This might be our favorite “Things I Love” yet. Halloween costumes for dogs crack us up! We got this Jockey Rider costume for Cooper from Target and we can’t stop taking pictures of him wearing it. Here are some other hilarious dog costumes that we are sure you will enjoy.
1. Raptor | 2. Batman | 3. Taco | 4. Yoda | 5. Hammerhead Shark | 6. Triceratops
What are your favorite pet costumes? We would love to see them!
We are so excited to announce that my Personalized Holiday Ornaments are now available on Etsy! Each ceramic ornament features different playful characters to match the personalities of your family members, including your pets! These ornaments are a beautiful and thoughtful gift for the holidays and are sure to remain precious keepsakes for years to come.
Click through the pictures below to see the listings on Etsy!
Last year’s ornaments have also been renewed and are available again!
We know it’s not even Halloween yet, but Christmas is always right around the corner! Make sure you order your ornaments now!
Dynamic Community Charter School, a new school in Wake County for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is having a fall fundraiser this weekend! The fundraiser will include merchandise from local artists, a bake sale, and a book drive for the school’s new library. I am honored to have participated in the fundraiser and encourage everyone in the area to check it out! There will be a raffle where you can enter to win some of my art prints!
Saturday, October 19th
3313 Wade Avenue, Raleigh
10 am – 3 pm
Admission – $5 Suggested
Click here to see all of the vendors that will be there as well as the fantastic raffle prizes available!
Dynamic Community Charter School is scheduled to open in August 2014.
Here’s a delicious detail from our Pizza and Champagne Party! Ombre Gelatin Shots (aka Jello shots, but we didn’t use any Jello mix!). You can add Jello to the recipe, but it’s the gelatin that helps the shots hold their shape!
Aren’t they pretty? Unfortunately, the ones we made were not quite as tasty as they could have been (I forgot to add sugar!) but this recipe is delicious, I promise!
Ingredients:
4 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1 cup cold flavored vodka (We used pear! It’s delicious.)
1.5 cups cranberry juice
1.5 cups pink lemonade
2 tablespoons sugar (you can also use a flavored Jello here!)
Sprinkles (we used Wilton Cake Sparkles)
Directions:
1. In a medium bowl, sprinkle 2 envelopes gelatin over 1/2 cup cold vodka. Let stand one minute.
2. Boil cranberry juice and stir into the vodka gelatin mix until gelatin is completely dissolved.
3. Stir in 1 tablespoon of sugar.
4. Pour cranberry juice layer into a 9×7 pan or casserole dish (you can also use a 13×9, but we wanted ours a little taller to show off the ombre so we used a smaller pan).
5. Let cranberry juice layer chill for an hour and a half in the refrigerator.
6. Repeat steps 1-3 with remaining ingredients and pink lemonade.
7. Carefully, pour pink lemonade mixture over cranberry juice layer.
8. Return to refrigerator and let chill for 3 hours.
9. Cut gelatin into whatever shapes you like.
10. Pour sprinkles into a bowl and dip the top of each gelatin shot into sprinkles. The cake sparkles we used stuck the best to the gelatin, but they dissolve after a while so make sure you serve them right away!
You can use any juice, any vodka, and any colors! Mix and match and be creative! This fancy spin on a down and dirty party snack is sure to be a hit at your next get-together. Don’t forget to tell your guests that they’re spiked! If you’d like them to be kid-friendly, just replace the cold cup of vodka for a cold cup of juice!
Check back soon to see more details from our party!
*recipe adapted from Knox Gelatine
We hosted a girls’ night party with a few of our close friends, some cocktails, and pizza! What better way to spend an ordinary Wednesday evening than by dressing up and sipping on girly drinks with friends?
Here are some highlights from our night!
We dropped a few frozen raspberries in our champagne to keep it chilled and make it fancy! Then we ordered pizza delivery to bring us back down to earth. We also made some jello shots from scratch, and picked up some fresh flowers and frozen macarons from the grocery store. Mixing homemade with store-bought is a great way to make an easy and pretty party come together.
Here are some of the elements we used for our party (check back soon for links to tutorials!):
White Chocolate rimmed cocktail glasses with Rainbow Sprinkles
Ombre Gelatin Shots
Parisian Macarons from Trader Joe’s
Flower Arrangements DIY
String lights from Amazon
Diamond Paper Garland DIY
Thank you so much to everyone who came to our party! We were so happy to have you all. Cheers to a great evening!
It’s already the second week of October, which means that Halloween is right around the corner! Here’s a super easy craft to do with your little one!
Materials: A mini pumpkin, black paint, a drill (we used a 1/16″ bit), pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and glue.
What to do:
1. Paint the pumpkin black and let dry.
2. Drill eight holes into the pumpkin where the legs will go.
3. Stick pipe cleaners in each of the holes and bend them to look like legs.
4. Glue googly eyes onto the front.
Check back to see some other Halloween and Fall Crafts soon!
P.S. Halloween Crafts and Food, and Fall Finds
1. Schwinn Cruiser | 2. Bubble Tumblers | 3. Dip-Dyed Tumblers | 4. Art Print | 5. Hive Vases | 6. Sydney Shopper
I absolutely love the Sydney Shopper from Fossil in teal (one of my favorite colors!) and collected a few other pieces in the same bright hue for this collection. It’s the perfect vibrant splash for this rainy Monday. Enjoy!
It’s homecoming at Virginia Tech this weekend! We’re showing a little Hokie pride with a maroon and orange felt flower wreath and our VT flag waving proudly out front. Happy Homecoming and go Hokies!!
