Happy Halloween my friends,
I thought I'd spend this Halloween talking about a
PumpkinFest I attended recently in Franklin NC. This year marked the 22nd year of this festival. Fangirl and I have been going for a few years. It's amazing to see how it's grown from the first one we attended.
So first things first our Costumes:
Fangirl: She really wasn't sure what she was once she put together her costume.
That dragon scale potion bottle belt pouch can you believe she designed and made that herself.
Myself: Mermaid Out of Water
My sign says "If found return to ocean immediately." It's attached to a bubble wand I blew during my costume contest presentation. Fangirl made my starfish hair clip and did my scale makeup.
Our day began kinda rainy, but I guess for a mermaid that was no big deal.
A special guest star this day was my sister who was Steampunk. That's how she answered people generic Steampunk.
She made and altered everything for her costume. I think that's an octopus in her hat globe.
There was amazing music and even a bike show, that was my sister's favorite part of the festival. There was also some amazing costumes:
This lovely cosplayer and her pooch was actually not with the other two. Love when these unplanned meetings happen.
I entered the costume contest, sadly I didn't place, but I was in the line with some cool people that helped pass the time, few of them were bloggers and con goers. As I was in the contest line the sun came out. Rough when your in long lines.
But can't deny it's a good view. And if you can't tell by the sign we had Gyros for lunch, and lemonade.
The only down side is the lack of color we've had so far this year, but Fall is trying to gain a foot hold.
I picked up this pencil at a Recycling booth it's made completely of recycled tires, they even had a white one made of newspaper.
It was fun getting to hang around with my sister and see some of my favorite spots on Franklin's Main Street. It really has lovely things to see.
This was the first year I noticed this little cabin after the tents cleared out from here. It's called Uncle Bob's Cabin, I sadly couldn't find the story behind this cute little cabin.
To finish off the festival day we descended upon a local Chinese restaurant, before heading home into the cooling night, where we were greeted with a lot of winds blowing leafs along our path.
Well friends I hope your Halloween is frightful (in a good way) and fun. I'll be back soon, maybe tomorrow, to show you some of the Halloween fun we've had today. God bless you guys!
