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1. on 30 Sep 2008 at 9:26 am1Lisa

   Happy Birthday! Today is also my son’s birthday. I sent an email, but Timtex is back! So, Happy Birthday. Here’s the link:

   http://www.ctpub.com/searchproducts.cfm

   Not Halloweenish, but good news nonetheless, no?
   Yea!!!!

2. on 30 Sep 2008 at 9:29 am2Dale Anne

   HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
   Hope YOUR day is the BESTEST ever!!!

3. on 30 Sep 2008 at 9:41 am3capello

   happy birthday!

   (and, yeah, i’ve had to re-think what i’ve always thought as “old” as well.)

4. on 30 Sep 2008 at 9:42 am4Sara

   Happy Birthday! Enjoy the day!

   Try blending 1 small can pumpkin, 1 jar marshmallow fluff, 4 oz cream cheese, a little orange zest and ~1/2 tsp cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice. Dip apples and ginger snaps in it, and you will not be sorry!

5. on 30 Sep 2008 at 9:48 am5karen

   HAPPY BIRTHDAY from a long time reader (and non-commenter) who shares the same birthday.
   Today I’m 38.

   Happy Birthday to us! : )

6. on 30 Sep 2008 at 9:51 am6Michelle

   Happy, happy birthday! Enjoy your day, hope your year is wonderful. I want to try the Martha Stewart treat bags that look like witches brooms this year, they look so cute and easy. I love that Artgirlz Christmas tree kit, absolutely adorable. Reminds me of a certain someone’s Christmas table runner that showed up on the cover of a magazine…

7. on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:17 am7Cindy

   Happy Birthday!

8. on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:18 am8carlitadee

   Happy birthday! I’m 42, which means old is now 85.

   xo!
   carla

9. on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:19 am9duringmyheyday

   Happy Birthday!

10. on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:20 am10Sarah Jackson

    Happy birthday to you!!! Happy birthday to you!!! Happy birthday dear Kathy!!! Happy birthday to you!!!

11. on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:25 am11Kim

    Happy Birthday! I’ll be 46 on my next birthday in January. It’s a good thing!

12. on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:38 am12Gaile

    Happy Birthday to YOU! Don’t you know that 40 is the new 50? So then if you follow that logic, you are really only 36 and I am only in my mid forties (and not my 50’s like the birth certificate claims)!

    I LOVE Halloween. And I love that witch, she’d look amazing in my kitchen!

    We do our house up for Halloween every year and have since our girls were small. I wish I had photos of some of our earlier houses (the ones where it took days to build the props and set up the lighting). I have a set on flickr from last year, and thought I’d send you the link to the one that shows how we made our house look like it has eyes!
    http://flickr.com/photos/gailepix/1831211222/in/set-72157602852373288/

    I hope you enjoy your day!

13. on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:39 am13Jen Eskridge

    Happy Birthday!

14. on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:57 am14Ashley Ann

    Happy Birthday!

15. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:03 am15Lauren

    I like it when people decorate their driveway with paper bag luminaries, almost inviting kids to their door to trick-or-treat by lighting the path for them in a homemade way!

16. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:17 am16Maren

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch - Happy Birthday.
    Enjoy YOUR day.
    Warmly, Maren

17. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:27 am17Amy @ parkcitygirl

    Happy Birthday! Have a great day

18. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:35 am18jam

    Have a great new birthday year. You ARE young.
    My favorite fall/Halloween decoration is a scarecrow doll my mom made for me years ago. She used a large Raggedy Ann pattern, but dressed the doll as a scarecrow with “hay” coming out of her hat and wrists and pantlegs. I love it and put it out as soon as the leaves start to fall through Halloween. And I always answer the door for the trick-or-treaters in a witch costume,…just like the witch in your kit that I would love to win.

19. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:40 am19Evelyn B.

    Happy, happy birthday! This is not too exciting, but my kids and I love to make tissue paper ghosts! This year I got lots of different colors to make things even more fun!

20. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:43 am20Anita

    Happy Birthday! Mine was yesterday. I agree with you… what exactly is “old”? Hope you have a great day!

    I’m enjoying Joanna Figuerao’s beautiful autumn photos on her blog.
    http://figtreequilts.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/09/fig-plum-winners.html

21. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:43 am21Karen

    ravensblight.com offers many fabulous and free! printable Halloween paper toys, including masks, coffin gift boxes, board games, and a haunted house that just kills me.

    http://www.ravensblight.com/papertoys.html

    Happy Birthday!

22. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:47 am22Jeannie

    HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!! I hope you have a sunny, warm day full of joy and happiness (as well as surprises and chocolate!). My Halloween decoration was the drape glue soaked cheesecloth over balloons to make ghosts. I had so much fun and made some huge ones to hang outside in the trees. Well, living in the desert, I didn’t think about humidity. After a foggy night I got up to sticky, skinny, wet Kleenex looking ghosts hanging from the trees - yuk! The neighbors knew I was odd and that experiment just confirmed it -LOL! Don’t you just love the creativity of the Artgirlz and the witch would look so cute in my house - I promise not to hang her outside in the trees! Have a great Birthday. Cheers to you.

23. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:51 am23Sarah

    Happy Birthday!!!

    I love to decorate my front porch with pumpkins, hay bales and stalks of corn. It makes it so festive. Sometimes we even make our own scarecrows using old clothes.

24. on 30 Sep 2008 at 12:15 pm24Stacey

    Happy Birthday! I posted some felt pumpkins that I made and they are fun and easy! I love Fall too!

    Here is the post:

    http://libbynco.blogspot.com/2008/09/paris-hilton-got-new-bff-and.html

25. on 30 Sep 2008 at 12:25 pm25kristine hanson

    happy birthday from eastern washington! (washington state that is, go cougs!) for me….not so much the decorating (I have a 2 year old and he would take everything down, maybe next year) autumn for me is pumpkin pie!

26. on 30 Sep 2008 at 1:19 pm26Carol Alberts

    Happy Birthday and I hope you are having a fantabulous day! The only Halloween decoration I have is a Jim Shore large pumpkin that I just got out of the closet last night and I have it displayed on the end table in my living room. The cute witch would look awesome standing beside it, don’t you think?

27. on 30 Sep 2008 at 1:27 pm27Carol

    Happy, Happy Birthday! You are not old….because if you are then I am too as I’m right behind you! I still feel like I’m in my mid-30’s! Of course, having small children to keep up with only adds to that feeling!

    Hope you have a fantastic day!
    Carol

28. on 30 Sep 2008 at 2:06 pm28Arizona

    Happy Birthday!

29. on 30 Sep 2008 at 2:41 pm29amy

    HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATHY!!! I hope you have a wonderful, creative day!! Can I suggest my favorite fall/Halloween treat? Candy corn mixed with Spanish peanuts (approximately one candy corn to every peanut–that is my preferred ratio). Salty, sweet. Yum.

30. on 30 Sep 2008 at 2:57 pm30Diane

    Yes, she is cute and so are you and you are FIVE years younger than me!!! you are young, don’t question it! Halloween, not my fav. but my tip is to watch the after sales for the fun things you’ve been eyeing, but can’t break down and purchase. I know this isn’t a new tactic, but some may not have thought about it,….’cause they are still young!

31. on 30 Sep 2008 at 2:59 pm31anina

    You’re a spring chicken! Have a wonderful birthday.

32. on 30 Sep 2008 at 3:12 pm32Candace

    Happy Birthday, Kathy! I love your blog - usually just lurk :>) For Halloween handouts, I like to take two good size, clear plastic bowls - one smaller than the other so the small one can nest inside the larger one. I mix a couple packages of jello up (any color) and pour it into the large bowl. Then place the smaller bowl inside so it pushes the jello up to the edge of the larger bowl - you may have to put something heavy inside the small bowl for this to work. After the jello is partially set, begin poking all kinds of creepy crawly bugs and snakes (plastic, of course) down into the partially set jello. Finish setting the jello in the frig. When completely set, fill the inner bowl with candy and have the kids pick out their treats - the little ones really like it when snakes creep over the sides! Cheers!

33. on 30 Sep 2008 at 3:50 pm33Pam

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

34. on 30 Sep 2008 at 6:26 pm34Lisa

    Happy Birthday! I’m 42 and I DO feel old… may have something to do with trying to keep up with my 4 year old Not very creative perhaps, but my daughter’s pre-school sells pumpkins at their pumpkin patch each year to raise money… so we go over (usually SWEATING as we live in Florida - hard to get in the holiday mood when it is still 90 degrees and humid!) and buy 3 pumpkins for our “pumpkin family” - mommy, daddy, and baby pumpkins - and set them up by our front door. My daughter gets a big kick out of this.

