I got the kids costumes ready for Halloween:
- 1 Fallout Vault Dweller
- 1 Fallout Wastelander
- 1 Godzilla
Which just leaves me. I usually go as a Kitsune/Foxkin, Raven/Crowkin, or Goatkin. Last year, passing out candy, I was a Foxkin. This year I'm really feeling Deer energy, so I may go as a Deer Woman. I have two deer masks, but one I specifically use in my Reindeer Mother Winter Solstice Rituals.
Yule 2022
The other is a gold buck mask that I've been wanting to repaint. It hasn't yet been consecrated as an Oracle Mask, unlike the mask above.
It's not dedicated to any of my Deer Entities yet. Course when I try to picture myself as Deer Woman, the old Crow Hag takes over. I guess it's an either/or for Deer or Crow this year.
There's always Ren Fair, if I can afford to go this year. In 2023, I went as Crow/Raven Hag and it was awesome. People actually wanted photos with/of me. That was a lot of fun.
Oct 2023
Although this year, the Hag isn't showing me in that red cloak, but a thin black one--which I don't own. But also walking with my Spirit Stick, instead of my cane. Although if I had a black bed sheet, I could just make it... I have black gloves somewhere, too. I also have werewolf claws from a costume years ago that I could glue onto the gloves. They're not every long, but small talons could still work for the old Hag--short and worn for her age? Later when I have the muns, I can get longer talons (and feathers! Or even crochet a black feather shaw/cloak. I need to learn how to use a sewing machine--be faster than crochet).
May 2025
Since having kids--especially with my eldest--we enjoy cosplay and making our own costumes. The Fallout theme is going to be gathered from stuff we already have. My eldest is big into Fallout (gonna be his birthday theme this year, too--he's specifically asked for yellow cake) and loves bringing his characters to life. I love it when he asks to do a photoshoot--gives me practice. His costumes are getting better and better, too. I also encourage him to think about bringing stories into the photoshoot (then I take the session and turn it into a photo story book for him).
May 2024
I need to get some paint for this antlered deer mask. Leave the antlers golden, but paint the rest of it brown? I dunno, I'll figure it out. I don't have muns for the paint anyway right now. Like the Hag, I also want to hide my hands with gloves. Again, I could easily crochet some hoof hands. Instead of crocheting, I could just modify a pair with stuff I have already. I should write these ideas down.
When we have the muns, I'm also hoping to make my own antlered deer mask, particularly with Reindeer and Elk correct antlers. Be nice if they were real antlers, but then I'd have to deal with weight and balance--I ain't got those skill sets yet. Although for spiritual work, I could use the mask with fake antlers and then a real elk and reindeer pelt. But all of that is in the future. I really want to get into spiritual mask making of different materials, if you haven't noticed.
Have yall started thinking about costumes?
I also love baking and I've been thinking about this year's Midfall cake--it's either going to be a cutesy simple 3-D spider or a black cat. Everyone except my husband loves spiders in our house, so maybe I should be nice to him and choose the cat head for our little Void Beast?
Chocolate cake with what filling then? Last year, I made a pumpkin cake. In the past I've had cherry fillings, orange marmalade fillings, lemon, pudding "slime", candy bones, coffee, red velvet...hm... Maybe the Family Recipe Book has ideas--be a good way to honor the Ancestors, too.
Oh, boooooooooooook!
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