Halloween costume.

Like I said yesterday, I hauled Mase out in our front yard and took pictures of him in his Halloween costume.  Little late, but who cares...having a baby has made me learn to fully accept the word late.  These are some of my favorite pictures of this little man.  Have I said that before?  He loves the camera.  I told someone recently...he's a ham for the cam.

The blanket was an unfinished project started by my Grandmother (Dad's side).  My uncle and his wife took it to someone at their church, and she finished it.  They gave it to me, and like anything that's got a good story behind it, I absolutely love it.

Enjoy your weekend.

-S

lesson learned.

I'm slowly learning more and more about parenting each day...

For instance, I noticed several weeks ago that many of my friends were posting photos of their babies in their Halloween costumes all over facebook.  I immediately thought that seemed a little silly since the 31st was so far away.  Okay, well it came and went faster than I was able to carve my own pumpkin.  So this afternoon, I'm dressing Mase in his costume again (he loves it - I'm being very sarcastic) and taking pictures out in the yard while the sun is still shinin'.  Holidays are just crazy fast now.  This is a fact.  So, maybe I'll get a jump start on Christmas this afternoon and do those photographs, too...

I hope you and your family had a safe and fun Halloween.  We spent way too much money on candy.  My goodness, it's expensive...BUT I had told Michael to get the "good" candy.  We didn't have a lot of trick-or-treaters and thankfully, my husband bought the good stuff, because we are happily enjoying the leftovers. :)

Y'all have a good weekend...I'm going to take Halloween pictures!  Ha!

Here's our little pumpkin...with antlers. :)

-S

DIY halloween day four: countdown pumpkin.

Use some chalk paint (and tape if you need help with even lines, like me) to make a countdown pumpkin...This is also just an easy way for youngins to creatively decorate their own pumpkin!  They can even change their minds a few times. :)

We got our chalk paint at Lowe's...I'm hoping to use it in the kitchen soon to create a chalkboard........

one of my many projects I have on my dream list of things to complete. :)

Happy Tuesday!

-S

DIY halloween day three: candy corn.

a simple Halloween idea...

Candy corn is just so darn cute, there's no reason why it needs to hide in a bag.  Grab a clear vase/bowl/whatever and display it.  Honestly, I'm not a huge candy corn fan, but I think it looks cute on our coffee table. :) It definitely gets my little boy's attention...

Oh ya, here's a super neat, candy corn inspired idea I found on pinterest, too... 

Thank you Lizze Jane Baby Blog!

Here's the how-to:

{Candy Corn "Corn"}

Enjoy your weekend!

-Stephanie

DIY halloween day two: witch pumpkin.

Lookin' for a quick way to decorate your pumpkin?  Get inspiration from Pinterest with scary silhouettes, grab some black paint, and a small paint brush...then, decorate!  I free handed this witch in about 10 minutes (that's all my 8.5 month old allowed), which explains why edges aren't straight and her "bun" is a little deformed, but that just makes the design more distressed and unique. :)

This was way easier than carving.

-S

DIY halloween day one: spooky flowers.

I'm going to try to post some easy, Halloween crafts for the next week-ish.  Would LOVE to send out a daily post each day until the 31st, but we'll see.  I know, I know - I haven't even posted the junk Mom and I have been going through during the last couple of weeks.  I'll get to it....eventually. :)

Below are some spooky flowers I made a couple years ago...Yes, I specially store them in our Halloween bin when it goes in the attic each year.  Look, this was when I had ALL the time in the world and I proudly claimed four-legged animals as my babies.  Who knows if these will last after this year...

These are easily made with crepe paper streamers, floral wire, and tape.  Now, this is my kind of craft.  I got this idea from {Country Living Magazine}.  The key is making sure you keep a good pinch when you wrap the streamer around the wire (you'll see what I mean in step 2 of the tutorial).  

Here are mine:

Yes, you can still see the floral wire...

Yes, one of the flower "heads" is thrown in there - not attached to anything...

but I think they're neat.

Here is the tutorial if you want to make your own:

Spooky Flowers Tutorial - Country Living Magazine

Like the Ricky Mortis headstone and black bird?  Both came from Dollar Tree...and the vintage photo came from an antique store.  I have no idea who any of the people are, but they are displayed in my home. :)

Happy Monday!

-S