Freebie Friday - Printable Halloween Goodies

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Sweet and spooky cupcake toppers from Paper Glitter. Grab em here.

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Fun printables for play from Babalisme. Get your little Halloweenie playset girl or boy.

DIY - Plush Owls

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What a fun project for cute and cuddly favors perfect for a birthday party, baby shower or a little gift for someone special. You can find a complete tutorial for these easy little critters here and keep looking for our new owl collections debuting this week!

DIY - Halloween Hoot Cupcakes

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I love these cute little owls! So perfect for a fall birthday or halloween party so they just had to be featured for Cupcake Monday. Also I thought it would be fitting as I will be adding my new owl collections to the shop this week, including a special Halloween themed one.

Halloween Hoot Cupcakes

Preparation time: 1 hrs  15 min  Baking time: 19 min 

Yield: 24 cupcakes

Cupcakes Ingredients:

1		(18.25-ounce) package butter recipe white cake mix
1 1/4		cups water
1/2		cup butter softened
3		egg whites
1		teaspoon almond flavoring
1		cup sweetened flaked coconut

Frosting Ingredients:

3 1/2		cups powdered sugar
1		(8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4		cup butter, softened
1		tablespoon milk

Decorations Ingredients:

48		butter rum-flavored hard candies with holes
		Milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2		cup sliced almonds
24		whole cashews

Heat oven to 350°F. Combine all cake ingredients except coconut in large bowl. Beat according to package directions. Gently stir in coconut. Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake for 19 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.

Combine all frosting ingredients in medium bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.

Frost cooled cupcakes. Place 2 butter rum candies on each cupcake for eyes. Dip bottoms of chocolate chips into frosting; place onto each candy circle to form center of eye. Arrange almonds above eyes for feathers. Add cashew for beak.

Store refrigerated in container with tight-fitting lid.

Recipe Tip
The back of a spoon works great to make decorative swirls when frosting cakes and cupcakes.

Recipe Tip
Butter rum candies with holes are available in bags or rolls. Yellow or orange candies can be substituted for the butter rum.

Freebie Friday - Printable Party From Fresh Linen

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Rounding up some more fun free printables for Freebie Friday! Here is a super sweet printable kit from Fresh Linen featuring coordinating invitations, tags, water bottle labels and a game. Perfect for that next baby shower. Grab your free printable party here.

Have  a great weekend!

DIY - Paper Projects

Scrapbook paper has to be one of the most fabulous craft supplies. Affordable and available in a variety of colors and patterns it is an easy way to incorporate your event theme into every aspect of your event.

 

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Create a wonderfully chic place mat and cut a "V" shape in the upper corner with a craft knife to make a pop up triangle for a place card.

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Wrap bottles for your event with scraps of your favorite pretty patterned scarpbook or wrapping paper.

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Wrap vases with paper in colors coordinating with the event theme for an elegant centerpiece or display.

 

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Cut 1" to 2" strips of paper and secure with glue or tape for inexpensive and coordinating napkin rings.

DIY - Apple Cupcakes

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Celebrate the fall harvest or back to school with these precious little cupcakes resembling freshly picked apples.

Ingredients

• Red, yellow and green food coloring, as desired
• Simple Buttercream
• Vanilla Cupcakes
• 24 thin pretzel sticks
• Sour green apple candy strips (about 2 1/2 feet)

Directions

1. Using food coloring, tint buttercream as desired.
2. Using an offset spatula, frost the cupcakes with a generous amount of buttercream. Place a pretzel stick in the center of each cupcake to form a stem. Using kitchen scissors, cut candy strips into leaf shapes, and insert one into each cupcake, creating an apple. for each cupcake. Place next to the pretzel stem.

DIY - Little Pumpkin Baby Shower Projects

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Use pumpkins to spell out "it's a boy" (or girl) either by writing on them with a marker or carving them and placing a candle inside. Place them on the front steps to greet guests, as a centerpiece on a table or as a focal point of a room.

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Create unique and seasonal centerpieces by carving out pumpkins and using them as vases for floral arrangements. Also a great idea for fall weddings!

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Delicious pumpkin brownie pops would be the perfect treat for guests. The queen of cake pops, Bakerella has a tutorial here that could be used to create your own.

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These adorable pumpkin cheese balls would look fabulous on the table. Just serve with pretzels, crackers or veggies. Grab the tasty and easy recipe here.

New To The Shop - Little Pumpkin Collection

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As promised here is the first of my fabulous new fall collections that are hitting the shop over the next week. As I mentioned before I love fall and pumpkins, so the Little Pumpkin Collection seemed like a natural choice. The invitations can be personalized with the photo of your choice or simply left as is. Look for the rest of our fall themed collections being added to the shop soon as well as lots of great projects hitting the blog.

DIY - Tissue Paper Carnation Monogram

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I just love this flirty, girly monogram covered in delicate tissue paper caranations. It simply fabulous and what a great way to welcome your guests to a special event. Created by Pam of Two Little Bells for her daughter's birthday this project took a bit of time, patience and only cost $5! Now that's a steal. Inspired to create your own for your next birthday or baby shower? Check out Pam's complete tutorial here complete with pictures and instructions.

Inspiration - Pumpkins

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I love fall! It's without a doubt my favorite time of year (probably why I am planning a fall wedding.) Of course pumpkins are the classic symbol of fall. I am so excited to be working on some fall themed collections for the shop. Look for a sneak peek coming soon of my fabulous new collections for fall birthdays, weddings and baby showers!

DIY - Candy Corn Cupcakes

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Aren't these fabulous! I am a sucker for cupcakes and candy corn so when I stumbled across this recipe on I Heart Cuppy Cakes I was in heaven. So unique for a halloween party or fall birthday.  I just love them!

DIY - Upcycled Cupcake Toppers

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Ever wonder what to do with all those old books laying around? While some are classics and keepsakes others just become dust collectors once your child outgrows them. Why not make some creative and fabulous cupcake toppers featuring your child's favorite characters? Simply punch the images or phrases out with a scallop scrapbook punch or cut with scissors, mount on coordinating scrapbook paper if you want, attach to toothpicks and jazz it up with a bit of ribbon if you like. Voila! 

Still too much work? Amy Bakes Cupcakes offers crafty cupcake toppers to go along with their delicious menu of cupcakes.

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