PicMonkey Franken Pet Halloween Contest

Have you had the opportunity to use PicMonkey before? I use it all the time for blogging and my personal photos. It is a great site that offers a way to edit photos, and even create printable graphics as well. If you'd love to try out the PicMonkey Royale membership features just check out this link. You will have access to many more images, fonts, etc.

Right now they are hosting a Franken Pet Halloween Contest along with Rover on the PicMonkey site. Rover is a online pet sitting service website. You can connect with pet sitters from your area, and book a sitter for your pet through this trusted site. Use the coupon code Pinteresting20 for a discount for Rover right now.

All you have to do is snap a picture of your pet or even a pet you know. Then you use the fun Halloween features on PicMonkey to make the pet look scary or funny for the Halloween holiday.  

Here is my dog, Lance, that I made ready for Halloween. He loves to hear the word treat, and I know he will love it when Halloween comes along. He always gets an extra bone that day.

Once you've created your photo masterpiece just share it on either Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+ or Flickr using the hashtag #Frankenpet. 

You will be entered into the contest to win year of PicMonkey Royal Membership benefits. This gives you access to some great features on their site.  You can also win the following:

• Creepy Canines: GoPro Hero3 with a Fetch Harness
• Scaredy Cats: GoPro Hero3 with a 3-Way Mount
• Other Beasts: GoPro Hero3 with a 3-Way Mount

Runners-up will win a year of PicMonkey Royale and a $25 giftcard to Petco.

Can't wait to see your pets in their Halloween pictures.

Quick and Cute Halloween Gift

It is no surprise to anyone that knows me that I love to give little gifts to friends, family and teachers. For Wynn's school teachers this year I thought I'd send in a little happy for Halloween. There are a lot of teachers in her school that interact with Wynn on a daily basis. I needed to come up with something quick and budget friendly.  Who am I kidding? I would make it quick and budget friendly even if it was for one person. 

I was scouring the always fun Target Dollar Spot on my lunch hour.  I grabbed several pairs of Halloween socks for a $1.  I had purchased some burlap pouches from the Dollar Spot last year, and they have them again this year so I grabbed a few more.

I then got to brainstorming on a simple card to go along with it. I cut out some pumpkins out of cardstock, and attached them with a simple strip of roll on adhesive to the pouch. I did not want to do anything to permanent because I wanted the teachers to use the pouches again in a way that works for them. I knew it might not be appropriate to say "trick or treat...smell my feet", and so this is what I came up with instead.

Hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by as always. I love sharing fun and simple ideas like this with you.

Budget Friendly Pumpkin Party & Giveaway

I wanted to put together a budget friendly fall party for Wynn and her friends. I purchased most of the items from either the Dollar Tree or the Target dollar spot.  I put everything together in less than an hour as well. Quick and cute!  It ended up being Wynn and I partying together at this one. Our house came down with several illnesses at once, and so this meant we were not up for visitors. Ty and Davis enjoyed climbing all over the place and banging on the table. 

I am sharing this along with several other wonderful bloggers in the Delightfully Wicked Halloween Hop. I have shared a link to their blogs as well, so make sure you check them out when you have a chance.

I used our long preschool table we had redone and decorated it in our play room. The first item I laid out was a green plastic table cloth. I folded it in half so it still had a bright green color. I purchased it at the Dollar Tree. I also thought the boys small tractor fit in the decor.

I turned these tissue paper flowers into pumpkins by simply adding a green stem out of cardstock. I hung them from the ceiling. I bought the tissue paper flowers from Michaels. I plan on using them at another party later in the month. They were $2 a piece.

I added a cute face to the paper cups with a black marker. I topped the cup off with a green straw to resemble a stem.

I set out a few treats that fit the pumpkin theme well. I purchased some Kraft pumpkin shaped marshmallows, Brach's fall candy mix and some Little Debbie pumpkin snacks. It was easy to display most of these items in glass containers I already had. 

I made place settings very simple. I took a roll of craft paper and cut out squares for place mats. I took the same black marker and wrote names and pumpkin vine. I took the orange plate and attached the same green pumpkin stem from tissue paper flowers to the plate.

I had one simple craft available for the kids. Wynn made a pumpkin bag.  It would also be helpful for them to bring home their extra treats that they wanted for later. All I purchased was some orange paper bags, and I was able to utilize paper for the face from my drawer of paper I already had.

I decorated the chair backs with pumpkins Wynn made last year. I also added a burlap banner from the Target dollar spot on the wall. I purchased some pumpkin boxes for the kids to use for additional little Halloween related items I purchased for them from the dollars spot as well. I will be hanging these out to the kids when we Trick or Treat with them later this month since we were not able to have them over this time.

This is being shared as a part of the Delightfully Wicked Halloween Hop. Be sure to check out the other great ideas being shared today.

Check out the entire Delightfully Wicked Halloween Hop below:

Delightfully Noted

Itsy Bitsy Paper 

Life is a Lullaby

Michelle Paige

My Own Home Blog

Occasionally Crafty

Uncommon Designs

 You could win a block or sign from Blocks Paper Paint. Click on the Rafflecopter Link to enter this fantastic Halloween giveaway. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Enjoy your day and good luck in the giveaway!

Fall Project Round Up

I cannot believe I have been blogging for almost three years. I decided it was time to put all of my fall season projects in one post to share with you.  Here are some easy fall ideas for you to try in your own home.

fall treat jar

Yarn Wrapped Letters

Land of Nod Inspired Halloween Wall Decor

Cabinet Door Art

Embroidery Hoop

Baby Food Lid Art

Fall Decor

Fall Mantel

Fabric Garland

PB Inspired Plastic Bag Stuffed Pumpkins

Ghost Bucket Treats

Treat Bag

Halloween Wreath

Puffs Container Pumpkins

Hope you were able to find an inspiring idea from this round up! Have a great day!

