Happy Halloween!

This is a little late, but my camera died on Halloween, fitting isn't it? I had to wait until I got the pictures from my friend.

Here's just a cute idea I took to our neighborhood Halloween party. They are called "Ghost on a Broom." I saw someone make them on tv 3 or 4 years ago and wrote down the idea with hopes that someday I'd have something to make them for, and sure enough, I finally did. All you do is cut and fringe a little strip of fruit roll-up and wrap it around the end of pretzel. Then pour some melted white chocolate over the pretzel to look like a ghost. Add some chocolate chips for eyes, and let them cool. They were such a hit! Not only are they cute, but they are surprisingly delicious as well. You'd never guess fruit roll-ups would go so well with chocolate and pretzels, would you? In the words of my husband, "You have to shove the whole thing in your mouth to mix all the flavors." Yummy!

Christmas Advent

I was contacted last month by a lady asking me to recreate the vinyl for this advent calendar she had seen on someone's blog. I was more than happy to do so and made about 30 of these for her and her sisters. Of course that meant I had to do one for myself too! I sell the vinyl for $7, then you put it on a pizza pan that you can get for $4 at Wal-mart. The little Santa that you move on the numbers is a 25 cent pre-painted wood piece from Michael's that I glued a magnet to the back of, and then I glued ribbon to the back of the pan. So simple and fun!

Halloween Costumes

And just to show off my cute kids...today was the first chance to get all decked out in their

costumes. Actually, they'll be more decked out for Halloween, but this was pretty close. Sorry I couldn't get better pictures. It's a killer trying to get them to hold still, but anyway, introducing ...

Peter Pan

and Tinkerbell!

The Peter Pan costume was a piece of cake. Tinkerbell, on the other hand, well, let's just say I'd better have another girl because I'll be furious if I put all that work into a costume that only gets worn one year.

Pillow Cases

So, I've started teaching mini sewing classes to my Relief Society group. Last week was our first class and we made pillow cases. One of the ladies brought the cutest Halloween fabric and told us about her family tradition growing up where her mom made each of the kids a pillow case for each holiday. Then sometime as that holiday approached she would sneak those pillow cases onto each of their pillows so as they went to bed that night and pulled down the covers they would be so excited to find their pillow cases. I couldn't pass up this opportunity to start a new tradition that involved my getting to sew! So here are my kids new Halloween pillow cases that they got surprised with just tonight.