I can't believe that I'm actually getting this many posts up. Want to know the secret? A lot of them are scheduled in advance, sometimes as much as a week or more. That way I can write them as I have time and release them slowly.

Speaking of releases, the cover art for the fifth book in the Fate of the Jedi series was released today at the Official Star Wars Blog. The book is due out in June.

Backlash is due out on March 9, though. I'm considering taking a couple of days off work to read it. I always say I will and then I never do- one of these times I'm actually going to follow through!

Death Troopers was released earlier this week, but I'll pass, thanks. Zombies are just not my thing.

Friday Favorites Halloween

How about a super spooky Halloween edition of Friday Favorites? Okay, so maybe it's not spooky, but there are a lot of cute ideas out there for Halloween crafting and scrapbooking!

To start with, how about this adorable mini album from Elle's Studio? They've even provided free instructions in PDF format!


Cheeky Magpie posted a how-to post on making this cute set of Halloween tombstones, complete with a printable template. My Wishblade thanks you!


Noell at Paperclipping posted the first in a series of three videos showing step-by step how she made her glittered Halloween ornaments.


Matthew Mead Style has a ton of free printable Halloween items you can download- everything from a treat box pattern to these cute countdown numbers.


Scrapbook Trends has posted this adorable Halloween banner along with a free downloadable PDF of the instructions to make it.

Happy Haunted Crafting!

New Banner!

I found time for another round of tweaking on my blog template, and this time I made a new banner! It's a mix of sci-fi and scrapbooking elements with a few of my flower photos (and a little decorating, too). The big butterfly/flower combo that was up previously was pretty, but this is definitely more relevant.

The photo mosaic was super easy to make. For instructions, check out Elise Blaha's tutorial. After that I just added some text in Photoshop Elements and uploaded it to Blogger.