The Halloween Party was a Success!

I will try to show you the decorations, foods, and activities we did. My camera was dying - sad me - so I didn't get a lot of good pictures taken, but you can get the idea.

This is the ceramic jack-o-lantern that my mom painted back when we were kids. I remember it at our house each fall season. So when she gave it to me I loved bringing it out each year. I will turn it around so you don't see the face during the Thanksgiving season so we can enjoy it even longer.

My BFF made us this dirt cake - yum! And Mark added the bones. :) All the food was delicious!

This is a ghost made of a tomato plant thingy and white sheet!

Instead of bobbing for apples, they were on a string and you had to "catch" them with your mouth - no hands!

We had a fire outside to hang around so we could keep warm.

A surprise for Trent - he just turned 17! The cake was a fire breathing pokemon!

We served cold orange punch or hot cider!

One of our activities was a pie eating contest. Yup - they ate the whole thing! Mark ate a chocolate cream pie, Ashley, Nicole, and Vanessa ate a banana cream pie, and Trent attempted a vanilla cream pie.

Our menu for the night was: chili, chips with onion dip and spinach dip, cupcakes, witches fingers, dirtcake, cake pops, witches hats. Guess we were a little heavy on the sweets!

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Sister's Birthday Gift

I just had to do Mark's idea - and he helped me - to make a gift for Nancy for her birthday. I had seen this little poem about growing up with a sister and thought it was perfect. So we went to several thrift stores looking for the perfect sized canvas picture and after only two stops - found it! This is the canvas with the letters I stuck on it and I began there in the bottom corner to paint it a dark brown. The canvas is a golden with thin trees and some words in cursive in a light brown. As you see, I was using a paint brush, but I changed to a small roller. It worked much much better. Completely painted the top and the sides of the canvas a brown color. Then I let it dry - probably about 30 minutes. Then pealed off the letters! Here is the finished product: And it's true. I did tell on her - it was for her own good. :)

Cheese Spread with Crackers

My sister has made this really good spread and I did not realize it was from a local place there in Freehome. This is good stuff! Frosty Frog Cheese Spread 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sour cream 3 to 4 oz. finely grated cheese 1 1/2 tsp minced garlic parsley to taste Place all ingredients in medium bowl. Use electric mixer to mix all together. Serve with crackers, celery, carrot sticks.

Woo Hoo!

So excited that Christmas is coming! I love the atmosphere of all the love and giving. I'm in the painting mode for a Christmas craft sale I'm a part of with my new friends. (We have moved to Georgia this past summer.) Here is just the beginning.....for some reason I am all about the Snowfriends. I've made small ones and large porch sitters. The small signs and Snowfriends will look cute on your three tiered tray or on a shelf.

Whatever Girlfriends

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