Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Halloween at the Library

So far we've had no fewer than thirty trick-or-treaters come into the library this evening, and the night is still young! I love Halloween and I love all of the costumes. What a great day to be working for the public.

Henry Higgins got into the spirit. :)
He's a glam witch. Don't judge.

AAaannd... the verdict is in and the bears now have names! Here are Darby and Sawyer dressed as two of my favorite Doctors, Who and Seuss:

How awesome is Halloween?!

Friday, October 12, 2012

Quick Little Craft

I made this cute little corner bookmark in about 5 minutes with some scratch paper that was lying about the library. The best part is, the book he's eating is Frankenstein. I love monsters. (Although, the jury's still out on Frankenstein's creature being the real monster)

Find the template and tutorial here. If you're following the tutorial and want to add teeth, glue them to the underside of the first triangle you fold down. I used the gluestick cap to trace the whites of my little monster's eyes and a hole-punch remnant for the pink irises. The pupils are just black pen.

The List

I've added a page up top called The 23 Things. This is just a complete list of the 23 things I'm meant to accomplish for this blog. The one's I've done are struck through. You probably guessed that much.

Anyway, I also added two link-pages to my Flikr photostream and my Pinterest board for the 23 Things. There's also a playlist.com playlist to the right that I've added music to that I commonly play in the library. Most of it's nerdy stuff, but it's all good. Click them - enjoy them. I hope to keep it interesting.

So, does this count as my post for something technological? I think it does.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

First things first

Ok, now this is very important.

This is Henry Higgins, the Library Whale.
 
That is, a whale that lives in the library. Look for a series of children's books about Henry as soon as I can get myself motivated.
 
And these are the library bears.
Unfortunately, they don't have names yet. Look to the right and vote for what their names should be. Every black/white same-sex bear couple needs a good set of names!