How Too Make Batty Hanging Glowing Bats

Yes, you do still have time to make a batty bat. Yes the paint takes a while to dry but it can dry as it hangs.

What you will need…

2 A5 Self Adhesive Black Foam Sheets
Bag Black Sequins (mixed sizes)
Baker Ross Luminous Paint ( best tried)
2 Tiny Googly Eyes
Fishing Line Thread
Glue Dots

Tools…

Scissors
Precision tool
Pencil

Here it goes…

Your done… Now hang and wait for the darkness to see you bat glow.

Glowing Batty Bat…

How Too Make A Tissue Paper Googly Eye Wreath

So here’s our second Halloween craft project of the day.

As promised these are last minute craft ideas that don’t cost very much money to create. 🙂

This spooky tissue paper googly eye wreath took less than 30 minutes to make.

You will need…
Large Polystyrene Ring
4 Large Sheets (Orange Tissue Paper)
4 Large Sheets (Green Tissue Paper)
Dress Pins
Small Sheet Felt (spooky design)
Pack of Googly Eyes (self adhesive)
Pack of Sticky Gems (Small, Self adhesive)
2m Satin Orange Ribbon

Tools…

Just Scissors

All done… I think it looks pretty spook-Tastic for a load of tissue paper, how about you?

How Too Make Spooky Tableware Window Display

Today is Halloween and I’m in a hurry to post some awesome last minute crafts, myself and the kids have been creating early this morning.

This spooky tableware (Champagne style glasses) are great for this project. I saw these plain yellow plastic glasses being sold in a charity shop yesterday. I brought all 3 for £1.

I wanted to make a window display but you can use these spooky glasses at your Halloween party and you still have time as they only take minutes to make.

You will need…

Any plastic glasses (Champagne style look fantastic)
Super sticky gem stones
Porcelain pens (black & red) or any waterproof paint.

That’s it all done… Display on a glass plate with some spooky sequins for added effect.

How Too Make A Spooky Halloween Door Sign

You will need…
2X A4 Foam in choice of colours
1X Strong Card (Any Colour)
1x Door Handle Template (can make 1)
A5 Black Self Adhesive Foam
A5 White Self Adhesive Foam
Sticky Gems Small and Large
Black, White & Red Deco Pen (paint or felt tip is Ok)
Halloween Spider & Bat Sequins
Halloween Ghost Seqin

Tools Needed
Dark Pencil
Bostik Sticki Pen (or other glue stick)
Sharp Scissors

Fright-Tastic Last Minute Halloween Comps

The spooky night is almost upon us. This can only mean one thing…

Online spooky competitions to win awesome prizes.

I did want to share this earlier in the week but this lady has been a busy bee with lots going on.

So here are my list of last minute spooky UK comps…. Be quick and get entering!

O2 #lookscary Instagram Competition

Win 1 of 3 Blackberry Curves with O2 who have a photo comp running till the 2/11/12. They want to see your scary Halloween makeovers. Get your creative juices following and dress up with the aim to scare. Upload your scary pics to instagram and use the hashtag #lookscary for your chance to win. Winners will be announced by 5pm on the 9th November 2012.

Visit O2 for full T&C

Jones + Jones Win A Dress Of Your Choice

Jones + Jones want to see your extravagant Halloween costumes!
Send them a picture of your spooky/glam costume and their favourite will win a jones + jones dress of their choice!

To enter tweet with your image attached to their Twitter account with the hashtag #jonesandjoneshalloween
Competition closes at midnight on Sunday the 4th of November 2012. The winner will be contacted via email and/or mobile. See the Jones + Jones site for full competition details.

MoneySupermarket HomeMade Halloween (Prizes include PS3, toys DVDs and more).

MoneySupermarket Want to see your homemade Halloween costumes that you’ve created on a budget. They are awarding spooktastic prizes for the most innovative and creative within these 3 categories: Adults, Children and Groups.

How to Enter: To enter you need to put together an outfit and write a blog post about how you made it, where you got the bits and pieces from and how you did the whole thing on a budget. Moneysupermarket ask that you do please include a picture of the finished outfit. Once complete email post URL to… competitions@moneysupermarket.com making sure to enter “Homemade Halloween” in the subject line. Competition closes the 5th November. For full details cost the MoneySupermarket site.

Goodtoknow Halloween Photo Comp To Win A Nikon COOLPIX S9300

Goodtoknow are asking you to send them a picture of your little monsters in their costume, homemade or bought, and 1 goodtoknow parent will have the chance to win a Nikon COOLPIX S9300 compact camera, worth £279.99.

Enter via their Facebook page or email your picture to with the subject line Halloween picture competition.
Closes on Sunday 4th November 2012 at 23:59pm. Check out the goodtoknow site for competition details.

