So here's my thought process today as I mopped the kitchen floor and cleaned the bathrooms (because it does have to be done eventually, right? By somebody...) I thought, I could render a beautiful family moment for Illustration Friday's prompt Spent-- and believe me when I say I got all choked up and teary-eyed over it-- or I could do a quick sketch of a mop and bucket. That, and a really big bag of fun-size treats on the counter, led me to remember just about the best Halloween costume that ever appeared on our doorstep, which was this:
Yes, it was a 12-year-old-ish boy dressed as a janitor with a leash threaded through a wrapping paper tube and a shaggy dog as a mop! I will never forget that kid.
So there you go, a post that is a bit of a stretch for IF, but timely for Halloween, and my house smells like lemons. Nyah, nyah, na, na, na!
Very nice stuff Krista!!
ReplyDeleteHow perfectly adorable, and the little pup got to go trick or treating, too! This post was a treat to read! However, today we'll have to settle for our lemons on the tree outside...the housework is just going to have to wait! :o)
ReplyDeleteso cute, don't you love costumes like that? I wish my house smelled like lemons, but I am too tired to mop :)
ReplyDeleteToo cute! Both the words and the ill.
ReplyDeleteCreating this piece was time well SPENT Krista :o) I'd like to meet that kid's parents. They must be outrageous! In a good way ;o). I always feel better looking in a clean house too. That's why I like to stop over at my sister's place :o) Your line work in this illo is wonderful my friend! That dog ROCKS! ... and the boy and his expression....SWEEEEEET!
ReplyDeleteFabulous costume idea!!!! I bet he was so cute! I want to give that doggy a hug, what an adorable expression Krista...I love your work so very much! Happy Halloween - xxoo
ReplyDeleteHeisann! For the first time since halloween became what it is today, we had no children at the door.
ReplyDeleteNow we have all the sweets for overselves for weeks...
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Well, your house may smell like lemons, but your artwork never does! What a cute cute illo! Awww, love that doggy face. And that costume idea is wowzers brilliant! Hahahahahaha, love it!
ReplyDeleteI heard about a costume where the person dressed entirely in pink and tied a sneaker on his head. He was stepped-on bubble gum.
Happy Halloween!
What a fun costume and you've made a great illo. You are right that you feel better when everything is cleaned.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya! I'm living alone in the city...so I do all the cleaning myself...and its not fun, but yes- it does make me feel all sort of incredible! ;) Great piece, and what a fun little kid, sweet costume!
ReplyDeleteThis is excellent, and I agree I do feel so much better in a clean, organised space. We don't get much into Halloween over here (although the advertising and shop people have been trying to push it over the past few years, trying to part us from more of our money) but that is definately a much more creative costume than Dracula or a ghost!
ReplyDeleteHee Hee... daily obligations, bleck... especially the household kind. I would love to just dawdle and play in my studio all day!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteExcellent illustration and what an amazingly imaginative kid!
ReplyDeleteI remember a bible-themed fancy dress party once where a guy dressed as Jesus and had a broom - said it was a mistranslation of the shortest verse in the Bible - 'Jesus wept'
Hehe, well you have me grining, and I am convinced, and tho there is no colour it is colour full - see you when I get back from blogaholidays
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Very nice IF!
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