Happy Halloween!

Happy Pumpkin Day! Here are a couple of pumpkins I spray-painted white to add to the pumpkin decor. I left the stem in its natural state, but I have seen others paint it and it looks nice too.

The smaller pumpkins were hand-picked by my almost 2-year old daughter during our yearly pumpkin hunting at the pumpkin patch. I think she did a pretty good job of choosing some extraordinary pumpkins, don't ya think? :0)

Hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!



[Jen]

[Motivational Monday: trick or TREAT!]

Since many of you may be hosting Halloween parties or just enjoy making ghoulish treats, here are some fun ideas to add to your holiday recipes list for this scary season!

1. Giant Black Widow
2. Haunting Hot Chocolate
3. Eye-Scream Sweets
4. Monster Mouths
5. Fresh from the Lab: Bubbling Cocktails
6. Wicked Witch Cupcakes
7. Orange Jack-o'-Lanterns with Sorbet

Sources:

Better Homes & Gardens

Martha Stewart

Parents Magazine

Parenting Magazine

[Jen]

[Scrapperday: I Heart My Aunts/Uncles]

This week I added these pages I made for my daughter's scrapbook. I already have "I Heart Mommy/Daddy/Grandparents/Cousins" pages but was lacking a page dedicated to her aunts & uncles. Now, you are probably wondering why I have a white piece of paper over the photos. I did that to protect the privacy of her aunts and uncles since I am not sure if they would agree having their picture posted on the internet. So I am posting this page to show you the layout & embellishments I used.

 [The collection pack that I used I bought at Target in their $1 section (my fave part of the store!), and it's called "Woodsy Wonders Collection". I cut out the little trees and birds from the pattern paper in the pack and adhered them onto the page with dimensional adhesives.]

 [To create the bigger trees, I used a circle cutter and made the trunk out if some brown stitched ribbon. I thought the trees might represent the 2 "family trees' that came together.]

 [The clouds are all hand-drawn, cut out, and outlined with feux stitching. With the letters I used a mixture of rub-ons and cardstock stickers. Then I used a black journaling pen to create the dashed lines for added interest.]

I think both pages turned out well. It's a little different than the pages I normally create, but it was nice to sorta jump out of my comfort zone. :0)

Linking this up to these parties! 

[Jen]

$35 Cerificate to CSN Stores GIVEAWAY over at Scrappy Gifts!

I am excited to share with you that Scrappy Gifts is hosting a fabulous giveaway on her blog featuring a $35 gift certificate to CSN Stores! If you haven't heard of CSN Stores, you should hop on over to their website to check out everything they have in "store". They have everything from furniture to kitchen appliances to craft supplies...you name it, they've got it! My personal favorite is this ADORABLE mommy/daughter aprons:

Trend Lab Paisley Park Print Apron

Isn't that just the cutest?! Anyways, Scrappy Gifts is a super cute blog. She has a ton of fun, crafty ideas and always hosts the most fun weekly scrapping parties! Feel free to go visit her blog here!

[Jen]