Making of a Harry Potter window display

 So...I think I need to preface this post by saying that I grew up watching The Princess Bride, Mannequin, Flashdance, etc. That being said, I grew up in a teeny tiny town (no traffic lights, 2 stop signs kind of small!) Growing up, I wanted to study ballet and decorate store Windows in New York city.

 Fast forward some years later, I was given the opportunity to decorate a Toystore window in my small city. Okay! This window will be for Halloween. I picked a Harry Potter Magical Menagerie theme.

 I have been working on the envelopes for weeks, hand addressing letters to the fictional characters. It was a lot of fun. We have a huge amount of Folkmanis puppets in the toy store to work with.

 I will post more when the window is finished. Wednesday is the target date for completion.

Have a fun and playful day
Mel

Julia & the Penguins Tea Party

 Our new favorite book is Penguin Cha Cha.  So...

 to make the book come alive, to inspire more imagination, to create more funny conversations, I painted a clothespin Julia and added a few penguins from Safari's penguin toob.  Big Blue Eyes LOVED it.  So much so that we had to have an impromptu penguin tea party.

 I am telling you...this is the Book of the Year for us.  She loves Julia twirling red dress. And the penguins are so funny!

 Of course, the penguins had to take a bath and...

eat cake.  Most of the penguins were pretty mild mannered...except one.  Naughty penguin.