Mad Monster Party 2013

Richie and I attended Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, NC again this year. Our highlights of this year were:

Meeting the one and only Unicorn Master - Vic Armstrong

Scream Queen Linnea Quigley

Lea Thompson, who upon discovering how cold my hands were held them to her cheek to warm them. 

Danny Glover himself.

Haruo Nakijima - the king of all monsters (Godzilla)

The sweet and quirky Amelia Kinkade.

Gunnar Hansen - Gentleman Slasher (Leatherface)

Dan Yeager - Super nice slasher dude. Had an awesome convo with him.

Mini Scream Queen Danielle Harris.

Checking off the Bucket List

Friday I was able to check off one of the items that has been on my bucket list for awhile now. That is getting a tattoo. Although I almost psyched myself out before getting it. I was expecting the pain to be much worse than it was. It was not that bad at all.

I got the tattoo on my right forearm. It is an ampersand with two black birds on it. The ampersand is my favorite font character and with the amount of writing I do and the number of fonts that I work with in my job this tattoo reflects this era of my life. The birds, well, I love birds, one bird represents me, the other represents Richie.

I found an ampersand that I liked and added the birds from another image that I took apart.

For Richie, he wanted an ampersand since I was getting one as well, but he's always wanted a fox tattoo so I designed his ampersand around his fox using a font that was more "furry" looking. His tattoo is on his left forearm.

DIY Christmas Wreath

We are finally getting settled into our new home, enough so that I've had time to finish up my first craft project:

A super easy Christmas wreath for the front door. Everything was purchased at the Dollar Tree, it cost less than $10 to make. A little patience and some hot glue to put it all together.

Can't wait to get the rest of my home more settled and more Christmas decorations put out. This is my favorite time of the year.