CSN Stores Giveaway!

I'm sure by now that you have all heard of the awesomeness that is CSNstores.com!

They have almost anything and everything that you could ever need or want!I'm thinking my hubby and I may be doing a lot of our Christmas shopping at some of their toy stores this year:) They also have a ton of other things to offer like stuff for your house {ottoman coffee table}, stuff for your yard {outdoor furniture}, and stuff for your kiddos {toys, toys, toys}! 

I'm thinking my boys love to have this:

this:

or this:

for Christmas this year!

Doesn't seeing all those cool toys make you want to start Christmas shopping right now!?! Well lucky for you, today I am giving away a
$65 gift certificate to CSNstores.com!

Here's how to enter:
1. Head over to csnstores.com and check out all the great things they have to offer. Come back here and tell me what one thing you would love to have! {This is a Mandatory entry and must be done first!}
2. After you have completed #1, you can enter as many times a you would like just by leaving a comment! Any comment and as many comments as you would like between now and next Monday, November 8th.

This giveaway will end at 7:00 am CST on Monday, November 8th. Be sure to leave an email address with your comment if your email isn't visible in your profile! Giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only. I will use random.org to pick a winner. Thanks so much to CSNstores.com for providing the gift certificate! Good luck!

Miscellany Monday

A. We had an outrageously busy weekend {Halloween party Friday night, Fall Festival at church Saturday night, and Trick or Treating Sunday night} as I'm sure most everyone else did! I am just a little exhausted from all the fun Halloween/fall activities, and I'm kind of thankful that we don't have a whole lot going on until closer to Thanksgiving.

B. Because we have been so busy, the housework had to be put on hold for a few days:) That means I have a ton of laundry piled up waiting to be folded, and a ton of other laundry that needs to be washed. Sometimes I think I would love to have a maid...but just having someone else to do the laundry would probably be enough to make me happy!

C. In all the candy and craziness that was Halloween night, I accidentally left my camera at my aunt's house. That means no cute pictures of three little knights trick or treating. I did manage to get a half way decent shot of them at the Fall Festival Saturday night though:

D. Is it just me, or is it kind of crazy that the stores already have out all of their Christmas stuff! I like Christmas, but can we at least wait until after Thanksgiving before we start plastering Santa and snowmen all over everything!

E. I don't know if I have mentioned this on my blog before or not, but we are really big Mississippi State fans at our house {that is where my hubby went to college}. Right now the Bulldogs are ranked in the top 25 and they are probably going to make it to a bowl game this year {it's been a few years since that had a good  season}.  We are so excited they are doing well this year, and we are hoping to find tickets to one of the few home games that are left. Henry and Grant have been begging to go to a game, so maybe we can work it out over the next few weeks:)

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Happy Fall Y'all!

Mad Scientist Treats

Lime Jello Jigglers

 plus gummie worms and spiders

 and fun petri dishes {aka plastic tape holders that Jason got at work}

 equal a really cool and really gross

 mad scientist treat!

Fun New Twist on an Old Classic

I'm sure you all remember the fun ghost lollipops that we used to make as kids. They are a SUPER simply project that only require tissue paper, ribbon, and a lollipop. I loved them as a kid, but lately I've been trying to do less scary stuff and more fall type stuff for Halloween.  So when I saw this idea a few weeks ago, I knew the pumpkin version was just too cute not to make for my boys' classmates.

I started with orange tissue paper, green gingham ribbon, some small squares of contact paper,

and of course LOLLIPOPS!

I found these SUPER sized lollipops at the dollar store for $1!

The first step is to cut the tissue paper to size. Then punch a hole in the center of the contact paper square. This is to reinforce the tissue paper so that it doesn't tear. Place the contact paper square in the center of the piece of orange tissue paper.

Insert the lollipop stick through the hole in the contact paper and then through the tissue paper.

Tie them up with a piece of green ribbon, and you have a SUPER adorable and really easy party favor.

Wordless Wednesday: Glow in the Dark

{Praise in the Park 2010}

Pumpkin Jigglers

Jello Jigglers

& pumpkin cookie cutters

 make SUPER easy

and SUPER fun

fall treats

for everyone to eat!

{I'm also making another fun Halloween snack with Jello that I hopefully will share with you on Friday!}

What kind of fun Halloween/fall snacks have you been making?!?

Candy Corn Tshirts

A few weeks ago, I made the boys some really cute and really simple Candy Corn Tshirts.

I started with some plain white broadcloth, plain yellow broadcloth, and some cute black and orange polka dot material. I decided how big each color should be and then cut strips of each material. I lined them up like a candy corn: white on top, orange in the middle, and yellow on the bottom.

I printed out a clip art candy corn to use as a template. I traced the shape onto some iron on adhesive. {You could just freehand the shape if you wanted to.}

Then I attached the candy corn shaped iron on adhesive to the back side of my strips of material following the directions on the package. After it cooled off, I trimmed the extra material away and then ironed the candy corn to the shirt.

I used my sewing machine and went around the edges of the candy corn with a straight stitch. I also did a zig-zag stitch between the different colors of material.

And that is how you make a SUPER cute and SUPER easy Candy Corn Tshirt for fall!

Simple Outdoor Pillow Slipcovers

My attempt to add a little fall flair to my front porch continues with some new pillow slipcovers to go onto THESE pillows that I made this summer.

I really didn't want to re-sew and re-stuff new pillows for fall, so instead of new pillows I made some simple pillow slipcovers.

To make the slipcovers, I cut one piece of material just a little bigger than my pillow to account for the seams. Then I cut another piece of material with about 4 inches of extra length on one end to make a flap. I sewed the two pieces of material {right sides together} on three sides leaving the end with the flap open. It ended up looking kind of like a pillow case with a longer flap on one side. 

I turned the slipcover right side out and stuffed the old pillows into it. The picture above shows the flap that is at the top of the slipcover.

After the pillow was completely stuffed into the slipcover, I simply tucked the flap into the back.

Now I have new fall plaid pillows that took very little time or effort to make! My favorite part about these slipcovers is that now I can have new pillows for every different holiday and season without having to spend hours sewing and stuffing!