Thanksgiving Placecards

My sweet friend asked me to help her make place cards for her family Thanksgiving dinner she's hosting again this year. 

She shared an idea from Pinterest. Simple yet fun. It originally came from Eighteen25 guest posting on the Idea Room

 Thanks to photo shop we were able to have our own little version within just a short time. Kaylyn insisted I share so that you all may have some fun too. So here you are. Just cut it down the long side and fold. Then insert your napkin and utensils. What a simple fun way to add a personal touch to your no-china needed family dinner. Choose one or choose both! I think they would look great in a basket right next to your plates.

 Give Thanks place cards

Thanksgiving place cards

If you like what you see, let me know. I love to hear from you. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Homemade Haunted Forest

Here is the follow up to our trip up the canyon....

 I saw this pin on Pinterest and thought, sure that would be easy.

Well, it wasn't hard per se but it still didn't quite hit the mark. 

We picked our branches.

Touched them up with some black spray paint.

I tried to plant them in flower pots but the pots were not big enough....

So we staked them in the ground with the help of locking ties.
Then wrapped the lights around them.

The only problem was they didn't look quite right. They didn't want to stand up. Of course little boys whacking at them didn't help either. I think more would have been better or perhaps a different layout.

Over all, not too bad but I will likely skip this step next Halloween. Instead I will add lights to the real tree out front.

A little Visit Teaching treat.

 Another great Pinterest idea. 

I threw these together for my visit teaching ladies Conference weekend.

Just POPPING (popcorn) by to wish you a meaningful
conference weekend. Sit back, relax and SOAK (lotion) it
all in. Hope you learn something EXTRA (gum) and take
NOTE (notepad) when you feel the spirit. Enjoy!

From Everyday Food Storage.

Funny, I never got one put together for myself....lol!

4x4 Snowmen

My sweet friend and I finally got to craft again. We have both missed our crafting days so much. For me they help to keep me grounded. I love having a day I can create. A day to beautify my home. A day to be with friends. Yeah, mom's need that too!

 I took advantage of the leftover 4x4's from the deck.

Simply paint them white. 

I wanted a rough look so 1 coat did just dandy.

Then a dab of black for the coal eyes.

And something to resemble a carrot nose. I am not much of a painter so this added to the "rough" feel.

The scarves were just a 3 inch strip of fabric.

Then I measured around the 4x4's. They were about 14 inches around.

A simple rectangle that was 14 inches wide, seamed together, the a slight hem at one end gave me a nice little hat.

I tied it with a bit of ribbon then snipped the top end to give a fringed look.

Using a sharpie I added eyelashes and eyebrows and accented the carrot nose. 

I love them! They were simple and turned out great. 

This weekend I hope to get the Halloween down and these cuties out on the front step. 

My favorite holiday is just around the corner. Horray!

*sigh*

Days like this are wonderful to the soul!

Mini Pumpkin pies

 These are the miny pumpkin pies in a muffin tin. How to make it all you need is some pie crust is an a can of pumpkin pie filling. What you must do is role your dough out; then take a cup or something big enough to make circles in your dough to have them fit your muffin tin.

Here I am using a turkey baster to take my pumpkin pie (follow can instructions) filling to fill the crusts which have been inserted in the greased muffin tin.

 I had to shoo my brothers away before they ate the mix before it was cooked.

 This is the final product of your effort. If you are wondering what to use the rest for use it for anything. I just put it in pie plates and cooked it.

I found this on pinterest. It is in mom's food board.

The original recipe is from Make-n-Takes