Easy Do It Yourself Halloween Costumes

Halloween is just around the corner and you don't have a costume for your child yet, worst of all the budget won't allow for a store bought one-well have I got good news for you, here's a collection of some super cute and easy costumes you can make yourself from things you may already have around the house. How about this adorable paper doll costume! Family Fun Click the link above to go to the site for directions on how to make it :) Family Fun-Monkey Business I thought this was really cute. If you don't have the fake fur, you can even use some old carpeting, a sample of carpeting from your local home improvement store or some felt! Parents I think this scuba diver is so unique. I love it even for after Halloween. ...

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

{Creative Ways} to Use Your Printer and Paper Bags

I love learning new ways to craft! I especially love to use things that we may have around the house. Here are some of my favorites that I will personally be using this Holiday Season and year 'round: Over at Colleen's Corner she has SO many cool ideas and I think this is about the best one! {at least for me} The posibilites are endless. Check out her tutorial here >>> Printing on Fabric And Beth over at It is what it is has posted a "how-to" print on paper lunch sacks! Pure Genius! Go there to see it- Halloween Lunch Bags And here's something I'll be working on with the little guy this week. Paper Bag luminaries! Crafts by Amanda How about you? I'd love to see any fun and easy crafts you've done on the printer or by using simple household items. Email them to me with your link to Salmar70@gmail.com Happy Crafting :)

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Patty's Favorite { Etsy }Things

You know how Oprah has her "favorite things" show? Well I thought I'd post about my favorite things! And this post will feature my favorite things from Etsy! If you don't know what Etsy is, then don't blame me for getting you hooked on them. Etsy is a place where people sell their handcrafted or vintage goods. And oh...what goods they are! This post will feature some of my favorite things for Halloween! (Can you believe we're on the cusp of OCTOBER?!) So away we go: First is this really cute idea for a Halloween party. It is featured at Hostess with the Mostess This is from the TomKat Studio Etsy shop found here I bought this file prior to Sept. 22nd and got it for only $6.50!! I am going to decorate my mantle with the banner included in the file. Then I went in and saw this totally cute idea for a Halloween Candy buffett! you can buy the file here. I just bought it for $10 and will be copying this idea for Josh's upcoming b-day :) Hostess with t...

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