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And a Hallow's Eve Hit it was!

Party was fun. 

Kids had a ball.

Adults had a ball.

Food was amazing .

I am now recovering.

Mum told read cards and told fortunes.

She was a HIT.

It makes me laugh how everyone is dying (pun intended) to have her read for them!

She did it for almost 4 hours straight!

Thanks mum! xx

AGAIN....i forgot to take so many more photos! We had all of outside decorated, bats across the front door, a graveyard outside, ghost everywhere, extra large spiders hanging off extra large webs...*sigh*

Mabey next year i'll finally be organised enough to set it all up and take photos before everyone comes!

decorating or destroying? not too sure....

So we're still at it....destroying decorating our house for our Halloween party tonight. The kids have been awesome at helping! TJ has manages to empty all the Halloween boxes (with the help of his bigger siblings) for me... (ps. some photos are pretty bad, they were only taken on an iPhone, and i was rushing)

Entoni helped make our little eyes for the fence outside...

And Tati and a friend helped make some pumpkin candles....

whilst my gorgeous friend Mel created these candles for 2 black candles stands we have....

We've started setting up the dessert table...

and the food table...

It's been a crazy day full of cobwebs, and spiders, kids high on sugar (they keep taste testing the sweets, and licking the bowl/spatula/beaters while i bake) and a very frenzied mum who leaves everything to the last minute (why OH WHY have i not learned my lesson yet????)

But heres some of the decorations so far...

But my fave thing so far are these gorgeous pupmkin cake pops from RubyJu.

This one i am saving for myself ;)

Spiders and ghost and witches..... Oh my!

Up to our eyeballs in Halloween prep for a little ( hahahahaa... Anyone who knows me knows I can't do little) Halloween party tonight!

lost post & halloween decisions

Dont you hate it when you write a whole post and forget to save it?!

Grrrr.

Anyways, short version now:

Today was spent op-shopping with my sister while we looked for furniture (her for the shop, me for home). We didnt really find much, but i did pick up these old scales...

And just hanging out with my sister was fun anyway.

ETA: i forgot to share some pretty cool news...Tash was featured in this months Precinct magazine!

(my pics are really blurry....sorry!)

Trying to figure out what were going to do for Halloween this year. We were told that no one really celebrates Halloween in this neighborhood :(

But i can't bear the thought of taking the kids trick-or-treating anymore! I want TJ to have the same fun his brothers and sis always had. In our old neighborhood, no one really celebrated either... way back when. But we persisted, decorating our house (inside and out) like crazy and welcoming trick-or-treaters every year. Eventually, it caught on and other neighbors satrted joinging in too. Should i be so bold as to attempt this in my new neighborhood? What if i just endjust making the neighbors hate us?

Well, anyway, as i try and figure out what i'm going to do, heres some inspiration from Pinterest to get me (and you) motivated.

A great and effective way to dress up furniture for Halloween...

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Love this cute little ghost family....

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love love LOVE this front door!

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More cute little ghosties....

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These are so cute! Would be a great costume idea for a couple...

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And i love this painting! If we do get dressed up this year, this picture will be the inspiration for my costume!

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You can see more on my Halloween board found here.

Some Tim Burton love...

( disclaimer: some pics may not be suitable for children )

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Happy Halloween!

Halloween just got spookier...

If you have Photoshop and want to know how to create these fun Halloween effect check out THIS...

30 Photoshop Halloween Tutorials

for those of you who don't have Photoshop (like me), you can have fun editing your pics with Piknic. It's free and really easy to use!

You can turn this...

into this...

or just do this to yourself...

Or turn this pic from this post here...

into this...

Either way, you'll have yourself some fun!

 

Hallow's eve is almost upon us...

Are you ready? I am NOT. But hey, that's what happens when you have a new bubba :)

And goodness know's he's worth it (all the trouble, i mean)

So heres another Halloween post full of random goodness (or evilness)...

I love these pumpkins. Especially the spider ones. If spiders were actually that cute, i don't think i'd hate them so much.

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i love these printables! If only i'd found them earlier....

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How delicious are these Sweet Tables?

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And you can find some Halloween Games HERE , and some Halloween Stories HERE.

Also, how cute are these knitted Candy Corns?

Here's the Tutorial :)

This has got to be the best collection of Scary Stories ever. I LOVED this book as a child! But be warned, it's definitely for the older kids.

And last but not least... a Halloween poem for you :)

IT'S HALLOWEEN 

It's Halloween! It's Halloween!

The moon is full and bright

And we shall see what can't be seen

On any other night.

 

Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,

Grinning goblins fighting duels,

Werewolves rising from their tombs,

Witches on their magic brooms.

 

In masks and gowns we haunt the street

And knock on doors for trick or treat.

Tonight we are the king and queen,

For tonight it's Halloween!

 

Jack Prelutsky

 

2 more quick Creepy Halloween Tutes...

Just a quick post with a couple of last minute Halloween tutorials...

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and last but not least..

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YUMMY!

I want to make this delicious, absolutely devine sounding cake!

Perfect for Halloween.

Or Thanksgiving.

Or just for my ever-constant-feeding-for-2-appetite.

A little ambitious for anyone who knows my cooking talents ( or lack there-of ).

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Dare i try?

Hmmm... definitley looks worth an attempt.

Free Halloween Goodies!

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and more cute Halloween finds...

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