Entertaining
Our Halloween Family Costumes 2024: I'll Give You One Clue
It was Professor Plum, with the knife, in the Conservatory. Happy Halloween from Clue characters: 1986 edition! Shop Costume Inspiration Over the years, we've dressed as everything from dolls and monsters to Peter Pan, E.T. characters, and The Wizard of Oz. But in the last several years, one of our kids has usually chosen our costumes. If you look back, you […]
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October 31, 2024
Decor
Halloween Decor Ideas for a Traditional, Spooky Vibe
I tend to go for a traditional, elegant, and spooky approach to Halloween decor rather than a cutesy vibe. I want it to feel like my house is really abandoned!! Imagine if my home had been left untouched for 150 years...that's the look I'm going for. We're talking cobwebs, spiders, bats, ugly pumpkins with warts, […]
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September 13, 2024
Holiday
Get the Look: Last-Minute Halloween Costume Inspiration
When it comes to Halloween, we typically go "all-out" in the costume AND the party department. Lately, though, we're trying to balance family tradition while not overwhelming ourselves with more to-dos. Easier said than done, right? I thought it would be fun to revisit our costumes from years past, along with how you can get […]
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October 24, 2023
Decor
My Simple Halloween Porch Decor
Halloween is just around the corner, so I figured it was finally time to get my front porch ready for trick-or-treaters. I was already off to a pretty good start with the faux pumpkins, but I added a bit more to top it off. Going all-out with front porch decor isn't typically my thing, although […]
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October 23, 2023
DIY
Our Take on The Thrifted Ghost Painting Trend
I've been dying to get my hands on this thrifted ghost painting trend! You may have seen this trend sweep your TikTok or Instagram Reels, where you paint ghosts onto a thrifted art piece, transforming it into a spooky Halloween decoration. Love this TikTok example, and this one, oh, and this one! Rather than head […]
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October 13, 2023
Holiday
7 Tips For Throwing a Memorable Halloween Party
This post is sponsored by Party City We used to go all out for Halloween. Year after year, we would throw a big annual Halloween party — with costumes and themed snacks and prizes. It's been a few years, but we're feeling... bewitched this year and ready to host again. Chris and I really want […]
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September 20, 2023
Decor
(Not-So-Scary) Halloween Decor to Last Year After Year
I know it might feel like it's too early to be decorating for Halloween, but actually, Halloween decor is selling out so quickly, and I don't want you to miss out. Finding "spooky" decor that blends in with your already-lovely home aesthetic, rather than masks, is trickier said than done. So, I thought it would […]
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September 11, 2023
Decor
Fall Decor in the Bonus Room + Favorite Fall Movies
There's something about the kids going back to school that initiates the start of fall for me. I get the itch for cooler weather, cozy blankets, and pumpkins on porches. So, I'm inching my decor toward fall, room by room, to try and inspire some fall spirit. Today, we're visiting the bonus room to play […]
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August 28, 2023
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Halloween 2021, A Fun Game we Like to Play, Our Favorite Wreaths and More!
Happy Halloween Weekend!!! This year, our family decided to dress as ET, mostly because Polly looks so much like Gertie, Greta just got a new bike and we had almost everything for the costumes. Faye as ET has us all laughing so hard. She stayed in character the whole time and her face makeup […]
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October 29, 2021
Entertaining
Happy Halloween 2019! It's A Monster Mash!
Happy Halloween!! After Greta enthusiastically declared she wanted to be Dracula for Halloween, we decided to all throw it back to classic monsters--Werewolf, Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula and a Witch. (Can you believe this is my first time EVER being a witch for Halloween?!) As per tradition, we like to rummage through our closets to put […]
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October 31, 2019
halloween
Throwing Our First Murder Mystery Party!!: How It Worked, What We Did, and Everything We Learned
Entertaining
Throwing Our First Murder Mystery Party!!: How It Worked, What We Did, and Everything We Learned
For the last 8 years, we have hosted a big costume party. It has been so fun, but every year they got larger and larger and larger. The last year we did it, we maxed out at over 200 people. So this year, a move felt like the perfect time to scale back a little […]
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October 21, 2019
Entertaining
Our Halloween Family Costume 2018: The Wizard of Oz
Back in September, we watched The Wizard of Oz as a family (it's on Amazon Prime!) and the girls were instantly hooked. Almost instantly we all started planning our Halloween costumes around the classic film--and although it's been a favorite movie of mine my entire life--this was the first time I was one of the […]
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October 29, 2018
Lifestyle
Weekend Sales! September 8, 2018
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September 8, 2018
Entertaining
Happy Halloween! + Our Costume Party 2017 Highlights
Happy Halloween! If you've been following for pretty much any amount of time, you know that Halloween is a favorite around here. This past weekend, we hosted our 7th annual costume party and it was an absolute blast. We originally started hosting a party all those years ago because we wanted an excuse to dress up with […]
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October 31, 2017
Inspiration
Our Costume Party Invites This Year + Halloween Projects from the Archives!
Happy October! It's hard to believe, this is our 7th year (!!) throwing our annual costume party. To be honest, I wasn't sure I was going to be up for it this year. Having just had Polly 2 months ago, and coming off a major photoshoot, I knew I was going to be tired. But, […]
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October 2, 2017
Entertaining
Happy Halloween! + A Party Recap
Our annual costume party was on Saturday night, but we're still recovering over here. I had planned to share details of the stair railing today, but since it's Halloween, we'll save that for tomorrow and share some details from this year's party with all of you! It was our biggest party yet. There were over […]
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October 31, 2016
DIY
Favorite Halloween Ideas from the Archives
There's just a week and a half until Halloween and we're working double time to make sure everything is ready for our annual costume party. I realized I usually don't get around to posting about what we did for decorations or food until after the fact, so I thought it would be fun to compile […]
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October 20, 2016
Entertaining
Our Costume Party Invites this Year + Projects on Board!
We love Halloween around here and every year, for the past 6 years!, we have thrown a costume party. Everyone really goes all out with their costumes, we set up a photo booth, have lots of food and every year we dress up for the invites to really put the costume in costume party. This year, we channeled […]
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September 28, 2016
DIY
DIY Harry Potter-esque Hanging Candles + Party Decor Details
We had our 5th annual costume party this weekend and, somehow, each year it manages to be even more fun. Most of our friends and family go all out with their costumes and some we even barely recognize when they show up. It's a complete riot and we are so grateful all of our different […]
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October 26, 2015
Entertaining
We'll bob for apples in the toilet…and you'll LIKE IT!!
At the beginning of October, we have a family tradition of finding some sort of costume around the house and taking a photo for our annual costume party invitations. Yesterday we did just that! It's our 5th consecutaive year doing this and it's so fun seeing Greta, errr Squints!, get more and more into it. […]
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October 2, 2015
