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It's Friday night, and you know what that means..

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I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.  I'm sorry there was not a party last week. I was so busy, that I forgot it was Friday, and did not realize it until Sunday.  Then a few days days ago, I posted a holiday message, but I am not sure it posted. If you missed it, you can see it here.

We have been having fun this last week, doing a lot of Christmas activities.  We went to see Winterfest at Kings Island, the Christmas House in Piqua, and went to a family Christmas Party. 

We are spending time with family, and enjoying the holiday season.   Our grand baby loves here new Bluey.  

Well it is getting late, and I better get this party started.  Link up and HAVE FUN!! 

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Happy Holidays!!

 

Happy Holidays!

I'm sorry I flaked on the Dare to Share Party this past Friday. I have been so busy I forgot what day it was, and realized I missed the party on Sunday. 🤦 Since it was already a few days late, I figured we would just skip last week and I would post one this upcoming Friday.  

Here are some of a few things I have been up to this past week, and why I have been so busy. 

When I was visiting my family and friends in Michigan, I visited the holiday alley in Howell.  It is always decorated in a different theme by the store owners.  There had just been a big snowfall, which made it look even more festive. 

We also attended an 80th birthday for someone close to us. 

During the week, we had the grand baby over a few times. I did try the viral wrapping paper photo shoot with her.  I do have a few keeper photos, but she was not really sure what thought about the paper and kept ripping it.  She wanted a picture of Snowy the snowmand while she wandered off to play. 

Her gingerbread play house has been a huge hit this year. She loves it. She wasn't sure what she thought of it at first, but now she goes right in and brings out her gingerbread toys.  

This past Friday was my holiday party at work. Each one of us picked a color. We wore PJs in the color we chose, and also brought snacks in that color.  My color was pink. I brought pink chocolate covered popcorn, pink wafter cookies, pink Sour Patch kids, and pink strawberry lemonade.  It was a lot of fun, and there was way more food and sweets than we could even think to eat. 

This past Saturday we had a family Christmas party with D's family.  We played a few games, and had a lot of holiday food.  Each year Santa visits, and gives gifts to the kids in attendance.  

On the way home from the party, we stopped to see the Christmas house. It is known for it's blow molds and festive lights. It is really neat to see in person. We will definitely go see it again. 

While there I met Santa.  I asked him if I could take a picture with him, so I could show my grand baby that I have met him in person. He said definitely, and then gave me a cool coin to give to her from him.  

On Sunday we went Christmas shopping, and then to Winterfest at Kings Island. I love all the lights at Winterfest.  I wish I had these gingerbread characters for my own house since I decorate in a gingerbread theme.  It was a lot colder than we thought it was going to be, but it was still fun!

Now we are just two days from Christmas, and still have so much to do.   I probably should eat some lunch, and start wrapping presents, because I have not even started yet. 

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!  

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It's Friday night, and you know what that means..

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Happy Friday! 

How is December almost half over already!  This weekend we are visiting family and friends in Michigan again. I also hope we can do some Christmas shopping, because there is still so much that needs to be done in the next two weeks.  I just loved this white nutcracker we saw today.  

Most of our decorations are up, but not all.  I have decorated outside, but we still do not have our lights up on the house.  I need some help from D who is much taller than me with the ladder etc.. I am barely over 5 feet, and he is a foot taller. It's much easier for me to decorate closer to the ground.  I did have a few more things on the front porch but it was really windy recently and I took some of it in the house.  I decided to keep the candy bar in the dining room since it is really light weight, and our grand baby decided she wanted the gingerbread tree for her play house. 

My dogs were very excited when they got their Christmas Bark bag this week.  Each month my golden poses with her box/bag before we open it.  The pictures always crack me up because she is so not a serious dog, but she always looks serious when she poses for the camera. 

Here is our grandbaby's growing collection. She now in addition to her house, has a gingerbread tree, snowman, and new lantern.  :)  This has been so much making this for her.  I know she is too young to remember this many years in the future, so I think I might make this a yearly tradition.  

