Happy Halloween!

Candy, fun costumes, cute kids, spooky decorations..........what's not to love??  Here's a couple of cute crafts I did this year.

First, is my take on ghost poop soup............a fun inexpensive little gift for family and friends.  I found the black mugs I was looking for at Dollar Tree........gotta LOVE that!  The little die cut stickers were also from there.  I had actually bought them for another craft and then a light bulb went off and I realized they would work for this as well (and it sure beats cutting my own when I got a whole pack for a buck!).  Gotta love those light bulb moments!  Some hot chocolate packets, mini-marshmallows, and a cute tag and I had a nice little seasonal gift for under $1.50 :) 

The next craft is just TOO adorable for words!  Using my adorable grandson Bud's handprint, we made really CUTE ghosts!  I used black cardstock cut to size, some white acrylic paint and Dollar Tree frames. Oh and a silver sharpie to write his name and the year.  Thankfully his Mommy was on hand to help as we made 3 of them and he's only a year old so we had to work quickly :)  Here's the adorable results............sorry about the flash spot on the glass.  I tried without the flash and it wasn't better.  Unfortunately my photographer (aka hubby) wasn't around when I needed the picture.  Still TOO cute :)

What's Halloween without some adorable pumpkins?


Here's Elmo..............

And Tigger....................



And THE most adorable pumpkin of all......................

Happy Halloween everyone!


Deb









Happy Fall !

I'm SO excited that fall is here! The cooler weather, the changing leaves, pumpkins, mums, apple cider, hayrides, fairs, fair food..........I could go on and on! I'm still in the midst of decorating but here are a few goodies.  More to come........

My daughter and I made these last year. There's a yummy smelling vanilla candle in the middle of the mini Indian corns. Festive and cute! The clear plate and mirror are Dollar Tree finds. The cute spider web mat is from KP Creek (LOVE KP Creek!)

I found this cute candle holder at a yard sale early this spring (it pays to think "off season" when attending yard sales). It's hard to see but I have a little LED candle in it. LOVE those LED candles........no worries about flames and if I forget and leave it on, I'm only out a little battery. By the way, you can find those little button batteries MUCH cheaper on Ebay! The cute little vintage looking ghost and candy corn are from KP Creek.........LOVE, LOVE, LOVE KP Creek! The fabric is one of those pre-finished squares......probably from AC Moore (another LOVE of mine!)

 

I LOVE Longaberger baskets (went on a bus trip there this past spring............heaven!) This basket is one my faves! For some reason it didn't photograph well but the weave is green and orange and the liner that goes over the side is OH so cute for Halloween! Right now it has dum dum lollipops in it :) Bud has "discovered" them and knows exactly what they are for!

This is another yard sale find.........

I think I paid a buck for it! It's fun to fill with all sorts of fun items. These little gourds and pumpkins (Dollar Tree finds) fit the bill for fall very nicely.

Here is my greatest fall "decoration".........my sweet grandson Ethan (aka Bud). Here he is enjoying a french fry at a local fair :) Hard to believe he celebrates his first birthday later this month! SO precious!

Happy Fall everyone!
Deb

Michael's coupon!

I'm sure there is something that most of you "need" at Michael's this week........50% off one non-sale item at this link: http://http//mic.michaels.com/20100912SLUSLP.aspx (with the usual restrictions of course). Come on.............you KNOW all that fall stuff is calling ya :) Speaking of fall, here's a pic of my house from last fall. I'll put a new pic as soon as I'm done decorating for this year. Happy decorating!

Deb

Trying to get back to this.............

I can't believe I let this go for almost a year! It's not that I haven't been thrifting and hitting garage sales, flea markets, etc. but I just didn't take time to write about it. Perhaps welcoming our first grandchild last October had something to do with that? Just a tad?? LOL We lost my father-in-law last year as well, younger DS graduated from college this past spring and while he still "technically" lives at home, we don't see much of him so DH and I are sort of empty nesters these days. Let's just say our lives have had some big changes in the last year and a half and call it a day :)

I need to work on pictures of some of the exciting stuff I've found this year so for now, I'll leave you with a pic of one of my most treasured possessions...........my grandson Ethan (aka Bud). I've never found anything this cute while thrifting :) His chair in this picture did come from a garage sale! Isn't it adorable??? It's Osh Kosh and oh so cute..........I just couldn't pass it up! Oh and the "fencing" in the background.........DD found that at one of our infamous spring "mud sales" for a buck! It has 6 panels and comes in quite handy for keeping Bud away from the tv and her elliptical! LOL We saw another one listed on Craig's list earlier this summer as "rare" and they wanted $75 for it!

Until next time (and I promise it won't be as long!),

Deb