DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   This great tutorial was found at  www.lifeartcollide.blogspot.ie  .  Being a home haunter and loving Halloween, this  hit me right between the eyes, as something I've always wanted to do.  These are really cool and would make great pics to have around during Halloween. Make Your Own Freaky Family Portraits For Halloween Making your own freaky family photo arrangement is super simple using PSE (Photoshop Elements). You don't need any previous experience manipulating photos to create these fun portraits. Over the summer I scoured garage sales for used picture frames, never paying more than 50 cents per frame! Believe me, people were more than happy to get rid of them. I often went home with an armload for less than one dollar. Here are some of the before and after examples I used. The pictures are greatly altered in the final product so the original person is unrecognizable . To find suitable photos hop on the net ...

This diy comes from  www.mrprintables.com  . Some really spooky candle wrappers!  If you don't like the waxy mess from candles, I would just use the led votive candle you can get at the Dollar Store.  They are usually 2 or 3 to a pack for a dollar! (what a bargain!) Spooky Halloween Candle Wrappers Halloween >  Printable Halloween Decorations If you want to create that haunted house feel or spooky garden path full of spider webs, bats flying around, ghosts crawling about but don't actually fancy real spiders, blood thirsty bats or shivery ghosts - these flickering Halloween candle wrappers will help create that perfect spooky and atmospheric decoration. These candle wrappers are designed to wrap around a glass, using a t-light candle inside, or around a large diameter white pillar candle, never with any candle with an exposed flame. Of course please take care to keep the candles out of small children's reach. T-lights can sometimes cr...

   This diy/recipe comes from  www.lasvegasfoodadventures.wordpress.com  .  They are a really bright and glossy red.  For those with a sweet tooth for candy apples. Candy Apples Candy Apples The only trick is to use a candy thermometer. 6-10 red delicious or other crisp eating apples 6-10 wooden ice-cream sticks 4 cups sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1 teaspoon red food coloring 1-1/2 cups water Wash and dry the apples well with warm soapy water. Coating will not stick on wet or waxed apples. Push the sticks into the middle of the stem end. Place on a baking sheet lined with wax or parchment paper and set aside. Combine all of the ingredients except the apples & sticks in a large heavy bottomed saucepan. Over medium high heat stir gently till all of the sugar has dissolved. Stop stirring when mixture comes to a boil. Continue boiling till mixture comes to 290-300 degrees F. (soft crack stage). Remove from heat...

    Nothing like something with pumpkin to bring in the fall season. Ingredients 1 c cold brew coffee* 1 c milk (any kind) 1/4 c pumpkin butter* 2 Tbsp agave nectar 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice Preparation method To prepare cold brew coffee, place 2 cup ground coffee – the bolder the better – into a bowl, top it with 4 cups of water and place it in the refrigerator overnight. Strain in the morning and reserve the leftover in the fridge. Prepare milk ice cubes in advance by pouring your milk of choice into a bowl and mixing in pumpkin butter, agave nectar and pumpkin pie spice. Whisk to ensure even distribution. Pour mixture into an ice cube tray, covering lightly with saran wrap, and freezing overnight. Choose non-dairy milk to make this vegan friendly. I went with 2% for an extra creamy texture. In the morning, place 1 cup coffee and 8-10 pumpkin ice cubes in a blender and blend until smooth. Taste and add a packet of stevia or extra ag...

   This diy comes from  http://www.funhomethings.com  .  You could leave up all of the fall season.  It very cute and easy to make.  Good luck and happy pumpkin canning!! Canning Lid Pumpkin This is one of my favorite pumpkin projects of all time. It's cute, simple and one of the first decorations people notice when they walk into my house. The inspiration for this came from an unpainted version I saw at  Simply Klassic Home . Whether you decide to paint it or not, this is just too easy not to try! Supplies 20 regular mouth canning lids orange yarn orange spray paint (I used Valspar Satin La Fonda Copper) 3-4 decorative cinnamon sticks Directions 1. Spray paint the lids on each side until you reach the coverage you want. After the paint dries, you can leave as is or lightly sand some of the edges like I did. 2. String the lids onto the yarn, making sure they all face the same direction. 3. Tie the two ends of yar...

   With Halloween just around the corner, the cameras are certainly going to be flashing away with all the amazing pictures that will be taken of all of the little ghouls and ghosts  in their costumes, to the amazing houses decorated to scare those little ghoulies and ghosties.  Years before your photos just ended up looking a little less than amazing.  This year you are bound and determined to capture those precious memories with some "professional" style.  So hers some tips on how to achieve great Halloween photos this year.  Finding A Point of Interest - make sure you know what the focal point is of your picture.  The focal point will need to be the attention holder of the photo.  The item or person you will see first when looking at the picture.  Once you have determined the focal point make sure it is absolutely perfect.  It may be hard to achieve that with children, but pick the older child, place him in the ...

Berry Cobbler with Boysenberries Although a berry cobbler can be made with many kinds of berries, my all-time favorite is with boysenberries.  I am absolutely wild about boysenberries. A California treasure almost lost, boysenberries are a cross between a blackberry, raspberry and loganberry. This is the beautiful berry that made Knott’s Berry Farm famous. Deep red-purple in color, these juicy gems are rarely found beyond a farmers market and their season is just a few weeks long. When I discovered boysenberries at Bristol Farms a few days ago I jumped for joy, greedily grabbing six boxes. Thankfully the produce guy knew me. He just laughed as I stood there with an open container, stuffing them in my mouth exclaiming “I can’t believe you have boysenberries”! Curious shoppers figured they must be special and started picking up boxes. The limited supply quickly dwindled. My life-long love affair with boysenberries started as a kid. My dad is a Pastor and his fi...