Halloween Party.

Well I successfully hosted my first party in my grown up apartment. I was a little hesitant from the beginning but through the experience I have realized that my amazing friends to make it worth it. My boyfriend and I went as Pocahontas and John Smith... complete with his pug, Lola, as Percy.

My best friend, Lauren, and I made a ton of food which was a huge hit.  I made a gravestone background complete with blood splatters on the window and covered my curtain in a gauzy net. We I made deviled eggs, crescent roll hot dog mummies, brushetta, Reese's Cup witches brooms, and white chocolate bones. We didn't have any food by the end of the night... Everyone inhaled the goodness.

So here's some friends and costumes of the night:

 

Safe to say I will be having many more parties in the future.... Christmas/Ugly Sweater party? Yes please. New Years party? Maybe.
But with great friends and lots of beer/mixed drinks/wine/jello shots = amazing memories.

How did you guys celebrate Halloween this year? Any good costumes?!

Pocahontas + Romney.

Last minute Halloween costume touches were performed this morning. I finally finished my Pocahontas necklace! Now I need to throw some more fringe on my dress. Can never have too much fringe!

I have to admit it... without my half hot chocolate/half vanilla cappuccino in a Romney cup it would have been impossible.

I am loving that 7-11 allows you to use these election cups as a way to scream, "yeah I am a Republican who is about to conquer her day!" Love it. I brought my costume and glue gun with me to work so looks like my lunch break is gonna be taken over with DIY projects. Sorry engineering staff for the hot glue gun smell... I am just being creative over here.

Thirsty?

All week I have been preparing for my Halloween party. The guests will be arriving around 8 pm Friday night and since I work 10 hour days, I have realized that I need to do a few projects a night so the party will come together slowly but surely. Last night I tackled the drink table.

My favorite part is the featuring of a signature drink. I made this print to put in the picture frame sitting on the table (above) to tell our guests how to make the parties' special drink! Here's the recipe:

Sounds so tasty. Its kind of girlie but with a black straw or those fun skeleton stirrers, I think the men in my life will love it too. One of my favorite things are the "thirsty" labels I bought last year on clearance for my to new and even my open red wine bottles. It looks creepy yet so pretty.

So I think a few more bottles of wine and a pitcher of orange juice should really pull the table together. I am just excited to see how the recipe print looks inside my furry, feathered picture frame.

 

Is it Friday yet? Anyone else planning a Halloween bash? Any ideas for me?

Friday Fancies: Halloween Prep

I am linking up with {long distance loving} to show the blogging world what costume prep I have done so far before the big day arrives.

I decided early on that my boyfriend and I would do our first couple costume together. At one point in time, my girlfriends and I were going to dress as the Disney princesses but slowly but surely, everyone bailed. So since I already had my princess in mind, I wasn't ready to let the idea go. Everyone kept repeating, "you should still be her.." and finally I just agreed. So, I am keeping my costume idea and Mike and I will be... Pocahontas and John Smith.

Mike's costume is already done. This had to happen since he would never put it together himself, which would later lead to him not doing it at all. Everything worked out flawlessy since all it took was one Halloween store online and my brother's closet to produce his costume. So easy and so cheap.

1. Spanish Conquistador Hat (Halloween store online, $2.49)

2. Ralph Lauren Polo Sweater Vest (my brother's wardrobe)

3. Long sleeve button up shirt (in Mike's closet)

4. Pirate boot covers (Halloween store online, $9.99)

My costume... haven't even started. But I do have all the supplies. I just need a night to sit down and get going on it. I already own this brown dress, so I am going to remove the ruffles and put on fringe instead. Then use turquoise beads and ribbon to recreate Pocahotas' necklace. So definitely a few DIY projects to blog about are in the near future.

Anyway, I should mention the real reason why Mike hasn't vetoed his Halloween costume is because his pug is actually apart of our cast list. Her name is Lola and for one night and one night only she will become Percy the Pug!

Mike and I were laughing so hard trying to picture how we will all look together when boom another idea came to me. Now I have a Lola too, she's a Rat Yorkshire Terrier and already looks kind of like a raccoon. So my little Lola (yes we both have dogs named Lola, weird huh?) will become... Meeko!

I think I will make her a raccoon tail and maybe a mask around her eyes to complete the look. Ohh, I cannot wait until we take pictures. I think its going to be amazing!
So as you can see there is still a lot I need to do. My costume needs construction and I even have to make a dog collar and a raccoon costume. And I thought it would be a good idea to host my first grown up costumes and cocktail party... More DIY projects to come! Yay!

What are you guys being for Halloween? Are any of you doing any Halloween prep?

Weird Combinations...

Last night was very interesting...
After a birthday dinner for my dad, I headed back to my apartment with my boyfriend to curl up with some red wine and watch Game of Thrones season one episodes. Of course, I couldn't sit still regardless of how epically great that show is, so I started brainstorming a little DIY project to do while watching. Little did I know this combination:

Creates these beautiful, glittered, dazzling, and brilliant pumpkins:

Mike just laughed at me as I am sprinkling glitter over cheap looking pumpkins and said, "Wow, those turned out really cool."

Of course I just smile and say, "Do you know how much these babies would be at Pier 1? Yeah, see with a little creativity, wine, and mid-evil violence anything is possible." (Why is he dating me?)

