Arcade Pics and Extra Links

 Here are a few sppoky hipstamatic pics I took while at Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum yesterday.  The place was full of coin operated arcade games of all different styles, old and new!

 There were lots of antiques on the walls and the place was just filled with stuff to look at!  It was lots of fun!  Alex won a bunch of tickets and traded them in for a scary "chomping skull" decoration that is hanging in my front window to scare the trick or treaters tonight.

We are planning a day full of pumpkin carving, fall foods, friends, bonfire, Harry Potter, candy, and hanging out.  We got all dressed up and went to a costume party last night at the local hackerspace, I3Detroit, which was much fun, but I am probably going to just throw on a pair of cat ears and goggles today for a costume.  I hope you have a spooky fun day today!  Here are this week's Extra Links:
A Bead A Day
Do you enjoy wearing your affirmations on your wrist? Lisa's thinking about using shrinky dinks in jewelry to create "shrink-firmations"!   About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy has a few new projects incorporating pewter, a perfect substitute for silver.   Art Bead Scene
Art Bead Scene gets down to business and talks about loss leaders.   Beading Arts
Cyndi just finished a 45 hour project that reused antique steel cut seed beads...and some steel buttons!  Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi takes classes with Swarovski Elements Ambassadors and finally learns how to crochet..   Cindy Gimbrone, The Lampwork Diva
It's fall and along with it comes a gray sky in the form of jewelry.   Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Rotting veggies and over ripe fruit makes for bead inspiration and a delicious muffin recipe!   Lorelei's Blog: Inside the Studio
A little antiquing adventure, and Lorelei's got some cool new props for an upcoming craft show!   Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean reviewed a unique and very beautiful book: Metal Clay Origami Jewelry, by Sarah Jayne Cole. Please come and see the review on Jean's blog!   The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton
Beadaholique has generously donated a leafy assortment of autumn-inspired beads and components. Find out how you can win this Thursday Giveaway!

Melanie is an artist, blogger, writer, and ceramic beadmaker at Earthenwood Studio. Her beads and components can be found at her Etsy shop and her jewelry can be found in her Etsy Galleria. To comment on this post, visit the original post at the Earthenwood Studio Chronicles Blog.