LONG TiME NO SEE

Wow, where did the year go? I didn't plan on taking such a long break from my blog but I blinked and most of the year had passed. So to get anyone who might read this up to speed, I moved last year across the country and since then have been setting up our home, organizing my collections, and doing home improvements when I have the time. I meant to share photos on here of our progress but it all just became too overwhelming.

Things are starting to finally slow down a bit so I will slowly be adding posts on here but plan to do a full blog makeover soon. Since my favorite holiday, Halloween, is coming up I'm starting to get really motivated to create and decorate. I will be sharing Halloween inspired products and art I find over the next couple of months both here and on Pinterest. I will also be sharing home improvement photos along with how we display our collections. I hope they can inspire in some way. Have a wonderful rest of your week!

Here are a few photos from last year right after we moved in. Halloween was the first holiday I decorated here and I can't wait to do it this year.

xoxo

Sara

HAPPY OCTOBER!

Where did all the time go?! I'm sorry I've been away for awhile. Sometimes you have to just unplug yourself for a little while so you can organize your life and take care of yourself! I'm pretty bad about doing those things since all of my work and jobs involve being in front of a computer most of the day. I just had no time to keep up with more than I already do which is too much already. I felt October was the best month for me to get back to some blog posts because it is of course my favorite month! I celebrate Halloween ALL month long and may have put some decorations up a little before October. Oops. It makes me happy so why not?

To start off this month I'm getting back to sharing toys again and first up is this AWESOME Abominable Snow Cone figure by Jason Limon produced by Martian Toys. The Cherry version is available for pre order on October 12th and retail release on the 30th. You can pick one up at NYCC October 8-11 though if you're headed out that way.

Have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo

Sara

WHAT I WORE // HALLOWEEN

Happy Monday everyone! Thank you for stopping by! 

Halloween is one of my favorite days. Even though technically I play dress up all year, Halloween is the one day I can do it and not get as many crazy looks if I go out in public dressed up. Unfortunately for many years I haven't really had the time to create a costume not to mention the last time I was ever at a Halloween party was at least 14 years ago, sad I know. Even though I really had no time to put into much, I still tried to dress up as much as I could. Since I collect halloween masks and have a lot of clothing I can style, I always can come up with something at the last minute. This year was no different. I knew I wasn't going out but I still wanted to dress up. Since I had shared my "Toy Sideshow" video on Halloween it only seem fitting to dress up as something carnival related. When I put that much time into makeup and an outfit I always need to document it. I also have to say, this was the first time that I can remember, painting my neck in more than one color and that was so hard! Painting over a collar bone is not the easiest task in world and I give huge props to people that wear false eyelashes on a normal basis because those suckers are not easy to put on and took me a good 10 minutes or so, ha! So here are some of the photos I took after everything was all put together. I ended up with makeup from my neck in all kinds of weird places. My dog Ash was getting annoyed that I wasn't giving her my full attention so she showed up for some pictures :)

DRESS : Choies

HARNESS : Etsy

SOCKS : ModCloth (similar here)

SHOES : ModCloth

Have a great night!

xoxo

-Sara

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.

Sara Harvey's Toy Sideshow from Doug Smith Media on Vimeo.

Have an amazing day and eat lots of candy!

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

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

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