Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday. I don’t like turkey, stuffing, football, cooking, or being thankful (just kidding).  But you know what I do like?  Time off work!  Woot.

Over the long holiday weekend, I watched the entire 7th season of Weeds and the entire 3rd season of Bored to Death because Uverse gave us a free cable preview.  I will NEVER say no to free cable.  Or Jason Schwartzman.  During this 10 hour cable marathon, I became horribly drunk because I made up a drinking game which required me to do a shot of Wild Turkey every time someone said “weed” or “pot”.  I do have some holiday spirit, people.

I kid, I kid.  I ate frozen pizza and drank 50 diet cokes.  wah wah wah…

But all was not lost because I did accomplish one productive thing during my holiday weekend.  I made some reusable chalkboard gift tags.   I would like to share with you how easy they are to make.  Because I am a giver.

HOLD UP.

I just remembered I actually did two productive things over the weekend. At the recommendation of my mother (who is very smart), I sold some gold jewelry, mostly stuff I had as a kid, to one of those “Cash for Gold” joints and made $310!  THREE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS for a tiny amount of jewelry.  Apparently the price of gold is up.  Am I the last person to know this?  Most of the jewelry was embarrassingly awful.  Evidently, as a young girl I fancied clowns, cats, and ballerinas.  What a lame-o.  But I was also a special friend, #1 daughter, #1 grand-daughter, and a best friend.  Aw, lovable lame-o.

PS:  I (almost) kept that cat charm.

Anyways, back to the gift tags.

I had some chalkboard spray paint left over from the bloody candle holders I made for my Haunted Hussy House Party.   I also had some of those inexpensive little round wooden disk thingies that were left over from some silhouette coasters I made last year (see below), so I decided to turn those extra supplies into reusable gift tags for the holidays.

These gift tags are super easy to make.  All you need, besides the chalkboard spray paint and those little wooden disks (available at most craft stores), is a drill, some chalk, and some ribbon or string.

First, drill a hole in each disk, near an edge or a corner.  Next, spray on two to three coats of chalkboard paint to both sides.

Once the paint dries, tie some string or ribbon through the holes and use the chalk to write or draw whatever your heart desires.

And there you are – reusable gift tags!  I think they are pretty kewl.

If you don’t want to purchase those little wooden disks, you could always cut out circles or squares from some old cardboard boxes.  Once painted, they would look pretty much the same.  In fact, that would be very earth friendly of you.  I should have done that.

Sorrlz earth.

xoxo

This past weekend I had a few of my lady friends over for my second annual haunted hussy house party. It was a smashing good time. I thought I’d share with you some highlights of the evening.

Oh and let it be known, I am full on cray-cray for Halloween. Any chance I can get to wear an afro, dance like a zombie, pour fake blood over my head, or decorate with faux brains, I’m ALL IN.  If you feel differently, you are dead inside.  (pun intended).

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRAINS!

Eyeballs in a jar. Terrifying!

Bloody candles.  Ghastly!

To make those bottles, I spray painted a few empty Izze & beer bottles with black chalkboard spray paint and once dry, drew on my own “label” with chalk.

To make the blood dripped candles, I melted a red candle over top a white candle to create the “blood” drips.  Easy Peasy.

Black candelabra = instant spooky room.

Perhaps you noticed the reflection of a suite of armor in the mirror above?  We leave him out ALL YEAR ROUND.  Sometimes at dinner Mike and I will pretend it is the middle ages and we are of noble birth.  Mike says things like “I give to you, me lady, the hot pocket” to which I say “Me lord, I demand LEAN pockets! Now do as I command, or I’ll have your head on a spike!”

That’s normal, right?

It is very important when throwing a party to always decorate your front door.  This lets your guests know what to expect.  Which in this case is THE DEAD ZONE.

Red velvet cupcakes with vanilla frosting, garnished with eyeballs.  Gross! And Delicious!

Adorable chocolate ghost strawberries made by my friend Bree.

Of course there was wine.  Macabre Wine.

This party coincidentally fell on our friend Kim’s birthday, so we surprised her with some gifts.

I gave her David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane on vinyl.  Best gift ever right?

Wrong.

Our friend Jessica gave her an airbrushed Tupac t-shirt, which by far is the best birthday gift in the history of all birthday gifts.  Not that I am jealous.

[I am]

What else…. Oh!  We formed a death metal girl-group that night. All of our songs include blood curdling shrieks and profound titles such as “I BURNED MY SOUFFLE!” and “WHO HID MY DIET PILLS?!”. We never landed on a solid name, but Broad Sabbath and Shetallica were tossed around, along with some others I shouldn’t mention.  It is possibly my best artistic collaboration to date.  Or my worst.

And finally, we all learned the thriller dance thanks to our talented instructor Mish who is like this chick, but cooler.

Unfortunately, I did not take any photos of this portion of the evening, however I did create a re-enactment drawing for your entertainment:

In conclusion ladies & ghouls, it was a spooktacular evening.

Yeah, I want to punch me for saying that too.