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Amy Atlas Inspired Halloween Centerpiece Tutorial

Nov2
Here are the first of our images from the last few weeks of parties! This one is the Amy Atlas inspired centerpiece we used for the Spooktacular Fall Dance that we decorated for last Friday at a local Elementary School with 500 guests. We had a lot of fun putting all the details together for this party. We plan to use this centerpiece again for the upcoming Holidays with different embellishments!
First, we spray painted a plastic urn that we found at Home Depot for $8.00.


Next, we spray painted sticks silver that we found in our backyard!

They came out gorgeous!

We spray painted leaves found at the Dollar Tree to coordinate.

Look at the difference just the few leaves made!

We added some black crows from the Dollar Tree.

Very spooky!

These skulls we took from a Dollar Tree garland, pulled them off the rope and hot glued Christmas bulb hooks to the top to hang on the tree.
We thought they looked like little monkey skulls!

We spray painted an old wreath we found in the garage to match the branches.

And fit it around the bottom of the urn for a little something extra!

…Viola!

We thought it looked so big in our design space, but when we placed it on our tablescape in the school cafeteria, it was perfect!


Everyone loved it!

We hope you did too!

More to come…

Lots of Smiles,
Amber
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What we did last weekend {Scarecrow Building in Johnston}

Oct22
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We had a fabulous time in Johnston, RI last weekend building scarecrows, enjoying a hayride, picking a pumpkin and feeding the animals!












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That was our fabulous day!

Best,
Krysten

What we did last weekend! {Sandwich Fair 2010}

Oct18

I know you’re all looking for something free today. (It’s usually Freebie Monday’s here on the Clickable blog) but we are swamped and doing things a little differently this week. I’m going to be catching up on blogs about what is going on in the Callina household.

THE SANDWICH FAIR


As I mentioned last week, we went to the Sandwich Fair in Sandwich, NH and I had some delicious fried dough! I entered my first skillet throwing contest…(there were unflattering pix of me that I chose not to post) and the boys rode lots of scary, fast rides! Here are some pix

My fabulous mother-in-law’s turn.

There I am. The only ok pic I could find that I will share with you.
Another fabulous skillet throw.

There’s my son Seth as the skillet boy! He did great and kept up a positive attitude!

There’s Luke – it’s rare to get a pic of him lately without the “thumbs up.”




That’s it for scary ride pictures!

Then they both got an “earthworm” hat in preparation for winter. All in all a successful day. They needed a picture with this “magic” faucet behind them that appears to be floating in mid air.
Next post will be what we did THIS weekend!
Best,
Krysten

Friday Features Something New! 10.15.10

Oct15

I promised and here it is!
This week’s Feature me! Friday and Link party!

Hollah!

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Catch the Bouquet Extravaganza at Married with Coupons!

This is really exciting – especially because WE’RE ONE OF THE GIVEAWAYS! WOOT WOOT!

Check it out!
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Potholes and Pantyhose is one of my new favorite hangouts. How can you not adore this girl? A creative free spirit with so much style it hurts. Especially the hot rollers and sledgehammer pic. If you haven’t enjoyed Rebekah’s blog yet, you are truly missing something in this life! She submitted this neat Marbles and Copper Recycled Windchime.



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Graphic Design by Tara hosts a weekly blog hop mysteriously called “The Weekend Blog Hop” Hee hee! Stop by to make some new friends over the weekend, and while your there, visit her shop for graphic design needs such as logos, stationary and letterhead.

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Also, visit her sister site Bipolar World Girl with Tara’s musings about food, life and lots and lots of blog hops!
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Maria from Agape Love Designs posted these cute and funky glow in the dark Halloween nails! So cute!


Having a Hallalujah Good Time submitted this Easy Pear Butter recipe and tutorial! MMMMM.

Creative Passage submitted these Felted Wool Pumpkins – so, so cute! Ellen is a fabulous Etsy artist and crafty girl - super great ideas on her blog from quilting to paper craft to thrifty finds!


That’s all for this week’s Feature Me! Friday! Join the link party below if you would like to be featured next week on our blog!
Best,
Krysten
Here’s the drill…

Rules are

1. Leave your image/link below with something you’d like to share and have featured on this blog next Friday! This can be pretty much anything.
2. Grab the button featured above from the sidebar and place it in your post or on your blog to spread the word about the blog party.
3. Follow me here, Twitter OR Facebook and leave me a comment telling me what you did so I can follow you back!
4. Follow and/or leave a comment for {at least} the link before yours!

That’s it! Enjoy the party!