35. on 30 Sep 2008 at 6:58 pm35cathy

    Happy Birthday Kathy - I agree 46 is definitely not old.

    Enjoy your day.

36. on 30 Sep 2008 at 8:09 pm36Anita

    Happy Birthday. I feel same way, I turned 46 this year and it doesn’t feel old to me at all! Hope you had a great day!

37. on 30 Sep 2008 at 8:15 pm37Carrie

    Happy birthday!! Love that witch!

    I love this Halloween Countdown Calendar:
    http://www.frugallawstudent.com/2007/09/26/do-it-yourself-pottery-barn-halloween-countdown-calendar/
    Not that I’ve even made a Christmas advent calendar yet!

    Most of my bookmarked halloween crafts are for little kids.. maybe I’ll try and do some this year

38. on 30 Sep 2008 at 9:57 pm38Judy

    I always thought that you were older than me because you know so much more. And now I find I am the one who is your senior (not by much) but still. That makes me smile! I can and will learn so very very much from you, and I hope someday I will meet you in person.
    You are my inspiration!
    Happy Birthday Kathy!
    love, Judy

39. on 30 Sep 2008 at 11:51 pm39domoshar

    Happy Birthday, Kathy!
    I enjoy reading your blog, started long ago when you were making the crayon rolls. You work is so nice and I enjoy following your progress and the fact you have now a business excuse to do the thing you like /like making coordinating fabric kits/.
    46 is a super age /as all the ages are :)/ you have experience and energy to put it to good use.
    All the best!!!

40. on 01 Oct 2008 at 12:58 am40Laura

    Happy birthday Kathy!

    I kinda miss Halloween here in Australia. But I like to have a bowl of individually wrapped sweets available for dipping into with spreading the germs.

    It really is a MAJOR excuse for candy overload!

    I wondered if the witch kit was a reference to being a grown-up ‘crone’ - a mature woman who has all the answers and wouldn’t WANT to be a young thing anymore! (I’m a similar age and am quite happy with being 47 thankyou, and knowing what I know now)

    Have a good one!

41. on 01 Oct 2008 at 1:04 am41simone de klerk

    Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! I’ll be 50 next July. I always thought I’d be real old then. However, and luckily I feel young, even though I do have some health problems.
    For Halloween and autumn I used to make a lot of things from felt when my kids were young: pumpkins, mushrooms, a liitle oak and chestnut man etc. I even tought groups to make those things. For each season I would decorate a whole table with things from that season. Don’t do that anymore now my kids are 15 and 17. But the witch you made looks gorgeous! I like the way you don’t only stay with the ’soft’ materials! The combination is real nice!
    Have a very very nice day!!!

42. on 01 Oct 2008 at 4:33 am42Regina

    Happy Birthday Kathy, hope you have a wonderful day!
    (believe me, even being 58 can still make you feel young..)

43. on 01 Oct 2008 at 5:58 am43Christine

    Happy Birthday, Baby Girl! from an admiring 50+ year old.

    I’ve always loved making bags for Halloween and now I’m running out of kidlins wanting to trick-or-treat. Either decorating a purchased cloth bag or I’ve knitted bags and felted them and decorated them to the gills….love sparkly stuff and dangly spiders.

44. on 01 Oct 2008 at 5:58 am44Toni

    Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day. Toni

45. on 01 Oct 2008 at 8:20 am45susaninfrance

    happy happy birthday!! I’ll be 42 in a couple weeks as well–don’t even mention the word old!
    xoxo
    (treat yourself today btw)

46. on 01 Oct 2008 at 10:27 am46Stacy L

    Happy Birthday!!!

47. on 01 Oct 2008 at 12:07 pm47Regina

    Happy Birthday Kathy!!!

    Halloween is one of my favorite holiday! I just did a post on my past projects: http://blog.creativekismet.com/2008/10/01/welcome-october/

    I hope your day was rich with love, peace and happiness. Cheers!

48. on 01 Oct 2008 at 12:53 pm48Amy

    Happy birthday, Kathy! I hope you had a wonderful day.

49. on 01 Oct 2008 at 3:50 pm49Sarah

    Hey, how did I miss this??? We’re practically the same age, born in autumn and have a love of all things fabric. Of course we were destined to be friends. I hope you had a wonderful day and I wish for you a year filled with love and many successes!

    Happy Birthday Kathy!

50. on 01 Oct 2008 at 4:31 pm50Mama Urchin

    Happy Birthday Kathy!

