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Get ready for some pictures. I had a lot of fun with Emily’s spider birthday party theme. It obviously works great for Halloween and was cute for a little girl’s first birthday party as well. The spider party theme all began with the spider cake idea I got when I was looking for Halloween decorations. [...]
It all started with a cute metal pumpkin stand I picked up as a door buster at a local home decor store. When I saw it, I immediately thought “cake stand” and knew the cake would be spider or spider web themed. I found a bunch of cute spider cake ideas on pinterest. What ultimately [...]
I picked up a simple 3-tiered glass dessert stands a few months ago. When I bought them I was looking for a simple cake stand that I could reuse for anything and decided to go with glass because it would go with anything. My set is similar to this one on amazon.com. I wanted to [...]
Babies are fun to dress-up for Halloween because you get to choose! I guess that gives added pressure because there are so many options – how can you choose just one? I saw this cute baby ghost costume on pinterest and figured it would be easy enough to make and looked adorable. Plus it will [...]
I saw these cute hanging ghosts on pinterest and thought they would be a great addition to our Halloween decorations. DIY Hanging Ghosts – Halloween Decor Tutorial Cut cheese cloth approx 8″ x 8″. It doesn’t have to be perfect – rough edges help add character. Use white string to hang the ghosts. For some [...]
I’m 9 days away from the big first birthday/Halloween party. Aghhhhh! Today I worked on the party favor treat bags. I am happy with how they turned out. I am loosely going with a spider theme for the party, even though I am creeped out by spiders and all things crawly. Halloween Party Treat Bag [...]
Are ya’ll ready for Halloween? This year I will be throwing my first (of many to come) Halloween party. Music is a perfect way to get the party started. I put together a Halloween party music playlist with some of my favorite Halloween songs. Have you used Amazon.com’s Amazon.com MP3 music service? I like it [...]
I picked up some simple autumn-colored candles at Michaels when they were on sale a few weeks ago. I couldn’t decide how to decorate with them at first, so I tried a couple of different options. Wall Candle Holder I picked up this candle holder that hangs on the wall a couple of years ago. [...]
If you’ve been following my blog for long, you’ve probably realized that I like apothecary jars for decorating. They are perfect for bringing in a little holiday flair into your holiday decorating. In my previous post I posted some of my traditional Halloween decorations. Most of the decorations from this post could be used as [...]
If you deck the halls at Christmas, do you spook the halls at Halloween? I didn’t get “in” to decorating for Halloween until last year when my son said, “Mom when are you going to decorate the house for Halloween?” He had been at a friends house and seen some cute decorations there so he [...]