Halloween Embroidery Hoop

A simple Halloween decoration that can be changed for a season or holiday going forward.

I had an embroidery hoop and some light colored burlap in my craft stash. I was itching to do some sort of craft while I had some me time this weekend.  I put the burlap in the hoop.

I took a sheet of scrapbook paper and traced on a pumpkin. I cut it out and add some letter stickers I also found in my pile of crafty goodness.

I added a velcro dot with adhesive backing to the front of the burlap and the back of the pumpkin. That way I can switch out a decoration on the hoop for each season. I paired it with an owl I purchased on clearance at Michaels. The owl was ivory with a rust like look on the feet. I spray painted it orange for Halloween, and I plan to actually use the owl for an upcoming baby shower as well. The owl is doing double duty this season.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy your day.

BOO! Yarn Wrapped Halloween Letters

 I took some white wooden letters from Michaels and wrapped them in some orange yarn to create a BOO sign for my floating shelves in my living room. I added a spider I got last year at Target in the clearance section after Halloween for a quarter.  

I placed them on the shelf above where I placed my cabinet door spider, my Halloween bottles and a glittery pumpkin.  

These add a little fun and sparkle to the living room, and Wynn really loves them too. Thanks for stopping by!

Monster Party Ideas Part II

I shared a few party ideas this month already for Wynn's Monsters Inc. party. I wanted to find some fun and inexpensive goodies for the favor bags. Right after school started I picked up several boxes of crayons at Target on clearance. 

Then to make these go with the theme I attached some simple scrapbook paper, eyes and a cut out mouth to the box of crayons.

I also found a two pack of bubbles on clearance in the summer section at Target. I made them monster bubbles by adding the signature one eye like Mike Wazowski.

I also saw this adorable cup idea on Catch My Party. I picked up some plastic cups, attached some eyes and then put a cute paper straw along with it.

Just a few more monster goodies for Wynn's party that I was able to get done ahead of time. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Monster Party Ideas

Wynn has been obsessed over Monsters Inc and Monsters University lately. She asked to have a Monsters birthday party. Her birthday is not for a few months, but I thought this could also fit in with Halloween too. That is why I'm sharing some of my projects so far in advance.  I also wanted to get some of the party decorations finished while I had time.

First off is the Mike Wazowski favor bag. I picked up the green bags at Michaels, and then simply layered round scrapbook paper to create the infamous one eye of Mike.

On the site Catch My Party there was an adorable Monsters Inc. party shared. They had made the words Mike and Sully out of larger letters and decorated them in the colors of each character. I took that idea, and thought I would make the letters spell Wynn's name and use the colors of Sully. 

I took some paper mache letters, and some craft paint to make the look of Sully on them.  I used a simple sponge dauber to make the polka dots on the letters after the coat of turquoise went on.

The third decoration I have created is the door garland after seeing an adorable one from the same Catch My Party  website. The doors are an important part of Monsters Inc. because the monsters enter through them to the human world to scare children. 

I simply cut out shapes in scrapbook paper and glued them to some rectangle shapes. The wanted the shapes to have a little bit of a whimsical look, so I did not worry about cutting straight. That helped me also save time and make this in about ten minutes too. Wynn saw it and right away said look at all the doors for the monsters to go in. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you liked our Monsters Inc. party ideas. I had a lot of fun putting them together. I have created a Monster Party board on Pinterest if you would like to check out some other inspiring ideas.

Fall Treat Jar

I'm have been in the midst of pinning Fall and Halloween ideas on Pinterest the past few weeks. I saw these adorable treats from Cupcake Diaries and knew that Wynn would enjoy making them.  Check out the link to see how easy they are to make. 

I packaged them up in a glass jar from the Dollar Tree with a vinyl sticker I cut out on my Silhouette Cameo machine. Off they went this morning to my in laws to brighten their day. They said they really enjoyed them, and I just love these little Dollar Tree jars. I need to go and snag some more at some point.

If you do not already follow me on Pinterest click on the link at the top of my sidebar. It is my favorite place to share my ideas and favorite ideas shared by others. Thanks for stopping by!

Cabinet Door Halloween Craft and Halloween Bottles

When we tore out our old kitchen cabinets we held onto some drawers and door fronts. The cabinet door front under our sink sat downstairs in the pile of scrap wood. I repainted it white and then decided to do something for Halloween with it.

I cut out the spider and spider web on my Silhouette, and then added some black and silver rhinestones as well.  

I also added some cut outs in vinyl from my Silhouette machine to various bottles. I did not put anything on the one bottle because it already says Worm Syrup on it. I thought was fit in pretty well with the Halloween vibe. A few quick and easy Halloween projects that make me smile. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Halloween Treat Bag

I took a bag from Michaels and some flocked heat transfer vinyl to create a new Halloween treat bag for Wynn. Hopefully we will get to do some trick or treating this year.  Wynn is really excited about it, and keeps asking for her costume already. That's probably because I've already put up Halloween decorations.

I picked up the bag from Michaels for a $1. They had several different colors in stock, and I think they would make great gift bags too.

I cut out this cute little witch from the Silhouette studio images, and then ironed it on the bag. It does take a lot longer than the 60 seconds or so that it says to iron it on the packaging. It always seems to take me several minutes for heat transfer vinyl to stick.  I do like the flocked heat transfer material because it is quite a bit easier to work with.

I also added a little strip of ribbon on the side. Wynn said the bag needed some spiders on it, and so we grabbed a roll of that at Michaels too.

Wynn really likes the bag, and has already asked on a few occasions if I could fill it with candy for her to practice trick or treating. Smart girl! Thanks for stopping by!