Halloween Fun!!!

Here are some pics of my Halloween party on Saturday...the bar and food table came out really good!

I spent a lot of time on the bar...making labels for all of the alcohol and tonic water bottles and buying cute cups.  The large skull bucket I used for holding the 30 gallons of blood punch I made, and it worked out great with a 7 lbs block of dry ice to keep it cold and fogging...

And here are some close ups of the bar.  I really wanted to create some height and depth to the bar, so I went to a local thrift store and spent a few dollars buying some old books...which really gave the bar a nice old feel to it!

 I got these straws and the cup from the dollar store...and the drinkers all seemed to really appreciate them!

I used these labels from Somewhere Splendid only I didn't use them on favor bottles...I used them for tonic water for the "non drinkers" to make there own sparkling beverage... 

 And these are some labels I got from Martha Stewart that I tea stained and applied with a little spray adhesive.  These were some more of the the toxic tonic mixing potions for all of the non-drinkers...

And I also spent a bit of time working on the food table...I was really pleased with how it turned out!  This is a picture of it all laid out before I got any of the food actually made and set out...

And here it is in all of its food glory!!!

The "congealed blood" label for the ketchup was one of my favorite labels...it just came out so good!

I have a white couch and so I wanted to protect it from me and the rest of the drunks at my party, so I decided that covering my furniture in white sheets would be a nice way to protect the couch AND add a creepy effect to my house for the party...so I ran to Target and picked up a $9.99 set of their Twin XL sheet set & a $19.99 Queen sheet set on my lunch break on Friday.  It was TOTALLY worth the $30 when I saw how dirty the sheets were on Sunday morning!  Plus I can keep using them every year I throw a Halloween party to protect my poor white furniture!

And man do I love cheese cloth!  It really is the best Halloween decoration out there!  I added it to the tops of all of my lamps, tables, candles, flowers, you name it and I probably covered it up with some cheese cloth for Halloween!  Although I wasn't able to find any black cheesecloth out there like some other Bloggers have shown...

And here are some pics of my mantel decorations.  Sorry about the TV being on...but I was NOT about to turn off the world series just to get some pics of my decorations...haha...

I got the letters for the Halloween banner from Jenny at All Sorts. It was as simple as printing on some Superfine Softwhite Cardstock from Paper Source on my work printer!  Shhh....don't tell my boss...haha!

 

And for what you have really been waiting for...THE COSTUMES!  I will start with my lovely boss Mychele and her husband Dave...they are such a groovy couple...hahahaha...I crack myself up!

And another one of my bosses is dressed up as Ariel.  And here husband is dressed up as a cross of Price Eric and the Situation...haha...typical boy just trying to take his top off all night!!! (sorry about their creepy eyes...stupid camera phone!)

Miss Sandy Pants the Pirate and her friend Julie the Pimp!

Lori the Witch, Lorna the Referee, Lili as Cruella Deville, and Michelle the Hippie...

And here is Lori, myself and Sandy!

  My friend Rob as Michael Knight from Knight Rider, my pup Bowser dressed up in a costume I made him as KITT from Knight Rider, and me the sailor!  I also had my little girl dress up as a yellow submarine to coordinate with my costume...but apparently I am a bad pet mommy since I didn't get a picture of her!!!

As you can see Bowser is just LLOOOOVVVVVINNNNGGGG that costume...haha....

And while you can't really tell from this photo, my dress was SUPER SHORT!  Like so short that I got a little petticoat to go underneath it so it would cover up my buthigh (you know the part that isn't quite your butt and not quite your thigh)...so I wore a different costume to work on Friday...

I was Amelia Earhart!

Tanya made the best dork...no surprise that she won the costume contest!!!

And the Amelia costume was pretty easy and cheap to come up with.  I had everything except for the goggles and hat.  But I was able to buy Harry Potter quiddich(?) goggles for really cheap on Amazon, and get a fur lined pilots cap as well.  All in all...easy costume that was pretty comfortable!

I hope you enjoyed my super-longgggggggggggg Halloween post!

From Halloweens Past...

As I was organizing all of the Halloween pictures from my phone today I came across some pictures of Halloweens from the past few years...so I thought I would share.  I hope you enjoy!

So last year at work I dressed up like Pippi Longstockings complete with floral wire in my hair.  I threw together the costume at the last minute with some stuff I picked up at Goodwill...

And then I changed into a "Roman Gladiator" costume for a CD release party that I went to for my friends band, Vitamin Party!