51. on 01 Oct 2008 at 6:15 pm51Laura Tawney

    Happy Birthday and many more! I love your blog and your patterns. I’ve used your Anna Banana table runner to make my daughter a table runner in Halloween Fabrics. It allows for a really fun and different look! I’m making lots of table runners and placemats for presents this year!

52. on 01 Oct 2008 at 6:25 pm52erin

    Happy Birthday Kathy! I hope you have a wonderful celebration!

53. on 01 Oct 2008 at 8:22 pm53Amy in MI

    Happy Birthday, Kathy!!
    Halloween requires candy corn like Valentine’s Day requires conversation hearts. Absolute necessity.
    My favorite Halloween memories are of my homemade costumes by Mom. Witch, princess, ballerina, poodle (blue ribbon!), skunk (blue ribbon!), and stop sign. Go, mom! When I was a starving college student going to a party, I became a spider web by wearing all black and taping on a white electrical tape web. It was a hit and got a huge laugh from a trick-or-treater’s mom I ran into on the sidewalk.

54. on 01 Oct 2008 at 8:46 pm54Kristin

    Well, Happy Birthday, Kathy! I am so happy for all your recent success. I love the little witch. I’ve been eyeing those Artgirlz kits, but haven’t bought one yet. I collect witches for Halloween and Santas for Christmas! My favorite Halloween memory as a kid was the many years in a row that my sister and I dressed as witches, thus the collection.

55. on 01 Oct 2008 at 10:12 pm55KathieB

    Happy birthday! I so enjoy your blog and cute ideas.

    I’m not sure what to think old is either but I DO know I’m not there yet and I am staring 60 in the face. 46 isn’t even close. Enjoy!

56. on 02 Oct 2008 at 12:38 am56nicolette

    Happy Birthday Kathy!!! Life gets better, even after 46!!

57. on 02 Oct 2008 at 5:39 am57Michele

    Happy Birthday! It only gets better

58. on 02 Oct 2008 at 7:51 am58Heidi

    Happy, Happy, Happy 46! Double secret quilting and lunch with your favorite man sounds like a perfect way to celebrate. Women are not at their best until their 40s - enjoy your accomplishments, your family and the wonderful surprises coming your way this year! Heidi

59. on 02 Oct 2008 at 9:30 am59Laurie

    Why, you’re just a young bunny (much like myself—-I’ll be 45 next month)! They way I see it, the 40’s are the new 20’s, easily. I’m having a blast, and I know you are too! The glass isn’t half-full—-it’s brimming over!! Enjoy your birthday!! Hugs!

60. on 02 Oct 2008 at 10:31 am60Kathy

    Happy (belated) Birthday!!

61. on 02 Oct 2008 at 2:11 pm61Selena

    Happy Birthday!!!! I have a tutorial on my blog for a Halloween banner. If you go to my blog and click on tutorial, you’ll find it. Very cool kit.

62. on 02 Oct 2008 at 3:21 pm62Sara

    Happy Birthday! I love autumn and my favorite craft is simple fall leaf rubbings.

    Enjoy!

    Sara

63. on 03 Oct 2008 at 6:21 am63tommy

    Happy b-day as well!

    Well, given a have a fall birthday as well, here’s my tip for autumn. One of my favorite things to do to celebrate is head over to the apple orchard near me (family owned) and purchase some apple cider. They also have these nice apple peelers that round and core an apple for you. (If you dont have one simple peel an apple, core it and slice it horizontally)

    Anyhow, when you are done you end up with basically an nice thick apple slice. If you take a cake decorating gun, but fill it with caramel instead, you can create nice little apple faces that match your mood and compete for the best apple slice. I find kids love this! plus at the end, you get to eat your creations and encourage children to eat a healthy snack instead of a fatty one as well!

64. on 03 Oct 2008 at 11:53 am64Brittany

    Happy belated birthday, I just got to this today. That witchy lady is so cute. We just started a collection of witches for my daughter last Halloween. My favorite Halloween thing to do is carving pumpkins and toasting the seeds on Halloween eve. Also, making anything pumpkin-flavored puts me in such a Fall mood. Enjoy your October!

65. on 03 Oct 2008 at 2:28 pm65dottyspots

    A bit late with the Happy Birthday, but Happy Birthday anyway, I hope you had a lovely day :0)

66. on 12 Oct 2008 at 6:20 pm66Louise

    Ooh I’ve been away and missed your birthday. Hope it was a fun one!!

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