Happy Halloween!

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!! 

Kneaders inspired Pick your flavor Steamer recipe. YUM-O!! Where have you been all my life??!?

So recently we, as a family, discovered

 A Steamer...

SO GOOD! 

It was a must make at home deal. 

Seriously. 

I think I may just like them as much or more than Hot Cocoa. *gasp* IT is totally what the doctor ordered for these cold winter nights here in Utah.

So after some trial and error here is what we came up with for a recipe.

Pick your Flavor Steamers

1 Cup of milk

1/2 Cup of your favorite flavored Coffee Creamer (think Coffee-mate or International Delight etc this one is pumpkin spice flavored)

whipped cream (optional)

Mix together and microwave to heat. We did ours for about a minute and a half but you know your microwave best and what you need to get it toasty warm for ya. :)

*NOTE-This is a 2 to 1 ratio dealio so you can adjust it how ever you need to make more or less as you like. Also the creamer can be more or less depending on your taste.

  

DIY 20 min skirt made from a T-Shirt 1 seam and no heming! A must see!

So Miss Berry has decided to be Fiona (from Adventure Time) for Halloween. Enter the need for a cute simple blue knit skirt. Now, I have a confession...I hate to hem. I do it because I have to but if I can avoid it I will. Its no bueno to me. So what has a built in hem?? A T-Shirt. This baby only took me about 20 minutes and the request is already in for a maxi skirt next. It would be adorable in Christmas colors or a stripe!! Right??

Here is what I did and used...

1 boys T-shirt Med 8-10 (I just looked for a Tee that was going to be the right length under the armpit)

1.5 inch elastic 
(I just wrapped it around her waist and then took about an inch off for the length of elastic needed)

matching thread

I cut the shirt right under the arm pits

Like so...

Then turn the "skirt" inside out and measure for your casing and turn down the fabric accordingly.

Then I pinned. I like to double pin on both sides of the opening needed for threading the elastic through but this isn't necessary if you watch to avoid sewing the casing shut.

Sew around the casing being sure to leave an opening for the elastic to be pulled through.

 Attach a safety pin to the elastic to lead the elastic. I also will use an second safety pin to pin the end of the elastic to the skirt to ensure that I don't pull the elastic all the way through.  Once the elastic make it completely through and the ends have met; sew them together and then sew the opening shut. 

Tada!!

Maxi skirts here we come! 

Twas the Sunday Before Halloween

We decided to start a new tradition this Halloween. We have plenty of traditions for Christmas and even a few for Thanksgiving. Halloween kind of gets the shaft around here. So I decided that from here on out we will be doing a haunted Halloween dinner the Sunday before Halloween. This year we basically just threw it together so next year will be a little more epic!

Coming up with the menu and the names was my favorite part!

We ate earth worms! Have you seen those jello worms floating around the internets? They were cool looking but we will not be doing them next year. They were a whole lot of work. My thumbs started hurting from squeezing them out of the straws. All in all they were cool but not worth the effort. We will be getting a heart mold or something if we choose to do jello next year.

Next we had a garlic snake. You need some protection against vampires, right? I love garlic bread. It makes the meal complete.

Our main dish was bloody bones. Or baked pasta. The same recipe I have shared here. I added extra sauce so they would be extra bloody! We also had Witch Ashes or parmesan to sprinkle over the top. 

We ate ghost brains on the side. Or cauliflower as non-halloweenies would say. We also had goblin finger green beans. 

To finish out the meal we did bloody murder cupcakes. Box mix and store bought frosting to the rescue!

It was thrown together and we used a plastic tablecloth from Wal-mart but it was so fun! The kids absolutely loved it. They are currently planning our themed Christmas dinner. It was totally worth the effort. And we now have an instant tradition.

DIY Free Thanksgiving Printable For your Home Decor

Hey Friends! 

Here is a darling Thanksgiving Printable for you to use in your favorite frames!! 

Come and get it! 

It is resizeable for any frame you chose to use...Hey that rhymed!!
Click to Download Here

Have fun with it! 

Loves

Emily

PS thank you thank you thank you to my sweet Gabby and her talented self for making this up for us!!

PSS...Any suggestions for our Christmas Printable?? What would you like to see for free! (another rhyme folks :))