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Fun Halloween Sweets

October 17, 2011 8 Comments

Photo Credit: Taste of Home
Can you believe that Halloween is just a couple of weeks away? Whew…how time flies! Today I’ve got an array of fun sweets and treats to help inspire your creativity this Halloween!

Candy Corn Meringues from The Kitchn

Gingerbread Skeletons from Family Fun

Skeleton Cupcakes from Women’s Day
Sugar Ghost Cupcakes from Taste of Home

Trick or Treat Sweets from Good Housekeeping

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Filed Under: cookies and candy, desserts, fall, Halloween, party ideas

Pumpkin Wall Hanging

October 12, 2011 4 Comments

During the summer I shared a couple of projects made with embroidery hoops.  And here’s another! This Pumpkin Wall Hanging is very easy and very budget friendly!
I made with it with a couple of sheets from scrapbook kit that I got at the Dollar Tree and (believe it or not) the fabric from an old shirt.

What You Need:
One embroidery hoop (mine was 12 inches)
Fabric (14 x 14 inch square)
2 pieces scrapbook paper or fabric scraps if you prefer
Glue Stick or Mod Podge
Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
Ribbon
Directions: Cut fabric square into a circle (to fit hoop). Wrap fabric around the outside of the inner hoop. Put the outer hoop in place. Make sure the fabric is pulled and stretched tight. Then tighten the hoops to secure the fabric in place. 
Apply hot glue to the inner frame of the embroidery hoop and wrap and press down the excess fabric.
Using a piece of scrapbook paper or fabric, cut out a pumpkin shape and a pumpkin face. Use glue stick or mod podge to add a face to your pumpkin.  Then use hot glue or mod podge to place the decorated pumpkin on your fabric.
Cut out a 6 inch piece of ribbon, loop it through the top of the hoop and tie for hanging.

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Filed Under: crafts, decorating, fall, Halloween

Free Halloween Printables

October 5, 2011 12 Comments
Halloween Party Printables from Party Planning Center

My Free Fall Printables post was my most viewed post last month, so for this month I’ve got some Halloween printables for you. As always you’ll find links to the sources where you can download these beneath the photos. Happy Downloading!

Halloween Versions of “Keep Calm and Carry On” Wall Art from A Southern Accent

Halloween Drink Labels from It’s Written on the Walls

Halloween Subway Art From That’s What Che Said

TREATS Sign from Dittle Dattle

Witch Sign from RainyButterfly05 on Photobucket

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Filed Under: decorating, fall, Freebie, Halloween, party ideas, Printables

Harvest Halloween Sponsor #3: Peach Tea Couture

October 2, 2011 1 Comment
Our next Harvest Halloween sponsor is definitely a sponsor for all seasons! Peach Tea Couture offers adorable, personalized onesies, t-shirts, and printable party supplies.
The owner of the shop, Abbe, a fellow Alabama native (smile), calls her shop, “a little slice of heaven right here on the web. Everything here is very stylish—very Southern.”

Peach Tea Couture has some super cute selections for the fall and Halloween season. They feature everything from pumpkins and ghosts to owls and spiders.  And you can get any design made into a onesie or t-shirt in the size of your choice.

One of my personal favorites is this Black Cat and Jack-o-lantern design. (If only it would fit me! lol.)

And I also love this Bewitching Owl design.

And what I really love, LOVE about this shop is that there are so many vintage designs! Apart from the vintage fall and holiday designs, there are so many fun, vintage looks for all year round.

It was basically impossible for me to pick one favorite, but I decided to feature this Girl with Umbrella. She’s one of several vintage girls that I think are just adorable!

And I also love this little vintage cowboy.

Connect: Please follow Peach Tea Couture on their blog and on Facebook.

Giveaway: For the Harvest Halloween event, Peach Tea Couture is giving away one Halloween shirt or onesie of the winner’s choice!

How to Enter: Please come back on Oct 14 to enter the Harvest Halloween Giveaway, featuring Peach Tea Couture and prizes from 3 other shops!

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Filed Under: fall, Giveaways

Harvest Halloween Sponsor #2 Paramore Art Works

September 25, 2011 Leave a Comment

It’s time to spotlight another Harvest Halloween sponsor.