Wacky Warehouse Pumpkin Carving Competition To Win Free Entry Into Wacky For A Whole Year

Wacky WareHouse want to see your children’s carved spooktastic pumpkins. The winner will receive a the fantastic prize of free entry into Wacky for one whole year.

Enter by uploading your finished pumpkin to their website along with your details by the 31st October 2012.

Tesco Pumpkin Carving Competition To Win 1 of 5 £100 Tesco Vouchers

Tesco want to see your spooky or even funny photos of your pumpkin creations. Entries are judged but will be displayed on their Facebook page. Competition closes on the 31st of October so must be emailed before then.

See the Tesco Facebook Page for more information and email address details.

This Week I’m In Shoe Heaven

Admittedly I’m a lady who likes her shoes… I wont lie! I have many pairs!

Some may argue… Then Why buy more!

I’m entitle to treat myself every now and then especially when I’m treating myself to something for a fraction of its original cost!

I got my hands on two beautiful pairs of shoes this week. Both platforms, both beautiful, both an absolute bargain!

The first pair of shoes were actually delivered to me last Saturday but I was in Bristol. I therefore collected my parcel from the local sorting office on Wednesday and was delighted to discover that the parcel was in fact one of my latest eBay finds…

They are amazing, I just had to have them! So I added the shoes to my watch list and set an alarm on my iPhone with a reminder of the auctions closing time. I was surprised to discover that this was actually due to end at a funny hour. Despite this being a UK long time eBay seller it was due to end at the Ghastly hour of 3am. Anyone who uses eBay will get where I’m coming from when stating how foolish such a move is! Its one that could have actually cost the seller a great eBay sale! I mean who is awake at 3am? I swear its only me who’s unlucky enough to be kept awake so late. Many people don’t bid till the last hour of auction… Fact! This would have almost definitely affected its final selling price.

As a result, I snapped up these beauties for the remarkable price of £2 plus a very reasonable £2.50 P&P. Not bad for a beautiful pair of shoes that have only been worn just once.

The second pair of shoes I brought was in london following my Savoo interview. These were from the new Primark flagship store located on Tottenham Court road on the corner of Oxford Street.

The new store that opened late last month (september) is massive and host 4 floors of treasure. There is a great selection in all departments whether women’s, men’s, children’s and even that of homeware.

On this particular day they had many items reduced in price and as a result I snapped these up for just £6 saving £10 from the £16 they were originally.

To be completely honest, I’ve never really liked the selection of heels stocked by Primark but in the last year I’ve noticed some stunning new lines that tick all the boxes in style and price. I don’t know how well made these are but at £6 it won’t be so heartbreaking if they don’t get through too many nights out (not that I have many but that irrelevant).

They do seem sturdy with a heel that’s reasonable strong. At £6 I can’t help but to shout about them.

I only got these this past Saturday and hear they are still currently on sale in many Primark stores. If these are not your thing its still worth checking out your nearest store this week as the number of shoes amongst other items on sale, is most definitely worth a look.

Check out the Fashion Foie Gras blog for an in depth informative review on the Primarks newest London flagship store

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A Tantrum With A Groovy Twist

Ok as a mother of three, a son with Asperger’s syndrome, daughter of 9 going on 19 and a toddler putting me though my paces as he experiences the terrible twos, I sure am used to a tantrum or two.

Yet, though its extremely rare that one would see a funny side to this… After all why would you? I have discovered a way to convert it into something epic.

While I was messing around with an App I’d just downloaded from the iTunes App Store on my iPhone, the toddler decided to have a mini blow out for no specific reason (as 2 year olds tend to do). The funny thing was the app I was messing with was that of ‘Just Dance 3‘ the auto dance app that claims that just about anybody can dance.

Well, I was just about to scrap the mini clip I’d filmed due to the toddlers sudden outburst when I decided to take a peek at it before binning it! I’m actually rather glad I did! Why? Because this is what I saw…

See, anybody can dance… Even during a tantrum!

Staying in doesn’t have to be boring!

It’s rare that I get my party head on, but a couple of weekends back I found myself doing just that.

Ok… Ok I didn’t have some big arse night on the town but I did have some girls round, drink a few cocktails and glasses of champers, eat a little pizza and play a few party games. Actually it felt great to let go and have a little fun.

The guys at Ladbrokes supplied me with a box of treats topped with items designed for a girls night in!

I grabbed my box headed over to my mums and called a few of the girls over for a Casino themed night in.

Before the drinks started flowing I prepared finger food and experimented with the cocktails.

Here’s some of what we got up too…

Cocktail making… I’m dead proud of my mojitos

And the games were much more fun following a few glasses…

We even popped open the champers I was given when winning a Mad blog award in September…

We then settled down and watched some talent on the TV before finally having a girls only poker session that we played in the upmost serious manner…

See… Staying in doesn’t have to be boring 🙂 Thanks to Ladbrokes for supplying our box of party essentials.