Haunted House Halloween Doormat Last year, I searched all over online for a Halloween doormat that would match my porch haunted house and ghost decor. I couldn’t find anything under $60.00. Since I had purchased 10 blank coir doormats using a coupon from Home Depot earlier I had many blank doormats on hand so I …
DIY & Crafts
DIY Halloween Witch Broomstick Here are two different tutorials on how to make a witch’s broomstick for Halloween. Both of these varieties are very simple to make and are fairly inexpensive as well. Supply List for The Dollar Tree Witch Broom Stick—Variety #1 Branch/stick (find outdoors) hot glue brown floral wire 3-Cinnamon Stick mini brooms …
How to make an Isabela Encanto Barbie Cake… A while ago, I threw an Encanto birthday party for my daughter. I posted a tutorial of how I made the Mirabel Barbie cake around that time and never did get around to posting about how I made this Isabela cake. Today, I’m finally getting around to …
This is a tutorial on How to Seal Copper Gutters to Keep Them From Turning Brown. This is the exterior renovation we did two years ago. You can read more about the renovation details here. I really wanted copper accents on our home but I knew that they would quickly turn a solid brown. …
Tree Stump Cake for a Woodland Birthday Party I threw a woodland party for my son’s second birthday and made this tree-stump strawberry vanilla cake. I choose strawberry vanilla because I found a fantastic vanilla cake recipe (link below) and I know that vanilla pairs well with strawberries. Also, strawberries can be found in the …
Woodland Party Decoration Ideas I decorated for a woodland-themed party for my son’s two-year-old birthday. I decided to try to decorate using items that I had on hand and could forage myself, thereby saving money and getting a more authentic woodland feel using the decorations. I had some cut logs that were from aspen trees …
Woodland Party Food Ideas Food for a woodland party is easy to assemble as there are many woodland-themed food ideas! I did a lot of research and I found so many creative ideas on Pinterest and Google that I couldn’t possibly do them all, which is why I’ll post my round-up of darling ideas for …
Kids’ Woodland Party Tablescape. Recently, I threw a birthday party for my two-year-old and I set up the kids’ tables to reflect the woodland theme. The kids who came to the party seemed to really like the table decorations as did my sweet mother-in-law who choose to sit with the kids. When guests like the …
This is the Adults Woodland Party Tablescape that I made for my son’s Woodland birthday party. I like to set up different tablescapes for adults and kids when I am having a large party. I do this because it’s fun for me to come up with different ways to decorate tables. I like the creating …
Recently, my youngest child turned two; I put together an inexpensive Woodland Birthday Party to celebrate with family and friends. I had so many compliments from friends and family who attended this party. I loved decorating and creating items and food for this party. What drew me to a woodland theme was that I knew …
These are 12 Free Things to Do in Kauai for Families with Young Children We took our family, including four kids under 9 years old to Kauai for nine days. We had a fantastic time! We were budget-traveling and so we only did free activities for nine days. Our kids loved each day and had …