DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

This recipe was found at www.inkatrinaskitchen.com .  Go ahead and make it!   I dare you!! My method was a little bit different from the original which calls for 16oz of candy corn and 16 oz of peanut butter. Since making these I found that Kristan from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen made them too. And yeah hers are adorbs so check them out. Here's what I did: Homemade Butterfingers Printable Recipe Ingredients : 3 cups candy corn 1 cup peanut butter Chocolate for dipping Directions : 1. Melt candy corn in the microwave for about 60 seconds. Check and stir returning to microwave for 15 second intervals until completely melted. 2. Add peanut butter and combine. Return to microwave if necessary to incorporate until creamy. 3. Pour into a greased 8x8 pan (or whatever pan you like to get the thickness you desire) and let cool about an hour. 4. Cut candy into desired shape and cover in melted chocolate. **I used

  This comes from www.madincrafts.com .  These don't have to made just in the fall.  Leaves look good all year round.  Enjoy! PB Fall Knockoffs - Book Page Leaves    Once again I am loving the gorgeous seasonal decor for sale at Pottery Barn, but there is no way I am willing to spend that much money. Even though it is lovely. Really. So, like usual, I brainstormed a few ways to use bargain priced items to replicate their ideas as best I can. I considered making this another Dollar Barn series, but since so much of what I used was from my stash, I can't be sure that I everything was originally from the dollar store. If I think you can find the materials I used at the DT (or similar materials), it will be mentioned. The major motifs I "borrowed" from PB are fall leaves, glass containers, and fall fruits and veggies - all pretty standard for autumn decorating. The one little idea I stole from them, and then ran with, is the addition of s

    La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol , in which participants throw tomatoes at each other. It is held the last Wednesday in August, during the week of festivities of Buñol . History Changes Throughout Its History     The tomato fight has been a strong tradition in Buñol since 1944 or 1945. No one is completely certain how this event originated. Possible theories on how the Tomatina began include a local food fight among friends, a juvenile class war, a volley of tomatoes from bystanders at a carnival parade, a practical joke on a bad musician, the anarchic aftermath of an accidental lorry spillage. One of the most popular theories is that disgruntled townspeople attacked city councilmen with tomatoes during a town celebration.     In 1950, the council allowed the party to happen. The next year however it was not approved, thanks to pressure from town residents and other participants. When the festival was finally officially sancti

  Attach a notion of “specialness” to something, and people will find a way to throw money at it. This is a principal true of every consumer product with an advertising campaign (“If [such and such a celebrity] drinks it, then it must be pretty special”). But what’s bigger than anything any advertising agency could possibly dream up? A commercial holiday, “commercial” being a term used to discern from any possible religious significance. A commercial holiday is like an all-purpose ad campaign, wherein consumers are expected to buy and subscribe to a variety of pertinent rituals in order to fit in properly. Didn’t get Mom a card for Mother’s Day? Expect borderline excommunication. These beliefs are embedded deep in the fabric of our culture, to where tradition becomes more powerful than any fact or biblical preaching. There’s a lot of money to be made at the exact point where “personal” becomes strictly business ; here are ten businesses and industries that are keenly aware of this f