I’m a little late in planning this, but I recently decided to throw a Halloween Party. Visions of costumes, Halloween punch, decor and treats, got me thinking, why should kids have all the fun?

1. INVITATIONS. First things first. Have fun choosing your Halloween Party invitations. Here are a few adult-friendly ones from Tiny Prints.

2. FOOD & DRINKS.The best part of planning a Halloween party? All those delectably themed food and drinks. Serve up spooky fun with Semi-Homemade Sandra Lee’s Vampire Kiss Martini and Martha Stewart’s Spooky spirits. Recipes for both can be found on their websites.

Present an elegant yet eerie feast of Midnight Moon cookies and No Bake Spiderweb Cheesecake from Martha Stewart and Deviled Chicken Lollipops from the FoodNetwork.

3. DEVILISH DECOR. Transforming your home into a party that will be loved by kids and adults. Hang up this sweet Candy Wreath and light up the way with these Cookie Cutter Pumpkins from Martha Stewart. And Pottery Barn’s fall-inspired tablescape is simply beautiful.

Besides the usual trick or treating, know of any other fun and unique ways to celebrate Halloween? Well I didn’t either, until I did a little research. Enjoy the fruits of my labor and no matter what you do, here’s hoping you’ll have an awesome Halloween!

1. Budget Travel has come up with Halloween-Themed Hotel deals that start from $59. Travel to Scottsdale, Arizona to visit their Rawhide Western theme park with its annual Doomtown Halloween theme event packed with haunted houses and Halloween decor.

2. Not as inexpensive but loads of fun, Disneyland and Disney World boasts their annual “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party” which is filled with kid appropriate fun activities like trick or treating in the park, parade and fireworks all in honor of Halloween.

3. Throw your own Halloween party! Serve up ghoulish treats and invite guests to this scary soiree with one of these Halloween party invitations.

The holiday season is a great time to get creative with your culinary delights. Especially if you have kids in the house (or even just kids at heart!), creating cute little treats for parties, family dinners or just as afternoon snacks can be a great way to get everyone in the spirit of the holdiay. If you are looking for easy ways to add fun to your finger foods, check out these great food craft sites for some ideas and inspiration:

• Disney’s FamilyFun.com has some of the best ideas on the web for cute crafts and fun food creations. I love their Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas ideas, but they even have some great everyday tips for creating an extra fun family meal.
• The ever-stylish Martha Stewart also offers excellent food craft ideas, including some charming adult ideas better suited for cocktail parties than some of the more cutesy recipes found elsewhere online.
• The Crafty Crow is a great craft site for kids that offers a wealth of ideas for parents looking to spend some quality time with their children in a creative setting. This ingenious site is responsible for the super creepy shrunken apple heads below! Yikes!
• If your family loves M&Ms, Snickers and Milky Way bars, then Red and Yellow’s Bright Ideas is the site for you! Run by the Mars corporation, this site has adorable edible crafts for you and your family to create out of common candy items.
• Another great creative resource for parents is FreeKidsCrafts.com. Not all of these crafts are edible, but they all have to do with food, fun and spending time together as a family!

It’s officially fall so this week’s inspiration board is dedicated to the brilliant reds and golds of autumn leaves, cool brisk nights and fall parties with friends. Let these fun ideas get you in the mood to celebrate the changing seasons!

1) Send Thanksgiving greetings to those near and far with new and simply gorgeous photo cards from Tiny Prints. Crate and Barrel’s maple leaf plate makes serving appetizers fun and festive.

2) White pumpkin candles and cranberry vase filler from Pottery Barn are sure to transform any gathering into an elegant holiday affair!

3) Mini pumpkin spice cake with orange glaze from Sara Lee of Semi-Homemade and pumpkin patch cupcakes from Martha Stewart are pumpkin inspired, mouth watering treats for kids and the kid at heart.

Meet Daniella - our adorable baby of the week!

