Welcome to the Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #499 – OCTOBER!!!
Our leaves are suddenly changing colors drastically. Some of the colors are so vivid it’s shocking! On my way home from work I love taking a slow drive down my country road to take in all beauty.
And how exciting is it that we are nearly at our 500th blog hop??!?!?!?!?!?! I mean WOW, that really is something!
Let’s get to this week’s party – simply scroll down to see all the posts that have been linked up by our participating bloggers!
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Initially I was highly intrigued by this post and the picture because, well, it just looks like a good time. Want to gross out your guests at your upcoming Halloween party? Here you go – Alien Brain Hemorrhage Shot Recipe.
And if this doesn’t look like the COOLEST and MUST FUN to decorate for Halloween I don’t know what is. This quick DIY Dollar Tree Halloween Ghost Candlestutorial looks like so much fun!
I love tomato, I love cheddar, and I LOVE dill. I have never made a tomato pie so this recipe sounded perfect – try out this Tomato Cheddar Dill Pie.
Let’s Get To The Party!
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Hello and welcome to You’re The Star Blog Hop Creative Features FALL! Find many wonderful ideas and tips on Creative Features! Please share your ideas too, by linking up your inspiring posts. Visit the blogs and get more stories behind it. And by clicking the CLICK HERE on below post, you can link your posts and able to find more other linked posts about fantastic recipes, beautiful home decor, DIYs, creative tips, family posts and gardening on this party! Tons of ideas from different fantastic bloggers who have linked their amazing posts.
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There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories. Just to be clear – this is NOT a themed party – you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. The “theme” occurs in our weekly features: WEEK#2 CREATIVE – arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, yarn work, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, painting, computer art, fashion etc – anything creative while remaining family friendly) (These features were chosen from the September 2022 “You’re the Star” blog hop)
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Happy October again, or better yet Happy Thanksgiving Canada. What a fun month, Welcome to Happiness is Homemade and we are more than ready For October. So my theme got all thrown this week, I wanted Thanksgiving but there were too many Candy Corn Ideas, so it may seem Corny but here we go.
This is my month, I love hosting for October,. All the other months my amazing co-hosts share their favs. This month, A Labour of Life gets to share her love of Fall, Canadian Thanksgiving and Halloween, for this Canadian it is an amazing time of year. Today, I celebrate Fall in all its glory. Muted Pumpkins, Rustic Decor and all the things to sip and savour. Come show us what you are working on.
Celebration of Corny’ness with Candy Corn
This week, a return back to all things Fall. Celebrating everything Candy Corn. Normally I offer a variety, food, sweets, crafts and tables but today is a sweet switch on my norm.
First up is the cutest Candy Corn Cupcake from Anne’s Entitled Life. Y’all know how much I love sweets and this baby is also so photogenic. What a fun dessert for October. A fall favorite, these delicious, easy to make sweet cupcake treats are perfect for snack-time, lunch-time, anytime! Get into the spirit of Autumn with these adorable Candy Corn Cupcakes.
Cheers to Candy Corn Pudding Cups
Next up from Flour on my Face is a fun and festive Candy Corn Pudding Cup. This festive dessert is also Gluten Free so how awesome is that? This dessert could be used for any holiday just by changing the flavors or color of the pudding used.
Snap Crackle Pop, Rice Krispies
Premeditated Leftovers is killing it with a fun twist on Rice Krispie treats. This fun Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treatis made with super easy ingredients and is a delicious twist to a classic dessert that comes together in no time.
Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!
Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party.
Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend so share some fun ideas for me to use, got a fun table idea, a new dessert or a Turkey surprise?? Hit me up with a new link.
Plus I promise next week is Halloween and tables and crafts and DIY’s all around. Just really needed a fun theme this weekend.
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Happy October and can I say it please… I am so Happy I live in a World with Octobers. What a fun month, Fall has started, Canadian Thanksgiving and yes Halloween. And the start of Q4 for all the bloggers. OMG what a month. Welcome to Happiness is Homemade Ready For October.
