SARA HARVEY'S TOY SIDESHOW

HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone!!! I hope you have a great day full of tricks and treats! This day for me is like Christmas for most kids where you can't really sleep the night before because you're too excited! I have always loved Halloween and getting dress up as anything you want to be. Usually my costumes are horror related because I'm a horror blood and guts kind of lady, ha! This year I didn't really have much of a costume planned out so I'm putting together something for later today with things I already own.

My amazing boyfriend thankfully gets me and put this awesome video together. He's super busy with normal work so I am truly grateful he took time out to make this for me so we could share it today. I really don't even have the proper words to express how much it means to me that he made this. It's not my entire collection or my entire home but the film would have been way too long and I'm sure no one wants to sit through that. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I think he captures my personality and my home perfectly. We had some fun with a little stop animation so I hope you like it! If you're curious, the music is by Danny Elfman, whom I've loved since I was a wee little child. So...here it is!!! I'm so excited! I will get to cherish this forever since my home no longer looks like this.

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Have an amazing day and eat lots of candy!

xoxo

-Sara

TOY SIDESHOW

Earlier in the month I posted a short video my other half made as a teaser for a film he is making of my toy collection and home. I'm so excited to see the end result and share it with you. When I decided it was time for me to move and have a new start of my life, I really wanted to document the love and hard work I put into my current home over the past 8 years. My art and toy collections are extremely important to me and gives me joy everyday so taking it all down has been hard but also really exciting. I get to start over and create a new space that I love. 

I made this title for it the other day. I love typography and hand lettering and use to do it everyday for my past career as a greeting card designer. I had a lot of fun making it.

I have always been obsessed with carnivals and sideshows. The new American Horror Story is a dream come true for me. When you're a kid and people ask "what do you want to be when you grow up?" my answer was always an artist. All the other kids always had different answers throughout the years and I had never considered anything else but one year felt like I needed to have a backup plan if that didn't pan out. Got to be prepared, right! The only other "job" I had ever considered having, was to be a clown. Seriously. Since the artist career actually did pan out, I get my circus and carnival fix with the worlds I create around me. We wanted to capture that feeling some in the video of my home other than just filming my house. MTV Cribs did cross our minds though, man I use to love that show! Since we went a little on the creepy side with it, it only seems fitting to share the final product on Halloween. My favorite day. Although for me, everyday is Halloween.

Have a wonderful day and be sure to check back on the 31st for the full video!

xoxo

-Sara

PINTEREST HALLOWEEN

If you are in need of some Halloween ideas be sure to check out my Pinterest board. I will be updating my blog soon with some of the Halloween inspired things I've been playing with all month.

Follow Sara Harvey's board HALLOWEEN on Pinterest.

WHAT I WORE // PUMPKIN PATCHIN'

Ahhh! I hate that I haven't posted anything in over a week! October is my favorite month and favorite time to make fun crafts and play dress up but packing up a two story home and working is taken up most of my time right now. I had so much to post that It looks like some of my halloween items will have to wait until after. That's okay though! Ideas for next year, right?

A couple week ago my boyfriend was in town helping me with a few things to speed up the moving process. We both really wanted to go to a pumpkin patch while he was here but the weather had not been cooperating and it was pretty wet and rainy out for a few days. Well we decided to venture out anyway and headed to one in Kansas that I had always heard people talk about. Unfortunately it was just way too muddy to walk around so on our way home we found another one, Powell Pumpkin Patch, and although it was muddy as well we had most of it to ourselves and we're determined to pick out pumpkins. I wanted to share some photos from that day. If you're wondering about the knee brace I'm sportin', I have always sat in really bad positions with my legs all twisted up. It's just more comfortable for me but unfortunately over all the years of this my knees decided they were pissed off at me and I haven't been able to walk very well without a lot of pain. I'm doing better though and was able to hobble around for the day.

We made a new 3 legged friend on our adventure. He (or she) was the king of the pumpkin patch! 

I hope everyone has an amazing day! Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to visit. Means so much to me. Once things settle down with my life, which unfortunately has been crazy for years, I'll have a lot more being posted consistently. I have so much I want to share but zero time. Thank you for your patience! 

xoxo

Sara

DETAiLS

DRESS : Anthropology
TOP : Choies
JACKET : 

SHOES: LeBunny Bleu 
BAG : Rosegal

DISCORD FLUTTER ON // LIMITED EDITION FIGURE

Sharing toys and art was one of the main reasons I wanted to start a blog. I will be doing a lot more of it once life settles down some. So here is my first post of a new figure coming out from the awesome people We Love Fine. I absolutely love this Discord Flutter On figure that you can pre-order now. When it comes to toys and designer figures I would actually want to have in my collection, I'm pretty picky. I like well made well sculpted figures and this one does not disappoint. The detail itself is wonderful and the figure has the perfect color combination. I wish more figures had this attention to detail. 

This resin figure is a limited edition of 1200 and it stands 8.5". Each arrives in a custom box with it's very own individually numbered Certificate of Authenticity! Designed by Mighty Fine Artist member Sajira. Expected to ship late March 2015.

I cannot wait to see this in person. I keep falling more in love with it the more I see it. I know the final piece will look amazing.

Go pre order one now because last I looked there were not a lot left.

First Ever Limited Edition Resin Figure Featuring Discord & Fluttershy

Have a great rest of your Monday!
xoxo
-Sara

(All photo property of We Love Fine. Composite images created by me.)

TOY SIDESHOW TEASER

Something I wanted to do for a long time was make a video of my house before I move. Lucky for me I have a boyfriend that's amazing at photography and video so last week while he was in town, he filmed some things around my house. I cannot wait to see what he does for the final piece. I'm letting him do his thing and make it special. We decided Halloween would be a good time to post the entire video once it's done so a short sneak video was make for it. I hope you like it! I'm really excited about this project. I know he will make this amazing! 

Have a wonderful Monday!

xoxo

-Sara

OCTOBER TOY A DAY'S PART TWO

More photos of my all month long Halloween theme. Three more figures from the Tim Burton's Tragic Toys set.

Mummy Boy

Pin Cushion Queen

Stainboy

Have a wonderful Sunday!
xoxo
-Sara

OCTOBER TOY A DAYS

I'm a bit behind on things and have been meaning to post all the Halloween related toys I'm taking photos of all month. Here are the first of 12 Tim Burton figures that I have posted to my Instagram. I will be adding more detailed and group photos to my blog after I've posted all 12 figures. 

Staring Girl

Roy, the Toxic Boy

Robot Boy

More photos coming soon!

xoxo

-Sara

WHAT I WORE // HEART SHIRT

DETAiLS

TOP : Choies
SKIRT : Forever21
HARNESS : Etsy

SHOES :  Converse (similar here)
THIGH HIGHS : Target

Another outfit from a few days ago!

XOXO

-Sara

WHAT I WORE // SKELETON DRESS

It's October 1st and you know what that means? Halloween all month long! Well for me anyway. I have always thought this is the best time of year since I was little. I love the idea of getting to be whoever you want to be on Halloween. Things that don't exist but you wish they did. I love all the decorations as well so it's hard not to get in to the spirit. This year it will be a bit tough for me to decorate and really celebrate October the way I would want but hopefully next year when I'm moved I will have more time and a new place to decorate! 

DETAiLS

DRESS : ModCloth
SOCKS : ModCloth (similar here)

SHOES :  ModCloth
SKELETON STRAWS : Walgreens (same kind here)

Have a great day and a awesome first day of October!

XOXO

-Sara