Halloween Music Playlist

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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

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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

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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

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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 [...]

Free Printable Halloween Bingo

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Bingo is such a great party game for a group of people.   I created these 4 different designs for Halloween bingo cards for download.  There are 13 unique bingo cards and they are sized to be printed at a 5×7 size in luster finish.  If you want to keep the cards for next year, [...]

How To Be Happy

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Do you every wonder how to be happy?  I love this simple, yet poignant wisdom.  I think we would all do well to remember this everyday. I have learned that you should never give up on anyone or your relationships (keep trying).  I have learned that you must stay faithful and look to God when [...]

Halloween Birthday Party Invitation

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I must have looked through a hundred invitations and started a dozen different designs before getting Emily’s birthday party invite done.  I wanted to include that it was both a Halloween party and a birthday party into the wording.  We call her “Bugga Boo” so the prominent BOO text was perfect. Spider Web Halloween Birthday [...]

Happiest People Quote

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For week 2 of my secret sister gifts, I found this great quote from President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who, while in the pursuit of worthy goals, discover and treasure the beauty and sweetness of the everyday moments.” His talks [...]

Make the Most of General Conference Printable

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I saw this cute idea on Sugar Doodle as a treat for general conference.  Our church is doing a “secret sister” activity that we give notes, quotes, treats, etc. to a secret sister for 6 weeks.  For the first week, I did the M&M General Conference treat.  I created a printable PDF that you could [...]

Food Coloring Incident

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I’m going through pictures of my daughter to get ready for her big first birthday party and came across this great picture of her from about a month ago.  She had been playing in the kitchen with the pots and pans and next thing I know, she crawls up to me with purple gel food [...]