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Halloween Freebies {Via Catch My Party}

Sep6
Our friends at Catch My Party have featured our Halloween Freebies {Spooky Faces} on their blog!  They are graciously hosting the download.
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Check it out!
We’ve also got two other spooktacular Halloween designs in our shop.
Trick or Treat Halloween Collection
Vintage Halloween Collection
It’s that time again! My favorite time of year! 
Best,
Krysten
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Freebie Roundup Summer/Fall 2011

Aug21

I am taking this week off to get my life ready for back to school, holidays and some upcoming special events.  When I come back, I’ll share more stuff I’m working on, more geeky fun and adventures, and most importantly: more freebies.

Before I go, I want to do a freebie roundup of all the freebies from my blog.  We will be combining my blog with my main website, and I will make sure I have a freebie page with links to the Clickable Party freebie universe!

Mini-cards Spooky faces 
(full printable on its way via Catch My Party)

Stay tuned for free Flintstone birthday printables and Mario Brothers birthday printables!

Best,
Krysten
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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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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

Monday’s blog has something free! 10.4.10 {Better late than never}

Oct5


WHEW! What a day!

Sorry this is coming so late, friends and followers, but here it is! Today’s printable is from the Trick or Treat Collection – it is 2″ party circles to use on gift bags, as a mini banner or cupcake toppers – super cute!
Hope your Monday was Marvelous!
Best,
Krysten

Thursday’s Blog has Bloggy Clips 9.30.10 {Awesome DIYs}

Sep30
Here are some of my favorite clips from surfing the Blog Wave this week!
And what a week it has been! Last night was my youngest son’s “Back to School Night” where I had to give a mini speech about our Parents Advisory Council {We’re here to help!}, AND my darling hubby’s birthday {If you haven’t been to Buca di Bepo, you must go. Now.}!
In related news, I get to coordinate a dessert table for our Spooktacular Fall Dance for 200-300 people on Halloween weekend. Wha??? Excited and scared and recruiting slave labor. :-O
This weekend we are heading up to Ipswich Castle Hill for our annual family pix with the Callinas, and looking forward to next week – possibly visiting the Providence Zoo for their Jack-O-Lantern Extravaganza and hopefully taking home a pound puppy named Suzie! {That is not her, but she looks like that!}
On with the bloggy clips!

Pumpkin Spice cupcake skewers from WhipperBerry. This blog is so lovely, you can spend hours here perusing her posts and getting very inspired. Instructions included.

DIY Kids Playstove from My Delicious Ambiguity. This was not a new post for them, but new to me and complete with tutorial. Perfect for Thanksgiving when your little one wants to “help” in the kitchen or for Grandma’s house – so portable! Tutorial and printables included.

The Pink Peony of Le Jardin is genius. She has lots of great and inspiring stuff – like this $3 Specimen Decoration. Tutorial included on site.
Living Out Loud has a list of fabulous free Jack-O-Lantern patterns. Nice!

A Pumpkin and a Princess put together this darling mock-bubble gum dispenser with a clay pot set, a dollarstore jar and a wooden knob. I LERVE THIS! Full tutorial on their site!
Tomorrow is Friday! If you haven’t linked up on our linky party for Feature Me! Friday from last week, do it now! :)
Best,
Krysten

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Wednesday’s Blog has Party Tips 9.28.10 {Wood Pennant Banner}

Sep29
Wooden Pennant Banners? Seriously hard core!

These adorable banners from the Crafty Sisters are so cool – so cute – I can’t stand it!



Of course, for me as a paper crafter, the heavy tool work would require some assistance, but it would last forever! And being all about *greenity* something durable is very attractive. Maybe I’ll have a go with some foam core! That’s more my speed.

Anyway, click on over and check out this post. It’s a fab blog, totally clickworthy!

Best,
Krysten
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Tuesday Has a Recipe {Haunted Cookie Cups} 9.27.10

Sep28
Ok, how totally cute are these?

SO CUTE!

I was looking for a fellow blogger recipe, but I just couldn’t resist

These are Nestle Cookie Cups {Thanks 24/7 Moms} and here is the recipe!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
1 container (8 oz.) frozen light whipped topping, thawed
1 gallon-size plastic food storage bag
48 (about 1 teaspoon) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels
24 (about 1 tablespoon) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 350º F. Grease 24 mini-muffin cups. Place one square of cookie dough into each cup.
BAKE for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. With tip of butter knife, remove cookie cups from muffin pan. Arrange on serving platter.
FILL plastic bag with whipped topping; seal. Cut ½-inch from corner of bag. Squeeze bag lightly to pipe whipped topping on top of cookie cup to form ghost shape. Position two mini morsels as eyes and one regular size morsel as a mouth on each ghost. Serve immediately or store refrigerated for up to 2 hours.
Make Ahead Tip:
• Cookie bases can be made ahead and stored covered at room temperature.
Remember to follow baking instructions before consuming.
Tomorrow I will be trying out the Pie Pops from last week. Not sure where the results will end up – I think maybe my son’s classroom teacher/s will be getting a sweet surprise! :)
Enjoy!
Best,
Krysten

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Monday’s blog has something free! 9.27.10

Sep27




Today’s printables are for all my friends who are preschool/elementary school teachers and aids, and for my friends who have kids that age, or who just want to give a fun alternative {or addition} to candy this Halloween!

The three files include color bookmarks, color-me bookmarks and color-me lolly-pop holders. Enjoy!

Go to the Clickable Party Shop to download.

While you’re here, join our link party for 10.1.10!

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Best,
Krysten
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Thursday’s Blog has Bloggy Clips 9.23.10

Sep23

I’m still stuck on Fall/Halloween decorating ideas!

Here’s one from Random Thoughts of a Supermom

She includes a tutorial on how to make it yourself!

Kelli’s adorable blog is full of great ideas, lovely pictures and musings! You should definitely stop by and check her out! :)

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Here’s a great (not Halloween) decoration/tutorial from Centsible Savings.

This beautiful topiary looks like the expensive ones from Pottery Barn, and she made it for $8. You know I love that! Centsible Savings is full of these fabulous ideas!

Finally, Under the Table and Dreaming has this great idea and tutorial on making a fall sign with pumpkins! This blog is also full of awesome, and you should visit and be inspired!

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Hope you are all enjoying our first day of fall! Tomorrow is the last day to use your 50% off coupon code! FALL12010 and today is the last day to add yourself to last Friday’s link party for a chance to win our Trick or Treat Halloween Printable.

Best,
Krysten
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