for me anytime soon! Have I mentioned that my daughter is trying to get over a cold? Yeah, its nuts. My sister is now coming down with it. If I get sick this week, I will FREAK!


So if this whole making a costume thing actually works I will post how i did it. Hmm, really should be going to bed now, but gotta catch up on emails and comp. stuff! Boo!