The night before Halloween

It's tradition in our house to carve our pumpkins the night before Halloween and this year we decided to add roasting the seeds to our tradition. The first batch didn't work out so well or rather mommy burnt them. The second batch was delicious!
 Here are the burnt seeds

 and here is the good batch. Yummmmmmmy.

You can watch my little monsters scooping out the goop from their pumpkins here.

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Boogie Down

The Princess was gettin' down after school today. LOL!

Halloween Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak at my little Princess's Halloween costume.

She said I CAN'T wear the pink one and started to cry when I put on the blue one.

 She's hasn't quite mastered the art of sharing yet.

 We painted heart balloons on her face earlier in the day that's why they look like they're smeared.

They're not part of her costume. 

Can you guess what she's going to be? I'll give you a hint : It's the star character in her favorite movie.

How to Make a Bottle Cap Pendant Part 1

 j.c.grace Bottle Cap Pendant Kits coming soon.
Below are instructions for Making your own Bottle Cap Pendant......

 

These are the basic supplies you'll need to get started
 1. A 1 inch circle hole punch which can be purchased at your local craft store.
2. A piece of scrapbook paper, card stock or photo
3. A Resin epoxy sticker
4. A flattened bottle cap
  Step 1. punch out your design.

 Step 2. Add your resin epoxy sticker on the top of your design. Make sure you press firmly and rub all over the back to remove any air pockets.

 Step 3. Add glue to the bottle cap. I usually use E-600 for longevity which, can be purchased at your local craft supply store. It has a strong smell so use in a well ventilated area and away from children. If you are doing this craft with children then I'd recommend using a non-toxic glue but the dry time will take a little longer.

 This is what your bottle cap should look like. You could stop at this point and add it to a lined alligator clip or to a scrap booking page or anything else your creative mind can think of.

Step 4. Now if you want to make this into a pendant you will need a 1/8 inch metal hole punch which can be purchased at Sparkling Shamrock or you can use a nail and hammer to make a small hole but this is a much cleaner and safer version.

Step 5. Find the top of your design and try to line up the edges of your bottle cap and punch with the hole of the punch facing up.

 Step 6. Add your jump ring or split ring. I'd recommend using the 9mm size.Now add it to a ball chain or pretty satin ribbon and you have a cute little pendant or craft for your next Birthday Party.
In my next tutorial I will show you how to add charms to the bottom of your design.

The Pumpkin Patch

It's a tradition in our family to spend an evening at the pumpkin patch each year before Halloween and this year was no different. We take pics with the pumpkins, ride the kiddie rides and eat stuff we shouldn't.

  Here are my little monsters all ready for an evening of fun...

Here is my happy little pumpkin posing with pumpkins almost as big as she is.....

and here she is posing with mommy.......

 She was "Riding" the pumpkin here saying "CHOO CHOO!"

and my little monsters in a sea of pumpkins

and then we found this

a pumpkin that looks like a butt! My nephew just couldn't resist!

Artist in training

Well, Mommy paints faces and colors nails so why can't I?

 Look mommy, My fingers and toes match!

  

My little Ghost Rider

 

 Here is one of the options I've been practicing for our trip to the pumpkin patch since my kiddos haven't decided on a costume yet. Scaaaarrrrryyy!

Fall cleaning

I took the kiddos to buy a couple of decorations for Fall since my little monkey Christian said "That's it?!" after we put up the Fall decor this year.

Grace chose a little broom with a Jack-O-lantern on it and of course mommy left it in the car so, all night I kept hearing "Whea's my boom?" So, this morning I went to get it from the car and as soon as she saw it she wanted to play with it. I told her " It's not for playing with, it's for decoration. We're going to hang it." But, she was not having it so, of course I gave it to her.


She proceeded to sweep the entire living room for about an hour and she did a pretty good job too. She even got Daddy to help with the dust pan. If I knew it was going to be that easy to get my floors cleaned I would've bought three brooms...One for each kid : )

 Daddy, Help me.

 

 Good job Daddy

 All Done.

Easy Halloween Cupcake Designs

 I've been on the hunt for some super spooky Halloween cupcake ideas for two different Halloween events and found a great post on Tip Junkie ( Have I mentioned how much I LOVE her blog?!) which led me to My Cake School's post - Goulish Goodies I'm thinking about making either the pumpkin cupcake (click on a picture for more details)

or the Spider cupcake since they look the easiest an I'm pretty lame when it comes to baking.

 I'll post pics of mine...hopefully they'll be as cute as these. Keep your fingers crossed : )