Here’s What to Do With That Leftover Halloween Candy
Whether your kids scavenged it themselves, or (like me) you spent Sunday morning picking out the best half-off mixed bags from Walmart, there's potentially, like, truckloads of candy in your house right now. You could eat it all straight from the wrapper
Candy Corn Mini Layer Cakes
Layer cakes are just more festive. Period. I mean, I love cupcakes as much as the next girl, but I'm always impressed when a layer cake shows up to the party. That means business. That cake is barging in and
Spider Mason Jar Votives
I love re-purposing things, especially when it comes to holidays. Your holiday decor has a short shelf life, so you might as well use it in every way you can. Here's a great example of re-purposing from my own Halloween
Glittered Pumpkin Place Cards
I love painting pumpkins and have developed a recent addition to glitter paint. You had to know where this was going. Armed with a paintbrush and a bottle of Martha Stewart Craft Glitter paint in Sterling, I went to town
Spooky Skeleton Hands
When it comes to Halloween, I definitely prefer haunted—spooky music, cobwebs and ghouls—to gore. And these super easy DIY decorations are just the right amount of haunting. Set at the center of a dimly lit dining room or perched on
No-Carve Painted Pumpkins
It’s time I get honest with you: I don’t like carving pumpkins.
I love picking out pumpkins. And I love roasting up a pan of pumpkin seeds and eating pumpkin-flavored sweets. But that whole part in between where you have to wade through pounds of pumpkin goop and struggle with a knife trying to stick to a pattern that you know full well isn’t going to turn out the way you want it to? Yeah I hate that stuff.
So this year, I decided to change up my Halloween decor with a different “gourd” idea: Painted pumpkins. In lieu of carving up a Jack O’Lantern for my stoop, I put down the knife and reached for a paintbrush. These colorful, modern and whimsical pumpkins are less of a mess to craft and harder to mess up.
Pumpkin Bundt Cakes with Brown Butter Glaze
It's pumpkin season, y'all! And if you'll take a quick break from sipping your Pumpkin Spice Lattes, I'd like to share a little something with you: Yep, pumpkin cake. It's perfect for fall. Not just because of the seasonal flavors—like cinnamon,