Halloween Mummy Hot Chocolate w/Whipped Cream Bandages

Get your mommy to make you a mummy cup of hot chocolate.

A simple Halloween treat. Fill a pastry bag or a plastic sandwich bag with whipped cream, cut off the tip and squeeze your "bandages" back and forth across your cup of hot chocolate. Insert two candy eyeballs and ya got yourself Mummy Hot Chocolate. Serve with a Sea Salt Caramel cookie from Magnolia Bakery!

A tip: It's better when the hot chocolate is not so hot...but this could work on a cup of cold chocolate milk too!

Whipped cream bandages make this cup of hot chocolate scary good!

Cottage Bathroom Renovation Finished!

Hi everyone!

Gene and I have had a busy summer working on the cottage rental...which should be ready any day now!

Here are some pictures of the tiny bathroom which is finally finished.

I found an old door on Craig's List that already had mirror in place of the glass panes. Gene and I made it into a sliding door with some cool hardware I purchased online.

The finished bathroom. Small but efficient.

BEFORE and DURING

I wanted an animal/nature theme running throughout the cottage so one of my favorite projects was the wallpaper I designed. I created a pattern with tiny animal illustrations in Adobe illustrator and then uploaded it to Spoonflower.com where it was printed into wallpaper.

Detail of my wallpaper design

We designed and made the cabinet and mirror. Gene built it out of pine and I used one coat of black paint, then sanded the edges to give it a bit of a distressed look. I added an animal knob and hook to continue the animal theme and found some cool retro bathroom hardware for the soap and toothbrush holder.

A foxy knob, a maple syrup pail for a trash can, a bunny hook for your towel, animal printed wallpaper for your viewing pleasure and retro accessories add some whimsy to the bathroom.

I chose a birch tree shower curtain I found on Amazon and the Owl rug is from Anthropologie. You can't go wrong with subway tile in the shower stall and wainscotting on the walls.

Hope you'll book a weekend soon!

Countdown to Christmas Crafting Party

The countdown has begun. 100 days till Christmas is next Thursday, Sept 15th...will you be ready?

Well, this past summer weekend, I decided to get a head start by throwing a small Christmas Crafting Party!

Use star cookie cutters to make some festive bites. Emma learning how to needle felt.

As most of you know, I am a big needle felter. So, I thought it would be fun to teach my nieces how to craft their own reindeer ornaments and at the same time, treat them to some holiday-inspired munchies.

Cut away part of the watermelon rind to make trees, use paper snowflakes as doilies and arrange your cheese sticks in a snowflake shape

I chose a color theme of red, white and green for the food and decor. I placed a simple piece of white burlap on the table and added a strip of green felt down the middle. The kids helped me cut out paper snowflakes to add to the decor.

I purchased snowflake stickers and affixed to toothpicks. Olivia loved dipping the strawberries in cream and then sanding sugar.

I had so much fun coming up with this simple menu:
 • Star shaped sun-dried tomato wraps with provolone and salami topped with pickle
• Cheese stick “candy canes” wrapped with prosciutto
• Red and green peppers with ranch dressing
• Taco chips with guacamole and red salsa
• Mozzarella with red pepper and parsley
• Watermelon Trees
• Strawberries and cream with red and green sanding sugar for dipping
• Mini red velvet cupcakes topped with snowflake toothpicks

The kids got a kick out of the instant handles on the watermelon trees and Rudolf the Reindeer showed up for the party!

The kids loved making their own ornaments and everyone FELT like it was the holidays.

Some of the Deer-inspired holiday cards at Paperless Post.

I hope my ideas have inspired you to throw your own early Christmas party.

I didn't get a chance to send out invites, but you can get your guests in the spirit by sending them a festive holiday invite online. Paperless Post has some adorable deer-inspired cards that would fit perfectly into the theme, aren't they just the dearest?! Check out their new line of Christmas cards here.

Cheers!

Check out my needle felted animals in my Etsy shop

My needle felted fawn can be purchased in my Etsy shop