Your Makeup Match

I think this is such an awesome idea I thought I would share it with you. You can go to Instyle and find your perfect celebrity makeup match.

I was a little disappointed to find out they didn't have a celebrity to match me. You choose your skin color, hair color, and eye color. I have medium skin, dark hair, and light eyes. I guess I'm just a freak of nature because there's no celebrity out there that looks like me. LOL The only one I can think of is Courtney Cox but she wasn't listed. The closest celebrity they gave me was Lucy Liu but she has dark eyes.

Let me know if you have better luck.

Halloween Pottery Barn Style

I always check in on Pottery Barn to see how they dress up the different Holidays. As I flip through the catalog I always think "I bet I could make that myself." I will also bet I could do it for a lot less money.

Take, for example, this glitter skull.


I'm going to check out my local dollar stores and see if I can come up with a skull. I have to think one of them will have one {if they're not already sold out}. How easy would it be to brush on some glue, sprinkle on some glitter, and voila, sparkle skull!

And these votives?

I'm not sure I've seen black votives? I never really looked for any either. I'm guessing I could pick them up at Pier 1 especially this time of year. Again, easy enough to check out the local Michael's for a skull and cross bones stamper or stencil. Sprinkle glitter and fancy votive you now have. All dressed up and ready to haunt.

The question is: can I do both projects for under $38 plus shipping. I'll be shopping around this week to see if it's possible and keep you posted.

Kindergarten Rocks!

My six year old son just began Kindergarten this past September. Now I know it's not the beginning of the school year but around our house Kindergarten is a big deal. He's the oldest and his brother will be in Kindergarten next year and then his sister the year after that. Kindergarten is the main topic of conversation around here.

To celebrate Kindergarten and all the great things it is providing for my son, I thought I'd look for a few of my favorite Kindergarten finds.


I love, love this Kindergarten Rocks t-shirt from Fun2Wear2. I know my son would love it and I'm wondering if it wouldn't be a nice teachers gift for a younger, fun Kindergarten t-shirt?

So if the t-shirt isn't a great idea for your Kindergarten teacher, how about this clipboard from Slimdgm. I think that's going to be top on my list.

Every Kindergartener adores a good PB&J. I don't know, these are just so fun! Nice work CherryDot!

Now this isn't really a great pattern for a boy's memory book but I know my son would love one of these. He loves saving EVERYTHING from school and loves talking about "remember whens" already. This is from ChicMemories on Etsy

What an ingenious idea! I think this is the cutest gift idea from Aquabeet.

Creating SITStas!

Today is The Secret is in the Sauce Blogathon! Yaaaay! I'm new there but I'm enjoying myself. I encourage everyone to go and check it out.

I totally love
Todays Creative Blog
Cristin
Tip Junkie
Skip to my Lou
Ronnica

So go and check out my favorites. Make some new SITStas!

Crockpot Applesauce

I did it! I made the Crockpot Applesauce yesterday. I first read about it at OldRedBarnCo and it sounded so good. I knew it would be a big hit. So what does anyone do when they want to find more out about something? That's right! They Google it! There are a ton of recipes out there so I kind of took a few and combined them to come up with my own rendition.

10 Large Apples Peeled, Cored, and Cut
1/2 Cup water
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 to 1/2 cup of sugar depending on how sweet you like it and the type of apples you use.
Squeese of lemon

Put it all in a crockpot. Give it a stir. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.

The kids absolutely adored it! Seriously 10 apples didn't even fill one jar after the kids were done with their afternoon snack!

Do you have any great ideas for things you like to throw into the crockpot?

20 Things to Treasure in Autumn

I so love this season but most of the time I hate to admit. I'm always so sad to see summer go. I love summer, it's my favorite. But there are so many great things about fall. If it weren't for looming winter fall might be my favorite but shh, don't tell anyone!

1.Warm sunny days with cool nights
2.All the earth tones
3.Smell of pumpkin candles
4.Leaves changing color
5.Johnny Appleseed Day
6.The 5 Little Pumpkin Song
7.Apples, apples, and more apples
8.Pumpkins of any color-love the almost green
9.Warm Apple Cider with a cinnamon stick
10.Crockpot Applesauce
11.Hikes with the family
12.Football
13.Warm pumpkin pancakes
14.Thanksgiving
15.Playing outside after dark in sweatshirts
16.Halloween night
17.Making costumes
18.Hot cocoa
19.Corn Stalks
20.Candy Corn

What about you? What are some of your favorites?

5 Favorite Halloween Finds

This soap looks so good I could just eat it up! I can imagine taking a shower and cleaning off with a big bar of this. Mmmm. . . . You can buy one for yourself at BubblesUpbyBethieB on etsy


I think my little 3 year old would love Yoga class if I could get her one of these cute Yoga outfits for the fall season. Adorable! Get one for your little one at LemonsandLollis on Etsy



I don't usually get dressed up to take the kids out Trick or Treating but it's always nice to get a little festive. This will do the trick! Hunt one out for yourself at HomeStudio on etsy



Last week I heard a tip about buying a Halloween Scrapbook and putting your Halloween pictures of the kids in it every year. That way you have all your costumes from year to year in one (or two) spots. I loved the idea. I'm going to start with this scrapbook from Tudor Designs on etsy



I know my little girl is an angel most of the time but sometimes it is appropriate for her to be wearing horns. Check these out at ViolentBelle on etsy