I found these little pumpkins at the Helping Hands thrift store down in Carmel a few months ago. When I first saw them, I thought it was a little pricey so passed on them. I visit the thrift stores everyday when I'm there because you never know what will be put out. On my last day there, everything went 50% off. All the thrift stores in Carmel put things on sale at the end of the month but the Helping Hand did it a few days early. I work with 3 other people so 3 pumpkins was just too perfect. The candy was made by another crafter at Cottage Crafts so it was a very fast treat to put to together. I like to think it's pumpkin brains on the inside in a non creepy way. :)
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
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