DIY Advent Calendar

Christmas Advent Calendar

Last year I came across this adorable advent calendar from Twig and Thistle. We were already well into December and it was too late to make one. This year I’m bringing my ‘A’ game to Christmas and I knew I had to make one! I picked up a pack of Wilton 2″ favor tins months [...]

Colored Pumpkin Craft for Kids

Colored Pumpkin Thanksgiving Craft

My son brought this colorful pumpkin home from school recently.  I thought it was a super cute, easy craft that you could do with kids of all ages.  All you would need is some mini pumpkins (this one was white) and different colors of markers. This is the type of craft that is easy enough [...]

Christmas Family Activities – Free Printable

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I love this time of year!  Love, love, love it.  If I had 3 wishes, one of them would be to put time in slow motion from now until Christmas every year.  That way I could savor the holidays and all of there goodness. One of best (if not the best) parts of Christmas is [...]

Love Is Spelled Time

Love is Spelled Time Printable

President Uchtdorf gave a wonderful talk talk in the October 2010 General Conference – Of Things that Matter Most.  I had the opportunity to see this talk in person!  When President Uchtdorf came up to the stand to talk, it was like a rock star had entered the building.  Everyone was so excited to hear him [...]

Spider Party

Halloween Purple Spider & Black Cupcakes

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. [...]

Spider Cake

Spider Cake with Googly Eyes

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

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

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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

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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

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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 [...]