31 Days of LOVE Finale, Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween friends!

Today marks the last day of my 31 days of LOVE series! I'm sad it's over, but kinda relived! It's takes a  lot of creativity to come up with 31 posts in a row! 

I want to celebrate my last post by saying one last LOVE of mine.

YOU GUYS!

Seriously! I am so thankful to have such wonderful readers and friends.

 You guys are the one's who encourage me every single day and make all of this worth it. 

So for real, thank you. 

Thanks for making this so awesome. 

I hope you all have a fantastic halloween! I know I'll be celebrating by watching Hocus Pocus and overdosing on candy. 

Happy Boo to you!

Halloween Decor 2013, 31 Days of LOVE

It should come as no shock to you by now that my family loves holidays.

In fact, by our friends we are dubbed "The Griswalds" (for many other reasons as well)

Halloween is no exception.

{You can see lasts years decor here, here, and here}

So this year, we decided to predominately decorate for halloween on our porch. 

I obviously couldn't be bothered to sweep or dust for these pictures, I'm no perfectionist!

We went for over-the-top cluttered, not too scary and a bit whimscial. 

In other words, we just used what we had and threw it on our bakers rack and called it a day.

It was fun, nonetheless. 

And I think it turned out pretty darn cute, if I don't say so myself.

Here's an overview of our patio/porch:

Can you spy The Duchess, above?

We handmade our wreath using things deco-mesh from Hobby Lobby and the decorations were from the Dollar Tree. 

Someday I'll post a tutorial on how to make them, I promise.

On our baker's rack:

Most of our decorations were reused from last year and most came from Goodwill (some DIY'd by me and spray painted black, air vent painted pumpkins), the Dollar Tree (Gravestones, skulls, rats), clearance from last year (sparkly owl and shoe) and yard sales (hanging owls, witch).

The big ceramic pumpkins are handmade and came from Kroger.

The mum was from Costco, and is huge for only $14.

Small ones at Kroger were the same price!

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the tour!

"It's all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!"

WIWW-31 days of Pinterest Finale!

Happy Halloween everyone!

I am so excited because halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I just love watching all the kiddos in their cute costumes. 

But I am also sad.

Today is the last day of the month, 

which means my 31 days of Pinterest is over!

But, I am ending it with another one of my favorite things:

WIWW!

Linking up with Lindsey at the Pleated Poppy

Here is my inspiration photo from pinterest:

                                                                        Source: polyvore.com via Amber on Pinterest

and here is my take:

shirt-loft via yard sale for $1

jeans-goodwill

shoes- macy's

Scarf-yard sale $1

bracelet-goodwill

earrings- target clearance

This was seriously so comfy

sweater-khols $5

jeans-goodwill (loft)

flats-old navy

and lastly, some halloween fun!

I wore this to our halloween party, and it was a hit!

I was a flapper if you can't tell ;)

I got the dress at a yard sale for $8

It's Banana Republic and sooo pretty in person! It has amazing beading.

tights are brand new from Goodwill

shoes-yes, you guessed it, goodwill

and the feather clip came from party city for around $3

My accessories, which you can't really see, all came from yard sales.

Happy Halloween guys! and Stay safe!!!

I hope you guys enjoyed my series!

A Fabulous Halloween Pinterest Party

So I know for the past month, I've been sharing little snapshots of our house decorated for Halloween!

Every month, my mom throws a pinterest party with a different theme each time.

This month was, of course, Halloween!

Everyone was to come dressed up

and to bring a pinterest-inspired food/drink.

It was a fabulous evening!

Before the party, my family took a group photo!

It's a little blurry, 

but I love it.

Here is our dining room all decked out!

There were so many yummy foods!

Here is my sister-in-law showing off the amazing set up.

:)

I love our little yard-sale owls hanging from the chandelier.

These windows are opposite of the big hutch in our dining room!

I love the owls in the window, too!

Of course our mantel had to be festive.

We went all out!

another view in the living room!

Quoting some Poe 

 And I'm sure you've seen This shot already!

A wreath above the couch

 The "kids" area!

Complete with pin the nose on the pumpkin and coloring!

A shot of the kitchen area.

If you look on the bottom right, you'll see are votes for the best costume!

The Front door!

Right is the dining room and left is the "library"

Here is the bookcase in the library.

I love the gothic feel!

and that is the basic house tour!

now, onto the actual party:

First I will show you the costumes

I was a flapper, but more on that for WIWW

my mom was 50 shades of grey

and my youngest brother was cousin eddie from Christmas vacation (BEST movie ever!)

My sister-in-law was a sailor

and my older brother was a morph santa. This was hilarious!

my beautiful mother

 Our wonderful guests!

deep in conversations!

Jess (beautiful lady on the left) was "Identity Theft" 

she basically had "Hello my name is ____" stickers all over her.

It was so clever!

She won the contest, by the way!

cute little alex! 

He won the Pin the nose contest!

(He forgot to get a costume)

and crazy Ian, a family friend was an old man.

He had a cane and everything!!

All in all, It was a wonderful party!

I'm so excited for our next one:

5th Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange.

It is going to be great!

For past post relating to this party click:

Here

Here

Here

Here

Here

I can't believe 31 days is almost over!

Pinterest Halloween Party: Food!

Next weekend is our annual halloween party! I am so excited and can't wait to share all the details with you. Today I am going to share what food we will be serving.

Of course, all of these ideas came from
Yep, you guessed it...
Pinterest!!!

Just to note:

We asked our guests to bring their favorite pinterest dish, because it is a pinterest party!

So, my mom and I are not going  to make a lot of food. 

Lets begin!

                                                                Source: indulgy.com via Amber on Pinterest

I fell in love with these cute witch hats! They are also going to be so simple to make. Just keebler cookies, chocolate kisses, and orange frosting! So adorable.

For some cute finger food:

                     Source: ourbestbites.com via Amber on Pinterest

How cute are these mummies!

They are hot dogs wrapped with crescent rolls. I think the kids will get a kick out of these!

For drinks:

Source: c2marcano.blogspot.com via Amber on Pinterest

With this super cute and easy printable, we are going to transform regular liter sodas, to spooky halloween inspired drinks!

and because no party would be complete without cupcakes:

Source: cakecentral.com via C. on Pinterest

We haven't 100% decided on what kind of cupcakes we are going to make, but I love these witch hats! They remind me of the movie "Hocus Pocus" 

(I LOVE that movie!)

and that's really it! Like I said, we are going light on the food, because our guests are going to bring most of it, but we couldn't help ourselves from making these spooky treats!

I love food

and halloween.

surprise, surprise 

:)