How to Make Pretty Simple Decoupage Pumpkins (No Carve Pumpkin Idea)

Looking for a no carve pumpkins idea? With Halloween is just around the corner, some of us want something a little more chic than the average orange carved pumpkin (!); I thought I’d share my method for simple decoupage pumpkins. These do it yourself pumpkin decorations are so simple to make — and look really …

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How To Make No Sew Easy DIY Bee Wings

I was chatting to a friend the other day about fancy dress costumes for festivals. She was saying that she’d got to buy four lots of fairy costumes for one festival they were going to, for her little girls. I mentioned that I’d once made a bumble bee costume and the easy DIY bee wings …

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My Favourite Spiced Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Looking for the very best spiced pumpkin soup recipe? This simple spicy pumpkin soup is my go-to every year. It’s simple and delicious and the perfect way of using up those Halloween pumpkins! We’d bought two for All Hallows’ Eve, from the pumpkin farm, and only carved one of them, so the other was patiently waiting for …

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Pumpkin Picking in Staffordshire

The clocks went back this weekend. Did you enjoy an extra hour in bed? Or is the change in time wreaking havoc with your body clock? We had some family fun and went pumpkin picking in Staffordshire! We’ve got a run of short, dark days ahead and I want to fill the days with as much …

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A Free Printable Halloween Banner

The nights are starting to draw in and there’s a nip in the air — which can only mean one thing. Halloween! To celebrate, I’ve created a free printable Halloween banner. Perfect for turning your home into a spooky Halloween house! This year’s Halloween will be a little different, as the Covid-carousel is in full …

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Halloween Baking | Iced Sugar Skull Cookies

With autumn nearly upon us — although it’s a month or so away — this is the perfect time to start planning a Halloween party and maybe think about some Halloween baking.  I found a biscuit recipe courtesy of The Biscuiteers a few years ago.  I’ve used it for all sorts of iced cookies; from …

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Day of The Dead Halloween Party | Me and Mine {October}

A couple of weeks’ ago I mentioned that we were planning to throw a Halloween party. We’d decided to make it a bit of a village affair — invite all the neighbours and their children — and decorate the house and garden in a suitably spooky manner. Although we spent hours scouring Pinterest for games and …

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Planning a Halloween Party

Well, summer is definitely over for another year, which gives me the perfect excuse to begin planning a Halloween party.  I’ve desperately been trying to hold on to the warmer days — refusing to wear proper shoes in favour of my flip flops — but, try as I might, autumn is upon us once more. …

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