HALLOWEEN PARTY.

 

I'm going to be honest, I've always wanted to throw a Halloween party,

A REAL one, like where people dress up and you drink spooky drinks...that kind.

Here's my list of must have's for a stylish halloween party!

Check out all the links & details over at Mom's Best 

P.s. if you're not a DIY'er you MUST check out etsy and use it for your next party/event.

I'll be sharing my "kid" version of this party later next week + some DIY's!

Happy Halloween!

DIY COOKIE TREAT BAGS

I'm over at Mom's Best sharing these DIY cookie kit treat bags.
These little bags are perfect for neighbors, or friends, and super easy.
Does anyone else love Halloween? I'm seriously already looking forward for Christmas
And I've decided since Thanksgiving is so late this year, the christmas decorations,
are going to have to make their appearance sooner than the turkey on the table!
Head over to Mom's Best to read how to make these cute bags!

SPPPOOOOKY MANTLE.

So it all started with just hanging a fall wreath on our door..
Than this happened, my oh my, seriously I can't help my self.
I decorate too early for holidays & people look at me like seriously?
I just can't help my self! It's an addiction, my mom loved holidays growing up,
So naturally I have that love and instinct born into me.....
infact....she's already listing to Christmas music

This little DIY halloween banner is over at Mom's Best
Plus believe it or not, I made that mirror, here's the real thing via Serena & Lilly
Beautiful huh? I know I instantly feel inlove, but after reading Sarah's tutorial on her mirror
I had to try it! I'm going to be honest it was a TON of work but worth it!

I picked up those little bats at target, DIY'd the mirror follow Sarah's tutorial, pumpkins via target, banner tutorial over at Mom's Best, spider pumpkin DIY inspiration via here

TRICK-OR-TREAT

 

 Hi, I'm alive, yes barely, between the birthdays, parties, anniversaries &

emergency gallbladder surgery, I just happen to barely be making it, ha kidding!

I'm feeling much better almost 12 days post surgery, but seriously has anyone had gallstones?

People, they're NO JOKE, so extremely painful, I caved and went to the E.R.

which than turned into emergency MRI, ultasound, and gallbladder surgery at midnight.

Thank heavens for surgeons and doctors, oh and pain meds, morphine was my best friend.

Anyone excited about Halloween as I am? Because I'm so excited!

I've been slowly getting the Halloween decorations out... piece by piece..

I put these little treat boxes together for my family + friends! Here's what I put in my box:

Boxed Treats:

Witches Rootbeer

Paper Straws

Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies

Other candy treats

Mini pumpkin

Drink Stirrer

Halloween Tags

Supplies: Kraft take out boxes, Bakers Twine, Ice Cream Container, Vinyl Bats, Vinyl Spiders

P.s. if you haven't check out Custom Labels do! That's where these darling "Witches Rootbeer's" came from!

Happy Halloween Treat Making!

BIRTHDAY BASH.

 

What a great weekend, my heart is so full, as we celebrated my husbands birthday,

lots of family, laughs, great atmosphere, good food, just a great time all together.

I'm sharing his birthday bash over at Mom's Best such a great night, and those cake were amazing!

I'll be sharing my $8 "table runner" made from a drop cloth. 

The thing I love most about our house is sharing it with the ones we love.
Nothing I love more than to sit under the outdoor lights on our patio at night laughing and chatting,
Life is good, and we have so much to be grateful, especially on nights like this!

Meanwhile we have a BIG bathroom remodel we're getting ready for,
We spend all day Saturday picking out tile, getting ideas, and making plants,
Stay tuned it should be great, haha perhaps not for my wallet but a huge improvement!

BIRTHDAY PARTY CART.

I'm just wrapping up some last minute DIY's for the husbands birthday,
I really love hosting things at our house because it makes me get things done!
And trust me I need to get things done, seriously garden beds cleaned out, mums planed,
pergola stained, fence stained, umbrella up, lights up, phew, just stuff that needs done.
I found this little bar cart in the little thrift store a couple towns over from mine.

Remember this summer party cart? Yes, same one, just modified to be a little more "manly"
There's a cute little photo of the before, and do I mean cute!
We're having the party outside, since our cute little house can't quite accommodate
both of our families! I spray painted the outdoor lights gold, put up our outdoor umbrella,
made a red striped table cloth from a drop cloth, little washi table flag toppers, these cute
little dishes, that I scripted on with a permanent marker....

I just need to fill the mini white scripted dishes with succulents!

We'll be having it outside like this BBQ we hosted a couple months ago

I'll be sharing photos after this weekend, and a very Happy Birthday to my kind sweet husband!

DIY TUFTED HEADBOARD.

Hello!
So honored to be featured over at Apartment Therapy's website!
We finished this headboard in about 2 nights, note this was our first tufting experience
and since then we found a super easy way of tufting! I'll share that at the end of this post!

Its been a couple month and our headboard is holding up fabulous-ly!
Here's the tutorial on how we made out headboard, and here's a tip at the end
On how to get that tufted look so much easier!

Thank you again Apartment Therapy for sharing the tutorial!



We just finished this headboard last week, and this tip from Jen is a huge time saver!
The secret is screws + washers, right screwing fabric who would have thought?
You can read the step by step over here, here are a few photos of how to!
This is a HUGE time saver, so much better than sewing the buttons!

Here's the rest of the tutorial !

Happy tufting, next up on our list in an upholstered bench!