Don't Underestimate Mommy

Boo! Since we have a few more days till Halloween, I thought I'd share some of the things we've been working on for our Halloween play date. Just in case anyone needs a little last minute inspiration or  an idea. Chocolate Covered Popcorn One of my favorites, chocolate covered popcorn. I have actually been craving this for the last couple of weeks, but managed to hold out until now to make. Let's hope I don't eat it all before our play date. What you'll need: Wilton Chocolate candies- They come in some many colors these days. I went with the traditional Halloween black and orange. Popcorn- I bought microwave popcorn lightly buttered. Ziploc sand which bags. Parchment paper or wax paper. Step 1: Pop your popcorn. Once it is popped. Lay put popcorn in a single layer on your parchment paper. Step 2: Melt your candies. There are a couple of different ways to do this. I went the simple route and poured about half the bag of candies into a Ziploc bag and mic...

Recycle, up cycle, re purpose all very fun words in my opinion. I just think of all the possibilities and I admit I get a little overwhelmed. This particular project I consider a re purpose/up cycle. It was super cheap, easy and now very useful. I happen to find a set of metal candle stick holders at a thrift shop for a $1.99. I just couldn't pass them up. They were pretty old and beat up, but that was nothing that a fresh coat of spray paint couldn't fix. My first thought was to spray them and keep them as candle stick holders. I had already decided I would paint them red and I thought they'd be a nice addition to my holiday decor. The more I pondered, I decided they would be much more useful as a dessert platter! Materials: gloves for spraying Krylon spray paint Krylon clear protective finish Step 1 . I sprayed my candle stick outside. This was so I wouldn't get over spray on any of my furniture and of course for obvious ventilation reas...

OMG- I can't believe it's been a month today since I hosted my Pinterest party. It seems like so long ago...and it was. September was such a whirlwind and October is proving to be the same way. So let me start with a disclaimer, I did a horrible job with the picture taking. Matter of fact, I only took one group picture at the start of the party. So back in August I decided it was time to put some of this Pinterest creativity to use. I created an evite and invited a handful of friends who I knew were active Pinterest users. I decided that since the holidays were quickly approaching it would be fun to add a holiday theme. All of out food came from either my Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas themed boards and all of the projects had to be one of those themes as well. Each person was asked to bring a wrapped/bagged Pinterest Project. Each project was to include all the materials (non perishable), complete picture of the project or a link to a picture and instru...

I love browsing all of the neat entry ways and mud rooms on Pinterest and online. Unfortunately our home does not have much of an entry way. It pretty much opens up into a great room (quiet easily my favorite room in the house). Despite having a barely there entry way, I was not going to miss out on an opportunity to personalize and make this space extra special. This is no doubt a 2 part project. Part 1 is complete. It was the easier part of the project. Items on the wall are a mixture of old, new and crafted.The family rules sign I picked up a Kohl's during a sale and had a coupon as well. I think it cost me around $15.  The framed family name was a purchase in Key West last year. I was a sucker and paid way too much money, but it was the first official new piece I bought for our new house. The large black S, I picked up at Michael's for $3 or $4. The Live Well and Cherish signs we had and lastly, I bought the canvas and wooden letters from Michael's for each of...

I have been dragging my feet when it comes to putting away all of my summer home decor. Not really sure why because I love decorating the house for the Fall months and holidays. The Mr. is not big on Halloween decorations so I tend to keep it more friendly and harvesty (is that even a word?). In an effort to motivate myself to drag out all of my Fall decor from the garage, I decided to make my first Fall home project. This was a super simple project, which cost me a total of $2, which was the cost of the candy corn. I had the bowls, ribbon and tea light candles. Let me know what you think.        

C is for cookie, nom, nom, nom. Cookie Monster happens to be one of O's favorite characters. He loves to pretend like he is eating cookies and walks around doing this and saying nom, nom, nom, nom, nom. It is very funny to watch. On Thursday, September 13, Williams-Sonoma Stores will be hosting  FREE Sesame Street cookie decorating classes. All of the South Florida stores are participating. Boca Town Center Mall- 10am-11am. Reservation Required. 561-620-0245 Galleria Mall- Time had not yet been determined. Call to make your reservation. 954-565-3717 Mall at Wellington Green- 11am-4pm. No reservation required. 561-333-3149 Gulfstream Park- 12 Noon. Reservation Required. 954-454-9261 For those of you not in South Florida, find your location here . This is sure to be a fun outing for your Jr. Chef or cookie lover. Have fun!

The Mr. & I spent the long Labor Day weekend in Seattle, Washington celebrating the marriage of two friends, Patrick and Kaylin. The wedding and all of the festivities were just perfect. No details overlooked. Seattle is an amazing city. I can officially say, "Move over Boston," Seattle has been added to my list of places I would move if it wasn't so far and cold (I'd probably be the only registered Republican for miles, ha, ha). We flew out of Fort Lauderdale early morning on Thursday. Alaska Air just started flying direct in June, so there were no stops. Alaska air is run by Delta. It was a nice flight, besides being almost 6 hours. The staff was very friendly and there seemed to be more leg room then the average coach seat. Note to the wise- we took a red eye home on Alaska Air and sat in the row in front of the emergency exit row. BIG mistake. These seats do not recline! No fun flying 5+ hours trying to sleep in the up right position. The Mr. and I hit the...