I Love You Because...

Little Lymrics.

Okay so those tombstones I posted earlier this week? Yeah, they're pretty awesome and yeah, I designed them and went through a lot of trial and error to get them out of my head and into peoples hands so yeah, I'm pretty proud of them. But... the truly creative part? The part that made them come to life? That part was all Husbandface. He personally wrote all the little lymrics for each person individually. He's got some mad skills in the poetry department. 

Ginny was killed by some thieves
And now her community grieves
But a new identity death gives -
As Poison Ivy she lives
Wearing nothing but vines and some leaves! 

 

Here lies a man named James
Whose ship went down in flames
Now, when he drinks the strange brew
He gains the personalities of two:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are their names. 

 

This is where Kerry Lynn died
Oh how long the masses cried!
She descended from above
Now a vampire’s love,
Alive as Dracula’s Bride!

 

Jon Cottrell was no stick in the mud,
But he died in a raging flood
Amidst the circling crows,
That night he arose
As Dracula looking for blood! 

 

Jamie was left dead in a ditch
Burned alive at the stake on the pitch
All Salem was surprised
When soon ‘twas realized
She’s still alive as the wickedest Witch! 

 

The eulogy from Jeremy’s preacher
Said he was quite an eloquent teacher
But his body, all swollen
Was surreptitiously stollen
And now he’s Frankenstein’s creature! 

 

Here lies Chris Brooks ever more.
His body was found washed ashore.
From death’s ethereal prison
A butler has arisen,
As Lurchio he answers the door! 

 

Here lies Jen Smither now dead
She took a nasty blow to the head
Where death had defamed her
Reanimation reclaimed her
as Morticia Von Adams retread! 

 

Rest in Peace beloved Chris Smither
In this box his body did wither
Morticia awaits
Through the family gates
For Gomez Von Adams to slither!

 

An amusement ride gave too much thrill,
Now Jaime’s in the Big Chill
When finally she thaws
Wearing clothes made of paws
She arises as Cruella DeVille!

And my personal favorite?? MINE! My character is the murder victim this year with everyone trying to find my murderer...  I can't wait to pull this out every year as part of our Halloween decorations.  

Virginia Vestalata here rests
A beauty with perfect-shaped breasts
From the tower she fell
While rang the church bell
Can the mystery be solved by our guests?

 

Character Assignments 2010

Halloween is coming which means I have less than 2 weeks to get everything ready for my yearly Murder Mystery Party. Trust me when I say, I am feeling the stress! Lucky for me the stress always pushes me and I tend to come up with my best work under pressure, this year is no exception. These gravestones were given out to our guests after the invite/save the date to assign them their characters for the party. A symbolism of sorts, your identity is dead and your character arises in your place. It's perfect for this years theme. 

For my free downloadable step-by-step tutorial on this great Halloween project click on the link HERE.

I'm also entering this project into Crafting with the Stars so be sure to check it out. Who knows, the more times it's viewed the better chance I might have!! :) 

 

 

Inviting Designs and Events

Okay, so the business seems to be running itself. I've decided to focus on the invitation, announcement and card side of it for the first little bit. That way there is a solid foundation to build the event planning side down the road. I've been getting regular orders in for over 2 months now and I can not tell you how much I'm loving it! I'm sending out 150+ business mailers here locally this week for Christmas card orders and my online ordering website went live earlier this week! So, if you want to order Christmas cards, Invitations, Napkins, Announcements or anything else personalized give me a call! I have the physical sample book here in Georgia or you can now check me out online HERE! Even with the focus on the Stationary side of it, I still worked an event this past weekend and I have a couple corporate Christmas parties I'm consulting on this next month. I'm 100% possitive that I've found the PERFECT job for me.

Masquerade Mystery

A lot of people have asked me and of course I'm throwing my annual Murder Mystery Dinner Party. It's going to be more intimate/small this year because we're saving money to go out to Utah for my sister's wedding in December but, the quality is still going to be just as spectacular as ever. This year's theme is a Masquerade Ball. The characters are on a Magical Guild Council; Vampire, Fae (Fairy), Werewolves, Wizards and Watchers. It's totally different theme/costume/format wise then previous years but, it's prefect for Halloween and I'm way excited. This past weekend we finished up these invitations and got (almost all of) them delivered. They turned out so fun and actually a lot easier then I thought they would be. The gold linen paper we used turned out to be the perfect thing to give them a magical feeling and after the dowels were stained we knew it was better then we thought.  Doug wrote this great poem, perfect for introducing the event (I'll post that later) and now the ball is rolling. This week we'll start getting RSVP's back and then character assignments should go out before the end of the month.

****and let me just say for the record that it's at times like this that I miss you all the most I wish I lived close to ALL my friends! Kerstin, I wish you were planning this with me! April S- We should have done something like this in Providence. Liz- you guys should come up for the weekend and come!! :) ****