Happy Thanksgiving

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Friday Finds – Dressing The Thanksgiving Table

I’ve found many great ideas this week for decking out your Thanksgiving Table. Let’s start off with the  centerpiece.  This beautifully charming Indian corn centerpiece can be yours (if you make it.)  Eddie Ross has step by step instructions on how to create this lovely centerpiece. Continue Reading ….

Quick and Easy Pumpkin Candles

A few weeks back, in my Friday Finds, I posted about pumpkin lanterns. These small pumpkin candle/lanterns would be great for any Thanksgiving table. I finally had a chance to make these cute little candles and I thought I’d share with you how it turned out. Continue Reading ….

VOTE!

Photo by farlane Don’t forget to get out there today and cast your vote!  If you’re not sure where to go check out Vote411.org’s polling place finder.  Still need some last minute info on candidates?  Check out SmartVoter.org for information on candidates in your area. The Democracy Project (from 2008 but still mostly relevant) at pbskids.org has…

Frightening Friday Finds

This week I have seen tons of great crafting and cooking ideas for Halloween, here are a few of my favorites. This time of year everyone needs a recipe for edible fake blood and there’s a great tutorial for it over at Clockwork Lemon.  If you’re looking for a non blood related treat then check…

Ghoulish Garlands

The girls and I decided to make some Halloween decorations.  Their current obsession with vampires led them to create some crazy vampire families, good and evil, to hang around the house.  While they were doing that I grabbed some great printable garlands online from Paper Crave and The Long Thread. Continue Reading ….

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Thanksgiving

For the last four years we’ve taken off and had a mini-vacation over Thanksgiving, just our little nuclear family. This gives us an opportunity to reconnect and relax without the stress and worry of others. A time where we can really just break away and have fun. This year we went to Salem, Ma. It…