Ewok Mania

so Ewok Cozies have been selling like crrrrazy lately.

like to the point where i'm sitting here thinking, hmm i wonder what the heck is going on in the world that ewoks are suddenly hot hot news.

(and apparently only internationally because all these orders are coming from outside the U.S.)

then one of my customers gave me the answer.

our Ewok Kindle Cover was featured in a Yahoo article on Best Kindle Covers for Geeks!

excuse me while i do a couple flying jump kicks and a happy dance to some 80s music because i think that's amazingly cool!

and in honor of the Ewok Cozy becoming famous on Australian Yahoo we listed an iPad version!

he's extra adorable because he looks extra chubby!

i love that!

had to

trip to endor

Cozies!

in case you haven't heard...

NEW ITEMS IN THE SHOP!!

Ewok Phone Cozy!

and Hobbes Phone Cozy!

i'm madly in love with these!

it's perfect to keep your phone from making noise against your nightstand or lighting up all bright in the middle of the night. 

my own phone sleeps in the ewok cozy and just loves it!
i'm sure your phone will too!

but then your kindle is gonna be sad that they don't have one, like mine is.

i guess i'm just gonna have to make one for little Kindy to sleep in now!

on to the next one

last of the halloween pics!

ewoks with the nephews

Trey and "Comfy Bear"

ewoks with batman, robin, skeleton, peter pan, wendy and tinkerbell

the little shark "Fin" 

i'm so sad halloween is over but i guess i'll move on to the next celebration.

Matt and i will be married for 5 years next week.

holy cow!

and to celebrate we're going on a little mini vacation and of course that means that i got sick this week.

i now have 2 days to get better. UGH!

dear sore throat, i hate your guts! you're the worst thing in the entire world! i hate being reminded of you every time i swallow! 

so yesterday i decided to stick it to mr. sore throat and downed like 500 gallons of water (no joke), hot soup, nasty airborne tablets and Matt even brought home my secret sore throat weapon- caramel apple spice from starbucks.

seriously, every sore throat i've had since high school has been cured within days of consuming one of those delicious beverages.

then last night i took some nyquil and Matt tucked me in for a good night's sleep....NOT.

turns out even sick and full of nyquil i don't sleep but i still got up this morning and my sore throat is slightly less annoying than it was yesterday.

hallelujah! thank you caramel apple spice!

hopefully another 2 days of the exact same routine will cure me for a fun filled vacation.

now i'm gonna go make some lists.

i'm probably the only one who does this but i like to make a crazy number of lists before a trip.

don't want to forget anything ya know.

especially when you're gonna be within 5 minutes of a store.

i'm a weird person. 

The Making Of

so i wanted to show a little bit of how we made our ewok costumes this year.

remember when i told you mine was going to be made out of a twin size blanket?

i'm terrible at taking pictures to document my projects because i get on a roll and forget all about taking pictures but i have some.

we started by buying a pattern for a jumpsuit which i thought would be super duper helpful but instead it only reminded of how much i HATE HATE DOUBLE HATE patterns!

they never work for me.

i do much better when i make up my own thing.

so i started with the pattern and then ditched it along the way.

lots of sewing and trying on and sewing and trying on

and after a lot of sewing and a lot of getting mad at the stupid bleeping pattern and fixing what i hated about the stupid bleeping pattern i finished the biggest part of the costume.

then i had to put on the tummy piece.

again i went the cheap route and cut out a piece of fabric from a snuggie we found at the thrift store.

Padme thought i felt so fuzzy

so with the suit part of my costume complete i moved on to the hoods.

Matt wanted his hood to go around his arms and all the way down to his waist to cover up the fact that he was wearing a sweatsuit. 

(he didn't want me to make him a full on ewok onesie like mine. weirdo.)

so we cut out face holes and measured and tried on and sewed and cut them to our liking.

and then i made ears and hand stitched those on top of the hoods.

and then all the hoods needed were the little leather stitches.

and we were done!

Matt also ended up making himself a tooth necklace and arrowhead with sculpey and leather straps so he would look extra ewok-y.

even though we didn't go all out with these costumes like last year's Toy Story ones i still think they're pretty amazing!

plus, i gave myself a big pat on the back for making my whole ewok onesie all by myself!

i really wasn't sure if i would be able to do it.

only downside to our costumes was that we were called all kinds of things throughout the night.

bears. kangaroos. puppies.

but the best thing i was called all night was Comfy Bear.

my nephew Trey told me i was so comfortable to hug that that's what i must be for halloween.

it's so true.

making my onsie out of a fleecy blanket was the best idea ever!

Our Trip to Endor

sneaking and playing!

and a little yub nub dancing!

some snuggling!

and, of course, some jumping! Endor style!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN
from the cutest little ewok couple around!