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….
Archives for October 2011
Spider Cake
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…
DIY Dessert Stand
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…
DIY Baby Ghost Costume
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…
Hanging Ghosts – Halloween Decor
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…
Free Halloween Printables – Treat Bag Toppers
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…
Halloween Music Playlist
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…
Fall Candle Decor
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. …
Fall Decorations
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…
Spook the Halls
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…