It's spooky how late this update is

Yeah, I'm a little late on the Halloween update train, but for posterity's sake, here's our annual Halloween photo op with our favorite friends from Into Ablivia:

And now, Halloween with the same group of goofy kids through the years:

Corn, of candy variety

While nearly impossible to ever have *leftover* candy corn in my house, I thought the idea of melting them to create fondant was an interesting at From Glitter to Gumdrops. 

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Thanks to Kim at Party Frosting for always looking out for my candy corn well-being and alerting me to this new form of consumption.

Oh! And head over to Paint Me A Picture to enter for your chance to win some Good Gravy! goodness and other fab prizes!  Entries due today!

Halloween round-up

Thanks so much for all the great feedback on the Slim Goodbody get-up.  It went over well at the costume party:

On trick-or-treat night, we joined forces with the Into Ablivia family which is always great since the big and little kids are nearly the same ages.  Our little boy and *ghouls* through the years:

That elephant costume cracks. me. right. up.

Stop by Abby and Livy's mom's blog Into Ablivia for more keeping-it-real motherhood fun.

Slim Goodbody or Slim Shady?

I finished the Slim Goodbody costume!  Here it is in all its censored glory:

My husband is not exactly comfortable with his unitard-clad self floating around the internet, so I agreed to shield his face from recognizable ridicule.  But with the wig, come on!  He pulls off the look pretty darn well, I'd say.

For the record, the neighborhood children (and especially our own!) will NOT see this costume.  It's just thiiiis north of appropriate, yet super awesome!

Halloween treat tags...in real life!

The candy corn countdown is on...but who am I kidding?  I've been eating candy corn since September 1 when the first delicious bag hit the shelves.  Let's be real.

Speaking of real, I {heart}/love/adore receiving word about the use of my DIY printables, especially this Halloween.  Check out these great little gifts using the free printable DIY Halloween Gift Tags:

These cookies are to DIE for (get it? Ha ha!).  From Sandy's Baking Memories.

From the uber-talented Pam at Party Starters.

And this super-cute mustache crayon set from Jack D. and his mom Jenny.


Our town mandates trick-or-treating on Saturday.  Don't get me started on the absurdity of a town-determined Halloween which never seems to be on October 31, no matter what day it lands on.  Oh, New England...

And so it begins...

The first painted coat of the Slim Goodbody costume started this past weekend, but need to go over it again in a few days to enhance each organ and start on the extremeties. I won't lie: the ladies'-sized unitard on my husband is, well, a bit *revealing* (nearly forcing me to paint a strategic fig leaf), so he'll sport bike shorts to maintain some level of dignity. 

I think it's coming together nicely despite my lack of professional unitard painting skills.  And by popular demand, the full pictorial scope coming up soon.

"Books for baby" shower invitation

I want to share this cute little party suite I helped a friend with for a "books for baby" baby shower she's throwing:

It's complete with a sticker bookplate for guests to write a note to the baby, a bookmark party favor and an invitation with matching bookplate return address label.  Personal information has been modified for privacy.

In other news, the responses to yesterday's post about the idea for the Mr. Slim Goodbody costume sent me over the edge with major motivation to see this project through. You'll be pleased to know that I have ordered an XL unitard in NUDE to get this party started.

Why we never go anywhere

My husband and I were foolishly invited to a no-kids-allowed Halloween party.  If you're wondering why it was so foolish of our gracious hosts to extend an invitation to us, it's because this is the costume my husband is considering I make him:

Free printable: DIY Halloween Gift Tags

I admire those who have seriously geared up for Halloween already (you know who you are).  Do I consider myself one of those people?  Not so much. 

But here's my contribution to the holiday that kicks off autumn in my book: Free DIY printable halloween gift tags for your spookiest of treats.  Click here to download your very own.

I'll fill you in on my true love of the Halloween season: candy corn.  This photo shoot almost didn't happen because I was eating all the props.