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We love Halloween. Whether you’re looking for DIY projects or recipes for your Halloween party, decorations for the house, or a creepy dessert, you’ll be able to find it right here. This category features all of our Halloween favorites, rolled up into one, easy location. Our ideas are budget, family, and living-on-your-own friendly, and easy to follow. We’ve made every craft project and recipe featured here and our posts will let you know how much we liked it. Let’s be honest, we’ve loved pretty much everything. Leave a comment if you have one. If you’re looking for something more specific use our search bar or check out one of our niche categories. Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!

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Pumpkin Bread

September 23, 2013
Pumpkin Bread

What’s fall without pumpkin bread?  Seriously – if you don’t like pumpkin, sorry, but what is wrong with you?  If you’re not from New England, and you don’t like pumpkin, then you get a free pass.  I could literally eat pumpkin bread every day of the year, but I somehow hold off until the fall.  When I was in college, I looked forward from that finals week care package, filled…

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Mummy Pumpkin: Halloween DIY

October 15, 2012
DIY Mummy Pumpkin

This weekend I channeled my inner Martha Stewart and crafted a fun DIY decoration for Halloween – a Mummy Pumpkin.  I first saw this floating around Pinterest, and as a lover of Halloween and anything involving pumpkin, I knew I had to make it!  It’s a bit of a time hog, but not too hard to craft – a moderate DIY project.  All you’ll need is some patience and… DIY…

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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

September 24, 2012
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

One of our favorite things to add to a dessert, besides peanut butter, is pumpkin.  It does not even have to be fall for me to eat a good pumpkin pie. A classic American treat, the Whoopie Pie, otherwise known as a “black-and-white,” got its start as being a delicious treat in lunch pails.  Wives of farmers would bake these treats once in a while for their husbands and pack…

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