My Happy Snail Mail for St. Patrick’s Day was a set of watercolors for my younger niece and nephew (10 and 5), and a box of Skittles for my older niece (15). I added a shamrock sticker that said, “Sending you a little rainbow for St. Patrick’s Day” on each of them, and “Be a rainbow in…
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25 Easter Treats That Won’t Rot Their Teeth
As I walked through the aisles at the store the other day I enjoyed all the fun, colorful Easter baskets, fake grass and eggs. Then I cringed at all the candy. Loads, and loads of sweets. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE sweets. I send treats to family and clients, and I eat chocolate on…
Halloween for Christmas?
You bet! If you couldn’t already tell from previous posts, I’m a little crazy about Halloween and particularly smitten by Jack Skellington. I always have a hard time making a Christmas Wish List so in mid-October I suggested to family members they could take advantage of after-holiday sales and buy some fun Halloween things to…
Just a Few Updates
It’s been a looooong time since I last posted. Halloween has come and gone. I had big plans of posting other projects and events I was working on, things that were happening, etc. but time just got away from me as it so often does. Anyway, to bring you up to date a bit, I…
44 Days to Halloween!
Maybe next year I’ll do a craft project countdown to Halloween. Wouldn’t that be fun? I’m hoping to finish a few more projects for this year. I already made my Jack Skellington. I’ve got all the piece I need (I think) to make Sally, but haven’t gotten very far, my witch table is now going…
Easy & Inexpensive Candle Props
If you don’t know this about me already, I love Halloween. It’s my favorite holiday. I am also a cheapskate somewhat frugal and I love to DIY. So when I found out you could make a ton of really awesome Halloween props and decorations for little money I made it my mission to start building…
Upcoming Project: Witch Table with Feet
If you couldn’t already tell, I’ve been in the mood to work on Halloween projects. A few different projects. (Halloween is only 65 days away, you know!) Inspired by this tutorial I decided I need my own witch table with feet. Or a cauldron with feet. Maybe both? But a table could hold the cauldron? I…
Make Your Own Halloween Luminaries
Cute, huh? They’re pretty easy to make, too! You need: Cardstock Vellum (any color works) Adhesive X-acto knife Scoring tool (optional) Pencil Stencil design LED Candle – I like the color changing ones, which I buy on Amazon: Color Changing Everlasting Tealights Candles with 7 Rainbow Colors- Set of 12 INSTRUCTIONS Cut your 8.5″x11″ paper…
Barrel Cake
As previously mentioned, my daughter is having three mini celebrations for her 2nd birthday instead of one big celebration which means I get to make three different types of cakes/cupcakes. =) We did Elmo & Cookie Monster cupcakes for the first celebration, and then I decided on a chocolate & peanut butter barrel cake for…
Cookie Monster & Elmo Cupcakes
Last year we went all out and had a huge rainbow theme bash for my daughter’s 1st birthday. It was fun and we had A LOT of people attend. Since then we have moved to a very small town that is 1-2 hours away from the majority of our friends and family. This year for…
