project #2 Halloween "BOO"

I am so lucky to have such fabulous friends! ! ! ! I found this super cute craft at the eighteen25 blog (which I love) and thought how fun it would be to make and then thought how much more fun it would be to make with friends. So a few of us got together and had some fun glittering and gabbing. Here's how mine turned out.

Dacia & Nicole

Katie, Rachel, Camille, Rachelle, & Bernie

Bernie's

Dacia's

Nicole's

Katie's

Camille's

Rachelle's

Lynne's

Thanks to a great bunch of girls for a large amount of laughter and glitter.

the first halloween project

This fall/Halloween is going to be a hard one. First because I shouldn't even still be here and second all my fall and Halloween stuff is packed up somewhere so I won't be getting that out this year. SO, I'm itchin' to do some Halloween projects. My first one was this super easy cake stand I made, not very sophisticated but works great for kids gatherings and I'm in charge of my 1st graders class Halloween party this year so they will work great for that.

I've had these Halloween plates for years and kinda forgot about them until Holland pulled them out one day while playing in a cupboard.

I went to Michael's for some Terra Cotta pots and painted them orange and added some stripes and polka dots. (of course!!)

Hot glued them together and voila! cute little cake stands.

I'm super excited to get started on my second project and I'm trying really hard to wait to do it until our girls gathering. Can't wait, it's going to be fabulous!

more flowers

I'm still on my fabric flower obsession. This time I've added them to some flip flops for my sisters and to a dress to fancy it up a little.

Cowgirl Carnival

I've posted pictures of the party I helped my sister do for my niece on my party blog here if you'd like to see more. It was so fun to do with my sister.

Giveaway

Ok this giveaway is serious business. I would LOVE to win this, oh how much simpler life would be. (ok not really but my party making would be) Have you seen what this machine can do? Amazing!!! Head on over to one of my most favorite party sites "Kara's Party Ideas" and enter to win one and while you're there you might as well check out all the cute parties she's featured(warning: it will take you all day to see all of them).

A little back to school something

During my perusing blogs over the summer I came across some really cute teacher gifts. This one I saw and wanted to do for the boys first day back to school. It was really easy and fun to put together. You could really use this for so many different things.

I found the take out boxes at Michaels for about a $1

I could have sworn that I'd seen fortune cookies at the grocery store with the other Asian products but no such luck. I ended up going to our local Chinese take out place, and just FYI, about a dozen fit in the box.

I think they turned out pretty cute.

Flower Headbands

I've been a bit obsessive as of late. I'm in LOVE with fabric flowers. I have looked up tutes on how to make like 5 different kinds. These are some of the ones I've completed. I'm also working on some to put on flip flops and a couple to go on clips.

This one in MINE!
It's a satin flower with beads as the center. (thanks Kate for the beads)

This one is Hollands to wear for our pictures I'm doing.
It's a tattered fabric flower

This is the first one that I did, I think I'd wear it with a white T-shirt and jeans.
It's two different kinds of flowers, the ones on the ends are rolled fabric flowers and the one in the middle is a ribbon flower.

This is Ellie's to wear for our pictures
They are all rolled fabric flowers.

All the tutes I've used are posted on my side bar if you'd like to give them a try yourself.