Howling Halloween

It has become a tradition that Squire, our "Boo Cat" willingly lets me put him in costume for the annual Halloween photo shoot.





Happy Halloween to all our friends and family!

The Monster Mash

More Halloween FUN!!!

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Go make one of yourself with friends and family!

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My Halloween Creature Feature

Taking a break from work to do a little silly video with a couple of my halloween toys!







More Halloween to come this week.....pictures from last nights party and more!

Tombstone Swap Event

Recently I participated in the 2nd Annual Tombstone Swap which Dani of Ambitions Design hosted and my partner was Jamie ofCreepy Creations. If you haven't met Jamie yet, you have to pop over to her blog and have a look at her wonderful creepy creations!

This is the tombstone that Jamie made for me! Her attention to the small details is awesome! I've given it a perfect place among my Halloween collectibles on the mantle and I'll be posting pictures of my vignettes soon.



And this is my tombstone which I created for Jamie. Knowing that she likes creepy, I went to my "dark side" and this creature came out of the clay.

It was unknown as to what species it was when it was buried and it refuses to R.I.P.! This is how I see creepy.

The most amazing Halloween Party

This is something you've got to see! Vanessa from Fanciful Twist has done an amazing job transforming this room into a Halloween display that is a visual feast.

My FREE Halloween Tree

As a follow up to my tutorial on making yourself a free Halloween tree, I wanted to show how mine came out.



Just a couple of fallen tree branches and a vase to hold them and you have yourself a free tree to decorate with halloween ornaments. How easy is that!



Halloween is 15 days away and there are still some great spooky and sweet Halloween treats available to hang on your tree or create your own little vignette at SpookyTimeJingles! Come by and see what you can find!

SpookyTimeJingles - OCTOBER is HERE!!!

Halloween is just around the corner and you won't want to miss the October 13th update at SpookyTimeJingles!

This month my pages are overflowing with everything from the most adorable mini pumpkin men and snowmen ornaments that are sure to steal your heart to the largest piece that I've ever offered at STJ, which is an elegant witch art doll!



Be sure to shop early so that you can grab your favorite pieces before they sell out!

To my SpookyTimeJingle customers, I'm offering FREE shipping on most items, so click on my pages, Marie Patterson Studio!

October travel

This past weekend was spent traveling with my girlfriends to New England.

Along the highway we passed the Great Pumpkin headed to what we thought would be a pumpkin weigh in contest.

I grabbed my camera and shot this while the car was traveling on I-95! Pretty good picture!


We made a stop in Mystic, Ct. to have pizza at the infamous Mystic Pizza (as in the movie with Julie Roberts) and sunset at the harbour offered me this scene.



The sunset and the ships masts reflecting on the water is my favorite.



We were even treated to a beautiful rainbow as we stopped at Chucky's for coffee.



We were headed into Newport, RI to spend time with our girlfriend, Sue,and the Newport harbour is always a sight to see.



Great time with a great group of friends!



(Carol, Betty, Sue, Me)