Glitter Pumpkin Tutorial

I know, I know, I know, I have been slacking in the blogging dept.  But did you guys miss me?  I hope someone noticed I have been gone for three months. ha ha!  Well I am back.  I can't say how consistent I will be, but if I have something to blog about- I promise I will do it!  

In the meantime I have been doing a lot of Zumba, reading, playing with family and friends and I went on a mini-vaca with my high school girlfriends!! It has been a great 3 months.  I hope to share some of it with you soon :)

Well let's get to the point here... This week I hosted book club and had some of my besties over and we made glitter pumpkins. Everyone had such a good time and loved the pumpkins.  The ladies suggested that I post a tutorial on my blog.  It was a great idea, especially since I posted pics of them on Facebook and Instagram and everyone has been asking how to make them.  So here you go friends!!

Here are the supplies you will need.

• a pumpkin
• spray adhesive
• fine glitter ( I prefer Martha Stewart brand)
• metallic spray paint (optional)
• clear outdoor weather coating spray (optional)

Get your pumpkin and place it on a bag or newspaper and start spraying the metallic or metal finish spray paint all over the pumpkin.  This evens out the color of the pumpkin, then you don't have to worry about your glitter being perfect ;)

 Look how awesome this looks.  Last year I just kept some of my pumpkins spray painted without glitter and they looked great!  If you like this look then stop here!

 On the same bag that you used to spray the spray paint, spray the adhesive all over your pumpkin.  Now be ready to switch to a different bag or paper surface for the glitter immediately after.  Because if you glitter on this bag, all your excess glitter will stick to the bag and you can't reuse it (see, I'm always thinking ha ha)

 Put the pumpkin on another bag, preferably a flat one so that it is easier to put the glitter back in the jar and just dump that glitter all over the sucker.  Be quick so the adhesive doesn't dry.  Also if you want you can just glitter the top of the pumpkin-- ombre style.

 Then I spray painted the stem with the metallic color {after all the adhesive and glittering and moving it around so I don't have to grab the stem anymore ;) }  If you want here is where you can spray the weather coating clear spray.  I didn't use it last year and mine held up great but you may want to just for good measure.

Then you are DONE ya'll!!!  Super easy huh?? It takes like 10 minutes tops! 

 Here is mine that I just made (in the middle) along with Lola's on the right and the one I made at book club on the left.

 I used the copper and orangey glitter on this one to give it a richer color.

 Here they are on my porch.  I love them and they lasted for Fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving decorating.  I was really sad when I had to chuck them last year when it was time to decorated for Christmas, because they were still in great condition.  They are the perfect pumpkin in my book!

I hope you have fun making your own!  Let me know if you have any questions!

Gardner Village Witches Outing

We went with my family to Gardner Village the Saturday before Halloween and had so much fun!  Here are the kids ready to go and Lola in her real Halloween costume.  On Halloween she decided that she wanted to wear one of her "dress ups" instead of her actual costume but was cute none the less.

I could just eat this guy up!

My cute Bumble Bee, she would chase people around making a buzzing sound.

Getting her face painted

Mammah and Owen on the "Ride to a Witch" ride

Lola riding a pony.  This was the highlight of her day! All day long she kept asking things like, "Can I ride a pony?", "Can I ride the pink pony or the purple or the green one?"  I had to explain that they would probably be brown and black or tan ha ha

She was in heaven!! Lola saw my sister and said "Nicole, I have a horsey!"

Owen watching sissy ride

 The whole fam was there on my side, so when I get the pics from my sis, I will post them too!

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Trick or Treat!

We had a great time trick or treating at my in-law's neighborhood.  Lola kept saying things like:

• "I have too much candy". Too much to her means a lot!
• "They gave me chocolate!"
• "That mummy is nice", she was pronouncing mummy like mommy, too cute!
• "Mom, I am getting super much candy!"
• "Mom, your dress is beautiful."
• "Mom, your makeup is so cute!"

She had a blast and did great at going to all the houses and saying "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You".  What a sweetie!! 

Silly Rapunzel

Her Princess makeup

I told her to open her eyes and this is what I got ;)

The Queen of Hearts/Red Queen and "Tangled"

Monkey Baby Owen's First Halloween

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Halloween Makeup Ideas

Rebecca Woolf from Girl's Gone Child put up a great gathering of Halloween makeup tutorials.  I hate spending a lot of money on my costume, so makeup is something I can do!  I think I will be using one of these this year and I already have the costume to go with it.  Don't worry, I am lame and recycle this costume every few years.  I love it though and it is the only costume I have ever spent a good amount of money on, so you better believe I am going to get every pennies worth of use out of it ;)

It wouldn't let me embed it so go HERE to view it.



It includes:

1. Anime character
2. Black Swan
3. The Queen of Hearts/Red Queen
4. An Avatar
5. Sugar Skull

Maybe I need more parties to go to so I can try a few... I am way too excited about this!

