That's what we are thinking, go back in the spring haha.
he's at the tea party :) I wanted the cigs cos I had planned on doing a catipillar from A in W, but the hookahs are not easy to spot on the body, so thought, well if I'll shell this much out for a cig, might as well bring my OC out to play. LOL. I'm not a smoker so don't make smoking HAs. But guess I will be. HAHA. His name is Andy. Well, one of his aliases. He was inspired in part by Greybeck and in part by a vampire bounty hunter in another series that was also a hit man. He happens to be Jovy's ex. And Jovy was completely clueless about Andy's real job. But Andy broke it off when he moved to Australia and is not happy finding out that Jovy moved on and found happiness with a woman.

Glad you got there early to not stress. Loving your DAy of the dead look! So cool

notes that down hehe now that'll make a great caterpillar look too! :D laughs that's complicated! I'm surprised Jovy didn't have a clue about Andy's real job :P

Thanks :D I know it's a couple of days late :P but I only got the skeleton arms yesterday laughs

lol I hope so. Andy's very good at hiding his real job. His cover is he's a bounty hunter. He just doens't tell jovy what (who) he hunts. lol Or early cos day of the day is the 5th of November ;)

laughs well I guess that's true - being a hit man would kind of still make him a bounty hunter ;)

I thought the day of the dead was November 1st? (at least that when they had some stuff on in town)

See, it's a good cover story with also being rather accurate ;)

-hides- sure lol.... it's not me being tired... nope... and totally thinking of the 5th of May instead of day of the day o.0

I guess that makes it a lot easier for him to sound believable ;)

ROFLMAO I'm glad that's not just me that gets in a muddle when I'm tired ;) :P

Wow - such cool photos and fireworks!! :D I bet they were amazing to watch! What were the fireworks for?

You'll have to let me know how the multicolored purple thread works out for you - I am excited! I have not found the perfect project for my multicolored threads and also have yet to find rainbow embroidery floss. I have a whole bunch from my little sister that are monochrome multi color (like a small reel of orange, cream, light orange, dark orange, etc but all in the orange family).

Also, I love your HA! It is really clever!

Thanks :D They're for Bonfire Night.... which actually isn't until November 5th, but this display tends to be on a Friday :P Bonfire Night started out as a way of celebrating Guy Fawkes failing to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5th 1605 ;)

ooo those monochrome multicolour ones sound great! :D I've got to prewash my denim (learnt that the hard way with the jeans I made, after the colour transferred onto my bag 😊) and do a test run before I can break out the multicoloured thread laughs

Thanks :D I wanted to use the arms, so naturally I had to go with a completely skeletal look to go with it ;) Your HA doesn't seem too fazed by the kitty trying to climb up her leg ;)

OH yes bonfire night - I totally forgot about that! I'm totally out of it. I love how it celebrates a man who wanted to blow parliament up with actual explosives instead of with ideas/words. lol It's so much the opposite of what we do now and what is acceptable now. My mom was recently telling me about a whole lot of drama and parties and things going on in the world and I had no idea. lol Also The people who live right next door but behind me (so we share a back fence) had a huge huge party last night. So IDK what they were celebrating but it sounded like a lot of fun! lol

Oh yes, I learned you have to pre-wash things you want to hand sew on as well. I hadn't thought to pre-wash fabric I use for making regular clothing though, but then again I have never worked with denim. I recently finished a cute project of sewing a fox onto my tshirt - so I'll have to ask my mom to take a picture of it to show you. It's not super great (as it is my first time embroidering on actual apparel that I intend to wear) but it's a learning process and I think it's adorable. I can't wait to wear it.

My next project is probably a kitten, then red panda, then butterfly then jellyfish or bee/flower... It really just depends on if I get the fabrics I need for certain projects as to the order (and how brave I am feeling lol).

