Happy Deck

I knew when I saw Karla’s deck over at Kim’s, that I had to pull a copy cat! I just love outdoor globe lighting. It sets such a warm, happy atmosphere. And our super dark, uninviting deck could definitely use some happy.

We didn’t have all the materials laying around like Karla did, so we headed over to Lowe’s and stocked up. We bought 2″x2″ boards, which I painted white. Mark drilled them into the deck. We screwed in a white cup hook at the top and up the lights went. Total cost was around $53. We even sprung for the lights that do lots of cool actions for those times when we want to rave on our porch

Just wanted to share. It was such an easy, quick and inexpensive project that has such a large impact. I love it!

Book Wreath

This book page wreath by Living with Lindsay is just fantastic. I love it so much!

Tutorial here.

Fall Favors

I helped out on this project a while back for Lowe’s Creative Ideas. You wrap up bulbs and tie on instructions with a piece of jute twine. These are so simple and inexpensive. For full instructions, click here.

Bat crazy

I set up this little area over the weekend. I really wanted to hang the bats from the ceiling, but I couldn’t figure out a way to make them hang right, so I just taped them on the wall. I used this template from All You for my bats. You fold a sheet of black cardstock in half, draw the pattern and cut them out. The bats are bent so they pop off the wall a bit. It looks really cool at night when the light bounces off of them.

For the rest, I just spray painted branches from the yard and put them in a vase wrapped in gift wrap. I made an orange pom (directions here) and threw the scraps from that in a clear vase to add a little more orange. The picture is our nice linen print from our wedding. I still haven’t framed that thing, but I threw it up there. It looks spooky, eh?

Picnik, I heart you…

Picnik.com has lots of fun Halloween things up to spookify your pictures. I loved this one of Murphy from his shoot a couple of weeks ago. He looks just like a little vampire doggie. Those fangs are real people!

Get over there and check it out! Lots of fun to be had

Pizza Bites!

Don’t these pizza bites look so delish? They would be really fun to make with the kiddos. Everyone can make their own combination of toppings in their bites.

Hop over to Our Best Bites for this and tons more great recipes.

Full recipe here.

Boo!

So sorry for the lapse in posting. Things have been super busy with work and I’ve just been enjoying the fall weather.

Last year, I saw this Booing idea in the blog world and thought it was a fun idea. After hearing about my friend Stephanie getting booed by her neighbors this year, I wanted to give it a shot at getting it started in our neighborhood.

Basically, you drop a little goodie bag filled with treats on an unsuspecting neighbor’s doorstep for them to find. The directions inside tell them to Boo two other neighbors within 48 hours. After you’ve been ‘Booed’ you’re supposed to hang the little sign on your door, so you don’t get booed twice.

So I gathered my supplies….mostly from the dollar tree. Printed out my boo signs and went on my way to the two houses I picked.

Results are mixed. The neighbors I gifted hung their signs, but I haven’t seen anymore, so I don’t think they gave to two neighbors. I did this last Sunday. Bummer that it didn’t start a wave, but at least two houses got surprises!

For more information and to download the poem and signs, visit beenbooed.com/

Caramel Apple Cookies

These caramel apple cookies from Katie Goodman are delish! Such a sweet fall treat.

Found via Craftzine.

Recipe here.

Halloween Wreath

I’ve had a fall wreath up for the past few weeks, but I was bored with it and it definitely wasn’t scary enough for Halloween!  So I came up with this…

I made my wreath form from a cardboard box. Just traced some circles and cut. As you can see, it doesn’t have to be anywhere near perfect!

Then I wrapped two black boas around until it was covered. I secured them with fishing line (in case I ever want to reuse them. I have a fear of using of supplies!)

I found the little glitter skull at the Dollar Tree and knew it would be perfect to dangle in the center. I hung it with fishing line as well.

Etsy Love: Mini Goal Chalkboards

Mini goals are necessities in life. You have got to break it down to get things done in my world. So I can’t help but love these mini goal chalkboards from MaryKateMcDevitt. So cute!