{DIY} Halloween Wreaths

{via Craftily Ever After}

Halloween is almost here! If you are lacking in the holiday's decor around your house, start here, with a DIY wreath. Each of these examples is easy to assemble and won't take all day. Plus, you can save the wreath and reuse each year!

{via Cardina Gardner}

{via The Long Thread}

{via Just Sew Sassy}

{via Martha Stewart}

{via Pretty Ditty}

Links to Tutorials:

Lace Wreath

Bat Wreath

Black Ribbon Wreath

Burlap Rosette Wreath

Candy Wreath

Boo Banner Wreath

{Fall} Decorating With Corn

Indian Corn Garland

{via BHG}

Fall has only just begun, so you have plenty of time to spruce up your home with a little fall decor. This Indian Corn Garland is an easy DIY project that would look perfect on a mantle, draped across a buffet or dessert table or even hung over your front door.

Directions {From BHG}

* Cut rope two feet longer than the area in which you intend to hang the garland.

* Then twist screw-eye hooks (with openings about the same size as the rope diameter) into the tops of mini ears of corn, one per ear.

* Bend corn husks into loops and hot-glue the pointed ends together.

* Thread the husks and ears onto the rope and hang.

Candy Corn Garland

{via Woman's Day}

Here is a different kind of corn garland; a garland using candy corn! This would be a fun project to include the kids on. And I'm sure everyone wouldn't mind eating a few while working!

Directions {From Woman's Day}

* Thread monofilament fishing line (found at hardware stores) onto a needle and poke it through the candies, avoiding areas where the colors meet - corn breaks easily at these points.

* Hang using cloth tape.

Playgroup Party: Operation Give Thanks!

My youngest, Conrad, is in a playgroup with the cutest group of kids and the most fun moms! I love when we get together every few weeks! I signed up to host the Halloween get together and decided at the last minute to make it about Operation Give Thanks as soon as I learned about the program from sweet Amy of Stem Parties. She is involved in the most amazing organization, Operation Shower. If you are not familiar with the group or would like to learn more, please visit their website.

My oh my...please forgive my photography skills!!! They are lacking. And apparently, I can't spell either. Read on for that side story!

Life has been hectic lately (in a good way!), so I was not able to work on the party until the last minute. I really wanted to use colors that you typically do not associate with Halloween parties and I also wanted to keep it cheerful since the party was for 2-year-olds. I decided on a color scheme of turquoise and orange and Kristy from Posh Pixels Design Studio SAVED the day. I sent out a Facebook plea at the last minute and she quickly came to my rescue with custom printables! And as I mentioned before, the OGT part fell into place the night before, so Kristy whipped up a sign to match the other paper goodies. You may recognize the design from Tanya's gorgeous rustic Halloween dessert table on Save the Date for Cupcakes!

***SO EMBARRASSED, but I cannot tell you how last minute the decor came together. I was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. It wasn't until the middle of the party that one of my friends let me know I placed the letters in the wrong order on TREAT!! Woops! =) *****

I brought Conrad's bookshelf from his room into the playroom to serve as our treat area. I have loved seeing how people repurpose furniture into their party design and I wanted to give it a try as well.

It was sugar overload for the kiddos! I served cupcakes with candy pumpkins on top, mini powdered sugar donuts, the most beautiful and delicious sugar cookies made by a friend, and specialty popcorn from Chocolate Pizazz. I also had clementines out to balance out the sugar. Of course we did not have many takers on those!

As an activity, I purchased inexpensive wooden masks from Michael's and set them out on a craft table along with an assortment of markers. The kids loved scribbling all over them!

I know Halloween has come and gone, but this color scheme AND the amazing charity the party benefited can be used all year long!

Sources:

Custom printables - Posh Pixels Design Studio

THANK YOU Kristy for coming to my aid at the last minute!!!

Cookies - Nathalie Cook (Houston area), tcookiv@yahoo.com

Popcorn - Chocolate Pizazz

Craft materials, cupcake wrappers and ribbon - Michael's

{Tutorials} Personalized Halloween Treat Bucket

My crafty friend, Amanda, always comes up with the cutest DIY projects! This particular one even looks easy enough for me. I'm craft challenged!

