Vampire Drink Labels

I was perusing the internet on my lap top last night and came across this cool blog Hostess With The Mostess So, of course I was checking out last minute ideas for my Halloween party. I found a link to download these cool vampire drink labels. Well, they went perfect with my theme this year so I had to do it. Went to Staples today and got some inkjet printer sticker sheets, ran to Safeway and picked up Izze blackberry soda (since it's red) and then came home and went to work. Now I have some cool non-alcoholic beverages for my party.

Halloween Treat Jars

I guess you have figured out I am on a Halloween Craze. I made a couple more treat jars, although I cannot disclose for whom I made them. Again I cut out the figures with my Cricut machine.  They have a fun Halloween cartridge called Happy Hauntings that has loads of cool images to cut out, including some three dimensional ones. On the vampire jar I used some neat Martha Stewart halloween scrapbook paper  that I picked up at Michael's and on the witch jar I used some cute paper I got from Stampin' Up The jars you can pick up at Walmart very inexpensively. I raided my ribbon and button stash and voila, this is what I came up with!

Cookies

OK, keep in mind that an expert cake/cookie decorator I am not. My project this Saturday was to make some cookies for my Halloween Party. The theme of my party this year is "Going Batty". Here are the cookies I came up with. It's the first time I've worked with fondant. The vampire's hair is made with black fondant that has been rolled in black sanding sugar and his fangs are made with white fondant. He has candy eyes that I purchased at a cake decorating shop. I had fun making them, but obviously I need a little practice. The bats are chocolate sugar cookies with black sugar sprinkled on them and red cinnamon candy eyes. My grandson helped me sprinkle the sugar on!!

Halloween Table Runners

I'm so into sewing right now! There is such cute Halloween fabric out there. Today I made three different, reversible, table runners. I like to make table runners reversible so if you spill something or you just get tired of one pattern then you can just flip them over! Love, love, love tassels, so I just have to add them to the runners. Dresses them up a bit! I think I'll be using these as prizes for my party also.

Skeleton Apron

I found this darling apron fabric panel at Joann's, along with cute coordinating fabric! I just had to get it. The skeleton has a spider on its chest and I thought, wouldn't it be cute if I added some bling and made it look like a sparkly broach. I bought some orange sequins and tiny orange beads and stitched them on. While the apron panel says to just fold under the edges and stitch, I like my aprons to look more finished and hold up better so I backed it with the cute coordinating fabric I found. It also has a three pouch pocket on the front where the hands are, although it is hard to see on the pics. This is the result. I may use it at one of the prizes for my annual Halloween party!

Monster Munch

I LOVE Halloween and everything about it. For my first post I wanted to show you what I made for my niece. She's off to her first year of college and I wanted to send her something fun. I made this jar for her and filled it with what I called Monster Munch, which is a cup of each of the following: Peanut M & M's, carmel popcorn, mini Nutter Butter peanut butter cookies, waffle pretzels, and Reese's cereal. I bought a jar at Walmart and went to town. I cut the monster's out with my Cricut machine. There are so many fun things you can do with a Cricut! Hope you enjoy the pic's!