Spooky Time Activities

Last Weds I was getting ready to go to Vegas and I decided I wanted some fun, quality time with the kids.  I had been wanting to make some glitter pumpkins so I went to Michael's and got the supplies and found some fun crafts for the kids to do.  We had a great time!  I was watching cousin Millie so she got join in on the fun.

Lola making a Halloween necklace

Owen staring... he loved to play with the markers (lids on)... oh and a clean diaper ;)

Making her Halloween ornaments, with markers and glitter glue!

 

My favorite pumpkin with ombre sparkles!

 

3 more pumpkins, the big one was waiting for its 2nd coat

Lola being silly in her car with a funny smile

Owen boy looking like a model

 That night we went to dinner with Chris' parents before I left and then we poked around the mall for a bit to get the kids out of the house and we tried the cutest hat on Owen boy!  I probably would have bought it if he would have kept the dang thing on... notice Chris holding Owen's arm down because he kept pulling it off.  What a cutie!

I realize that I suck at blogging.  Do you ever go through a blogging dry spell?  Well that is what was happening to me for the last few weeks.  I haven't felt like I have had any blog worthy outfits or events and I have been really lazy and/or busy at work, hence the silence on the home front.  But I have gone through some of my pics for the last few weeks and realized there are a few fun things that I can share.

Owen's stern face.  He does it so well.  He was hanging out while I folded laundry the other day in his bumbo.  He loves his bumbo, he never wants to lay down.  He has to be in the middle of everything. :)

Lola loves my makeup and tries to apply it herself often. (like the time she got fingernail polish in her eye... yep that's right, that was terrible) This time she put my dark red lip stick on and when I asked to take a picture, this was the face I got, she did not want to cooperate.

Lola and I ran to the store the other day to get Cooper a little bag of dog food and Lola was adamant about carrying it to the car all by herself... and she did.  She is such a strong little lady and a good helper at that. [when she wants to be ;) ]

We have had some fun things going on in the last few weeks now that I think about it.  The problem is, I am terrible at taking pictures. Here is a rundown of some fun events lately:

• Had a BBQ with our friends Jon and Meagan and their cute kiddos
• Had our friends Josh and Megan over for a BBQ (they just got engaged!!  We are so happy for them!)
• Went to a ReAL SL soccer game with Josh and Megan.
• Had a Payson friends get together with my ladies and our kids.  We swam and had dinner at Ashley's clubhouse.  It was a lot of fun!!
• Went to my grandparents house for a 4th of July BBQ, one of my favorite events of the year.  Seriously, home-made rootbeer and ice cream!  Plus Lesley, Jason, and McKay came and it was so great to see them!!!
• My friend Kristi is in town right now, so I got to see her yesterday and hopefully will get to see her more while she is here in Utah.
• Met my friend Angie's new baby girl!

We have been trying to enjoy the summer and our cute kids and want to take many more adventures this summer.  I can't believe how fast my kids are growing up.  They are a blessing to us everyday and they are both in fun stages of life.  I smother them with kisses daily.  I know they get sick of it, but at least they are used to it right?  I hope you all had a great 4th of July!!

"Happy Easters"

If you have seen Nacho Libre then you will enjoy the title. That movie is hilarious! Anyway, this Easter was so great. I love having holidays to spend time with the family and realize how truly blessed we truly are. In church we watched a movie about the Atonement in Primary with the children and it is always so hard for me to watch. That really was the ultimate sacrifice and to think that it was for all of us so we can live again. I am so grateful for what Christ did and am glad that Easter serves as a reminder of that every year. We always try to keep the focus on that and not get overwhelmed with the festivities but of course we have to have some fun as well! So here is a rundown of our weekend.

The annual BBQ and Easter egg hunt at Aunt Jan and Uncle Brad's on Saturday.  This was the first year that Lola could get the eggs on her own and she was so excited.  Last year we still had to do most of it for her. ;)

The loot

This is how our day went on Easter.  Lola was extremely excited that the Easter bunny came to see her.  She loved her Easter dress, little toys and treats that he left.

Her light up Easter egg necklace

Both kids with their bunnies

In her Easter dress

Her cute hair.  Side note: My mom used to do my hair like this when I was little and I LOVED it!

Both kids in their new church clothes.  Obviously Owen is NOT impressed.

Playing with her toys.

Now that is better, he just wanted his mommy.

The tree in front of our house is so pretty right now.

After church we went and had dinner with Chris's folks and got some great gifts that the Easter bunny left there as well!  Then we came home and went on a family walk.  We can't wait to do this every night when the weather gets better, but for now we take advantage when it isn't freezing.  As you can see, it was still a little chilly for the kiddos.

Chris and Lou

Owen boy in his stroller with Lola's baby blanket ha ha

Owen and I, don't mind my posture... I am working on that.

We had such a fun weekend and hope that you did too!  I can't believe that it came and went so quickly.