Halloween Goodies from Hsiao-hui

Aren't these treats really cool? Hsiao-hui made them for each attendee at the Halloween Party last Saturday. We had at least 21 guests. She made everyone these tombstone type treat boxes from the Big Shot Matchbox die. She also used graveyard gala to do the tombstone and she marked the date of the party on the stone. Inside the boxes were the Halloween cat earrings. Sandi Haertig is modeling the earrings and the box below. Isn't she adorable?
Another great creation by Hsiao-hui for Halloween!

THE MANY FACES OF STAMPER SUE

OK, does anyone know who this person is? She was at Hsiao-hui's SU! Halloween Party on Saturday and deserves this whole blog post about her!
This is Sue E. She had me fooled to think that she was not coming in costume but just coming from work. Then, all of a sudden, the laughter broke out. Sue provided us with the best laughs of the evening. Who knew? First, she had this get up. She said she came as a nurse. Oh my gosh, if this was my nurse, I don't know if I would want to get well. I would fake it so I could have this cooky lady taking care of me so I could laugh hours on end.
Caught this photo when I turned my camera slightly and I have to say I want to keep the photo because it looks like Sue's character came from the twilight zone!
Now, Sue next went ahead and changed it up on us. She got a little more serious. I must say...these glasses are so cool and mysterious. Sue looks so serious watching Linda and Sandi give their demonstrations for SU! projects at the Halloween party.
OK, here is another great one! And...back to more laughs! Sue is in costume again. These are really hilarious.
Oh my gosh, the whiskers blow out!
There is even a moustache. My goodness, Sue, you were the absolute funniest at the party. Thanks for the laughs and topping off the evening with even more fun!

Next up....more projects we did at the party. I'll post those tonight. You will love them!

GREAT FOOD FOR HALLOWEEN

I promised some pictures of the halloween goodies and treats Hsiao-hui put out for the Halloween Party on Saturday night. Wow! what an extravaganza. The food was amazing.
The added touches to decorate the food were great ideas. Do you see the little glow in the dark skeleton next to the fruit bowl?
Everything looked so festive.
The desserts were really good. There was pumpkin pie and an apple dish and pumpkin cake.
Can you catch the smile on Hsiao-hui's face as she makes the punch?
The veggie dip was out of this world.
Hsiao-hui's mom made all of the dumplings which were the best part of the whole evening. They were so tasty. Every once in awhile Hsiao-hui and her mom treat us to dumplings and they are so delicious and a great treat to have these at an event.
This dish was so good. I love rice and chicken and veggies.

There were so many appetizers.
This cheese dip was incredibly delicious.
Even the candy gets decorated.
There was fresh made sushi and wasabi and ginger. Oh, wow!
I loved this decorated chocolate cake with all of the skeleton hands and the spiders.

HALLOWEEN DECOR AND TREATS

There are just so many great photos from this Halloween Party that I could post for days. However, I will select all the great ones out and get them up. This is Hsiao-hui - our wonderful hostess - with one of the children. Oooh, how scary!
I loved all of the decorations and added touches around the house where we stamped and created.
This is one of several Big Shot treat bags that Hsiao-hui made for the table. Each was decorated in some way and filled with chocolate! mmmm

Hsiao-hui came around and gave each person a homemade and hand decorated cupcake.
These spider webs were just terrific. Oh, the time Hsiao-hui put into all of this to make the details just right.
Dawn really thought this was a great touch by Hsiao-hui.

Even I, Sister Mary Stamper - really loved my cupcake. Who would not? the desserts were amazing!
Not only were the tables and walls decorated, but the windows were also.
I love this witch silhouette, too. So scary!

Tomorrow I'll post the Halloween food!

GREAT HALLOWEEN TREAT POUCH MADE WITH ENVELOPES

Oh, this is such a great project by Linda Kincaid. She took SU! envelopes and inked them with a baby wipe and wheel technique and made this wonderful envelope treat bag. This was really well-enjoyed by the ladies at the Halloween party stamp class at Hsiao-hui's home. Linda used the wheel Haunting and the stamp set House of Haunts. Very very clever.
The envelope is inked and stamped first, then Linda punched the stars with the SU! small star punch. She also used punches on the front - modern label, small and large stars, 3/4 circle punch. Did you catch that moon made of crumpled vellum and punched out on the front?

