Halloween Party projects

Every year about August I start thinking of this great Halloween party I'm going to have.  So I plot and plan...then poof.  It's the middle of October and I chicken out.  I justify it by telling myself next year will be even better!  Guess what...next year I'm going to have this really awesome Halloween party!

We made a bunch of stuff during the planning stage, here's some of it.  I'll add more pictures later when I dig the rest of the stuff out of the box (translation:  I'm too lazy to take those pictures right now).

Frankenstein box for the invitation, made with CTMH Cricut cartridge. (yes, I was going to hand deliver them because I'm not normal)

 Treat tubes for party favors, made with Art Philosophy Cartridge and Halloween Perfect Fit stamps

 Halloween box for prizes made with CTMH Moonlight paper and complements

I know this looks like an upside down bat...but it's really a right-side-up owl!  We thought this would be a good alternative to the "You've been boo'd" knock-and-run game that the neighbors like to tease us with.

Fun Fall designs

We live in Phoenix, Arizona.  So when someone talks about the Fall, we reply "Who, and are they hurt?"  Bottom line:  we don't really get to experience the greatness of the Fall season.  Instead we have Thanksgiving!

Pumpkin box made with CTMH papers and their Cricut cartridges

Candle wrap for table decoration, made with CTMH Cricut cartridge

 

 

 

  Mini Magazine box to hold cards, made with CTMH Cricut cartridge

 Card with 3-D leaves and Moonlight paper

3-D Pumpkin Place card holder and table decoration, made with CTMH Cricut cartridge

Bookmonster bookmarks

I saw this idea on Pinterest ( I love that place!)  I wish I knew who designed it because besides wanting to tell them it's awesome, I would like to give the appropriate credit. If anyone knows who ORIGINALLY designed these, please post a comment so I can give appropriate credit.  The corners of a few pages go into the monsters mouth and it marks the page.  Brilliant I say...just BRILLIANT!

We started out making these for classroom Halloween Party gifts for my son to pass out...but we had so many comments from friends that we decided to make a whole lot more and offer them at the Holiday Boutique.  The good news is...if nobody likes them then I don't have to make more for my sons party at school! See...there's always a bright side.

La Belle Vie Purse

We stayed up until after midnight making a ton of these because we liked them so much.  I KNOW...midnight!  What's wrong with us??!!

Christmas Gift Tags

Have you ever have one of those ideas that seemed brilliant at the time?  Well...I have brilliant ideas ALL the time, but my Mom (she's not here to defend herself so I'll blame it on her) agreed that having a booth at a Holiday Boutique the weekend before our own Open House was a brilliant idea.  It was...at the time.  Now, 3 days beforehand, we are acting like beheaded chickens but strangely enough, we are still laughing and enjoying every minute of it!

We have been working on these Christmas Gift Tags to sell.  I apologize for the bad pictures.  We've added "Learn to take good pictures to post on the blog" to our list of must-do's.  But I think they get the idea out there at least.