I am so thrilled that you are utilizing the colored thread on jeans. That was what I wanted to do with the rainbow embroidery, was to put it on jeans. I don't know why but I have always wanted jeans with a rainbow on the back pocket... And the jeans themselves to be stitched with rainbow thread. it would be so cool! I also wanted to ask what you are going to make/sew with the denim?

I do really love the skeletal look! I was sorely tempted into getting that body mod since it really looks amazing! Yes - kitten attacks are always a welcome pleasant thing. ;)

Those are some awesome photos. :D Must have been awesome to watch. :D

Hehe.. I agree. A good gravy can be the best part of meal really. :) Along with some good potatoes. Yum!

Sounds like a great trip! Shame about the fog tho. When I hiked up to the pulpit rock, which is a world famous view, it was even in the latest mission impossible movie (even tho the movie said it was in India. lol):.. what did I get? So much fog I could only see what was right infront of me. :P

Gotta dress properly for these things. :shakeas head: Tank tops doesnt work when you are this high up. lol

it does make you wonder how they ever thought of fireworks being the answer to celebrating that ;)

I don't normally bother prewashing anything - I don't have a tumble drier (apparently if you use a drier then it's important to prewash the fabric), so as long as the fabric says it's washable, I just go ahead and make something :P That fox sounds like it'll look incredible!! :D :D hands you some patience for your other projects :D

The multicoloured thread & denim will become a jacket eventually, but I do want to work on some hand embroidery over the winter, in the hope I can hand embroider some pockets for another pair of jeans at some point :D (I haven't bought any new trousers for probably 5 or 6 years, so I'm in need of lots of trousers now as the original ones are falling apart!)

I never was that keen on cat claws so I'd probably run a mile from a kitten trying to do that 😊 I blame the local cats which always scratched me when I was a child & wanted to stroke them (they let everyone else, just not me o.O)

ooo and that's a neat red panda look too! :D

nods I will admit I was getting impatient for them to start (30 minutes standing on the pitch black allotment site in the cold, didn't do much for my patience levels 😊), but it was definitely worth the wait :D Yeah, the potatoes can be the making of a meal :D But they have to be the right texture 😇

exactly. lol and I kept saying day of the day instead of day of the dead lmao I was way too tired.

Yes I remember you telling me. Hey, we googled the weather -shrugs- so I tried. I brought jumpers with me. Ended up using both of the jumpers and still needing the new shirt.

laughs the odd thing was, I read what you wrote as 'day of the dead' anyway - I think I must just have autocorrected it while I was reading it :P oooo I like the caterpillar look today! :D

I think I would have caved in and went back inside personally. lol but yup, the view was worth the wait it looked like. :D

Hehe.. not overcooked or not too hard- its hard to get them just right I find. lol *n

Hehe.. could not resist pulling your leg a lil there. :) At least a new shirt will always come in handy later. xD Hope you are having a good Sunday. :hugs:

laughs it was tempting, but I knew that last year they started the fireworks at about 7:20pm, so I had a feeling they might do the same this year (even though I was told 7pm as a guideline) ;) Next year if I get to do the same again, I'll make sure to wear extra layers! ;)

nods I haven't a clue where to start in making sure they're the perfect texture! 😊

hehe well it was what I meant HAHA thank you. I'm not the happiest about it haha but it's hard to get it right. Ooh Paddy and Remus look adorable today :) What's the bg?

haha brat <3 yeah it's a nice shirt so I'm suitably pleased. it's going well so far. Yours?

it looks great! :D:D

Thanks :D Erm it's several things layered laughs from the bottom up, we have: ;) The fairy dusts tone down the colour of the tub, so it looks a lot more like the background ;)

thanks oh wow no wonder I couldn't figure out what bg it was. Well done!

laughs it was more randomly clicking things that I thought might work - I wanted it to look a bit like a starry sky, but the tub was too light on its own for the fence ;) I'm still not too sure about the tiles for the ground though.... I think grass might've worked better :P

well it worked brilliantly!