Give Thanks

It's November?  This year seems like it has flown by!  Last week I promised you a link to download the "Give Thanks" bunting that I had made for my mantle.  Here's the promised link to Polka Dot Pixel's blog post (under the kit preview is a link for the freebie).  I've also taken a shot of the updated bunting.  The last one I made, I just couldn't see the letters well enough.  So, below is the bunting that is available for download:

In the download there is a different option for what goes in between the two words as well.  Download the printable and unzip the file.  Inside there will be six pages of bunting to print (two triangles per page).  Print them out and then cut out around each triangle. Be sure that at the top you leave some white edge that will lip over the yarn.  Like this:

Then, all you do is find some yarn, fold the top lip down, and tape it over the yarn.  I taped the yarn to the back and then taped the lip over the yarn so that the paper wouldn't move.  I have more work to do with the mantle, but it's the beginning of the month!  I have time, right?!?! 

I leave you with pics of my monsters last night on Halloween.  Thunder and lightning rolled through about 20 minutes before Begger's Night was supposed to begin! Thankfully, the storm stopped just in time and the kids had tons of fun! 

Thankfully, Rapunzel was ok with having the sweats on (this was not the case earlier this month!).  It was SO COLD in Ohio last night!


 

Trick-or-Treat

Happy Halloween everyone!  Our trick-or-treat is scheduled for this evening, but my kids didn't have a bag to collect their goodies.  When I was little we just used a pillowcase. I didn't want to purchase a cheap bag that we'd end up throwing out (and wasting), so I made my own.

I went to the local craft store and purchased these blank burlap totes, totaling less than $7.50 for both together.  I already had some fabric transfer paper laying around... not to mention a multitude of digital scrapbook goodies at my disposal.  I simply created a fun design in Photoshop Elements, one for each side.  Take and look!

Please click on the pictures for credits. *WARNING* Should you attempt this at home, don't forget to flip your image horizontally so that it's backwards when printing!  When you iron it on, it will turn out the right way.  Luckily, I caught my mistake early and was able to salvage that piece of transfer paper to use for the kids' names.  WHEW!

A Muffin Tin Halloween

Today's Muffin Tin Monday meal theme was Halloween!  I've been looking forward to this theme for awhile!  Here's what the kiddos had to munch on:

A - Speared eyeballs (grapes on a toothpick)
B - Monster Mouth (quartered apple with almond slivers)
C - Spider web cupcake with a sac of spider eggs (a surprise cupcake with a spider chocolate chip)
D - Rotten pumpkin juice (chocolate milk and whipped cream... I forgot to add gummy worms to it.... what am I going to do with this package of worms?!?!)
E - Candy Corn (cheese pizza)
F - Severed fingers (string cheese and a green bell pepper)
G - Monster munch (pretzels and candy corn)

Cocoa ate until she said "my tummy hurts".  This kid NEVER gets full.  She's like a bottomless pit!  She still managed to eat her cupcake though.

 

Bean started his cupcake, but most of it ended up on the floor.

 

The surprise cupcakes are a family favorite from when I was little!  In fact, I made 4 dozen for my sister's wedding a few weeks ago.  Here's what the inside looks like:

Yum-diddy!  The inside is a cream cheese mixture with chocolate chips.... I thought it looked like a spider egg sac.  Kind of gross, I know, but it's HALLOWEEN!!

Interested in joining in for Muffin Tin Monday meals?  You don't need anything fancy!  Check out the Muffin Tin Mom's blog for great info and inspiration!  Next week's theme is "trees, leaves, and harvest".  

Owl Tree Studio October Package

Owl Tree Studio is still offering a monthly membership of $7.95 for their membership package of products.  What does a package look like?  I'm glad you asked....

If you want to see them more close up, check out the preview at the Owl Tree Studio site.  But think about this... 8 kits for $7.95.  That's around $.66 a kit.  Plus this doesn't show the 20+ quick pages you receive each month as well!  I have not found a better deal out there! 

This month, the designers at OTS are featuring products for: Halloween, birthday, Fall, Year Round calendar (including monthly grids), nature, templates, alphabet, word strips, date strips, and journaling tags/papers.  Below are just two of the pages I've completed with kits from this month's package.  I'll be featuring more soon.

Pumpkin Patch Kid

Trick or Treat