Happy 56Th Birthday to my Dad

Today is my Dad's 56Th Birthday. This picture was taken of him with all of his Grand kids this past weekend. It's been 2 years since my siblings and I(with all our kids) have been together at the same time.

I hope your day is Wonderful Dad! I love you.

* Also, a very Happy Birthday to my Brother-In-Law Scott who shares the same Birthday with my Dad.

Beware Of Something Cute

This has to be the easiest thing I've ever made! We went back home for a visit and just missed my Sister, Darcy's Birthday by just a few days. I really wanted to make her something cute for her new house, so I came up with this wreath.

I found a cute, glittery, purple sign at a local Dollar Store along with some feather boas. I used six of them.

*just a little FYI, the BEWARE sign is also available at Party City.

The grapevine wreath I had on hand, but you could use any wreath form you want. I just started wrapping the feathers around the wreath form using hot glue to attach the ends. When I got about half way through, I tied the sign with some wire around the wreath, then finished wrapping. Really easy....

and really cute! I wish I had taken a picture of it on my Sister's Red front door. It is absolutely her style. I hope you like it Darcy.

I linked up:

Someday Crafts

The Shabby Nest

Happy 5Th Birthday Jaxon

The Happiest 5Th Birthday to my first born, Jaxon! He is the sweetest, funniest, most lovable little boy I know. I love you "J" Happy 5Th Birthday.

Vacation

Just thought I'd share with you that I'm going on a quick vacation back to my Home Sweet Home in the Seattle Area. I can't wait to see my Mom, Sisters, nieces, in-laws and family up from California. I'll be back very soon!

Have a Wonderful Weekend.

The Easiest Treat Ever

This is probably the fastest, most satisfying treat I've ever made! I found the idea on Pinterest and it is brilliant. If you have any kind of party to go to and are out of ideas for what to bring...MAKE THESE! All you need is a bag of Hershey Kisses, a bag of Pretzels, and any kind of candy topper that you like. I used Peanut Butter M&M's, but you could use regular M&M's, Candy Corn, Reese's Pieces, etc.

My boys were excited for these and actually helped me with unwrapping the foil off the Kisses. I think they knew that they could probably sneak one in if they helped out.

All you do is preheat your oven to 250 degrees, place the Kiss on top of the Pretzel and put them in the oven for 3 minutes.

Here is Easton helping Me put the Kisses on the Pretzels.

After 3 minutes in the oven, take them out and press your candy topper into the melted Kiss. Let them cool for about 2 hours and Enjoy! It's the perfect combination of sweet and salty. So easy, cheap, and yummy! Hope you'll give them a try.

Bats & Halloween Decor

Last year at this time, I had only been blogging for a few months. Needless to say, I had very few followers. This is a repeat of a project I did last year that you can see {HERE}.

I loved this project so much, and it's so inexpensive that I just had to do it again.

All you need is black poster board from the dollar store, some scissors and a template to draw out your bats. I used some painters tape to hang them on the wall and that is it. So easy, yet so dramatic for any wall in your house.
As you can tell, I finally put up my Halloween decor too! I'll have more posts on that later.
This chalkboard was from a previous Earth Day Project that you can view {HERE}. You know me, always re purposing everything! The crows, like the poster board also came from the dollar store and all the mini pumpkins and gourds came from the grocery store.
This little owl was a makeover from the thrift store that you can see {HERE} and the Spell book came from Hallmark several years ago.
As you can see, you don't need a ton of money to decorate...Just a little creativity.

I Love dressing up the house for the month of October. Happy Halloween decorating to you. More to come!

I linked up:

Centsational Girl

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