do ya love owls? check these out for halloween!

owl cell holder

After creating our Happy Owl-o-ween Printables, we couldn’t get enough of owls and thought we’d pass along some of our favorite crafts, decorations and treats! 1. Melinda created this Indie Art cell phone holder – fashioned after the owl in our printable set, using the great step-by-step instructions from Katie at Craptastic. These would make great little teacher or [...]

tutorial for a simple “no bake” mini birthday cake

bake supplies

To help us celebrate our first birthday, we decided to try our hand at creating a simple birthday cake made out of donuts. The best part . . . no baking required – just a quick trip to your local grocery store! Supplies -  3 French Crullers (AKA twist donuts) purchased from local grocery bake [...]

6 delicious ways to say “i love you”

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so we’ve found 6 ways to say “I Love You” AND satisfy your sweet tooth! 1) Beautiful cake pops by Cocoa Confections in your choice of cake flavor. Order comes in a dozen cake pops, each wrapped in a cello bag with a twist tie. 2) Meaghan from The [...]

game day food!

The Super Bowl not only means great football, but also great food! Here’s some of our favorite half-time munchies… 1) A contemporary twist to a traditional favorite, these Burger-Potato Bites from Better Homes & Garden are sure to satisfy! 2) For the lighter side, make some Football Berries, hand dipped in chocolate and decorated with white stitching. [...]

Crazy about Candy Corn

Whether you love candy corn or not – you have to LOVE this creative collage which includes candy corn cordials, candy corn pudding and even a candy corn tree! Visit Divine Party Concepts for links to all of these great ideas.

Not Your Mummy’s Meatloaf

…and more gross Halloween party food!  See TipJunkie.com for links to all of the frightfully fun food. Here’s the Mummy Meatloaf recipe by Gourmet Mom on the Go! Not Your Mummy’s Meatloaf Meatloaf Ingredients: 2 lbs. lean ground beef or turkey 3/4 c. crushed Wheaties Cereal 1/4 c. ketchup 2 T. Mustard 2 eggs 1 [...]

She’s Bootiful!

This week’s Halloween Feature is Witchy Woman Wanda created from the WHITE Persona Gift Pail. Just dig through your costume trunk and find an old witch hat; you can even add a little boo-bling by embellishing the hat with rhinestone stickers. She makes the perfect centerpiece for a “Witches Night Out” bash! Serve up some “lady fingers” [...]

Seasoned with Love!

Everytime we used to visit my grandparents growing up, Grandma Gieselman would bring out NUMEROUS Tupperware containers filled with every type of cookie imagineable…chocolate chip, peanut butter, snickerdoodles and one of my favorites–oatmeal! Several years ago, her five daughters (my mother and aunts) decided that we needed to capture not only the unique flavors of [...]

PERSONA SPOTLIGHT – Luau Leigh

School starts back up in a few weeks, why not throw a big end of summer luau?! There’s nothing Leigh loves more than a backyard luau, complete with Lomi Lomi salmon, mai tais and coconut drinks. Place the colorful lei bonus stickers around Leigh’s neck and dress up her hair with a silk flower. Luau Leigh makes a perfect [...]