making striped soaps...

Tison and my latest DIY project was making our own soap as gifts for friends and family. My friend Ryan told me she found an easy how-to on the Martha Stewart's website. I decided we had to do it :)

Maybe it doesn't look exactly like the picture on Martha's website, but our family certainly enjoyed the effort! We purchased the glycerin at Hobby Lobby and the peppermint oil from Drug Emporium.

pumpkin tricks & treats...

 {You are such a great host Daci!! Everything was wonderful.}

 {loved those homemade cinnamon rolls}

 {found a carving idea in the October Martha Stewart Living magazine that I thought would be fun}

 {Natalie and Kanishk are hard at work on their pumpkins}

 {Daci painted hers gold and Diane is carving her design- good job!}

{Martha's witch proved to be quite the project. Tison had never carved a pumpkin before...maybe I should have stuck with something easier!!}

{I finished her up last night- not exactly as I had planned it, but it works :) }

ps- the inside of pumpkins STINK!