Thanksgiving tablesetting idea

Sharing a little favor idea I did for our Thanksgiving

table.  These are cute little plastic domes I ordered on Amazon

that I filled with some chocolates and pumpkin spice jojo's from Trader Joe's.   I tied some jute around them and added some baby's breath.  I love how simple they turned out.

We put them on everyone's plate

The table decor is a very natural and simple,

I always try and use what I have on hand.

That means I like to look around the house and in drawers and cupboards to bring out things maybe I haven't seen or thought about

in sometime before I go and buy more things. 

I used a natural brown tablecloth in the center of the table

and just scrunged it up to set the candles and dried leaves on top of.

You get to choose!  Use what you have and get creative!

It's always fun to add your own style and personality to your table. 

Even take some time before Thanksgiving to set your table and try a few different ideas, remember you can also bring the outside in too!

I have dried grasses I use from my yard as well as rosemary and lambs ear to decorate with.  Whatever you do,  just have fun trying! 

Dino birthday card

Well, finally you say,  she's posting a card!

We have a sweet 3 year old in our family.

Little Miles turned 3 this weekend, our niece's

son.  What three year old doesn't like dino's.

I used some numbers background paper that has been retired for I would say YEARS.  Layered it up and stamped the dino and numbers.

Time to celebrate this little man! 

Halloween Fun!

A few days late but here we are in all the spooky fun!

Muuuuwaaaahhhhh!

It's been a tradition for years even when

my girls were little that I do a spooky halloween

dinner.  Every year it is different.

I always decorate the table and make a creepy dessert. 

On the menu for dinner was bloody rat....

(meatloaf)

His ears are thin sliced red potatoes, the eyes

and nose are olives and the whiskers, spaghetti noodles and

the fangs are carrots. 

As disgusting as it looks, it was delicious!

I made mashed potatoes that I piped through a baker's tube and added peppercorns for eyes. 

And last but not least, 

green creepy deviled eggs.

Until next year, it was a fun Halloween! 

Best pumpkin snickerdoodles

Happy Halloween!

Here's a special recipe to share with you.

These are pumpkin snickerdoodles dipped in white chocolate.

They are super big and soft and delish!

Some gals came over yesterday for a fun morning of 

fall treats and Halloween fun.

I drew some faces on the oranges I set out and served

up these cookies.

little cuties....

I bagged them up to gift away,

the ones I'm serving for Halloween I ended up not

dipping them but using a fork to drizzle the white chocolate

over the cookies then added eyeballs so they look like mummies. 

These are so delish! 

Are you up to some tricks or treats today?

I am planning my annual spooky dinner and will share what I am planning on making on my next post. 

Happy Halloween 

Halloween tomfoolery!

Let the halloween fun begin!

We may have hit the streets with a little bit of tomfoolery!

I found these halloween glasses at Homegoods and knew I had

to grab them for my sister and I.

They are quite oversized and whimsical, just what we were looking for.  Of course once we tried them on, we couldn't stop laughing!

We decided to take them to the streets!

Since I coordinate weddings, I have a massive amounts

of white tablecloths.  We took the tablecloths and put them

over us and put on the glasses.  

Little did we know that right by the park we were doing this at was a drive thru, we were so engrossed in our fun and laughter it took

us over 20 minutes to realize the people going thru the drive thru were being entertained!  Oh the laughter!  so much fun was had! 

You're never too old to dress up right? 

Muuuuwaaahhhh!

Spooky House

Welcome to my Aunt's spooky house 2024!

Here is just a little sampling of her amazing work.

She is beyond talented. 

You can only imagine how her home would look at night

with all the lights on. 

Her home is decorated in every room and area and it takes

her a month to put it all together. 

Every year she creates new rooms and scenes and sometimes

what was in a different room the year before is reused

in another scene or room and you think it's new!

Above is her fireplace, the mirror is interactive

and very creepy.  I wish I had a video of it to share.

Another area where there are vintage creepy toys and a interactive

toybox that opens with toys that talk! 

The cute little bears in the basket turn into scary and mean interactive

stuffed furries. 

This is her dining room dubbed the "Vampire" room

this year.  Bats are everywhere and viles of blood and bags of blood.

She doesn't miss a detail, look at that table cloth!

And those candle sticks....

The kitchen has witches in it complete with a 

broomstick that moves around the room magically.

This is the western room!

There is more to it, but these three are so funny!

Her light up wooden halloween houses.

Her spooky town....

I am always in awe of her creativity and designs in what she does 

every year! We are all so lucky to get to experience all she creates

and how she uses her talents!  Love her creative mind! 

Halloween houses!

Yesterday I had so much looking at Halloween houses

in Magnolia where I grew up.

My friend and I had a fun time seeking out homes

in the area looking for Halloween fun!

Each house was amazing!

They kept getting better and better,

but the one that took the cake was our 

visit to my Aunt's Spooky House.

Stay tuned as I will be sharing pictures from 

her home in my next post! 

Do you like to go look at Halloween houses?