Dia de los Muertos

Dia de los Muertos is one of my favorite holidays!! (WARNING: I probably say that about half of the holidays) 

I absolutely love the sugar skulls all decorated and really like making my own designs on plates and stuff like that but I've never made the real sugar skulls. 

While I was born in up north and seem to give northern accents when I speak quickly, I was really raised in south Texas. Mexican culture is so strong here and really influences everything around it. I grew up celebrating all the Mexican holidays and adopting some of the practices. 

(Cinco de Mayo is also one the holidays I love to celebrate but I'll get more into that in May Hahaha.)

Our trips to Mexico when I was a kid are some of my fondest memories. We have many pieces of the beautiful pottery that decorate our pool decking. If you have been down here, you know that you can't drive 1/2 a mile without a Mexican food place being there. It's AMAZING!!!! 

Here is the plate I recently made one of my best friends for her wedding! I have a plate that had "La Calavera" on it from the Mexican BINGO game: Loteria and she always tried to steal it so I made her a cooler one. See? 

If you like what you see, I am happy to make you one! I sell them on Etsy.com at my shop: devonwhitney

Happy Day of the Dead everyone!