Mickey's Halloween Party in Disneyland 2012

Yes. Disneyland at Halloween!  I love it.  It really never gets old to me.  It was my third Disneyland Halloween party.  The first I was a bit out of sorts with no costume.  Last year I was short hair Rapunzel.  This year I was Mary Poppins.  Nanny Style!

Once I was in of course I went straight to the characters.  I can't help myself.  But unfortunately I did not come prepared when it came to something for autographs.  Yes I am that person.

I found some of my friends in the park about half way through.  We went through many Trick-or-treat lines.  I got two bagfuls of candy, probably 4 pounds worth!  Amazing.
We headed up to my old home away from home, Main Street Station, to watch the fireworks.  For once I put down my camera to just watch the show.  Halloween Screams is probably my favorite fireworks that Disneyland has right now.

New this year were the Villians in Town Square next to Main Street Station.  They came out on a horse drawn carriage with the Evil Stepmother and Stepsisters trailing behind.  Kinda fun.  Also new this year were the Dapper Dans singing on the Rivers of America.  They added a lot while trick or treating or waiting for a character!
And I finally met Malificicent in Disneyland!  But no autograph.  Nooooo!!  Oh well it was worth the wait.  I got there about 5 minutes before she was scheduled to arrive and I was the first in line.  Score!

Another first for me was Prince Ali.  I had always missed him in the past.  There was only 2 groups in front of me when I got in line.  Gotta love a less than 5 minute line in Disneyland.
And the longest line of the of night was Jack and Sally.  I hadn't seen them during the day so I waited out the line to be the last on for that set to see both of them together..  Excellent!
As always I had a wonderful time.  I wish I wasn't so far away so I could be sure to visit every year!

Halloweentime in Disneyland

The whole rush to finish the costume before actual Halloween was for the Halloween Party at Disneyland.  It is the only time when adults can come into the park dressed in costumes!  I finished my costume the morning of the event with only about 2 hours to spare!
My mom and I headed into the park at 3 when the party guests were allowed in and I made a B-line for Rapunzel.  She asked me if I made my costume and I said that I did.  She said she made her dress too!

The Rapunzels together

 It wouldn't be Halloween in Disneyland without a couple of Villains.

Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog

Cruella

 Off to another part of the park.  We had to see pooh dressed up as a honey bee!

Tigger

Pooh - his antenna were honey pots!

 And more Princesses!

 We met Rapunzel again.  She was so sweet.  She said I was the only full size Rapunzel she saw.  There was tons of little Rapunzels running around the park that night.  They watched me and a tried to figure out if I was the real Rapunzel 

And the candy!  By the end of the evening the candy lines were non existent.  We ended up with literally pounds of candy.

It was a wonderful evening.  We had so much fun.  I received a lot of compliments on my costume and the fact that I made it my self.  I am going to try and wear it two more times in the next couple of weeks for some other events at Disney.  

Now that it's done it is time to go back to quilting and cross stitching.  It's been fun challenging myself to do something completely different!

Working on Rapunzel

I have been working on my Halloween costume a lot lately.  I don't always have a ton of time because of work and work events but today was the day!  I will be Rapunzel for Halloween!

So many purples!

Adding the lace

Creating the sleeve

The practically finished sleeve

This project has been difficult but I have learned a lot about sewing again.  I am very proud of myself that I finally tackled a new and different project.  Tomorrow is the day to finish most of the major construction.  Details to follow

Thumbtack Pumpkins and other things

I posted on my blog a week or so ago about these amazing looking thumbtack pumpkins.  I found them exploring craft blogs.  I found them here on Madigan Made.

My journey began at the 99 cent store where they had no thumbtacks.  JoAnns, no thumbtacks.  Micheal's, fancy scrapbook thumbtacks, but no brass thumbtacks.  The Dollar Tree, no thumbtacks.  Home Depot, no thumbtacks.  Staples, nickel but no brass thumbtacks.  Another Dollar Tree - SCORE - 30 boxes of thumbtacks.  I bought 8 packs that had 300 each.

While I was at Michaels I bought 3 pumpkins.  One large and two smaller ones.

Before the madness

I left the underside of the pumpkin as it was.  I like the peaking through of the orange.

Three quarters of the way done!

900 Thumbtacks down, only 300 to go!

A finished amazing pumpkin

Now I have two more little pumpkins to do but I need to give my fingers a rest!  Totally worth killing my thumb, it looks amazing!  But there is still time in the night.  Onto another project!

Halloween is coming up fast and it is already in Disneyland.

My mom is coming next month and we are going to attend Mickey's Halloween Party.

I love Rapunzel so I have decided to tackle making my own costume.  The last time I made clothes, that was about 15 years ago.  I was in elementary school!

I started with a problem.  I bought the wrong size of pattern!  I trimmed it down to about the size that I am.  I actually did a really good job, amazing.

To make sure that I didn't mess up I made it in muslin first.  Looks pretty good actually

 I cut out the actual fabric and ironed on some interfacing to stiffen up the fabric.  Might be a bit too stiff but I can work on the that.  Now to add a zipper, cording, grommets, lace, trim and details.  I've got a way to go!  Not to mention a skirt too!  To another crafting day.

I love fall

After moving to California I discoveed that my favorite season is fall.  Not only is it the heat of summer being over but the smell in the air, the colors of the leaves, and pumpkin everything.

Thumbtack pumpkin

Apple Coasters

 It doesn't hurt that Halloween is probably my favorite holiday.  Halloween equals fun plus there are never particular expectations.  Halloween transports everyone to a different place.

Fun little frames

Rich Orange Table

Halloween time in Disneyland means more villains and characters!

The evil step sisters did not want any competition

It's Ko-da, Koda!

I suppose it is time to start working on my Rapunzel costume.  But gotta finish that cross stitch first.  Only one and a half words to go!

Vacation time

I finally get to take some time off from work and life.  The boyfriend is coming into town and we are going to visit San Francisco! My first time there and his too!  And of course Disneyland too.

While I'm out playing I have many projects in mind to make soon.

Halloween Costume - Rapunzel

Diamond Pillow - more colorful of course

Bow Pillow

And my brother's Wedding Quilt

Plus so many more it is difficult to remember them all and find time for them.  

I should be back in about a week, not that too many people read this blog anyways besides my mom and boyfriend anyways!