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+ I love these little candy pouches!
+ Do you send out Halloween cards?
+ A great city guide representing my hometown of Pittsburgh, PA!
+ Outstanding in the Field is a fantastic concept: a traveling dinner party tour.
Tag Team Tompkins creates hand lettered, paper cut art featuring some of my favorite things. Quotes. These would perfect for Halloween, don’t you think? {via Paper Crave}
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I promised, no swore, to myself that I wouldn’t post anything Halloween-related until October 1st. And then I saw these hand-painted cards from Rifle Paper Co. and all bets went out the window. Like, for serious.
Posted In cards, halloween, holidays, paper goods
The skull spoon is a vintage sterling or silver-plated tea or tablespoon transformed via Dremel tool, buffing wheel, jewelers rouge and imagination by artist Pinky Diablo (aka Tom Sale). To say I’m obsessed would be an understatement.
The past week has been a whirlwind of birthday awesomeness! Between my dad’s surprise visit to the best tres leches cake ever I’ve decided that thirty is pretty great so far. And thank you all once again for your warm birthday wishes – they really mean a lot.
Notes:
Don’t forget, you have until Monday at 9:00 am CST to enter for a chance to win an original painting from Lisa Romero! The odds are looking like they’re in your favor at the moment, too.
And as for all the goodness floating around this past week…
• can’t wait to try this: use a waffle iron to make cookies fast :: The Kitchn
• have you seen Ellie’s amazing Halloween invitations? :: mint
• Karey’s sweet post for my birthday *gush* :: mackin ink
• this dude drew the entire NYC skyline – from memory :: a cup of jo
• great tips on how to take product shots :: poppytalk
• classically chic Halloween themed rehearsal dinner :: Style Me Pretty
And tons of great downloads… for FREE of course!
• print out these holiday mailing labels for packages going to faraway friends :: Make, Do & Send
• everyone is sick right now! choose from two get well cards :: Vale Designs
• sweet packaging labels for bath salts + hot chocolate mix :: Blonde Designs
• the cutest candy bag favors :: Style Me Pretty
• and homemade pie tags, too :: Style Me Pretty
• cup wrappers for your next get together :: Eat Drink Chic
• pretty gift tags for your presents :: Love. Obsess. Inspire.
• not one, not two, but three November calendars for you!
Happy Weekend!
Posted In downloads, entertaining, gifts, halloween, happy weekend, holidays, invitations, office, recipes, shameless plug, weddingsHoorah! Halloween weekend is finally here (I feel like I’ve been waiting for ages…) and it’s going to be a busy one. Tonight is Greedy Girl’s costume party, then tomorrow is college football, a bake sale and trick or treating! Will you be swinging by any parties or dressing up?
NOTES:
+ You only have until tomorrow left to enter the 2010 Calendar Swap, so hurry up already!
+ Our calendar giveaways are about to finish up, but you have until Monday to enter the Lizard Press calendar giveaway!
+ And the Aster + Sage giveaway ends Monday morning at 9:00 CST, enter to win a sweet pouch plus one to give away!
Great posts this week…
• a great roundup of sweet Halloween printables and paper crafts (I love the owl bag topper!) :: paper crave
• fantastic + amazing Halloween mix to play in your cube or at your party :: Kitsune Noir
• beautifully intricate project to download + make your very own I Spied October game :: A Field Journal
• really pretty pink + grey wedding! :: Wiley Valentine
• scary, tasty brain cake :: Neatorama
• classy holiday dinner party invites to download for your next fall get-together :: Love. Obsess. Inspire.
• Pumpkin Week :: Sweet Paul
• brilliantly designed Creature Survival Kit invitations :: A Brooklyn Limestone
• almost time to start gearing up for the holidays! check out 35 delicious treats to make + give :: Meet Me at Mikes
Happy Halloween Weekend!
Posted In downloads, entertaining, gifts, halloween, happy weekend, holidays, invitations, music, paper goods, recipes, weddings
Who would would’ve thought that red and black candy apples could look so elegantly spooky? So sleek and sexy even? And as an extra I bet they’re even delicious. {via At Home with Kim Vallee}
Last year was one of the first in my life that I didn’t carve a jack-o-lantern to light up on Halloween night. I don’t want to end up in the same place again come Saturday, but time is running short and I’m a busy gal. There are lots of carveless pumpkin ideas floating around out there, but these two in particular might be just what the doctor ordered for my front porch!
I love the starkness of these. So striking and easy!
Simple and a great way to get rid of snagged stockings without relegating them to the trash bin!
Posted In halloween, holidays, make it
I’ve been staring at Chris Ware’s Halloween cover for the New Yorker off and on over the past few days and have decided I love it. Very, very much so in fact. Definitely enough to want a print of it. {via Boing Boing}
At my house it’s become a bit of a tradition to experiment with a new cocktail as soon as the last trick-or-treater leaves and the porch light goes out. So in typical On the Rocks fashion, I’ve rounded up some tasty libations in honor of October 31st!
