Hey everyone! I hope everyone is excited for Halloween! Any awesome costumes?
Well this week the blog is really short, but I wanted to show off the pumpkins I created for the pumpkin decorating contest at work. It was really simple, but I love it so much!
They are chocolate covered strawberries!
Aren’t they cute?
So that’s it! Super short and sweet but still lots of fun!
Good morning! Halloween is only a week away! What!?!? How is that possible? I don’t really decorate for Halloween anymore, now that my girls are older, so I thought I would share some ideas from my favorite bloggers. Just click on the pictures to be taken to each ladies blog.
Of course, my first and most favorite blogger, is Karianne from Thistlewood Farms. She shared some big news this past week. She’s moving! She’s moving back to the home she grew up in. I can’t wait to see what she does with it! Here are Karianne’s Four Ideas for Inexpensive Halloween Door Decorations.
Lauren over at Bless’er House has a cool idea for marbled vases. Not too scary…just the right touch!
Kelly, over at My Soulful Home, has this cute mummy candle. Great project for the kids too!
Here is an idea that’s a little more on the creepy side! But doesn’t this look awesome? Angie, over at Knick of Time, has some great recycling ideas. I’m sure you have some spare bottles around!
Do you have any extra mason jars around the house? Linda at Mason Jar Craft Loves has loads of ideas for those jars! Just pick your favorite and start painting!
Well, it’s Halloween, so we need some treats, right? Amy at the Happy Scraps has some cute printables to add to your treats. She has lots of great ideas and I had a hard time just picking one!
This would be a great way to welcome your trick-or-treaters! The pumpkin even lights up! Laura at The Turquoise Home shares all the directions on her blog.
How about some free printables to hang on your walls for Halloween? I love how Katrin displays them in a canvas hung backwards. Perfect touch for Halloween! She even gives you the links for the printables.
Well, I am leaving you with Karianne again! These adorable little felt pumpkins were made by her sister and Karianne gives all the instructions on her blog.
What do you think? Are you ready to try any of these ideas? I hope it gives you some inspiration! Have a great week!
Hello everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful week and are starting to prep for all of the kids that will be coming to your door in 11 days. Are you ready, because I’m not…
Yeah…I happened to eat all of the candy I have purchased for Halloween. Not my proudest moment…
Either way, I wanted to show off some of my favorite pumpkins to decorate for Halloween. Now, if you are like me and absolutely hate gutting pumpkins (Terrible. Horrible. No Good. Very Bad.), sometimes it can be hard to find a good pumpkin decorating idea. So don’t worry, I have done the homework for you.
Here are 10 of my favorite decorated pumpkins for Halloween! I will post where you can find them. Enjoy!
Cinderella Inspired Pumpkin from A Pumpkin and a Princess
Studded Pumpkins from The Crafted Sparrow
Sequins Polka Dot Pumpkins from Sugar Cloth
Blue Porcelain Pumpkin from Craftberry Bush
Pumpkin Cage by Craft PassionCraft Passion
Gold Bling Pumpkin from The Swell Designer
Coastal Pumpkins from Crafty Morning
Unicorn Pumpkin from The Party Parade
Confetti Pumpkin from Madigan Made
Peacock Pumpkin from Home on the Corner
Good morning! Another week has begun! Are you having fall weather yet! We actually are! We don’t usually cool off until Halloween, so we are definitely blessed this year. It actually makes decorating for fall enjoyable!
I was able to get a few things out on my front porch for the fall. A few pumpkins, my chalkboard dressed up for fall and some new pillow covers helped to get it ready.
I love changing out my chalkboard for each season. I use chalk markers to give it such vibrant color. The FALL banner was a free printable I found over at The Cottage Market.
I ordered a couple of new pillow covers from Amazon. I listed the links at the bottom of the page. I love the blue color on the pumpkins!
Of course, I have to have pumpkins! I have mostly orange, but I did manage find a beautiful blue/green heirloom pumpkin.
A cozy blanket keeps me warm on chilly mornings.
Our trees aren’t changing color just yet, so I threw in some faux leaves too.
I hope you have a great week!
Here are some links to similar items at Amazon. I get a little percentage back on whatever is purchased so, Thank You!
Hello everyone! Did everyone have a good weekend?
This week I want to talk about an awesome cause that my whole family takes a part in and cares deeply about. It is an organization that we have helped to build from the ground up, which makes it even more meaningful to us. This would be the nonprofit animal shelter Valley Animal Haven.
We have known the owner since for about 12 years, so when she told us that she was starting her own animal shelter, we were completely on board to help. We helped with fundraisers to raise money for supplies, we volunteer countless hours, and help with different adoption events.
In other words, we are there a lot.
We were there on the day that we opened the doors at the first official shelter location. My whole family became board members to help out even more. My sister did a 4-H fundraiser to help get another kennel for the dogs. My dad has built all of our indoor cat areas by hand. My family has rescued multiple dogs to take to the shelter and have adopted 3 (Rozy, Munchy, and Maggie), from the shelter.
And the shelter continues to grow.
The shelter was started in 2014 and had barely any adoptions. And so far this year, we have almost hit 600 adoptions! This includes dogs, cats, rabbits, turtles, and guinea pigs. Honestly, we don’t really know how we acquired and adopted out the rabbits, turtles, and guinea pigs, but we will take it!
We have also had many fundraisers that have helped out the shelter with some finances. There have been garage sales, dog washes, costume contests, dog walks, and many more. Any little bit helps them out.
But the most important thing is if you want to help out. You can donate money or supplies to the shelter, but we are always looking for volunteers. Every little thing helps. Even if you can only come for an hour and help feed the puppies, we will take the help. And there are so many dogs and cats that are looking for homes. If you want to check out Valley Animal Haven’s website, you can look at it by clicking on the picture below.
But you don’t have to just help at animal shelters! There are plenty of local nonprofit organizations in your area that are looking for help. Nonprofits require a lot more work than you expect, so any help that they can get would be greatly appreciated. You can look in your local newspaper or use the handy dandy Google to see what is in your area. There may be something in your area that you absolutely care about that you can help with! Give them a call and find out how your can help!
Thank you so much for checking out Valley Animal Haven and this blog post! We helped with fundraisers to raise money for supplies, we volunteer countless hours, and help with different adoption events. There are many tools out there to help plan different nonprofit fundraising events. So if you have a cause you like to support check out how you can create your own nonprofit fundraiser. Have a wonderful week!
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