Friday, November 13, 2009

Halloween 2009 - Costumes

My sister sent me this picture of her youngest son and my 2 nieces.

Here we have all present at our party. 3 clowns, 1 devil, 1 chinaman, 1 scary man, married couple, priest, wedding organizer, cow (DH), vampire, scarecrow, cleopatra & Julius Caesar

Here, DH changed into a Julius Caesar costume

We even had a Halloween wedding!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Boobash 2 - 2009 Decorations

Some things were repeated from 2008 (hanging curtains, silhouettes of rats and cats, etc... so I did not post new pics.. they can be seen in boobash 1 post)


Living room (haunted garden) . See post about horrifying houseplants - other pics are there.

The owl was made by my 9 yr. old niece Kasandra (in papier maché)
Kitchen - see post about potion jars (other pics are there):

Bathroom (fortune-teller):
I also had beaded curtains on curtain rod and floating candles in bathtub but picture was no good.

Hallway:

Potion jars & labels 2009

Here are the potion jars I made... I also printed my labels on word and glued them with mod-podge.




Halloween 2009 - horrifying houseplants

Here are the horrifying houseplants I made for Halloween 2009. (2 mouths & 1 eye)





Sunday, September 20, 2009

Boobash 2009 Prep

I have been working on my plans for my 2009 boobash.
I've finished the outside of my Spellbook and I've made a 'Morgue' sign.
Here are my pics.




Sunday, July 26, 2009

CIJ craft - mini-clothes garland

I just finished crocheting mini-clothes for my garland (Santa & elf clothes). I just need to find a clothesline and some mini clothespins and everything will be set. I'll probably hang it on my small kitchen christmas tree.



Monday, July 6, 2009

Christmas ornaments for 2009

Finally! I made it! 9 christmas ornaments to give to my friends for Christmas. I love the way they turned out (1 of them is for ME!!!).

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Oreo balls

I want to try this recipe for Christmas this year.

Here's the tutorial for this:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=218225.0

Ingredients:
1 pack of oreos
8 oz. cream cheese (one container)
Almond Bark (milk or white chocolate, whichever you prefer)

Supplies:
Wax Paper
Toothpics
One large BowlBlender
Fork

Instructions:
1) Blend the cream cheese in a bowl until it looks kind of whipped.
2) Break the oreos in your hands and add them to the cream cheese.
3) Blend the oreo/cream cheese mixture until there are no large chunks of oreos. It should be a really dark brown color (and it actually looks extremely disgusting!)
4) Stick in the refrigerator for at least two hours to harden.
5) . . .waiting. . . .
6) Take the oreo mixture out of the fridge and roll it into 1 inch balls.
6B) Freeze the balls until they are no longer mushy. I leave them in there for about an hour or two. It REALLY helps.
7) Melt the almond bark or other meltable chocolate per instructions on the back of the package. 8) Stick a toothpick in the ball, and dip it in the chocolate.
9) Set it on wax paper to dry.

Ways to "dress them up":
-You can drizzle them with the opposite color of chocolate (e.g. if you make milk chocolate oreo balls drizzle them with white chocolate and vice versa)
-Roll them in coconut before the chocolate dries
-Put colorful sprinkles on them

Monday, June 29, 2009

CIJ - Christmas in July

It's that time of year again! CIJ! 1 month of crafts, baking, party ideas, gift ideas over at MHH forums.

Here's a funny one I got from theholidayspot.com

Ways to Confuse Santa Claus
1. While he's in your house, go find his sleigh and write him a speeding ticket.
2. Leave him a note, explaining that you've gone away for the holidays. Ask if he would mind watering your plants.
3. Leave out a copy of your Christmas list with last-minute changes and corrections.
4. While he's in the house, cover the top of the chimney with barbed wire.
5. Instead of milk and cookies, leave him a salad and a note explaining that you think he could stand to lose a few pounds.
6. Leave Santa a note, explaining that you've moved. Include a map with unclear and hard-to-read directions to your new house and ask for your gifts to be delivered there.
7. While he's on the roof, yell up to Santa, asking if he'd mind adjusting your TV antenna. When he does so, tell him, "That's good" and don't let him move until the commercials come on.