Now I just need a trip to the local farm market for some real pumpkins and autumn corn to create a centerpiece with these glittered pumpkins. Pictures of that project are coming up!

Safe to say I am fully throwing myself into this fall weather. Michigan is freezing so as long as there are fun projects to do, I will be game. Anyone else doing fall-related DIY projects? Come on, give me something else to do while we finish this season and continue onto the second season.

Halloweekend Festivities.

This Halloween weekend was one of my favorites. Not only was my costume easy and fun to wear but the boys' costumes turned out even better. Its fun to just celebrate dressing up and going out for the night. So here are a few pictures of my night as Rosie the Riveter. 

The Gilligan Island Cast
{The Skipper, Gilligan, & The Professor}

How was your Halloween? I want to know what everyone was and any DIY projects you performed to make your costume the best! I want to share my project with you guys... The boyfriend needed a Skipper hat  and all I could find at the costume shop was one for the air force. So I took off the patch and replaced it with an anchor patch. Then I removed the gold ribbon and changed it out with some golden rope with knots. I couldn't be happier and the boyfriend loved it! I guess that's all that matters :)

 Happy Belated Halloween everyone! Cannot wait to see your wonderful costumes :)

{My Friday's Fancies}

So yesterday’s post was about the boy’s Halloween costumes… Well now it’s time to premiere to the blogging world my Halloween costume this year.  Thanks to a link up with one of my favorite blogs, {long distance loving}, I get to see what everyone is becoming for the night.

… Drum roll please …

I have decided to be Rosie the Riveter from the WWII poster telling women to join the work force. Of course I put my own spin on it... I mean come on, how do you know if Rosie isn’t sporting a pair of red high heels?

So what is everyone being this year? I’d love to know… Girl power!

Boys at Halloween.

Halloween is fast approaching and I am trying to get the boy to pick out a costume already. I knew he would leave it to the last minute if I didn’t get on him about it. So yesterday we spent the day brainstorming and laughing at possible Halloween costumes. Of course, I started with ideas of celebrities I am attracted to… {Is that bad?}

My idea - Mac Miller:
a.k.a. My favorite rapper out there. He is my guilty pleasure. All the boy would need is sunglasses, a snapback hat, and a t-shirt. That’s about as easy as it gets…

His idea – Gorilla Suit:
Enough said. No way. First of all that’s just really scary and secondly, I am not dancing with a ball of fur all night.

Meeting at the middle:

My best guy friend called to say “I am going to need your help. I want to be Gilligan for Halloween.” Instantly I said “Yes, I’ll help… as long as you need a Skipper.” BOOM! Now the two men who mean the most to me in my life are a duo!

So now I am officially on the Halloween Costume Making Committee. It’s amazing how much I found already and all it takes is just  a few tweaks here and there to make it come together. So here’s what I want to know. What are you guys being? And more importantly what is your hubs/boyfriend/guy friend going as? Nothing like boys on Halloween!

Tis the Season... To Be Scared.

I am one of those bizarre people who love to be scared. Nothing tops a good scary movie or a haunted house… Thankfully for me, I found a boy who loves it as much as I do. Now it’s become a competition of sorts as we come up with things for us to do on date nights that will prove whose the strongest/bravest. This little journey of ours is about to be kicked up a notch as this week and weekend are chock full of scary events.

Tonight after his hockey game, we will be plopped down on his couch watching American Horror Story on FX. I can’t say enough about this show! It’s brilliant and weird and scary and wayyy beyond normal. It has so much promise and I hope it doesn’t let me down anytime soon… Especially since it’s now become “our” thing to watch the episodes together next to the fireplace.

Plus, I love love love Connie Britton. Ever since Friday Night Lights {one of my favorite shows of all time}, I have been a huge fan of hers. She is amazing in this show. Who would have thought she would be perfect for this role on the show? Anyone else watch?!

Tomorrow night…after another one of his hockey games… we have midnight tickets to the premiere of Paranormal Activity 3! These movie tickets were a gift that was JUST handed to me an hour ago. The boy is taking this whole Halloween Scare-a-thon seriously. So I will let you know how that goes… but after the first 2 movies, I can’t see why this one won’t be as bizarre and off-the-rocker like the others.

I love Halloween season…. Something about all the ghosts, demons, blood, gore, and the fact that all of this is okay for one month out of the year. We are sure living’ it up!

Anyone else like being scared? Seen any good horror movies lately? I want to know!

Trick or Treat: Decorating Ideas.

I can’t help but wish time would move faster so I could celebrate Halloween! Most people love the costumes but honestly I am all about the decorations. I was at Joann Fabric’s last night picking up a few things for some DIY projects I am doing when I was drawn to the Martha Stewart’s Halloween section. I love love love her ideas. Next thing I know my phone was out and I called my 3 best girlfriends to meet me for a drink downtown. I called a meeting of the minds to start planning a Halloween party that no one will forget…or remember. Haha, so I am thinking classy decorations and food for nonclassy costumes... Sounds perfect!

Anyone have any good Halloween decoration ideas? Anything you HAVE to HAVE at a party? I need ideas, my lovely followers. Let me know what you are doing for the Halloween season.