countdown to halloween

This time last year I was on maternity leave - and I had BIG plans for Halloween! I got me a new blog, pimped it out made it look pretty and launched myself to the world as a 'domestic-goddess-crafting genius-soon-to-be-mama' with a series of daily blog posts I called "13 days of Halloween"!

It lasted about... 4 days I think! Pregnancy tiredness, preparing for the baby and my own disorganisation got the better of me. Thankfully I didn't have to feel embarrassed by my failure as a 'crafting, baking mama' because no one from internet-land actually read it! haha!

So I pulled off all the bling (and my 4 sad little posts) and handed over the blog to Chantelle who turned it into this masterpiece you see before you! (Did I mention Chantelle is a html genius?!)

Anyway, I felt kind of sad that I never actually shared my Halloween delights so I've decided to pull the pictures out of my archives, dust them off and share them with you this year, here on the blog! (Hurrah!)

First up is my 'countdown to Halloween' - I had wanted to make an advent-calendar style countdown (with little pockets and treats etc) but the fabric I had purchased for it got lost in the post. The replacement turned up around the end of October!

So instead, I stitched these cute little numbers, attached magnets on the back (so they'll stick to our chalkboard) and they live in this cute little bucket until they're needed...

Not quite what I had in mind, but I think they turned out pretty cute!

I'm linking this up to a site filled with all kinds of halloween loveliness, so if you love this time of year as much as I do, you'll definitely want to check it out...

Thanks for stopping by!

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