Archive for the ‘Halloween’ Category

I’m beyond excited to share with you my Pottery Barn Inspired Witches Brew Halloween Party. This was a styled shoot I did with several super spooky and equally beautiful items that Pottery Barn was kind enough to send me. This party was super simple and would be easy for anyone to recreate. I will include some helpful tips along the way.

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Okay, so what’s new? I am totally behind. I did this shoot a few weeks ago and finally am getting around to sharing it with you! Oh, well. . . better late than NEVER is my motto. Don’t worry, all of these items will be available to purchase next year in my shop (technically I am ahead then, if these are for next year, right?) so pin them now and buy them later! Thank goodness for pinterest. Check out our Simple Halloween Party . . .

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When is comes to school Halloween parties, you have to get creative. Since you are limited to bringing in store bought food and catering to 25+ kids, there definitely are challenges. I’ve been in charge of helping plan Skyler and Jackson’s preschool parties for the last 4 years. For the first two years, we were handed down ideas from the previous parents. Last year, we stepped outside the box a bit and came up with some cool ideas! This year, I wanted to shake things up a bit!

Thank goodness for Pinterest. I’ve been pinning Halloween ideas since I discovered Pinterest back in March (btw, contact me if you need an invite, I’ll hook you up. I should be getting paid for my constant endorsements, haha.) Also, make sure you follow me on Pinterest, if you don’t already. I’m constantly pinning everything from holiday ideas to hairdos and everything in between.

Before our party planning meeting, I went to my “Boo“ Halloween board and started pulling ideas for the party. It was so fun and so EASY!!! It always seems like you see an idea for something during the off time of year and when the holiday rolls around you can’t remember what it was or how to do it. Well, that’s why Pinterest is so great. You can pin something and forget it until you need it. Then when you are ready to access it, it’s right there waiting for you!!!

For our Snack we selected these adorable Mummy “Scary” Sippers and Spooky Popcorn Hands

{Parents.com via Pinterest}

{Dollarstore Mom via Pinterest}

Here are some of the activities that we’ve planned. I can’t wait to watch the kids do the donut on the string game:

{Tip Junkie via Pinterest}

{Martha Stewart via Pinterest}

{Jeanetics.net via Pinterest}

{Classic Play! via Pinterest}

Treat for the Kids!! {Skip to my Lou via Pinterest}

You can download all of these fun snacks and activities and use them for you kids parties. Click on the images above to download! Just thought it would be fun to share them with you! Like I said, we’ve done many different activities and games in the past, but if there is something uber fun that I am missing, send me an email! Maybe we will add it to our list of activities!!!

Hi Friends!! It’s me. . . the long lost blogger. So, I have a million things to tell you! I had a crazy and chaotic summer. September has gone by just as fast! I had no idea this weekend was the beginning of October. Where does the time go? I have so much to tell you and roughly 15 blog posts that I’m “working” on. Okay, so “working” is a bit of a stretch, but I have a list of topics written down! Does that count?

Okay, back to this blog post. If you know me at all, I am always behind! I usually am designing things the week before the holiday. This time, I actually designed some NEW Halloween items. I think Halloween is a great excuse to throw a party! I wanted to design some printables to make your lives easier. Also, if you missed it last year, I gave away a FREE Halloween Printable.

I included a TON of photos, just because I’m trying to make up for not being around!!! Enjoy!!

These items were all inspired by Martha Stewart and Stephanie Schiada of Brooklyn Limestone who I saw featured in Women’s Day Specials: Halloween celebrations magazine. Thanks for all the inspiration ladies!!!

Let me know what you think! I am still “planning” (we’ll see if that actually happens) on designing a few more items. I’d love your feedback since I feel like I’ve been designing in a bubble! Help. . . do these suck or are they Pinterest worthy??

All of these items are either available in my shop or they will be really soon!!

Miss you guys!

xo-Jessica