Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Porch

It's almost Halloween!
Usually I approach each holiday by adding a bit to my existing decor, but this time I'm working a little differently.  

After years of acquiring, I feel like there are too many different Halloween-y things going on at the same time in my house.  Some are elegant, some are cute and some are spooky.  Each item is great on it's own, but all together it's starting to feel like clutter.  And you know how I despise clutter, so this year I have been deciding what I really love (pumpkins) and what I can let go of (squeaky rats, anyone?).  My plan is to refine my Halloween style so that things look a bit more elegant and less like I let the kids grab whatever random items they liked (guilty).

I'm thinking milk glass and lots of gold, but In the meantime - here are a couple photos of things that I am still in love with:

A Happy Jack-O-Lantern

My Mom gave me this light up jack-o-lantern a year or so ago.  What I love about it is that there is only a face on one side, so before and after October I can just flip it around and it's still relevant.

You can click here to see more of my Halloween decor from year's past.

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Know something else that I'm keeping?   My printables and hand/ foot print art!
You can click here to see my printables,
or you can click here to get free printables.

You can also click here to see the kid's hand and foot print art.

 Skeleton Wreath

I love my skeleton wreaths so for now they too are staying ;)
You can click here to see how I created a lovely hat for Mr. Bones.

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Now I'm off to enjoy this long, 4-day holiday weekend with the Husby and kids :)
I hope you enjoyed this decor 'update', thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2016

  

How To: Create Your Own Costume Accessories With Dollar Store Finds

It's almost time for Halloween!

This year Baby Girl decided to be a Spider Queen and needed the perfect matching tiara and wand for her dress.  We couldn't find anything pre-made that pleased us, so we decided to make our own.  Keep reading to see how easy it is to alter a dollar store costume set into the accessories of your dreams!

(In case you are wondering, the Little Man is going to be a pirate.  His costume came complete with everything he needed)

The Dress

The entire project started with this dress: a pink, black and purple spider-webby gown.

Supplies

A tiara and wand set, some purple sparkly nail polish and a can of black spray paint helped us get started on this project.

Both the tiara/ wand set and the nail polish came from Dollar Tree and the paint from Wal-Mart.  

(That's $3 we have in on this project!)

Spiders

I also snagged a few purple sparkly spiders from some Halloween roses that I already had.

Close-Up

Here you can see a better view of the most important supplies.  

Tip:  Don't worry about the colors of the tiara/ wand.  You'll be covering all of that up with paint anyway, so instead focus on the shape that you like the best.

Step 1

The first thing to do was to give the accessories a coat of black paint.

Step 2

Once the black paint was dry, Baby Girl got to work with the sparkly purple nail polish.  

(The polish looked more purple or pink depending on how many layers she applied.)

Step 3

Once everything had dried, I used hot glue to place the spiders.

Details

We had an extra spider and ended up gluing it on to the dress as well.

All Set

And there you have it, a super easy way to create your own costume accessories!

(You can click here to read about the time we upgraded an Elsa costume)

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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2016

  

Actual Birthday: August 2016

I know it's October, and I've got fall and Halloween decor in full swing, but let's go back and visit Baby Girl's actual Birthday!

(In case you missed anything from August, you can click here to see her Lalaloopsy party)

Birthday Breakfast

Since it was a school day we kept things simple with cinnamon rolls.  A few candy sprinkles and a pink striped candle made things extra special.  The Little Man was happy to have one too ;)

For diner Baby Girl chose to have Chinese (a whole lot of Chinese!)

Strawberry Cake

Even though she had strawberry cake at her party, Baby Girl wanted another one for her actual birthday as well.

(You can click here to read more about the birthday party desserts)

Details

This cake was topped with Lalaloopsy sisters Twisty and Tippy Tumbalina.  It also featured candles shaped as lollipops and a large '7' (both grocery store finds) and a Dollar Tree candle that plays the 'Happy Birthday' song.

The Cake

Once the cake was iced, Baby Girl had fun adding the decorations.
I thought it was very appropriate that Tippy fell over :D

Candle Jar

Here is a shot of Baby Girl's birthday candle jar.  Each of the kids have one and I add the candles from their birthday cakes every year.  I like being able to pull out the jars along with my birthday decor.

(You can click here to see the rest of my birthday decor)

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I hope you enjoyed seeing how we celebrated Baby Girl's 7th birthday, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2016