Joan Ellen Cornell

Hey there! I am sitting here thinking about the Halloween costumes i've made for Porter in the past, and was remembering my favorite- an octopus.  I am reposting the tutorial because it's too good to not :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I really wanted Porter to be an Octopus for Halloween. I originally was asking my mom to make it, but since I got her old sewing machine, I decided to do it myself. I really had no idea what to do though. I looked online for octopus baby costumes and it literally brought up 1 or 2 handmade costumes. Shoot....

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Just a little update of sorts :) Life HAS been good. It really has. There have been a lot of changes in my life in the last few months, and up until about a month ago, life's been crazy yo. Like, really crazy. But it's starting to settle down- except on the job front. But on another note... It's been nice being back in Colorado. Porter is so pumped to be close to his dad again, and it makes me so happy to see him happy. Things between his dad and I have been great- very unlike what...

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