Last year at work we had a pumpkin carving contest...HOWEVER, we only got 20 minutes, we had to use those thick Styrofoam artificial pumpkins and we didn't get anything to carve them with except the knives that we in our kitchen.  So I decided to print off a Martha Stewart template of a Chihuahua!

I didn't win...but I think mine was the best...haha!

And this is from my Halloween party a few years back...me and the Paper-Source crew!

And this is from Halloween 2006...WOW that seems like a long time ago!  I went as Tinkerbell and the highlight of my costume was the little slippers I made!

I bought white ballet slippers and then dyed them green, and added little sparkly white pom-pons to the slippers to make them more fairy like.

Coming Soon...

So I am having a Halloween party on Saturday, and prepping my house for this party has kept me VERY busy!  I invited EVERY SINGLE person that I work with...and I work in an office of 50 so people...and that is not to mention my friends.  Sooooo, I have been one busy lady! 

I just wanted to share some pics I took on my phone to show you what I have been up to, but I will post some additional pics and instructions on what I did later.  I hope you enjoy!

These are the invites that I gave out.  I had my friend Liz do the calligraphy for me, and I made all of those little plaster fingers.  I first bought a mold making kit to mold my own finger...but that was just a WASTE of money...so I broke down and bought a candy making mold to make the casts from...

As you can see I painted some of the finger nails and some I left unpainted.  And I tied a little double-sided satin around the index finger to keep in line with my "don't forget" theme...

I bought 5" x 3" x 2" mailing boxes that I assembled, filled them with a mixture of Spanish mosses and laid the finger on top.  For the spiderweb background I simply printed the graphic on some vellum and I printed the actually invite portion on Stardream Opal paper from Paper-Source.

I will post a picture of how I packaged them a little later!

And here are just a couple pics of some of the decorations I have so far done in the house...more of these to come as well!

And what I am sure will be the highlight of the evening...THE BAR!!!

Madeline's Pumpkin

I wanted to share with all of you the pumpkin my Dad carved for my sister last Halloween...it is AMAZING!

So since most of you don't know what my sister looks like, here are a few pics of her:

Isn't the pumpkin a great likeness?  Anyways...just thought I would share!  And I promise I will post pics soon of all of the Halloween related things I have been working on that have kept me so busy!

Have You Ever Heard of Bear Hill Interiors Before?

So I just discovered an interior design team called Bear Hill Interiors.  While I don't plan on hiring somebody to design any rooms for me in the near future, their work is truly inspirational.  While I have never actually had a post where I simply post pictures of somebody else's work before, I think you will all appreciate how design-crush-worthy their work is.

The first picture that drew my attention is this amazing foyer.  I just love the picture railing and the crown moulding, which really stands out against the wallpapered ceiling.  This fairly small room looks so much bigger and inviting don't you think?

The next image that caught my eye was this living room.  I just love how a huge rectangular room becomes a very inviting family area by creating a few different seating areas.  I love the easy comfort that it all has (if that description makes any sense) and that it just all seems to work without trying to hard.

The next image is simple but inspiring.  I think that using a simple white parsons desk as a nightstand in a guest bedroom, would be a terrific use of space for those of us who have limited space and want both!  I just love how it works, simply by being the same height as the other "nightstand."

While the warmer colors are not necessarily my thing, I just love this dining room buffet artwork display.  Everything looks so crisp and clean, yet it also looks warm and inviting.

Next up is this great pinkish bedroom.  Many of you might know that pink is my favorite color, but I love this room for so many other reasons!  I LOVE the disco ball hanging down in lieu of a chandelier, I love the classic Louis chair covered in what looks like patent leather, I love the very feminine patterned wallpaper that complements that beautiful draped headboard, and the zebra stripped rug that should clash, yet seems to tie it all in.  Such a great girl's room!

Now these kitchens really speak for themselves, but I just absolutely adore them both!

And last up from Bear Hill is a dreamy bathroom.  I just love the wallpapered ceiling!  And if somebody had told me a year ago that I would REALLY be loving wallpapered ceilings now, I would have laughed at them.

And my last picture is not from Bear Hill, but isn't this bathroom to DIE FOR!  I have never though of putting a bathtub INSIDE of the shower, but this combination is genius!  I can't image designing the bathroom of my dreams now and it not including a combo just like this!  What do you think?  Are your a tub-in-the-shower convert now too?

 I hope you liked my post of my inspirations!