This is my month, I love hosting for October,. All the other months my amazing co-hosts share their favs. This month, A Labour of Life gets to share her love of Fall, Canadian Thanksgiving and Halloween, for this Canadian it is an amazing time of year. Today, I celebrate Fall in all its glory. Muted Pumpkins, Rustic Decor and all the things to sip and savour. Come show us what you are working on.
Celebration of Pumpkins aka Ghourd Delight
This week, a return back to all things Fall. Celebrating everything Pumpkin, from food, to drinks to decor, it’s all about the Ghourd.
First up is the cutest little pumpkin patch signfrom Must Have Mom. Y’all know how much I love my Dollar Tree crafts, good lord I have pinterest boards dedicated to every season celebrating Dollar Tree. So this fun idea, caught my eye. Turning a Reception Sign for a wedding into a Fall Statement was too cute to pass up
Cheers to Pumpkin Martini’s
Next up from Organized Island is a fun and festive Pumpkin Spice Martini. This festive drink is great for a fall cocktail party or for a Thanksgiving cocktail. And made with just three ingredients. Not sure about you but this just got added to my Thanksgiving Dinner Menu.
Where’s the Mousse
The Savory Cippola is treating us to a decadent Fall Dessert. This decadent no-bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse is made with super easy ingredients and is a delicious twist to a classic pumpkin dessert that comes together in no time.
Pumpkin Decor Around the Home
How cute is the Fall refresh from Penny’s Treasures? Just a quick and easy refresh in some non traditional fall colours.
Seems odd for me not to share a fun fallscape table, but I really wanted to stick to a pumpkin theme this week for you, Canadian Thanksgiving is next weekend so share some fun ideas for me to use, got a fun table idea, a new dessert or a Turkey surprise?? Hit me up with a new link.
Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!
Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party.
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Welcome to the Happiness is Homemade Link Party #445! I’m so glad that you’re here to inspire and be inspired by all of the greatness shared on this week’s party! If you missed last week’s party, you can check it out here.
This Week’s Features
This pumpkin baked brie made by Nicolle over at Our Tiny Nest is the perfect dish to bring along to all of those fall parties you’re likely to attend. It looks so cute and so easy to make!
Claire from Pillar Box Blue shared these super cute Scandinavian Halloween felt skulls that you can customize to fit your own Halloween decor style. Head over to get the full tutorial.
You will not believe how easy these crochet thread pumpkins are to make! Beth of Creatively Beth made them from thrift store finds, so they were affordable as well. You could even paint them black or dark purple to use at Halloween.
This bat and bow tree made by our own Bev over at Eclectic Red Barn is a great Halloween decoration that you can use indoors or out. It would be so cute made with longer branches sitting on your front porch this October!
Jenna from The Painted Apron created this beautiful pumpkin tablescape for a fall tablescape blog hop. It’s so lovely, and even my 11-year-old son liked it. He’s all boy, so the fact that he saw it on the screen and wanted me to choose it as a feature is high praise indeed!
Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!
Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party.
Thank you for linking up! For more of my future Fall posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter
Welcome to the Happiness is Homemade Link Party #443! I’m Niki from Life as a LEO Wife, and I’ll be choosing the party features for the month of September. I’m so glad that you’re here to inspire and be inspired by all of the greatness shared on this week’s party! If you missed last week’s party, you can check it out here.
Before we start the party, check out my latest project
How cute are these DIY gnomes by Sarah of Must Have Mom? They look perfect for fall trays.
These DIY burlap placemats shared by Meagan from Decorative Inspirations are not only cute, but affordable! Be sure to head over to get the tutorial.
I love upcycling things that are unusable into beautiful decor like these raised Sonoma tile wall art pieces. Lee Ann from Creative Moments hit a homerun with these!
Halloween is right around the corner, so I had to share these adorable witch’s cauldrons! Ann shared exactly how she made them over on Ann’s Entitled Life.
Having a plethora of decorative pillows is really a woman thing, so I can’t help but love these DIY flannel pillows made by Beth over at Creatively Beth. I know you’re going to want to run over to see how to make your own!
MEL’S PICK
DOLLAR STORE PLASTIC BOTTLE TERRARIUM
On to the Party!
Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!
Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party.