Linda is seen here demonstrating to the ladies how this treat pouch is assembled.
These supplies look so yummy packaged in this basket. Inside each envelope treat pouch Linda
placed a clear bag of candy corn. That is my favorite Halloween candy. These make fun gifts for the teachers, friends, coworkers, and for your Halloween basket for the trick or treaters.
There were 21 people in attendance for the Halloween Party so that was a lot of candy Linda packaged.
First you ink up your baby wipes with your three colors and then with brayer ink the envelope - going over it a few times to get that vibrant color you see in the sample above. It belongs to Cathy Weir who is shown here inking up the wheel. This is a great technique that Linda taught us.
Young is doing the same on her wheel. This allows for a single image from the wheel to be stamped.
Next Young is showing how you just roll the wheel with the image that is stamped onto your brayered envelope. So very cool.
Another close up of the technique - this time by Dawn.
We actually have Dawn going through the steps. I am glad I caught this in a few steps. Do you see how she is rolling the wheel without the handle? You can do either, but Linda said that doing it by hand was a little more accurate in the placement.
and Voila! Dawn, wheeled an even better more vibrant image than I did in the sample. Hers is perfectly black! That trick or treater is scary!
And lastly, we have Young and Chris assembling their trick or treat pouches. Dawn had a great idea and said that this was so much fun that you could do these in green and red for Christmas and place holiday candy or treats inside. I thought you could also make them in different colors too - maybe in shades of red and pink and make valentine treats.

Thanks again Linda Kincaid for a fabulous project!

SU! HALLOWEEN PARTY - COSTUMES

I think this had to be the party of the year so far. We had a blast at Hsiao-hui's home last night. I wanted to post some of the ladies who came in costume. In all we had 21 people not including Hsiao-hui's mom and all the kids. Most everyone came in costume and here are some highlights starting above with Carol Hartline in her tropical outfit and Janet Aker who is so adorable as a Raven's fan. I love the sparkly purple hair.
Oh my gosh, Alannah was the most adorable as Alice in Wonderland with her grand mom with Sue W.!
Sharon is just grand in her Halloween vest. Sharon won the Patterned Pines hostess set for coming in costume and having her name drawn. She had 2 added entries because she knew that Hsiao-hui was the featured artist on my blog (see entry for Saturday), but we drew her entry that she added herself, because the other two were in my handwriting, so I guess Sharon was Miss Halloween Lucky last night.
Paulette came as a Stamper full of supplies. She didn't forget a thing, and if someone else did they only had to turn to Paulette because her outfit had just about everything we needed to stamp and craft.
OK, I have to say that you are only going to get this side view of Sue E. because Sue had the funniest costume on. I am going to devote a whole blog entry later this week to Sue who made me laugh so very hard. Just stay tuned because you will love it and laugh so hard when you see
it.
Amanda really worked hard to get her costume together. What a great outfit. She came as a Gothic angel and let me tell you angelic she was. You wouldn't have known it was Amanda under all that makeup except that she was as sweet as pie. Love the hair and see the next photo of her back.
Aren't these wings just amazing? Amanda wherever did you get these? Wow! Wow! Wow!
Talk about clever? Yes, Linda Kincaid is the most clever with her costumes each year. Linda was one of the black eyed peas!
Now here is a photo for you, a nun and a cop. But this cop is the friendly kind and it is Sandi H. with the one and only Sister Maria Stamper. Ok, it's me but I know everyone had a hard time guessing, tee hee.
Katie, you are not a witch unless you are a good witch, that is for sure. This is a lovely costume.
I needed to show you Paulette again so you can see her cool costume up close. She even had stickers on her shirt that made a scrapbook page.
Here is our lovely hostess Hsiao-hui. She was fabulous as a host. Not one minute went by where she wasn't busy doing something. She was cooking and getting drinks and making sure we all had so much to eat. I'll be making a blog post just on the food alone. She really is crafty - Martha Stewart, beware!
Here is another photo of Alannah. I don't know where she got this Alice costume but it's great. Don't you just love her smile? And the lips? Wow! perfect!
This is the lovely Diana as a fairy princess. She really looked nice.
And yet another photo of Sandi H. ready to stick em up and stamp!