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Holiday Treasures Charcuterie Board
As we enter the start of the holiday season I start to look for some of my favorite treats and delights in stores and shops that are special because they remind me of holidays and sparkling memories. For your holiday parties and events, make a board that encompasses all of your favorites surprises to share. With something for everyone, it will be a hit at Thanksgiving and Friendsgiving as well as being a pretty snack and conversation starter. Supplies: Log cutting Charcuterie Board- Try this one. Costco Shopping list: Dried Pears, Dried Strawberries, Croissants, White Creme and Peppermint Pretzel crisps, Sonoma Creamery Pepper Jack Cheese Crisps. Local Grocery shopping list:…
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Waffle Stitch Pillows
As soon as the bustling excitement of Halloween is over, I find myself tidying my home and reaching for all of the details that add coziness and warmth. Cooler temperatures have crept in and my way of welcoming each season in its time is to create soft and comfortable spaces. Waffle stitch for crochet is one of my favorite stitches. It’s not too difficult to learn and once you have it, you’ll love it’s repetition and soothing texture. These pillows work up more quickly than they seem because we will only be crocheting the front panel and then using our sewing skills to make a zippered back. A sewing machine…
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A Zombie Potato Charcuterie Board
A wise person once said, “Charcuterie Boards are basically adult lunchables.” I have loved browsing ideas for charcuterie boards all over the internet and seeing some of these fun ideas show up at get togethers and events. I love the creativity and uniqueness that you can add to each board, making each addition coordinated to the theme of the board, or sometimes something totally different can be added to create just the right touch. For October, I have been brainstorming a charcuterie board with Macabre details and Zombie flair. Have a look and give these a try. They are just as delicious as they are spooky and they will be…
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Spiced Apple Cider Donuts
I have been known to be easily coerced into making all sorts of questionable decisions when the result will end in donuts. This time of year, I think one of the best trick or treats might be donuts on a string. There might have been a time when I would have shied away from looking silly while trying to wolf down one of the magical donuts dangling from a string, but on Halloween, it’s right up my alley. You might be someone who is skeptical about the amazing deliciousness of a donut on a string, and if you are, I would like you to give these donuts a try and…
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Swiftie Bracelets
Let’s face it. You’re going to the movie. You either weren’t able (like me) to spring for the tickets to the tour and so you missed it live, or you DID see it and you can’t wait to relive the fun. Either way, you’re probably going to need a few friendship bracelets. I took my daughters to the Eras Tour movie for our Witches Night Out and we had such a blast and made some fun memories. We loved the positive energy of the other (mostly tweens and teens) people in the crowd, the way everyone danced from their seats with a few very excited fans rushing to the front…
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Pudgy Candy Corns
A Beginner Friendly Crochet Pattern Representing the warm colors of Autumn with their sugary sweet taste, candy corns are everywhere you look at this delightfully fun time of year. I love the old fashioned, nostalgic flair that these Pudgy crochet Candy corns bring when I set them around the house. From decorating a bed, to the fireplace mantle, hiding them in the throw pillows on the couch or set up on the dining room sideboard, these candy corn are making me smile just like the sweet treats they are reminiscent of. Materials: Gauge: 8 Stitches X 10 Rows = 2″X 2″ Square Pattern used for gauge: Single Crochet Sizes: Finished…
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Pumpkin Patch Skirt
Intermediate advanced crochet pattern for size 18 months to 2T skirt It’s a favorite tradition in our family to take the kids to the local pumpkin patch and turn them loose in the fields hunting for the perfect pumpkin to carve. I always love seeing the ones they pick and later, how they end up transforming them into scary visions of Halloween terror. While they are searching for their own version of the perfect one, I look for a Sugar Pie Pumpkin to make pies and cookies with and we buy honey and sugar cookies at the farm counter as we’re leaving. There’s something extra fun and exciting about introducing…
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Haunted Ghosts Garland
An Easy, kid friendly DIY These silly spirits are full of unfinished business. When Witches go Riding And Black Cats are seen, The Moon laughs and whispers, “Tis near Halloween.” –Rusty Fischer You can make this chilling, festive garland in no time at all and with very few supplies. Haunted Ghosts Garland Instructions: Materials Needed: White Yarn (or Color of choice) A small book A yarn needle Black Yarn for embroidering and for the garland braid Step 1: Wrap white yarn around the small book about 50 times. Step 2: Clip the yarn end and cut a piece of yarn 8 inches long. Thread the yarn needle with the 8…
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Harvest Grain Bin
A Beginner friendly crochet pattern Everywhere you look, at this beautiful time of year, you’ll see little reminders. Clues, that no matter who we are, we have abundance. Trees full of apples, peaches, and plums. Gardens heavy with tomatoes, corn, peppers, zucchinni, Zucchinni, and more zucchinni. Flowers blooming their last hurrah. Rainbow trout splashing at the surface of lakes and deer grazing in meadows with a kings crown of antlers. Stacks of firewood piled high and bottles of preserves and canned goods fill our home pantries again. Even if you have nothing to call your very own, you still have claim to the beautiful views of the changing leaves and…
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The Count’s Crochet Candy Coffin
Treacherous and frightening, now you can crochet Count Dracula's coffin for passing out chilling treats on the big night.
