EERIE LUMINARIAS, GHOSTING & MASON JAR LANTERNS!!

Sara over at Graphic Pretties came up with this idea and I thought you might like to start this as a Halloween tradition in your neighborhood…Sounds like fun to me and then maybe at Christmas time you could do a Secret Santa in the same fashion…

Have you heard of ghosting? We started ghosting in our neighborhood a few years ago and it has been started by someone every year since. If you have several children in your neighborhood they will really enjoy the fun!

Pick two neighbors to ghost...buy some treats and put them in a decorative bag or plastic pumpkin... at night sneak up and place the treats on the porch.. knock or ring the doorbell and RUN. place the ghosting letter and ghost picture along with the treats...this will provide them with the info they need to play along.
Get the ghosting letter and ghost picture *HERE*

Want to make these Mason Jar Lanterns?...Then check out my old post about them *HERE*!

EERIE LUMINARIAS
Light the path to your haunted mansion with these clever milk jug luminarias
Click *HERE* for the instructions & patterns!!

ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!

At last Kraft has made it easier to use Carmel Candy in our Fall & Christmas baking or candy making...
Look at that package...It says UNWRAPPED CARMEL BITS!!!!!
Now part of the work making my Carmel Krispies is done for me...

I noticed when I started to post this, that it is my 51st post....Thought it would take me longer than this to get there...
In honor of this I am going to tell you how to make your own....
Prim Linen Spray:


You can make this spray for ironing, to freshen sheets and towels in the linen closet, on old textiles to freshen them, as an air freshener or as I like to do, spray onto my prim items I have made...For this I use a scent that goes with what I made...

Ingredients:
4 ounces of distilled water (tap water will cause it to become cloudy and over time plug up the sprayer)
1 ounce of 100 proof rubbing alcohol (DO NOT USE ISOPROYL)
10 drops of an non staining essential oil
5 ounce spray bottle

Mix the essential oil into the alcohol, the alcohol will take on the scent of the oil...Slowly add the distilled water, stirring constantly...Fill the spray bottle..
Store in a cool dark place and shake the bottle before using....You might want to test on an inconspicuous spot before spraying...
Use these non staining essential oils for the linen sprays..
lavender
juniper
eucalyptus
rosewood
peppermint
You can use regular candle scents for your prim items...Just don't spray them and then put them in the oven, as the heat will make the smell evaporate....
If you want your item to appear like it has rust spots on it, then after spraying sprinkle on some cinnamon and spray again and let dry....Then it really smells good and your customers will love the smell

An Easy To Make PUMPKIN CORNBREAD!!

The onset of fall has got me on this pumpkin kick. So I was looking for different pumpkin recipes the other day and came across this one in the Country Living Magazine....Once I saw it I just had to try it. I've never even heard of pumpkin cornbread before, so my curiosity was definitely piqued.

Quick & Easy Pumpkin Corn Bread!

Indgrents:
1 box cornbread mix (8.5 oz.)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup can canned pumpkin
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 8 x 8-inch square pan or 8-inch cast iorn skillet.
Mix the cornbread, following directions on the box.. Add vanilla then nutmeg. Mix together. Add pumpkin to mixture then pour into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until knife comes out clean.
Makes 6 servings

Ebay Listings!

Well I listed 20 fall patterns and 24 Christmas patterns on eBay the past couple days....
Also listed the fall hay, straw hats, pumpkins, flax tow waste, rusty bottle caps, drab brown flour sacks, early looking whisk brooms, rusty square headed nails, rusty safety pins, dried oranges and some womderful ginned cotton batting...
Be sure to take a look in my eBay store....
You are sure to find something you need...