Jack O Lanterns in a Jar... A Brilliant Idea

The drop in temperature has gotten me all excited about Fall.  I need inspiration for new Fall projects.  As I was cruising different blogs, looking for great ideas, I came across something absolutely adorable. Ashleigh, from Bee In Our Bonnet guest posted on eighteen25. This is what she made:

It's a Jack-o-Lantern in a jar.

She used various cookie cutters to create these great shapes.

She got Halloween inspired icing colors.

She decorated the cookies amazingly well.

She used orange paper plates to create the most amazing Jack-o-lanterns!

Don't you think these make the greatest gifts?  Ashleigh's label is printable from her blog.

I don't know if I'm patient or talented enough to decorate as well as Ashleigh, but I'm pretty sure my girls will think this is a great project.  I'm so glad they shared it with us!

Stay tuned, we plan to share many more of our favorite finds with you!

Elmo & Cookie Monster Hats

Back in the spring, I worked up an Elmo hat for Ryan and Evan.  They love their hats.  My sister saw the hat and knew that my nephew would like one.  He loves Elmo!

After  a few months now, my sister has proven to be great advertising as she sent me an order for an Elmo hat and now a Cookie Monster hat.  I am always up for trying new things so I tried out the Cookie Monster hat for this order.

I love these cute hats.  I guess I need to try out some of the other Sesame Street characters as well.  These hats will be in our etsy store very soon!  Shannon and I have a goal to get our etsy store open as soon as possible, October 1 at the latest!  (If I put it in writing, I have to do it, right?)

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Pinterest Picks of the Week 9/15

Enjoy my favorite pins from Pinterest this week!  Click on the picture for more details.

This is pure genius!  I wouldn't use this for scrapbooking but for my recipes or my crochet patterns.  Who knew a paper towel holder could be so versatile!

Yum Yum Yum!  Peanut Butter Cheese ball.  I must try this soon!

I love Dear Lillie's pillows and this is one I think I will need to make.  What a simple pillow that is just beautiful!

Y'all know I love Candy Corn of any kind!

Make Dave Ramsey proud and make your own cash envelope system!

Cheesy Bacon Pull Aparts.  Oh my goodness!

I love all the great quotes that you can find on Pinterest.  Many are very encouraging and some are just downright hilarious!

A scarf that I love.  I can't wait to make it and the pattern is free!

I love it when blogs share their favorite fonts.  I don't think my 580 fonts is enough yet!

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I still have lots of invitations to Pinterest if you are interested!  Just email me  oursevendwarfs@gmail.com

Happy Pinning!

Banana, Pineapple, Coconut, Whole Wheat Muffins

Once again, I had a challenge.  My daughter's Assistant Teacher's birthday was less than a week after my daughter's birthday.  I had to come up with another healthy treat to celebrate her birthday.  I came up with a delicious recipe!  It was made with no added sugar too! Here's the recipe I created:

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Pray Picture Frame Tutorial

The other day while browsing Pinterest, I found a great metal board that had "Pray" on it.  I loved the idea so I decided to come up with something similar that used up some of my on hand items.  Here is what I made.

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Halloween Ideas Recap!

It's almost time to start decorating for Fall.  We started the blog in November of last year.  This didn't give us time to highlight many Halloween items. Let me share a few previous ideas in this recap post.  I hope you enjoy!  More Halloween ideas will be coming up soon!

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Shrimp and Romaine, Light and Tasty

It was 4:30 and I had to get dinner ready by 5:00.  Yep, that's right!  Our dinnertime is 5:00.  Nope, that's not my idea, it's my husbands.  If he isn't eating by 5:00 the drama kicks in.  He pretends like he's too weak to stand, complains of a headache, threatens to pass out, etc.  Please don't feel sorry for him, he's completely fine.  Anyone who thinks women are the dramatic ones hasn't witnessed John at 5:00, if he isn't eating.

The problem was, I had nothing planned. So, I hit the refrigerator and cabinet.  This is what I grabbed:

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Pinterest Picks of the Week

Thank you to all the new followers on Pinterest!  I hope that you are enjoying some of my finds.  Now for all of you not on Pinterest yet, I want to share some great ideas with you and hopefully sway you to join me!  Each week I will give you just a sampling of things I am pinning to make in the future or for ideas around my house.  I hope you enjoy what I have to share.

Click on any of the pictures to see more details.

Simple Gift Wrap that is chic and cost effective!

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