Oh and of course... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is one of my many favorite holidays, so I am always interested in new ways to celebrate and new costume ideas. This year I was cotton candy. Here is a picture of my homemade costume:

This was made from a dress body shaper. I sewed batting on the body shaper, then spray painted everything pink and blue. It was very simple and got a lot of compliments! 

Picture from the party of finished costume:

What were you this year? What is your favorite Halloween tradition? Be sure to take my poll to the right -->

Talk to you later (Trick-or-Treaters are at my door :-)

Welcome!

I have wanted to start a blog for some time now and, thanks to some friends, I just got up the nerve to make the move.

Why start a blog, you ask? Well, for one, I really wanted a creative outlet. Secondly (and more importantly) I am always running into ideas, questions, stories, etc. that I want to share or have questions about. So, I thought about how I could do this and I got the idea to create a blog.

The fact that I am interested in many different things made a topic for a blog difficult. So, My goal for this blog is to create a space for anything and everything unique, fabulous, obnoxious, or classy. Basically, if it strikes my fancy (or my disgust) it will end up here. I would invite all readers to follow and discuss… after all this is not just for me. 

I truly hope to learn from writing this blog, and from listening to readers. If I post a topic, please let me know what you think.

While I encourage all participation, I do ask that everyone do so in a respectful way. As one of my professors once said: Just as a candle has a flame, we too each have a flame. And I believe that in order to communicate effectively we must express ourselves and protect our flame without blowing out the flame of others. If we can do this effectively, we will build a stronger light.

If you have any topics you would like me to cover, please feel free to email me at mybrightidea.blog@gmail.com    

Enjoy!