Last week I shared what I was doing with my gingerbread bakery decorations.  In this picture you can see my tree, and one of the fake cookies I hang on the wall.  I love how everything is coming together. 

Well it is getting late, so I better get this party started.  Link up and HAVE FUN!! 

 

 

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A lot of things have happened since the party last week.  Ohio State won the big game against Michigan. Yea! Go Bucks! You also got to love what Brutus our mascot did during the game, unless you root for U of M.  LOL!  Now I hope they beat Indiana this weekend in the Big 10 Championship game.  I started turning the dining room into a gingerbread bakery this week.  Last year after Christmas I got this pink flocked Christmas tree for only $18 on clearance.  I am loving the look of it. I will be sharing pics of my DIY decor this week. We have a bit more to put up both inside and outside.  

Next to my tree I have my gingerbread nutcracker. I made this guy a couple of years ago and it is one of my favorite DIYs.  

I have also been using a lot of my DIY Candy Props in my decor this year.  The cotton candy and lollipops are so cute and easy to make.  

I hope you are staying warm where you live. It's very cold in Ohio this weekend. We want to do some of the Christmas events in our area this weekend, but might not if it stays in the 20s.  Brrrr! 

Well it looks like it is time to get this party started.  Link up and HAVE FUN! 

 

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Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! 

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. This year we are having three meals. Yesterday on Thanksgiving, we had Ds kids, and the grand baby over for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. 

I only took video of my table setting, so this is a screenshot of some of it. I used a lot of my Dollar Tree Thanksgiving decor from past years, which turned out so pretty. The meal turned out really well, and it was such a good day hanging out with the kids and grand baby. 

I am decorating our house in a gingerbread bakery theme for Christmas this year.  I decided to make little one her very own gingerbread playhouse.  She loves it! I wallpapered the inside with gingerbread wrapping paper, and I used a roll of brown kraft paper on the outside. I made the lollipops, and everything else is from Dollar Tree. The only thing that wasn't from Dollar Tree is the gingerbread face paper plate which I got from Walmart.  

Tonight we had our second traditional meal.  I made our leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Pizza. We love this pizza so much. I have to admit I look forward to it just as much as Thanksgiving dinner. It is really easy to make, and disappears very quickly at our house.  

On Saturday we will be watching the Ohio State- Michigan game.  While I consider myself a dual citizen of both states since I lived in both for many years, I am 100% Buckeye when it comes to colleges.  I am a 2nd generation Ohio State alumni.  I am hoping for a good outcome this year.. Go Bucks! 

 

Sunday we will be celebrating Thanksgiving with some more relatives, which will be our third special meal of the weekend. We may be turkeyed out by the time the weekend is over, but it is worth it.  

Now that you know what I have been up to this week, I want to see what you have been up to.  Link up and HAVE FUN! 

 

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Happy almost Thanksgiving Week! 

I don't know where November went, but it's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is less than a week away.  I have to admit I'm guilty of Thankmas.  I am already in Christmas mode, and have been planning many Christmas projects. A few of those projects I hope to do this weekend. We will have decent weather tomorrow, so we are going to set up the outdoor decorations. I am also going to make a gingerbread playhouse for my grand baby out of a large box. My theme is gingerbread and sweet treats again this year, so her playhouse will fit right in. We saw a premade cardboard house for $50 recently and decided it will be more fun and less expensive to make it at home. 

One of our favorite traditions at Thanksgiving is Leftover Thanksgiving Pizza.I make it every year and disappears quickly. I am getting hungry just thinking about it. :)  

If you are looking for a fun snack this Thanksgiving, I am resharing another family favorite Turkey Sandwich Snacks. They are cute, colorful, and healthy too. 

If you are looking for some fun Thanksgiving crafts, you may like my post Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts. It's a round up of easy turkey crafts that I have made in the past like these napkin rings made from a paper towel roll.  

It is time to get this party started. I would love to see what you have been up to this week.  Link up and HAVE FUN! 

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Happy Friday! 

Were you able to see the Northern lights this week?  We were about to see some in southern Ohio. They were visible a bit by the naked eye, but looked even better on the phone. 

