In the Hood

My ward FHE partee was two nights ago. My "Little Red" costume came together quite well without a hitch!

Laura found this cape and vest at a garage sale last year in Washington, I borrowed a shirt from my mom, laced a ribbon through the vest and my hair, donned on my sparkly fishnets, and slipped on the skirt that I made the night before. ALL BY MY SELF! (Okay, so my mom did donate the fabric, told me what to do, where to sew, how to put it together, and even put in a new bobbin for me. She also threaded the needle. There I was, happily sewing away, almost all the way through my first seam when I checked on my work and found that there was no stitching to be found in the material! Whoops... it happened twice. The bobbin ran out mid job a couple minutes later... Thanks, Ma!)

It was just perfect!

I neglected to get a shot of my costume head to toe, but someone else had my camera during the night and got this shot of me, dancin' the night away :)

It's a pretty complicated step... ;)

I also volunteered to make cupcakes for the cakewalk. I was going to make a spice cake, but the store was all sold out :( I decided to look up a recipe for pumpkin cupcakes and whipped these up. They turned out pretty cute, and I hear they tasted pretty good too! Gotta love dem cupcakes!!

Sure, the dollop of icing on the top looks elegant and stylish... but it just happens to be the quick and lazy way of doing icing. Boo-yah.

I just LOVE this season!!