Humpday Tutorial {Recycle: Yarn Gift Tag}

Isn’t this such a cute idea?!  A Little Hut was kind enough to share a great tutorial with beautiful images so you can do this at home!  I think it’s a great way for you to recycle and show off your creative skills all at once.  The best part, is that a beginner or an expert can enjoy doing this project.  Hey, it would be great for the kids!  This is not just for the Holidays either, you can change the colors and even use ribbon for Birthday, anniversary, wedding, and baby shower gifts! Check out the full tutorial here.

Image via A Little Hut

Halloween Sale!

Halloween is over and we still have a few Halloween things that we’d like to push out the door to make room for new items!!!  Visit our shop and grab what you’d like for next year, but you better hurry, because we only have a few items left at great prices!  We’re talking 50% off on most items!!!

Boo Bash 2009…

I just wanted to share a few photos of our Boo Bash this year.  We had creepy treats and ghuolish drinks mixed with great people! Can’t wait for next year!

trick-or-treats on a limb

I saw this in the Women’s Day mag last year and wanted to share it, but couldn’t cuz it was in a magazine.  Well, I was super excited to find it today online!  It’s a mini tree with mini treat bags!  The complete how-to can be found here and it look s super easy!  You just need a variety of scrap fabric, a needle and thread and/or a sewing machine, twine and treat to go inside!  They don’t give the how-to on the tree, but it looks pretty straight forward… get a dead branch, spray paint it black, and stick it in a pot or vase… be creative!  I always love when you find a new way to use those leftover scraps… no wasting here.  Enjoy!

Earwax Swab Halloween Treats

When I found these Earwax Swab Halloween Treats at Saucy’s Sprinkles this morning, I just had to share them with all of you!  What a creative and fun idea for the kids.  I mean, let’s face it, we all know that they’ve taken a taste of their own earwax before… this will just taste better.  All you do is pop two marshmallows on each end of a lollipop stick and dip them in butterscotch!  Easy, right?  The Q-tips box helps the look too! Enjoy!

Halloween bibs…

Visit our shop to snatch up these super abrobant bibs with our unique design!

What are you going to be?

Hey everyone!  I thought it would be super fun to see what eveyone is dressing up as this Halloween!  Please feel free to share in the comments section, because I really want to know what you, your children, and pets will be!  My husband is still unsure and as for me, I think I’ll be a mummy or a zombie and my dogs and cat might be bees or monkeys. ha ha ha  I can’t wait to hear what you’ll be!

Humpday Tutorial | Skull Candy Boxes

I know I already shared a Humpday Tutorial with you today, but I simply couldn’t resist sharing this with all of you either! It’s another idea from the Martha Stewart team and they’re Skull Treat Boxes!  I haven’t tried them yet, but they seem super easy and they would be great to do with the kids.  They are egg shaped containers that you paint white and then cut out black crepe paper for the features (the face templates can be found here).  Then you fill them with treats and then you’re done!  Easy, right?  I was thinking though, instead of printing out templates and using crepe paper, why not save some trees, money, and time by drawing the faces on with marker or paint.  Well, I’ll let you get to it!  If you try this before me, please let me know how they turn out.  Heck, even email me the pictures of yours and I’ll put them on here!  Enjoy!

Humpday Tutorial | Shrunken Apple Heads!

What a fun DIY for a Halloween party!  I’ve seen this in another magazine before and they used black charcoal or marker to fill in the facial features for an even more eerie look.  You can find the complete tutorial with additional pictures here.  This probably isn’t a project to work on with the kids because of the knife carving, but it’s a great nap time project for you!  That Martha Stewart team is really something, huh?  Enjoy!

What you’ll need:

• Paring knife
• Firm, unbruised apples
• Lemon juice
• Salt
• Small bowl
• Knotted cord or twine
• Toothpicks
• Optional: Urn or vase filled with dried branches

Halloween 2009 Collection Sneak-Peek | Baby Alex

As you know, Halloween is fast approaching, and there’s no better way to start this week off than by showing a sneak-peek of our Fall/Halloween 2009 Collection!  Chickiedee is proud to have Baby Alex model a few of our spooky items this year with out missing a beat! Stay tuned for the official launch of this collection.