Halloween Party Favors - Candles

I don't do alot of candles at my house any more - 'cause of the kids... they are a little like Beavis and Butthead..."Fire, Fire".

However, I do love these Halloween candles made by Gretchen McElveen. They are sooo on my "To Do list". Smaller candles would make a great party favor for my Halloween dinner party!

Halloween Party Favors

I found these super cute Halloween Party favors (with free tutorials!! YIPPEEE!!!) at K.I. Memories ....great idea for kids parties....I think I will make them for my son's Halloween party at school! Party Crackers by: Dustin Nakamura

Martha, Martha, Martha... Halloween Goddess

I just love Martha... sure~ she may be a little OCD and kinda bitchy... but dang - the girl comes up with some cute crafts. Check out these cuties. These are on my Halloween "To Do" list....I love anything that involves mod podge and glitter.... These skulls are some of my very favorite Martha Halloween decorations... I made several last year for my Halloween Dinner Party. I made smaller skulls and cut a slit in the top of the skull to hold a place card for each plate setting. The guests got to take them home as a small gift.

Tis the Season....for Spooktacular Crafts and Goodies

I love Halloween. I think it is because I was Halloween deprived as a child. My mom wasn't really into Halloween... and it showed with the costumes she had my sisters and I wearing. Example... one year I was Wonder Woman - the next year I was R2D2 - I know...it sounds cool right?? - well, not so much. My mom had me wearing cable knit tights, a turtle neck, and ... get this...Wonder Woman / R2D2 Under-Roos as my costume. For those of you young-ens... Under-Roos were underwear and a tank top - that had a screen print of a then famous character's outfit on it ~ meant only to wear UNDER your clothes~ not on top. So of course you can imagine we were heckled - 'cause we had underwear on top of our clothes. ***Now before I go further -I ain't mom bashing here .... my Mom rocks - she is one of my best friends - but you must know her choices in Halloween costumes really sucked - and she knows - my sisters and I have confronted her about these things on several occasions!***

So, as Halloween starts creeping toward us...I am vowing to make this the best Halloween ever for my kids...Great crafts, goodies, and costumes... I better get started now!

Old School Lunch Box With a New Twist

When I was young everyone had metal lunch boxes, with a thermos.

They were cool and shiny, they held their shape (not like the lunchboxes these days -that are made of plastic/vinyl and crush the sandwiches and chips when you try to get them in your kid's backpack. Yeah, "old school" metal lunch boxes were the best... and if you were caught in a dark alleyway you could use it as a form of protection... a metal lunch box to the head really hurts... I know - I had two sisters :o)

Check out this awesome "old school"metal lunch box with a new twist by Ogg Studio!

You can put your own pic or artwork on it!!!I think I am going to have to make one for myself...maybe with a picture of me back in the day with my metal "Dukes of Hazard" lunch box. :o)

Recycle, Recycle, Recycle

I am constantly trying to incorporate recycled items into my crafts ~ I always feel good when I can make something wonderful and help the environment...it's a double whammy!

As you may know, I am a momma who likes to have an adult beverage from time to time....I have a special fondness for the Bebo ~ so when I ran across this funtastic blog called "Blah to Tada" ...with some OH SO COOL projects for your old cardboard Bebo holders... I was in heaven! Check out this...

She has some other great ideas for the cardboard Bebo holder... like the utensil caddy a must-have for summer parties! So ~ all my recycling buddies...check her blog out!

Nifti Notions ~ Gettin' Crafty & Goin' Crazy: Birthday Swap

Nifti Notions ~ Gettin' Crafty & Goin' Crazy: Birthday Swap