Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Catching up

Wow, I have fallen behind in my sticker blogging. Time to catch up.

One highlight of my fall was a trip to Russia back in September. You wouldn't think that Russia is a great sticker-shopping venue, and for the most part you would be right. But then I found these stickers at a souvenir shop:



Seriously, these are like the most adorable stickers I've seen all year.


And I bought them without giving it a second thought. Sorry to report, I'm kind of happier with puffy, colorful nesting-doll stickers than I would be with actual nesting dolls.

The other notable sticker acquisition this fall is a group of puffy Hallmark stickers made for teachers to give out to their students at Halloween and Thanksgiving time. My dear friend Amanda, also a sticker collector and a teacher, found them and purchased them with the understanding that when things are this corny they circle back around and become hilarious again, and that I should absolutely have them:

These have a kind of nostalgia factor, since I remember getting encouragement stickers from my teachers back in the 1980s.

"Gourd job" is a stretch; "You Rock" is probably the best one. And "Good Gravy" is just as cute as can be.

Happy fall!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Hello Kitty is ready for Halloween


Halloween is a big, big deal in New England, so it goes without saying that I like to collect Halloween stickers. You know who else is ready for Halloween? Hello Kitty:

 

According to the Sanrio web site, Hello Kitty lives in the suburbs of London. Who knew?! Despite this, she is evidently very into the American holiday.



She has many costumes. 


I have to say these two are my favorites:

WHY IS SHE WEARING A SEXY CAT SUIT? 
What is this, Mean Girls?

I think she likes Halloween so much because she cannot stop dressing up.

These kind of freak me out a little.

She has also dressed up as a snowcat:


And on Easter, she dresses up as a bunny:


Raising the eternal question: what is the difference between Hello Kitty dressed up as a bunny and My Melody on Xanax?

Why is My Melody so sad??

 Better. I'm totally going as My Melody this year for Halloween.