The Nightmare Before Christmas

One of my favorite movies of all times by the magical & wonderful Tim Burton.

Remember as a kid when Halloween and Christmas were two distinct holidays and now....all the big box stores have the two side by side.  Candy corn and candy reindeer poop.  It used to kind of bug me but....now I'm guilty of having both holidays coexist.

Surrounded by Halloween decorations and after a good pumpkin picking session I set down to sketch out a mini painting of where I'm super excited to be selling this December, the Chelsea Market as part of the wonderful Etsy NY Team.

I couldn't be more excited!  So while I'm planning outings to pumpkin patches and filling goody bags for Trick-or-Treaters I'm humming Christmas tunes as well.

What are you up to this time of year?

xoxo Marcia  aka Be My Bee

Acrylic paint on good ol' fashioned black construction paper that I borrowed from my 5 year olds art stash.  :)

New Shop Items for Halloween

Hope you're enjoying a good weekend!  I just added a few new items to my shop (no small feat with my sweet little newborn).

I love this pic - my first little one and his very first pumpkin. Priceless!

A few new items from my etsy shop bemybee.etsy.com

New larger size matchbook style mini journal set measures 4x5.5 inches

3x3 Christmas mini cards, great for attaching to gifts or sending with orders

Created for a custom order - I love these colors, made these notebooks to match a fabric swatch a customer sent me.

Halloween on my mind

Sure, it's the middle of summer, but I've got Halloween on my mind.  Blame it on the shops, blame it on etsy, blame it on my love of ravens but no matter what the reason I just LOVE how this little notebook turned out.

I'm so excited to work on more orange and black theme cards and decorations. With a few months of planning and creating time I'm excited to beat the October 30th rush to be ready for the 31st, that's usually the day I start planning for Halloween.  :)

Do you have Halloween on the brain too?   Are you an early planner or a holiday procrastinator?

We have a joke in my family regarding our typical procrastion with holidays..."oh, is Christmas on the 25th this year?"  Doh! 

4 x5.5" Handmade mini notebook

Hope you're having a great day whatever you're up to....swimming in a lake on a hot day or writing your Christmas wish list.  Enjoy!

xoxo Marcia  aka BeMyBee