Our Neighborhood Boo— Ghosts in need of a home to Haunt!

We couldn't wait to deliver our neighborhood Boo this year! Our theme was ghoulish ghosts. I made the coolest floating ghost out of muslin and spray starch. Get the complete instructions from  Tuesdee over at Everyday is a Crafting Day. So easy! And cheap too! My kids thought I used invisible spray. They were fascinated.

I trimmed the top edges of white paper bags, added googly eyes and filled them with Dollar Store treats. The kids will love them, I'm sure! I'm including the ghost signs and the Boo door hanger as FREE DOWNLOADS, just in case you haven't already prepared the Boo for your neighborhood! 

Help Yourself to these!

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Enjoy! 

Oh, and please be sure to check out my neighborhood Boos from last year here if you'd like more ideas!

I'm sharing this post with my friends at Fingerprints on the Fridge and Somewhat Simple.  

Halloween Costume: Captain Barbosa

 WE ARE COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TO HALLOWEEN! This is one of my kids' favorite holidays. They love to dress up year round in the elaborate costumes their grandmother makes for them and Halloween is their free ticket for a new handmade costume. This year is no exception. Jackson has decided to be a pirate—again (they were pirates 2 years ago as well). Not just any "random pirate" as Jackson says, but Captain Barbosa from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. So he submitted his request to my mother-in-law to make his pirate coat.

I took Jackson to Walmart the other night and picked up some cheap black sweat pants, knit gloves for $1 and some rain boots. I decided to make the hat myself because there's nothing cost-effective on the Internet that meets Jackson's stringent criteria. It was surprisingly simple to make, actually!

Here's all you need to do...

Tah-dah!

I assure you, his intentions are strictly honorable.

Halloween Costumes to die for...

My sister, Melissa and her husband went to a costume party last night. She just wanted to tease-up her blond hair and wear a black dress. But I would not allow that. I mean, if you're gonna dress up, do it right!

• Wig 8 bucks
• Glasses 2 bucks
• The reaction of her kids when they saw her all dressed up— Priceless

Oh yeah, and here's her other half, Brad. I glued his screw nubby things to his neck the first time with Household Goop and he claimed his neck was burning. Wimp. So we took them off and he ended up Super-glueing them to his neck. Go figure. He'll be wearing those for the next few days, at least!

They make quite the creepy couple, don't you think?

Happy Halloween!

Monday in my "ewe"niverse— My First GIVEAWAY!

I designed the Haunted Halloween Party Collection for my own soiree this year and thought I'd share it to with you. The BOO Banner—my very first giveaway! If you would like the FREE printable PDF file for this cool, spooky Haunted Halloween BOO Banner, DOWNLOAD IT HERE!

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Happy Halloween week!

Monday in my "ewe"niverse— a Freaky Family Portrait

I was having another bad hair day, so I said to myself, "Self, why don't you turn your bad-hair day into a positive for once and have some fun with it?" So I did.

Happy Halloween! It's embarrassing to admit this, but we have not gotten a family portrait taken since before Jackson was born (he's 5). My poor second child. Well, thanks to my bad-hair day and my trusty assistant (and niece) Jessica, we finally got our act together for this Adams Family-esque home-spun photo shoot. Jessica assisted with wardrobe, herding the cats and a little photoshop action. Thank you Jessica!! Jackson was surprisingly cooperative wearing the coke bottle glasses and Wesley didn't have to smile for this picture anyway, so no problems there. These lovely portraits are now hung on the walls in our living room, which I've decorated for the occasion. I'll post that later this week!