Thank you for linking up! For more of my future Fall posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter
Gold color for fall is the best color to me; it looks sophisticated and classy. And this project is to upcycling my old mug into something classy gold. Yes, it’s a gold candle holder for fall decor! It’s super easy and quick to make. the key to get the nicest look for this mug – candle holder is to use an unique shape mug. My mug is unique to me because it has contoured shape, it has texture. And it looks great with painted in gold because the contour reflects the gold color more than a plain shape. That is why I save this old mug which I don’t use it anymore as it has some hairline cracks on the inner surface. Since, fall is coming, this gold candle holder would be a great addition to fall decoration collection. Scroll down to see how I made it!
Things To Prepare
You can always be creative with things that you have at home. You can replace things I use with things that you have at home. Find similar things that look like things that I use is the key. LIke for example, you can use a can mug instead of ceramic mug like mine. Anyway, let’s go straight to my list of supplies. Here is the list of supplies to make my DIY Candle Holder For Fall Decor :
Old mug
Gold spray paint
Old bronze mini candle holder
Silicone glue
How To Make
It is super easy to make, it’s only took some painting and gluing works. And the more unique your old mug is, the more beautiful your candle holder will be. To be clearer, let’s just go to the tutorial on how to make my DIY Candle Holder For Fall Decor :
1 .Clean the old mug and the old bronze mini candle holder; make sure it’s really clean for good painting result.
2 .Spray gold paint to the old mug evenly. Let it dry.
3 Glue the gold painted mug into the bronze mini candle holder by using silicone glue. Let it dry and firm. Done! as simple as that!
Now, the gold candle holder will be ready as my fall decoration. Put it together with other fall decorations to style your mantel, or dining table or even your kitchen table. I put together the gold fall candle holder together with my fall gold acorn and my white popsicle sticks pumpkin. It looks nice altogether. Well then, find your most unique mug and turn it into a nice fall candle holder like mine for your coming fall decor!
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It’s September and Fall is on it’s way. Leaves are falling and new beginning is calling. To welcoming Fall season, I’ve painted a maple leaf in watercolor fall shades. When I think of fall, I think of maple leaf. Maple leaf is so pretty with its distinguish shape and its changing colors.
I painted the maple leaf in fall colors. I also added a quote “Fall; leaves are falling and new beginning is calling”. It’s a great fall quote painting for your inspiration. Many creations can be creatively created from this piece of fall leaf quote painting.
I started with a thin pencil sketch of a maple leaf. I prepared six colors that representing fall. The six colors are; in painted order :
Burnt Sienna watercolor
Crimson watercolor
Vermilion watercolor
Yellow Ochre watercolor
Lemon Yelow watercolor
Gold poster color
I used gold poster color because I don’t have gold watercolor. So, it’s not a certain thing to follow. I love gold leaf look which makes Fall perform in more glamorous way. Like I have mentioned before, this fall leaf quote painting in watercolor shades can be an inspiration to create other creative form to welcome Fall season.
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Inspired by maple trees with the red and gold colors of the autumn season, I painted a maple tree with the swirl of golden-yellow background. I think this painting is more like a modern abstract, if I’m not mistaken because I have never been in an art school. I just paint whatever comes in my mind.
I love painting, but I need at least two whole days to finish a simple painting. And two whole days means I ask a lot from my daily routine 🙂 That’s why I don’t do a lot of painting even though there are many ideas and objects that have already taken lines in my mind. So, every time I have a time to paint and able to finish it, I’m very pleased!
Actually I have been postponed this autumn painting of maple tree for a month. I was very busy and unable to paint something more complicated. So, this maple tree painting is quite simple and fast in its process.
This was the first time I used acrylic paint on a canvas. I found it a lot easier to use acrylic instead of oil paint because acrylic paint dries faster than oil paint. So, the painting process is a lot faster which was good for my busy days. Just for information, I used acrylic colors of Vermilion, Yellow Ochre, lemon yellow, gold, titanium white, crimson, burnt umber.
I have now a need addition to my autumn decoration and painting collections. I hope all of you who drop by to peak and read my post enjoys this Autumn Painting Of Maple Tree. May you be inspired too by this golden-yellow and red maple tree painting of autumn season spirit and create something in your own creations.
