Welcome to my Wizard of Oz Gala, hosted by Twyla and Lindsay of TWO CRAZY CRAFTERS!
The Wizard of Oz is one of my ALL TIME favorite movies!
I have always thought Dorothy was so beautiful and have wanted to dress up as her for Halloween!! Maybe this year I will:)
Come with me as we "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"...
Here is the Tin Man, lets go find him a heart!
Here's my Gavin dressed as the Tin Man for Halloween when he was 4; looks like he has found the heart ♥
(I just loved this costume on him so much!!)
Looks like we've found the cowardly lion...
lets find some courage for him!
Well, we found a cute little lion with lots of courage here!
Gavin was a COURAGEOUS and CUTE lion when he was 2!
"If I only had a brain..." I feel like the scarecrow sometimes, how about you?? LOL
Here is one SWEET and SMART scarecrow at age 3!!
I know he can share some of his knowledge with the scarecrow; he's one smart little guy!
Isn't Dorothy so beautiful?
I think of her at the end of every trip/vacation we take with our children,
because when its time to leave, I say "There's NO place like home, there's NO place like home!"
I remember one year my mom dressed up as the Wicked Witch and spray painted/glittered a pair of Ruby slippers to wear; I LOVED them!!
Check out these RUBY HEELS below... Oooh, lala!
I found them online at Torrid.com
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Look at this...
a Wizard of Oz game for the Nintendo DS game system!
I bet my Gavin would love this!!
I found this cute cake online... I really wanted to make it but with not being able to eat any SWEETS:( I didn't think it would be a good idea to have around!
Here are some fun Wizard of Oz facts to share with you...
Wizard of Oz won 2 Academy Awards:
Music (Original Score) - Herbert Stothart
Music (Song) - "Over the Rainbow," Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
Wizard of Oz did not win Best Picture, called Outstanding Production back then. But 1939 was a banner year for movies, the likes of which we have never seen again.The other nominees in 1939 were : "Dark Victory," "Gone with the Wind," "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Of Mice and Men," and "Stagecoach."
"Gone With the Wind" was the 1939 winner.
Did you know?
That Wizard of Oz was voted #6 in AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time?
That Judy Garland was voted #8 Woman in AFI's 50 Greatest American Screen Legends?
That TV made this movie. It did not show a profit or become wildly popular until it hit TV.
That Toto's real name was Terry and she was a Cairn Terrier? Only she was paid less than Judy Garland of the major stars. Well, except for the 124 midgets who were the Munchkins. They only got $50 a week.
The black and white scenes of Kansas were filmed last. This provides contrast to colorful Oz, which is a good thing since the Technicolor cameras had already been moved to the "Gone With the Wind" set.
Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and Ray Bolger had to suck lunch through a straw as they couldn't eat in those costumes.
The Cowardly Lion's tail was worked by a technicians on an overhead walkway.
Buddy Ebsen was the original Tin Man, but the aluminum in the costume gave him serious breathing problems.
Judy Garland's body was a source of concern. They gave her diet pills, and then of course, sleeping pills, the consequences of which are well known. They also put her in a tight corset as she was seen as too buxom.
"Over the Rainbow" tested badly in preview screenings so it was cut out and then later, upon reflection, reinserted. Good thinking.
Shirley Temple was the first choice for Dorothy. She was part of a trade with Fox for Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. But Harlow died and Garland got the nod.
Margaret Hamilton got so badly burned she had to be hospitalized when the fire came too quickly as she exited Munchkinland. For her melting exit, they used dry ice. Good idea.
The Horse of a Different Color couldn't be actually painted because of Animal Rights concerns. So they used colored, flavored jelly - which the horse kept licking off.
It took 20 guys a week to set up the 40,000 wire poppies.
The ruby slippers were originally silver, as they were in the L. Frank Baum book. But hey, it's Technicolor and ruby looks better. Speaking of - according to some sources, 7 pairs actually existed. The location of 5 is known. If you're sitting on a missing pair, they're worth about 1.5 million. Dollars.
JUdy Garland's daughter, Liza Minelli, married Jack Haley's son, Jack Haley Jr.
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I found some really cute and fun craft ideas for kids at these sites...
Check them out!!
http://familycrafts.about.com
and here
http://dltk-kids.com/crafts
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I am very SAD that I don't have my own little Oz Gala craft finished for today!
I have been feeling very sick the past couple days due to an increase in my medication that I am taking for Insulin Resistance:( I have been pretty miserable!!
If you come back to visit me on Monday, I will show it off to you:)
Hope you enjoyed my Gala today!
Thanks for stopping by:)
♥ Noelle ♥
Music (Original Score) - Herbert Stothart
Music (Song) - "Over the Rainbow," Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
Wizard of Oz did not win Best Picture, called Outstanding Production back then. But 1939 was a banner year for movies, the likes of which we have never seen again.The other nominees in 1939 were : "Dark Victory," "Gone with the Wind," "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Of Mice and Men," and "Stagecoach."
"Gone With the Wind" was the 1939 winner.
Did you know?
That Wizard of Oz was voted #6 in AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time?
That Judy Garland was voted #8 Woman in AFI's 50 Greatest American Screen Legends?
That TV made this movie. It did not show a profit or become wildly popular until it hit TV.
That Toto's real name was Terry and she was a Cairn Terrier? Only she was paid less than Judy Garland of the major stars. Well, except for the 124 midgets who were the Munchkins. They only got $50 a week.
The black and white scenes of Kansas were filmed last. This provides contrast to colorful Oz, which is a good thing since the Technicolor cameras had already been moved to the "Gone With the Wind" set.
Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and Ray Bolger had to suck lunch through a straw as they couldn't eat in those costumes.
The Cowardly Lion's tail was worked by a technicians on an overhead walkway.
Buddy Ebsen was the original Tin Man, but the aluminum in the costume gave him serious breathing problems.
Judy Garland's body was a source of concern. They gave her diet pills, and then of course, sleeping pills, the consequences of which are well known. They also put her in a tight corset as she was seen as too buxom.
"Over the Rainbow" tested badly in preview screenings so it was cut out and then later, upon reflection, reinserted. Good thinking.
Shirley Temple was the first choice for Dorothy. She was part of a trade with Fox for Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. But Harlow died and Garland got the nod.
Margaret Hamilton got so badly burned she had to be hospitalized when the fire came too quickly as she exited Munchkinland. For her melting exit, they used dry ice. Good idea.
The Horse of a Different Color couldn't be actually painted because of Animal Rights concerns. So they used colored, flavored jelly - which the horse kept licking off.
It took 20 guys a week to set up the 40,000 wire poppies.
The ruby slippers were originally silver, as they were in the L. Frank Baum book. But hey, it's Technicolor and ruby looks better. Speaking of - according to some sources, 7 pairs actually existed. The location of 5 is known. If you're sitting on a missing pair, they're worth about 1.5 million. Dollars.
JUdy Garland's daughter, Liza Minelli, married Jack Haley's son, Jack Haley Jr.
_________________________________________________________________
I found some really cute and fun craft ideas for kids at these sites...
Check them out!!
http://familycrafts.about.com
and here
http://dltk-kids.com/crafts
__________________________________________________________________
I am very SAD that I don't have my own little Oz Gala craft finished for today!
I have been feeling very sick the past couple days due to an increase in my medication that I am taking for Insulin Resistance:( I have been pretty miserable!!
If you come back to visit me on Monday, I will show it off to you:)
Hope you enjoyed my Gala today!
Thanks for stopping by:)
♥ Noelle ♥