Supplies: a plastic bucket, acrylic paint (orange, white & black), paint brushes, polyurethane spray along with tissue, ribbon, a gift tag and candy.

Directions:

First, spray the bucket with polyurethane spray. This will help the paint adhere. Next, paint a white ghost on the bucket. Then, using white paint, paint the monogram, name or phrase you wish to use. Also, paint the large white dots on the side; 2 coats.

Using the black paint, add your ghost face, "Boo" and "2010" to your dots. Then, apply 2 coats of orange paint to the monogram, name or phrase. Next, add letter "shadowing" to your lettering using white paint. Finish by spraying the bucket with polyurethane spray once again.

Now all you need to do is include a gift sticker, fill tissue paper with candy and tie ribbon on the handle for a BOOtacular Halloween treat!

This is such a cute and easy Halloween bucket you can make as a gift or even for your child's treat bucket! Thank you Amanda for sharing!

**Amanda found this particular bucket at HEB in the candy aisle.**

{Real Parties} A Very MAD Hatter Tea Party

If you are leaning towards the gothic side this year and are in the need for last minute Halloween inspiration, look no further! The lovely Chris of Celebrations at Home has designed a very MAD Hatter Halloween Tea Party that is perfect for your party.

Chris pulled this table together in less than a week and you can too! Lucky for you...Gwynn of Gwynn Wasson Designs created all the printables for the table (excluding the clock cupcake toppers) AND is offering them to you for FREE!!!

You won't want to miss LOTS more pictures on Chris's site as well as her Facebook page. No only does she share more photos with you, but she maps out a party plan that is easy to follow.

Happy Halloween Week!

Halloween Collections From Several Fabulous Bloggers

Fall is here (at least in theory!) which means Halloween is right around the corner! Kind of hard to believe?! Some of my favorite bloggers have created wonderful Halloween collections to help get your party started...

This adorable collection is from none other than Kim of The Tomkat Studio! Right now, she is offering her DIY printable collection at half price in her Etsy shop!

Next up is the Halloween collection designed by Kelly of The Party Dress & WH Hostess. I really like the candy jar labels and favor stickers she created! When you order from her website, you can choose for Kelly to put everything together for you or you can purchase the DIY printable collection.

The Halloween collection by Rebekah of A Blissful Nest is creative too! I love the addition of the spooky tree! You can find her designs in her Etsy shop, here.

The Celebration Shoppe's Harvest collection is PRECIOUS! If you do not feel like going with a Halloween theme, Kim has designed the cutest fall collection!

Now the tricky part is for you to decide which design to go with??! I would love to see any other collections you might have created and possibly share them here on the blog!!

Happy Fall & Halloween!

Halloween Treat Bags

Of course I waited until the last minute to do this! I'm looking for cute and simple treat bag ideas for my son's Mother's Day Out class and I just found these and think they are precious. I just might have to give them a try!

image via All You

Now I just have to drag myself to Target or Michael's and get them made!

Haute Halloween Napkins

These swanky chandelier napkin adornments would be perfect at a Halloween dinner party. Find the chandeliers here or similar ones here in other vibrant colors.

image via BHG

Recipe: Candy Corn Krispie Treats

image via Paula Deen

I am a sucker for Rice Krispie Treats, so when I saw this version from Paula Deen, I knew I had to try them! I made them tonight and they are YU-MMY! They would make a perfect addition to your Halloween or fall celebration. Here is the recipe.

Thank you to The TomKat Studio and Modern Eve for pointing me to these delicious treats!

Pumpkin Garland

image via BHG

Here is a cute pumpkin garland that would be perfect for a children's Halloween party! Find the DIY instructions here.

"Pick Your Poisin" Beverage Station

I love the clever name for this drink station! Better Homes & Gardens never ceases to disappoint with their holiday ideas. Click HERE to learn how to recreate the drink menu board.