Thursday’s Bloggy Clips 10.14.10 {Candy Corn}

Oct14
Today’s bloggy clips are all about Candy Corn!
I made a really cute candy corn tree {not organized enough today to picture it – maybe later} and I love candy corn! It’s so…Halloweenie!

Candy corn wreath from Buckets of Grace - with directions!
Candy corn sugar cookies from Red Couch Recipes – with recipe and instructions!

I’m still working on my Spooktacular Fall Dance dessert table layout, and will soon post pix of some REAL PARTIES we’ve worked on.

Crazy, crazy, crazy, busy, busy, busy!
Best,
Krysten
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Tuesday Has a Recipe 10.12.10 {Fair Fried Dough with Maple Cream Topping}

Oct12

The last two days we took our annual trip to New Hampshire to the Sandwich Fair. My mother-in-law lives and owns a business in North Sandwich, and we always go up at least for the day.

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the Sandwich Fair, and the first annual Skillet Throwing Contest, which my darling mother in law talked me into entering. I was able to throw the 4 pound cast iron skillet fairly straight, much to my surprise and delight, and gave it a good 33 foot toss. Nothing compared to the winner’s 57 foot launch, but I was happy to have not hurt anyone!
I shared some Fried Dough with cream maple glaze with my 8 year old early in the day, and it was by far, the best fried dough I ever had! Inspired by this, I am posting a recipe for fried dough you can make at home from Meeyauw’s Recipes and maple cream sauce recipe that I think would work!
For the maple cream:
Combine 1 cup pure maple syrup, 1/2 cup heavy cream and about 2 tablespoons butter in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.
More about my eventful weekend to come, with some real party pix! WOOT!
Best,
Krysten
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It’s Freebie Monday 10.11.10

Oct11

First of all, sorry about Feature Friday – I was a no show! :( Had three parties this weekend, and currently not in the state, so Friday did not go how I planned it.

So to my linky friends who linked up last week, I will FEATURE FRIDAY you this Friday. Pinky swear!
BUT TODAY IS MONDAY! I love Freebie Monday.
I found this super cool tutorial for Thanksgiving Fortune Cookies from Kind Over Matter complete with picture tutorial. LOVE it! Go to their site to download.
See you all tomorrow for Recipe Tuesday!
Best,
Krysten

Thursday’s Blog has Bloggy Clips10.7.10

Oct7

I am tying to get ready for Thanksgiving, but Halloween is just too much fun!


How To Start Family Traditions For Halloween by My Delicious Ambiguity is a great list of ways to make the Halloween season special for you and your family and create traditions *beyond trick or treating* that last year after year.






Project Naptime brings us this great tutorial on how to make this awesome Halloween advent calendar (Pottery Barn knockoff-Love it!)


Here are some simple wood pumpkins from A Little Knick Knack and Crazy Craft Bugs. So simple and so cute!

Enjoy this day! I have a bazillion and one things to do! I will enjoy it anyway!

Best,
Krysten

Tuesday has a recipe {VEGAN Pumpkin Pie!} 10.5.10

Oct5
Today’s recipe comes from a fellow mogger blommy, Marci from The Balancing Act in Scrubs and Stilletos and her Meatless Monday series!

From her blog:

This blog is mostly about my 2 sweet little boys, Levin and Brighton, about being a Mother, our Vegetarian/Vegan diet/Green Living/Recycling/Saving the animals/Earth-loving/Hippie Lifestyle. Were not your ordinary Family!

She is definitely a great girl to follow as she chronicles her ‘life less ordinary’! And without further ado, I give you…

Vegan Pumpkin Pie!


Visit her blog for the recipe and directions, and leave her some comment love! Why is this extra great? Because every year for the holidays, we have some friends and family who are vegetarians or vegans – and now I know what I can do to show them I love them that much more! And you can too!

If you missed yesterday’s post: Monday’s Blog has Something Free – click through and download you free Halloween party circles! And there is still time to leave your link for Feature Me! Friday! Link Party!

Best,
Krysten
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Monday’s blog *will* have something free! 10.4.10

Oct4

Hey friends and followers!

I have something planned for my Freebie Monday, but will have to postpone posting it because we had a crazy weekend and I’M NOT READY FOR TODAY!

Here are some pix from the weekend though! Had lots of fun with the Callina Clan having pix taken and hanging out!




Seth’s hair was driving me crazy. I should have had it trimmed before we left!

Love my new corduroy jacket, but I accidentally bought it a size too big and didn’t know until it was too late. It’s laying weird, but hopefully my son is blocking it in the real pix!

The location was so beautiful! I’d never been here before, but we could have spent hours on these grounds. Absolutely breathtaking!
Stay tuned for Freebie Monday!
Best,
Krysten