Our Couples Halloween Party

We hosted a Halloween party for the first time this year. That means we had to start from scratch with decorations. And now I think we will probably be hosting from now on...now that we've got the goods.

 This part was the most fun for me. I used a sparkly red decorators gel and just squeezed it out of the tube onto the rims. Let it dry and you can pour your drink over it without it smearing. I decorated the inside of the glasses, but the outside of the punch bowl. This stuff is sticky so I only did half of the glasses so guests wouldn't end up eating it.

This is my favorite section of our halloween party! We used cheesecloth dyed in tea to make my jewelry mannequin a mummy. And these cobwebs are fantastic. They are really improved upon them since I was a kid. This is just one long continuous piece. The chandelier I got from hobby lobby for everyday decor in the bedroom. And the branches are part of our winter decor.

 I found this snowman's tophat at Michael's and was inspired to give our pumpkin a dashing makeover. Just paint.

Got this little tree uber-discounted at Michael's.

We had to kind of decorate two rooms. Here's our mantle. These candlesticks I got from Pottery Barn years ago on clearance from their Halloween section. I still love them.

This mummy was inspired by a recipe in Phyllis Hoffman Celebrate which I found on Hostess with the Mostess. I used my own recipe creation for this using cream cheese, goat cheese and spinach. It was better than I thought it would be for a made-up recipe! It was great!

Happy Halloween Everybody!

Happy Halloween! Here's our doxie Elroy posing in his devil costume this year. He's sooo bored. He has better things to do.

Later today I'll share pics from our first ever Halloween party. It was a very DIY affair of course!

Yay it's Monday!

Not really. But, what a busy weekend. Busy and fulfilling. Friday night we volunteered for Feed My Starving Children. It was a lot of fun. First, I was the sealer, then the scooper and then the weigher. I'm pretty sure I could run the place now.
Saturday we went shopping in downtown Geneva, IL. I can't believe how much it has grown since last year. There's a chocolate and ice cream shop down there called "Graham's". You can order an Italian soda float in any flavor. It's awesome. I got cherry soda with vanilla ice cream, yay! There was also a really cool lion statue.

Saturday night we went to a Halloween "party". It was really just a small get together. We played this horrible game called "Zombies!!!" DO NOT play it! IT WILL NEVER END! And I'm sorry to say we brought a cupcake cake, pttttoiee! It was kind of like this:

Except that ours had a little poopy tail, was missing a cupcake (I'm assuming someone ate it at the store...), had arms and was holding a Halloween pumpkin ring. Obviously this is from Cake Wrecks. I can spend hours on that blog.

Then yesterday I made some jewelry that I'll show you later on this week! Hope you all had a good weekend. Anyone doing anything on a Monday Halloween night?

I just can't stand it...and Happy Halloween!

I am not really a fan of Star Trek. My husband is. I like it just fine, I just don't seek it out. If he wants to watch it, I will. He's showed me a couple of movies already. But, now I am a fan of George Takei on facebook. Why, do you ask? All because of this:

I am completely obsessed with this picture. I pulled it up on my phone several times yesterday. I may need rehabilitation. Anyone know where this photo came from?

DIY Friday

Happy-almost-Halloween! I've got a couple of great Halloween DIY's for this week, as well as some not so Halloween ideas!

In honor of Halloween 40 pumpkin decorating ideas.


How about walking gingerdead?


And some cutesy cuteness with this owl lantern.


I saw this cool Sharpie lampshade on Chelsea's great blog two twenty one.


I had some DIY's this week too: manzanita centerpiece, fabric flower bouquet, part 1 and part 2 of the rest of my wedding crafting.

The Halloween countdown begins

I love Halloween. I think because it gives me a valid excuse to eat candy without guilt. I have to, everyone else is doing it.


I bought a vampire costume a few years ago. You know, before vampires saturated our culture. I wore it to a Halloween party again last year. If we're dressing up this year I found an awesome new accompaniment to my costume, to give it a little something different. Thank you again, Martha! You can find this and other really cool mask ideas at Martha Stewart.

Here's an extra spooky-ish photo of me and David from last year. I was the queen vampire and David was my newly turned wild vampire pet. Yes, that is a leash I'm holding.

Halloween is coming!

Cool candles and notebooks from DL & Company. They have some beautiful apple candles on their website, but they are a luxury. I found these on My Habit. I love the festive hot pink. Not too macabre. They have other neon colors as well.