Spooky Halloween Crafts

Designer Blair Stocker (who you might know from her fun and colorful blog, Wise Craft) has just posted a fantastic series of free craft project tutorials for Value Village — yes, that Value Village. Her projects take regular old thrift-store finds and upcycle them into striking, spooky Halloween decorations for your house, or for throwing … Continue reading Spooky Halloween Crafts

Scrabble Wedding Cake

Weddings are supposed to be all about the bride and groom, right? Well, if the bride and groom are total word-nerds then this awesome Scrabble Wedding Cake from Pink Cake Box is the most awesome cake around. Mrs. Hummingbird posted this, with a load of other Scrabulous wedding ideas at Weddingbee, and I’ll be honest, … Continue reading Scrabble Wedding Cake

Mardi Gras Masks!

Mardi Gras is tomorrow, and who doesn’t love Mardi Gras? It’s Halloween for grown ups! A holiday to celebrate partying! You can’t go out for Mardi Gras with out three key ingredients 1)A willingness to have fun 2) A bunch of fun beads and, most importantly, 3)Your Mardi Gras Mask (what happens on Bourbon Street … Continue reading Mardi Gras Masks!

My Pet Virus by Shawn Decker & Some Awesome Vampire Crafts!

My Pet Virus by Shawn Decker is probably the funniest book you will ever pick up. Now, I admit, this isn’t something you expect to hear about a real-life-story of a kid with hemophilia who ends up contracting HIV through a blood transfusion, but that’s only because you don’t know Shawn Decker. Shawn has faced … Continue reading My Pet Virus by Shawn Decker & Some Awesome Vampire Crafts!