Paramore Art Works is a unique Etsy shop, which offers handmade gift tags, word banners, potion bottles, and witches’ wands!

This is a fanstastic shop! The items have a sort of vintage, shabby-chic appeal, which I love! A couple of my favorite fall items are these cute tags, although I also love her Halloween garlands!

The thing that really makes Paramore Art Works stand out is their line of witches’ wands and potion bottles!  

What a great decor idea! Each bottle is adorned with cute tags and embellishments, making them perfect for a Halloween themed mantle or buffet. So fun!

The shop also has a lot of non-Halloween items which I wanted to highlight.  I really like their word banners like this one:

And they some very cute vintage and primitive tags featuring everything from from Wizard of Oz to Fleur de lis.  This set is one of my favorites:

Please go by Paramore Art Works and take a look around!

Giveaway! Beth at Paramore Art Works is offering a potion bottle of “Moon Dust” decorated with crusty gauze, twine, moss, and a spider. Perfect for a witches collection of potions!
How to Enter: The Harvest Halloween Giveaway will be posted and open for entries on Oct 14.

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Filed Under: crafts, decorating, fall, Giveaways, Halloween

Harvest Halloween Sponsor #1: Kelly’s Cottage Shoppe

September 20, 2011 Leave a Comment


As some of you may know, I’m participating in a Harvest Halloween Blog Hop. By the way, If you’d like to participate in the hop, you can still sign up over at Savey Spender.

For this event, I will be giving away a prize pack of items from 4 different sponsors, and each week leading up to the event I’ll be spotlighting one of these great sponsors.

The first sponsor I have to introduce is Kelly’s Cottage Shoppe. This etsy shop offers adorable invitations and party supplies. Kelly has a variety of party themes available for boys and girls, and these can be used for birthdays, baby showers, and more!
All your party supplies will be customized to fit your party details and then delivered to you via email in PDF files. And you can order everything from banners and cupcake toppers to thank you cards, tags, and ice cream cone wrappers.

Since this feature is especially for a Halloween event, I wanted to start by sharing some of Kelly’s  fall and Halloween items. I just love her Fall Festival party pack (top picture).  It’s so cute and festive and perfect for Halloween or the whole fall season!

She also has some of the cutest invitations….so fun and whimsical! And I really love her fall invitation selections.  The designs are so simple and sweet!

Even though the giveaway is fall themed, I also wanted to share some of my other favorites from Kelly’s shop. I have to admit, they are all so adorable, it was very hard for me to choose, but here’s a few: 

Circus Party
Sweet Little Monkey Party
Nautical Party

Connect! Follow Kelly’s blog: Kelly’s Cottage Shoppe Designs and follow on Facebook.

Giveaway! For the Harvest Halloween Event, Kelly is offering a set of Halloween items (pictured above) which includes cupcake toppers, cupcake wrappers, and a banner.
How to Enter: The event and giveaway will be open for entries on October 14.

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Disclosure: I was not paid or otherwise compensated for this post.

I’m linking up at Tidy Mom and these parties.
Filed Under: fall, Giveaways, Halloween, party ideas

Fall Letter Craft Tutorial

September 14, 2011 9 Comments
I love fall crafts and decor!  I made this shabby style fall craft the other day.  I guess you’d call it a wall hanging (even though I’ve hung it on the fridge).  But the concept behind my little fall letters could also be applied to banners, cards, place mats and more.




What You Need:
Black Felt 
Brown Paper or a paper sack
Faux Leaves
Sand paper (or scrapbook paper)
Black Marker or Alphabet Stickers for lettering
Hot Glue
Twine
Magnets (optional)
Directions:
1. Cut 4 squares of black felt.  Mine are 5 inches by 5 inches. 
2. Then cut 4 squares of brown paper. (I used a paper sack).  The size of the brown pieces will depend on how big your black pieces are and how big you want your black border to be.  For example, my brown squares are about a 1/4 of an inch (or so) smaller than the black squares.  But if I was using 10 inch black squares, I probably would make the brown squares about 9 inches.
3. Next crumple the brown squares to create the textured/wrinkled effect.  
4.  Use hot glue to affix the brown squares to the black felt squares.
5. Next position your leaves on top of the brown paper, and affix using hot glue.
6. Next cut out pieces of sand paper (or scrapbook paper) for your FALL letters.
7.  With a Sharpie draw a letter on each piece of paper and place them on top of the leaves using hot glue.  Or you can add stickers or chipboard letters if your prefer.

