yarn spiders

So far this Halloween season, I've made a halloween banner, cheesecloth ghosts, & graveyard dirt. Next on my list were spiders! These little yarn spiders were easy to make and they add some fun to my Halloween decor. Some may see these as more of a kids craft...but hey, I like them! :)

the weekly creative #4

Welcome to week #4 of The Weekly Creative! Thank you for all who linked up projects last week. I am LOVING all of the fall/Halloween inspiration. It makes me excited for Thanksgiving/Christmas projects. Here are the features from last week (don't forget to grab a featured button from the sidebar):

[1] These Spider Truffles from Marigold Mom look delicious...and creepy. I think I've changed my mind about not liking spiders...what a perfect Halloween treat!

[2] These Halloween X-ray Magnets from Just Dawnelle are adorable. She said her kid's love them...and so do I. Maybe I'll make some for my husband ;) [3] This Monogrammed Burlap Wreath by The Mojo Morris is sweet and lovely...perfect for fall. This has motivated me to make something for our front door!

...& If you missed them, here's what I shared last week:

Now...onto this weeks party :) 
The rules are pretty simple: [1] Link to a specific post & feel free to link as many projects as you'd like ( sewing, crafting, recipes,  photography, life, etc. We love it all!) [2] If you have time, visit at least 2 other links and show some comment love. [3] Become a follower of my blog (not required, of course, but I love new followers. You can also find me on facebook or twitter). [4] Stop by next week to see if your project has been featured. [5] Please link back to my blog so others can share in the fun - if you want, grab a button from my sidebar. [6] Keep creating :)
Thanks for stopping by to link up your awesome projects. I can't wait to see what everyone's been up to this week...

graveyard "dirt"

A few Halloweens ago, I made a graveyard "dirt" cake to take to a Halloween party. It was a big hit... complete with cool whip ghosts and milano cookie gravestones!

This year, I decided to scale back this idea and make individual "dirt" cups. They're simple, fun and easy to take on the go. Plus, they took all of 10 minutes to make...which is my kind of "cooking."

wedding tree

With it being the month of our first wedding anniversary, I thought I would share some DIY projects and fun ideas that made our wedding really special to us. First up...our wedding tree!

photo by heather brincko

We did a special reading during our ceremony and used our tree in place of the traditional "unity candle." The moms came up, one at a time, and put a small scoop of dirt into the pot around the tree. They then passed us the watering cans and we watered our tree together. We loved the symbolism of it and the casual style fit our personalities so much better than the more traditional options.

We decided on a "Serviceberry" tree - it is a native tree to Pennsylvania and the guy at the nursery raved about how pretty they were. It gets delicate white flowers in the Spring, sweet edible berries in the Summer and the leaves change colors in the Fall. Each season the tree changes - and we loved that! For our ceremony, I simply wrapped the standard black pot with burlap and a purple ribbon.

Here was the reading that was read during our ceremony:

Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether you roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.

After returning from our honeymoon, we planted our "love tree" (that's what we've been jokingly calling it) at our new house.

The tree has grown a bunch and we've spent the first year of our marriage happy as can be. We're looking forward to many years to come and watching our "love tree" grow. It'll be fun to have a picture with it every year on our anniversary. I've already told Adam that if we ever move, that tree is coming with us - it's part of the family now.

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