crafts Archives - fiftytwothursdays https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/tag/crafts-2/ style + fitness Wed, 20 May 2015 05:47:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Pumpkin Decorating + Boozy Milkshakes https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/foodie/pumpkin-decorating-boozy-milkshakes/ https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/foodie/pumpkin-decorating-boozy-milkshakes/#respond Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:30:22 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=3825 Halloween has long been a favorite holiday of ours. Dressing up in costume mixed with unlimited amounts of candy and favorable weather are a few of the things that get us excited about this time of year.  Since we already have our costumes picked out and ready to go, the only thing missing were the pumpkins!  So we threw together a little pumpkin decorating party at Natasha’s house where we made a boozy milkshake and put your creativity to the test. There are so many options when it comes to pumpkin decorating, whether it be carving, painting, using glitter and ribbons or even adding funky accessories to dress them up, the options are really endless.  There is no wrong way to decorate a pumpkin, sometimes they turn out silly and other times they turn out to be a work of art but all that really matters in the end is that you enjoy the process. What goes better with pumpkin decorating than booze?? We are pretty sure it helps with the creative process as well.  We crafted up a boozy milkshake that we enjoyed while we got our hands dirty.  Here is the recipe we used: 2 cups pumpkin flavored ice cream […]

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]]> https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/foodie/pumpkin-decorating-boozy-milkshakes/feed/ 0 Friendsgiving https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/diy/friendsgiving/ https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/diy/friendsgiving/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:43:29 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=306 This year we hosted our first ever Friendsgiving with some of our closest friends.  The weather was looking good for Friday evening, so I took a chance and rented two long tables and a bunch of chairs in hopes to have the dinner outside and thank god the weather was on my side. Throwing a dinner party for 20 people isn’t an easy task and it can get expensive so I found some ways to keep costs down by heading to Goodwill for extra plates and silverware and borrowing extra napkins and serving platters from Michelle.  I hit up a local rental company for the tables and chairs, for a one day rental they were only $40. Michelle and I spray painted the mini pumpkins silver and then painted each guests name for their place holder, made for a cute gift to take home too.  Maggie set up a station to make turkey feather and turkey leg hats, they were a huge hit.   Each friend brought a bottle of wine and a dish to share.  Casey and I made the turkey by following a Paula Deen recipe, as you can imagine there was a lot of butter involved. Everything […]

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