BUCKET LIST...No, I'm not dying : )

The day after I made this little pixie fairy you see below, two of my friends came by to pick me up for lunch. They flipped out (just the reaction I was goin' for girls). Hee-hee. Anyway, I told them that I had been dying to make one of these little pixie fairies, made with an antique photo, for FOREVER! I told them it was on my "Bucket List". So............check mark!! The photo cost me $2.50 at the Antique Store close to my home.
Isn't that the coolest candle holder EVER ???
I just plopped that little crown (from a necklace) on top.

Okay...a bit of history behind this old sewing machine table. I've had it for about 18 years now and the display items for almost as long. This is a photo taken from our last home (PLEASE don't notice the peach walls). I promise...it wasn't lame (as Sara would say) at the time. But then by saying that, it tells you just how antique I am. Oh well, no winning...I am lame! : )
All of my children have been very interested in photography, which thrills me. I'm pretty sure my Emily took this when she was a teenager.

Much better wall color. See...I'm still "Hip & Happenin". : ) Sara...stop rolling your eyes!! Keep in mind, since I am an antique now...I've been collecting Halloween stuff for decades now. What can I say...We're "one of those families". At least one of those families that goes gaa-gaa over Halloween.

NEW TOPIC: The hands. I've said before that I took a lot of inspiration from Sadie Olive's Halloween Vignette this year. I went crazy over her using lots of hands in her arrangement. She was kind enough to tell me that she got the poseable one from Border's Bookstore. However, in my state, Border's does not carry them.
But, I did find these used jewelry hands. Except.... they HAD to be all white just like Sarah's (Sadie Olive). So I did what any blogger on the planet would have done. Spray paint to the rescue!

Before I made my pixie, I tried out the large one in my tall candle holder. Great effect too I think. LAST TOPIC: The banner. I saw a banner much like this one on two sites this season and went gaa-gaa AGAIN! I told my friends...."Saw it, loved it, had to have it, threw a fit, made it, got it."

This project is more time-intensive than I expected.

Thus, the one-third-done creation.

Happy Fall to all. : )