A Dia de Los Muertos Halloween

That title's kind of a mouthful, I know. I'm pretty bad at coming up with those things. Anywho, today is the actual day of Dia de Los Muertos, honoring friends and family who have since passed. I've always been fascinated with this kind of celebration. It parallels along the same line of how I view death as something you shouldn't fear because your life is a continuation afterwards. So going to Day of the Dead festivals and seeing beautifully painted altars with gifts and the like - to me, it's a joyous send-off.

Living Arts of Tulsa debuted a new wall displaying 16 Dia de Los Muertos murals tonight & it is mindblowingly awesome. I cannot wait to see it in person and actually explode from all the awesome.

via Living Art's FB

Here's the big let down, guys. I didn't go to the festival this year. Poor scheduling on my part, but I did paint my face last night for Halloween. My best friend and I planned on going to see STRFKR (take a listen. the name throws you off, i know) & she won tickets to them, anyway. You can't go to a Halloween show sans costume. So the easiest thing to do is throw on some crazy makeup - candy skull style.

We finished it off with hairpieces we got from Erin from her Sunshine & Carousels line. And they were perfect. I wish I had better pictures to do it justice, but you get the idea.

Can we just make it mandatory to dress up in costume every time you go to a show? It makes it a million times more enjoyable when I get to see a cow, an indian princess, the Joker, and a magical unicorn all in the same dancing circle. And I think I'm less upset if a guy in a penguin suit decided to cut in front of me (just sayin'..). I'm sorry I didn't creepily snap pictures of people in their costumes, but my description alone should otherwise convince you. Ah, it was such a fun time. I think dancing is my third favorite thing to do in life. I'm not exaggerating either.

Oh! I forgot to add my pumpkin carving to my last post. I carved my first pumpkin in my first year of marriage and haven't stopped the tradition since. It's my favorite. This year I got a little ambitious but it didn't turn out too bad. My first time attempting a relief technique. Can you guess who it is?

I hope you guys are recovering from your candy hangover.. I stayed away because I don't have much of a sweet tooth, anyway. Ooh, blasphemy on Halloween! ;)