See you soon!
Creative Autumn Spirit!
Mel
I entered below challenges for this Autumn Painting Of Maple Tree and play at Party Paint Friday :
Halloween decor would not be perfect without the halloween sign. Therefor, I came across the idea to use ice sticks again as the sign board like I did last time with DIY Fall (in love) Sign. I love the texture that created from the row of the popsicle sticks. I looks great with spray paint, especially white as a sign board base. For the design of the halloween sign, I drew some pumpkins in black, white and orange with the halloween signature sentiment, which is “trick or treat”.
It’s a simple project that only used a little skill of painting, but you can always trick the painting part by using stamps, printing and decoupage. The key to great picture plus sentiment sign board is the sentiment itself and how to present it, the colors, and the interesting object / picture that we want to exposed. Choose the style, the colors, the sentiment and the picture, then you are good to go.
So what did I prepare for my trick or treat pumpkins halloween sign?
Ice sticks
Glue
White spray paint
Black acrylic paint
White acrylic paint
Orange acrylic paint
Paint brush
Pencil
It’s mostly a painting job I should say. So, the steps to do it are basically painting, except for the sign board base;
Line up the ice sticks vertically with the length of around 3 x one ice stick length.
Glue some structure ice sticks to the ice sticks – row in horizontal like making a fence. Let it dry.
Spray paint the ice sticks blank sign with white spray paint. Let it dry.
Draw a sketch of the sentiment and the three pumpkins with pencil.
Paint the first bottom pumpkin with black, then the second with orange and the third with white and some silly pumpkin face. Add some shading to elevate the pumpkins’ look. Don’t forget the leaves.
Paint the sentiment “Trick or Treat” with black acrylic paint. Let it dry.
The Halloween Pumpkins Sign with the wording of Trick or Treat is finished!
Inspired to try out your own halloween sign? Gather all your crafting tools and start creating a halloween sign yourself. Have a fun creating and enjoy some treats while you making it!
See you soon!
Create and creativity!
Mel
I entered below challenges for this diy Halloween Pumpkins Sign – Trick or Treat :
DIY Fall Leaves Painted Bottles Set In White And Gold
I have been keeping bunch of bottles from drinks, oil and etc. Wished that I could do something nice to them. Until now I got the mood to paint small bottles that I got from vitamin C drink. These are small bottles, so I made it into set of three painted bottles. Since now is time to welcome the fall season, I thought I could give some inspiring diy fall painted bottles that can be used as for flower vases or just decorations.
When I think of fall, I mostly think of leaves, all the falling leaves with different shapes and colors. And when you see it from the distance, you can see shimmering gold everywhere and it’s so beautiful. That is why I chose to paint the bottles in white and gold with three different shapes of leaves.
What do you need to do this fall leaves painted bottles set and how to make it in white and gold? Well, you need :
Three small glass bottles (choose used bottles, save money!)
White spray paint
Gold Acrylic paint
Paint Brush
Organic rope
I was starting with:
Clean the used bottles and dry it thoroughly.
Spray paint the three bottles with white paint. Let it dry.
Sketch each bottle with the desired leaf shape by using pencil.
Paint the leaves carefully in three bottles with gold acrylic paint. Let it dry.
The bottles that I used has texture around the bottom of it, so painted the texture too in gold acrylic to make it pop and add more character. Let it dry.
Tie each bottle with organic rope to give an earthy feeling of fall season.
Your set of fall leaves painted bottles in white and gold is ready!
Get some yellow or orange chrysantemum or gerbera or any other single flower that you like and put one to each bottle and you can use the set as fall centerpiece. I was looking for yellow or orange gerbera but I can only found chrysantemum, so that’s it.
It is so simple, does not take too much work and cheap. It’s a great diy of short time preparation for fall decorations. It’s great for fall centerpiece with sophisticated white and gold if you have dinner party in this upcoming autumn season.
See you all!
Set off to creativity season!
Mel
I entered challenges for this diy fall leaves painted bottles to:
Decor Craft Design 