• Daniella is 5 months old
• Her favorite book is “Where’s Elmo?”
• Her favorite toys are the Exersaucer and the play gym
• She loves being outside and hates naptime
• And, her mommy works at Tiny Prints, and loves the new 2008 Holiday Collection

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With Halloween only a month away, get ready for your Costume party with this week’s fun holiday ideas from haunted Halloween Invitations to cool costumes for the whole family.

1) Invite friends and family to a Halloween party they’ll never forget. These adorable, fun and perfectly spooky Halloween Party Invitations will help you get them there.

2) Here are a few unique Halloween costumes made for the whole family! Pottery Barn Kids turns your little one into everything from a banana seen here, to a shark and everything in between. The Spider Web Mother and her Sock Spider Baby (below) is a Do-It-Yourself costume that can be put together with instructions on Martha Stewart’s website, as well as the adorable Spring Chicken costume. The Bun-in-the-Oven costume from HalloweenStreet.com makes it fun for pregnant moms to get into the Halloween spirit! And this faux costume by Martha Stewart playing on the pun “it’s raining like cats and dogs” can be created and used by anyone.

Make your Halloween Party a big hit with these spooky, creepy and cool ideas in this week’s Inspiration Board!

Great pumpkins, candy cauldron, and a platter of glittered skeletal parts are sure to make your Halloween party unique. Check out MarthaStewart.com for information on how to make these creepy crafts.

Familyfun.com has a variety of delicious recipes to feed those monstrous appetites! Just look at those Sweet Scarecrows, PB & J Jack-O-Lanterns and Melon brains!

Call them over for a good time with these adorable Halloween Party Invitations!

Having a baby shower during Halloween makes the party extra special. Costumes, sweet treats and themed games and invites will help make her shower unique. Here are some ways to celebrate the happy mommy-to-be for a Happy Halloween!

Fun favors for her guests. Send them home with these sweet, sugary treats. Jack O’Lantern shaped sucker rings from Oriental Trading Company,  Dean & Deluca Halloween fudge pops from Gifts.com,  Jack-O-Caramels from WrappedHersheys.com.

Invite them in for a ghastly good time with these Halloween themed Party Invitations.

Serve these ghoulish treats. Orange Jack O’Lanterns with sorbet from Martha Stewart, Mulled Pom Apple Cider FoodNetwork, Candy Jar Treats from Martha Stewart and Wicked Cupcakes from FoodNetwork.

Once summer’s over, there’s Halloween, then Thanksgiving…then CHRISTMAS! I know we’re barely into fall, but a few days ago I saw holiday decorations going up already. Soon, stores will start playing those well-known holiday songs and everyone will be in a mad rush to find parking, do their shopping and get their holiday invitations. Planning on doing your yearly holiday celebration, or would you like to throw a fabulous holiday party for the first time this year? To prevent last year’s craziness, why not beat the crowd and do your shopping early? Take a look at these cool designs from Tiny Prints. Then sit back and relax while everyone rushes around for their cards this holiday season.

Labor day is fast approaching. Got any plans for the long weekend? Though traditionally Labor Day has been celebrated as a signal of the end of summer, today it is perceived as a day of rest. And don’t we all need a little bit of that? So what are your plans this year? (Find about more about Labor Day at Wikipedia.)

Here are some fun ideas for a memorable holiday:

1)

Have a barbecue! Take advantage of the warm weather while it’s still here and invite everyone over for another barbecue.

2) If you don’t feel like cooking burgers and hot dogs, how about baking them? FamilyFun has another great recipe for cupcakes this one topped with hamburgers and hot dogs.

3) Check out what’s going on in your neighborhood and places outside of where you live. In Burlington, N.C. for example, you can listen to music and go camping, try fishing and go on horse-drawn wagon rides at the The Bass Mountain Bluegrass Festival.

4) Hire someone to plan the best vacation for you. Children’s Concierge creates personalized vacations for families in various cities around the world that can include going to a museum, afternoon tea, concerts and even more.