Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pac Man Pumpkins

My kids are huge gamers (with my hubby being the biggest fan of the bunch) & love all the retro video games-ESPECIALLY Pacman. You can imagine how crazy my boys went when they saw this! I love how they displayed them vertically, just like the game.



(I can't remember where I saw this so if anyone recognizes this, please let me know)
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Going a Little Batty

If I could sew, I would be making these adorable bats from Heather Bailey. You can download the templates here. She also offers kits on her Heather Bailey store site for all the supplies you need to make this Betty Boo Doll. Better yet, she is also hosting a give away for the Betty Boo sock doll kits! Stop by her blog & say Hi!



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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pumpkin House


(photo from Dallas Dirt)

I love the pumpkin topiaries, wreaths, & the pumpkins lined above the door & window boxes...........sigh.........
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Halloween Party Treats

Every October, the Vallones throw the most amazing Halloween party! They go all out with the decorations & games for the kids. This year,they asked me to bring a dessert. Saturday, I made these Candy Corn Marshmallows, which were inspired by Simply Creative Insanity. They were a huge hit & super simple to make. I also made yummy cupcakes which were decorated with cupcake picks from Martha Stewart.






What yummy treats are you making this Halloween?
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Cootie Free Halloween

My son's teacher frequently requests hand sanitizer for her classroom. To make the sanitizer a little more festive, I peeled off the label, hot glued scrapbook paper, stickers, and orange boa ribbon.




A simple black bag & stickers were used for wrapping. Hopefully, this will help prevent the spread of cooties in the classroom this season!
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Babalisme Halloween printables





I saw these ADORABLE Babalisme Halloween printables on Living Locurto & had to share! These Halloween dress up dolls are too cute which you can download here. She also has a sweet invitation for Halloween & fun,printable scrapbook paper.

I think I might use the dress up dolls for placemats at the kids table for Halloween!
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Reason to Boo

If these cute signs are not a reason to start "booing" in your neighborhood or at your office, I don't know what is. Kim from TomKat Studio designed these monsteriffic signs (so wish I would of had these earlier this week). You can download here templates here.






And these Boo-tiful signs are from Skip to my Lou & you can find the templates here.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

We've Been Boo'd!

Sunday night, there was a frantic knock on our door. We opened the door to find a ghostly package filled with Halloween treats & a note from the goodie ghost! Every year in our community, neighbors and friends play the Boo'd game. For those of you who are not familiar, it starts with an anonymous gift left on your doorstep. Inside the package are Halloween goodies, a "We Have Been Boo'd" sign, and a list of instructions. It is then your turn to select 2 families in your neighborhood, make ghostly goodie bags,copies of the instructions & We've Been Boo'd sign (the sign is to hang in your window or front door to let others know that you have already been boo'd).
My boys love delivering their ghostly gifts! This is what my stealth ninjas delivered last night to their friends:




Our Boo buckets we gave contained Halloween cupcake mix & frosting, Ghost Peeps, silly string, glow sticks, & lollipops. It is a fun tradition we look forward to every year! Why not start one in your neighborhood, office, or family?
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Pumpkin Templates

How fun are these pumpkin templates from HGTV? I love the candlesticks for a fireplace mantle or buffet table!






Or how about these lanterns for outside your front door? Check out HGTV for more creative carving templates here.
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Friday, October 16, 2009

Jolly Roger




We made our version of a Jolly Roger for Halloween-made with shark's blood of course (which is grenadine to you land lovers)! We dressed it up with a licorice straw, black swords & cherries, pirate flag & gummy pirate, and Beware banner. What is your favorite drink for Halloween?
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Candy Costumes

I saw these cute candy bar wrappers on Skip to my Lou this morning-what a fun, easy project to make with the kids! Click here for instructions.



Click here for the Bat Candy Bar Wrapper Template Download


They also had these cute Mummy Containers which would be great for party favors!


Go here for easy instructions.



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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Halloween Creatures

Have a CRAZY week but I had to show you what my boys created with Grandma yesterday-how cute are these? All you need is paper, glue, ribbon, & scissors. And a little creative genius from Martha.

directions & templates can be found on Martha Stewart.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Halloween Eddie Ross Style

When I grow up, I want to be Eddie Ross & create this candy buffett for my Halloween guests...


& artfully arrange lollipops in urns


have an amazing collection of vintage serving pieces


& master the stacking & different levels of heights for Halloween treats


& create these glittered spiderweb chargers



Be sure to check out Eddie's blog for all of his amazing ideas! And don't miss Eddie's HGTV Halloween Block Party, on October 18th!

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Halloween Decorations II

Trying to finish decorating this week-if I am lucky, I might finish by Halloween! :)

A sneak peek at my garland around my front door...

beware there's more to come...

finally hung my lanterns on the balcony yesterday


little pumpkin tablescape

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And The Winner Is....


Thanks to Random.org we have a winner! Lucky Number 7! Congrats to Denise from little ant design! Denise is the winner of the AllModern.Com giveaway! And of course, a BIG THANK YOU to James from AllModern.com & everyone who entered!
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Fancy Flours

Have you been over to Fancy Flours lately? I have been HAUNTING their website admiring all of their Halloween products like this spooktacular cupcake tower....


these tombstone cookies
vintage postcard cookies


ghostly cupcake liners


while you're there, be sure to sign up for their Matthew Mead giveaway ( I so want one)




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