they read my mind

* I took the bus downtown all by myself for the first time on Wed, to buy presents for my husband. I stopped in Chapter's to browse and from across the room it called me ...

zombie! and cross stitch! together at last! The box was all sealed up so you can't preview all the patterns inside but there are a few more pattern peeks on the back of the box. This is going on my wish list. (and the author has a blog over here!)

* In other spooky news, Martha's Halloween mag Best-Of book is on the stands (at least here in Canada). But it's a best-of so I'd strongly advise having a look through before you take it home. Almost all the projects have been in previous issues (tombstone yard, bubble wrap jellyfish costume, black vodka cocktails, etc.) But her costume on the cover is new - I wish I had access to her hairstylists!
edited to add: it is actually a book, and only has 2 ads (one across from the table of contents, and one on the back of the book) so it is alot of info handy in one place.

* So I've been volunteering at a facility, and I met one of the board members (1). His son is an actor (2) and was in Battlestar Gallactica. Lucy Lawless (3) was also in BG. But she was the star of Xena, which often guest-starred BRUCE CAMPBELL!!! I'm 4 degrees of separation from Bruce!!! this made my nerdy fan-girl day ;)

* and on that note ...

Feeling crafty

* Hi! Glen suggested that I start sharing some of my burgeoning craftiness here, so I'll start with my favorite of the bunch:

The border is from Charted Folk Designs for Cross-Stitch Embroidery and the typeface is from In Stitches From A to Z. The chainsaw is my own after looking at several photos and drawings of Ash. And I'm sure you know that the quote is from Army of Darkness. It was made as a belated birthday present for a fellow Bruce Campbell fan. She LOVES it and has it displayed at work, right next to her Ash in S-Mart action figure.

I've already started on my next work, and the clue is Cthulhu.