I did not mention this at last week's party, but I did something very exciting last weekend.  Can you tell who we saw in concert?  If you guessed the Jonas Brothers, you would be right! I have liked their music for years, and was very excited to see them in concert in Columbus.  At the concert we found out that they were also releasing a Christmas movie this weekend on the Disney Channel today. (11/14) I already watched it, and will definitely watch it again. If you love silly, fun, Christmas movies with good music you will want to see it. 

I am adding this picture just for fun. I get my dog's a Bark bag every month. When it arrives I have my dogs pose with the bag before we open it. Occasionally I get a big smile from my golden, but usually she has such a serious expression.  Once I open the bag for her treats and toys she has trouble containing her excitement. Do you have dogs that are silly like mine? 

Well it is getting to be that time, so let's get his party started.  Link up and HAVE FUN!!

 

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It's Friday night, and you know what that means.. 

It is time to Dare to Share! 

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Happy Halloween!! 

We just got home from the Halloween dance with our friends. D and I are were also born right around Halloween, so we also celebrated our birthdays at the dance. 

Did you guess what my costume was going to be from my clue last week. Yes, I was Glinda from the movie Wicked. I love that movie, and I am really looking forward to Wicked for Good coming out in a few weeks.   Earlier this week we went to  pumpkin glow, and saw these really good Glinda and Elphaba pumpkins. 

I'm a little said that Halloween season is over, but also excited that it is unofficially Christmas season.  I am going to be making some new DIYs in a sweets/gingerbread theme.  I am also going to be using a new Christmas tree that I bought last year which I will probably start decorating in a couple of weeks.  

Well it is really late, so I am going to get this party started.  I would love to see what you have been up to this week.  Link up and HAVE FUN! 

 

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It's time to Dare to Share! 

If you are looking for some last minute DIYs, I finally posted the projects that I made for this Halloween.  You can see what I made on this post here.

I added a couple new listings for Halloween in my Etsy Shop. If you need a Take One Please or an Out of Treats sign you might want to check them out.  

I am just adding this picture, because it was a beautiful pink sunset. 

Do you dress up for Halloween?  I do, and I have my costume.  It's going to be a popular costume this year, because it's part of something that is coming in November.  That is my clue, do you know what I am going to be?  I am DIYing part of my costume, which I will post here once I am finished with it.  

Now that you know what I have been up to, I would like to see what you have been doing.  Link up and HAVE FUN! 

 

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Easy Last Minute Halloween DIYS

Last year I made a cute last minute ghost candy basket that got a lot of compliments, and held a lot of candy.  This year I updated DIY to incorporate the pink Halloween trend. 

This ghost lantern is very easy to make. I used a Dollar Tree lantern and a package of their flexible cutting boards. I cut the cutting boards to fit the lantern and added a the face and ribbon.  It's perfect for our purple Halloween theme I am doing this year. 

This year there has been a viral trend using spackle on a canvas in the shape of ghost. They are really easy to make, and can be adapted to whatever colors you want. I shared how I made these on both Instagram and TIK TOK.  My grand baby loves the bright ghosts.  :) 

 

Another trend that has been going on the last few years is making a ghost painting.  People have been buying painting and then adding spooky scenes.  I like to do this trend on a budget.  I buy my canvases at the Dollar Tree. I made these two for my bathroom.  They make me smile every time I see them.  I also made a few other canvases his year which you can see here, and here.

Since I am doing a purple non scary Halloween for my grand baby, I wanted to make a cute ghost sign.  I found the large ghost and ghost ornaments at the Dollar Tree.  This is mama ghost and all her ghost babies who represent someone in our family. The purple bows make the ghosts more cute than scary. 

I love the bleach your own T shirts trend. This year I made this cute skeleton shirt.  

My main display on our front porch is my giant purple ghost that made from covering one of our porch leaners. You can see how I made it on Instagram and TIK TOK. I may add a few more Halloween DIYs this season, but I am also starting to think ahead to Christmas. 

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