The Witch Is IN!

The tree, that is!!

If you thought you were having a bad day. . .just check this girl out!!

Cami and I got motivated to go to the basement this morning in search of my smashed witch ingredients.  It's been several years since we put her out--and I was tickled to see all my "ingredients" still on a pile on the floor under the shelves.

The ingredients consist of 4 2X4 pieces (mine are probably 3 feet long), a black long sleeved tee, black sweats or pants, one wig, a pair of black boots, a pair of gloves, one black trash sack, and a big ole witch hat!  Oh yeah, and a broom!!

The boards go into each sleeve and each pant leg and get nailed up to the tree (this tree being at the end of my driveway in a location sure to stir up commotion).  The gloves and boots need to be nailed to the end of the boards. I do this before I nail the body parts to the tree.  Then I nail the boards onto the tree, spacing them out enough to make a real looking body proportion.  The wig and the trash sack/cape get nailed up next.

Time to tuck and fluff the ole girl.

 I used small nails with heads to nail the shirt and cape to the leg boards--holding the sweatpants up into the costume in the back--so you can't see her butt crack--if you must know!

My husband was out of big nails, so I used his screwdriver to put in three screws to hold the broom in  its place under her hiney.

Nail the hat over the wig--I ALWAYS use blonde hair--mostly to keep the neighbors from looking twice to make sure it wasn't me!!

                                                           And there you have it. . .

Someone who is having a WORSE day than you are!!

Remember to stop and be thankful!!