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10/23/11

SPOOKtacular!

I was recently contacted by a magazine called Putting On A Party .They asked if I would mind if they put my Ghost Poop Soup in their Halloween Spooktacular Special!

SO FUN!!
The whole magazine is full of cute ideas on decorating for Halloween and ideas on what to serve at the Halloween get togethers... like a Flayed Face Ham Head! You've got to check it out! You can get your FREE copy of the magazine here! Thanks Putting on a Party for making my kids think I'm a celebrity!! :)

10/22/11

Saturday Morning Shout Outs {Halloween Edition}

Good Morning!!

It was so much fun to visit with lots of you at the Glitter Academy last night! Thanks to our wonderful hostesses {with the mostesses} for ALL their hard work! It was a blast and I can't wait to see all of the pictures floating around blog land! :) Now, time to give some our wonderful Halloween linkups from our ffa party a big shout out!!

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One Charming Party

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Life in the Thrifty Lane

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The Real Housewives of Riverton

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Johnny in a Dress

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Mess For Less

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Kathe With an E

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Make the Best of Everything

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And I Thought I Loved You Then

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The Crafty Scientist

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If you were featured, make sure to grab a button!

Keep linking up and have a wonderful Saturday!

XOXO!!

10/16/11

2X4 Pumpkins

{Made By Me Monday!}

2x4 and Bead Board Pumpkin Tutorial

These are super easy, inexpensive and adorable!! Remember my 2x4 candy corn? Well, today I am going to show you how to make 2x4 pumpkins! These are DARLING!!!

supplies needed:

2x4's

bead board/trim

craft paint

nails

ribbon

We bought all of our supplies at Home Depot, and the entire project cost me under $3.00 to make! I cut the 2x4's and beadboard at 3", 6", and 9" tall.

You can use any kind of beadboard that you want to, I used the chunky stuff. Paint it whatever color you'd like! I mixed orange and black to make a rust orange, I think it's the perfect FALL color! (or you can just stain them, that would be cute too!)

I used 2" nails to secure the beadboard to the 2x4's. (I only used 6 nails, not 25 like the picture shows! HA!) Pound in your nails to the front of the pumpkins. I think it's SO cute to bend the nails over! Use a bit of sandpaper on the fronts, of course.

Next, use bigger nails to make your pumpkin "stem". I painted the nail heads black just to make it even cuter! :)

Then, ribbon it up!! Add as much or as little as you would like. For me, the more-the better!!

And that's it! You have a super cute set of 2x4 pumpkins.

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Easy Peasy!
TOTAL COST: $3.00
TOTAL TIME SPENT: 45 minutes

10/15/11

Spooky Shout Outs!

I decided to dedicate today's Saturday Shout Outs to Halloween. Oh my goodness- TONS of great Halloween linkups from our ffa party.

The MOST VIEWED linkup goes to

The Diary Of Dave's Wife

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Creative Juice

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Reasons to Skip the Housework

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Mommy By Day, Crafter By Night

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O. Alouette

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Crafting and Creativity

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Life as a Thrifter

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Mommy x 3 = Insanity

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Johnny in a Dress

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Alderberry Hill

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Cute As a Fox

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Burton Avenue

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Shabby Love

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Craft Buds

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Lolly Jane

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SEE! I told you there are tons of cute ones this Saturday!
If you were featured, grab a button!

I'm going to be busy this next week trying to create some of these fabulous ideas!

Have a wonderful Saturday, everyone!!

10/9/11

Trick or Treat {made by me}

{Made By Me Monday}

Trick or Treat Sign

for under $2.00

This is a super simple project that costs hardly any money at all. It actually didn't cost me a thing because I already had everything at home.

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

foam board

spray paint

scrapbook paper

modpodge

glue dots

vinyl lettering

sandpaper

ribbon

(I bought this Halloween scrapbook pack at Joanne's for half off. I have used it for multiple projects and STILL have tons of paper left!)

I bought foam board at the dollar store and had some leftover from another project I had been working on. I cut my boards down to 12X12 sheets using a razor blade. I decided that I wanted the back to look good too, and I already had the black spray paint. But if you don't have paint, don't worry- no one will see the back anyway! This is what happens when you hold the piece you are spraying. I wanted to make sure the edges got done...

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While your foam boards are drying, create your "scrapbook pages". I just started layering and layering papers and grabbed items from around my house that might be cute on it, like this paper clip! The cute little cutouts are from the Halloween scrapbook pack.