I found her in a souvenir shop in Tijuana, Mexico and have since nicknamed her my Ms. Boo-llerina. She’s the only ballerina Dia de Los Muertos figure that I saw as I pored over all those shops’ shelves. Isn’t she scaryfabulous with her pink hair? She has an honored place on my bookshelf as she’s just too cool for anywhere else in the house.
Speaking of cool, how about this pumpkin that my friend Simeen carved? This heartbreaker of a little boy is Lawrence, her nephew. (Check out those curls!)
As any good aunt would do on Halloween, she carved his face into a pumpkin. Yes, my friends, THAT is love. (It took her three hours, I hear!)
Now if she carved MY face into a pumpkin and lit it up, THAT would be truly scary. Haha! 
Happy Spooky Day to all!
October 31st, 2008 at 2:49 am
J! This is Jen (a-glimpse, site is down).
I got the stuff you sent me! Thank you so much! I love them! The candies were ghuuud. The Hot Tamales were a bit startling. First time I ever had anything like that. I love love loooove it! Thank you!
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Your friend carves good pumpkin. That is a wonderful representation of her nephew. A very cute nephew.
Happy Halloween!
October 31st, 2008 at 3:24 am
The pumpkin is sooo cooool!!! Certainly made with lots of love!
October 31st, 2008 at 3:48 am
Ms. Boo-llerina is one of the hottest chickas i’ve seen my entire life! Tee hee!
The friend’s nephew is a knockout!
and check out those carved pumpkins! talent IS talent, i must say!
October 31st, 2008 at 4:20 am
Happy Halloween, that ballerina is a contradiction of sorts, pretty and scary……..PRETTY SCARRY!! Boo-licious!!!!
October 31st, 2008 at 4:47 am
Those are some nifty pumpkins
Happy Halloween!
October 31st, 2008 at 5:44 am
Ms. Boo-llerina is sooo scary! I can’t possibly have her looking over my shoulder at work…
The pumpkin carving is awesome and so are his curls
BTW, check out this site for Vampire Cookies -> http://bakingbites.com/2008/10/vampire-cookies/
October 31st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
wow, the pumpkin is a labor of love! The ballerina is scary, I don’t think I would like to have it at home.
November 1st, 2008 at 12:28 am
That’s one creepy ballerina.
Pumpkins just get fancier year after year. I saw a series of LOTR pumpkin carvings the other day…very elaborate.
November 1st, 2008 at 9:44 am
grabe yung pumpkin!! Natakot naman ako sa boollerina na yan!
November 1st, 2008 at 11:34 am
Wow! The carving is amazing. What a talent your friend has!
November 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Holy pumpkin, that carving is awesomeeeee. And Ms. Boollerina freaks me out. Hahaha!
Happy Spooky Week, J!
November 1st, 2008 at 9:29 pm
wow…a very unique pumpkin. Cool!
and that Boo-llerina dolls so spooky. yay!!!!
Happy weekend J.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Very nice carving, creepy ballerina though. If your friend could have carved me out of pumpkin, it would be a spooky sight!
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:18 am
J! wahahaha! wait till you see my belated Halloween post, its about Dia de Los Muertos in Mexico too
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 am
Whoa! I want that boo-llerina. =) Hmmm, having one’s face curved is indeed a labor of love.
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Everyone,
Wow, Ms. Boo-llerina is popular! She sends her boo-wishes to all and I hope everyone had a fabulous Halloween!
(Mimi - I’ve seen those cookies! I love that blog, and those bloody treats are pure genius.)