Directions and Methods for Display/Hanging
The next step depends on how you wish to use the letters.  Here are some options:
1. You could place your letters inside a frame.
2. Another option is to place the letters in a vertical or horizontal row and attach a piece of twine to the back of the letters using hot glue. (Or poke holes in the felt and weave the twine through to connect the letters). And then tie a piece of twine at the end(s) for hanging. (as in the very first picture)
3. As a third option you can attach magnets to the back of the letters for refrigerator hanging. (or you could even use tape).
4. Or you can do a combination of #2 and #3, which will allow you to hang this of the fridge (or somewhere else) in  a variety of ways.  (See examples below)

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Filed Under: crafts, decorating, fall, Halloween

Fall Leaf Jar

September 8, 2011 16 Comments

At Christmas I just love jars filled with Christmas balls, so last year I took the idea and applied it to fall. 
It turned out really cute, and the best part of all is that I didn’t have to spend a dime. I already had the gold Christmas balls that I used.  And the leaves actually fell off of some fall garland that I had. Rather than throw them away, I figured why not use them for craft materials!

What You Need:
A Glass or Plastic Jar(s)
Christmas Balls in Gold or Fall Colors
Faux Fall Leaves
Or other fall-ish items (gourds, etc.)
Directions:  Just layer your balls and leaves inside your jar as desired.  I suggest starting with a few balls and then place your leaves in and around them as a filler.

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Filed Under: crafts, decorating, fall

Free Fall Printables

September 6, 2011 14 Comments

A cold front of wind and rain came our way yesterday, and today it’s actually 71 degrees in our house without any air conditioning!  I’m know the fall season doesn’t officially begin for another couple of weeks, and we’ll probably have a few more hot days ahead, but today I’m officially in the mood for fall!

To ring in, what is in so many ways, my favorite season, I’ve got some free fall printables for you! Hope you enjoy!

Fall Subway Art from Betty Crocker Wannabe

Fall Favor Tags from it is what it is
Fall Worksheets from All Kids Network 
(about 20 different fall worksheets are available)
Give Thanks Printables from TomKat Studio

Fall/Thanksgiving Subway Art from Blooming Homestead

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Filed Under: decorating, fall, Freebie, party ideas, Printables, Thanksgiving

Halloween Treat Box

October 13, 2010 6 Comments
We were grocery shopping the other day when my husband picked up a big box of cupcakes. This was the same weekend that I broke out all the Halloween decorations for outside.  I find that if we don’t keep snacks like cookies and cakes out on the counter, they will  be forgotten in the cabinet and will eventually have to be thrown out. I was deciding which bowl or jar to the put the cupcakes in  I got inspired to create this cute little treat box. 
To make your own treat box, just take any box or other container you find around the house.  Then get a couple of coordinating scrapbook papers. ( I purchased the packet which included 8 sheets of Halloween paper from the Dollar Tree! I actually bought it a year or two ago and had totally forgotten about it.  Big surprise when I started hunting through my paper drawers!)
Next cut your paper to fit your box.  Since I’m not the craftiest person in the world I find it helps a lot to trace the shapes you need with a pen or pencil.  For this particular project I found it easier to cut each side individually but whenever possible, I try to wrap the paper around the item I’m decoupaging.
Finally apply mod podge to the back of your paper and stick the paper to your container.  Make sure it goes on smooth.  If you’re using a cardboard box like I did, you could alternatively use a glue stick.  After you’ve completely covered your container, you can finish all the project by giving it another light coat of mod podge.
After it dries, your ready to fill the box with your favorite Halloween treats!

I’m sharing my project at these crafty linky parties.

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Filed Under: crafts, fall, Halloween
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