Dollar Store Halloween Wreath Have you seen the gorgeous black feather wreaths in the fancy Halloween stores.  Wow those wreaths are beautiful, full of shiny black feathers, they absolutely glisten.  But unfortunately they have the price tag to match.  I really wish I could splurge for one, but instead I am making this knock off…

Ravens are a Gorgeous Part of Halloween This post is about a Halloween Art craft using Edgar Allan Poes “The Raven” but my reason for this post has a story, I promise the tutorial follows. Ravens are my favorite bird, I fell in love with them in Fort St. John, B.C.  It was -47 C…

Halloween Front Porch Inspiration Halloween front porches are so much fun to decorate.  One of our neighbours has a huge haunted house every year and children from all over come to our neighbourhood.  We have about 150 children come to our house, the houses nearer to the haunted house get more than 200.  It’s so…

Happy Halloween Cauldron Chili I am excited to be participating in this chili blog hop with all these great bloggers. Americans are known for their chili, I cannot wait to try some of these recipes.  Chili is such a versatile dish,  winter in a steamy bowl like this recipe or in summer on salad.  This…

Halloween Decor for an Empty Nester Halloween is very low key at our house.   Thankfully our street has a very large  well attended haunted house; so we have more than a 100 trick or treaters, very rare in our city. I was upset when it snowed so early this year, but eureka we warmed up…

How to Organize a Halloween Party Fast This Halloween Party took in an hour and a half to plan including shopping.  Last year before I began blogging I found out in the morning that my two granddaughters were able to come up for a visit and were already on their way. Not being able to see…