Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends! For the first time in many years, the weather has been cool enough here in Sydney to feel like turning on the oven for Thanksgiving. With temperatures in the teens and rain all day, we happily cooked up a storm and printed out these cute Thanksgiving printable place cards from Pilgrim Lee (draw! pilgrim). The little ones had a ball getting the table all gussied up, and helping with the cooking.

We served up BBQ ribs (not traditionally a Thanksgiving main course, but definitely one of our favourite meals from the US), sweet potato and molasses mash with a pear, walnut and blue cheese salad. Of course pumpkin pie for dessert, but with a twist - this one layered with pumpkin on the bottom and cream on the top. (actually, I was piping on cream around the edges, but the pie was too warm and it turned into a soupy lake. Encroaching bedtimes will do that to you).

Wherever you are in the world, I hope you're enjoying this time with family and friends. We've got lots to be thankful for.

Steph
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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Did you get any early bird trick-or-treaters last night? Now that our little ones are old enough, we put a tiny bit of effort into Halloween this year. We used Pilgrim Lee's great Halloween printables for a small gathering to celebrate our friend's birthday and I baked a creepy chocolate cake, covered in chococlate-coated pop rocks and topped with a googly eyeball.

I repurposed Pilgrim's treat box into a round paper lantern (with glass and tea light inside) for the front steps, strung up the bunting, and attached the round toppers to bamboo skewers to line the pathway to the front door. I had my basket of goodie bags ready by the door.

But we only got one set of kids trick-or-treating! We might get a few older kids tonight. Did anyone come by your house? Or did you turn off the lights and pretend no-one was home?

Images: Steph Bond Hutkin

Halloween Party printable pack

I am so thrilled to share with you these fun Halloween printable party pack, just released in the Modern Printables online shop, designed by much-loved Australian illustrator and graphic designer, Pilgrim Lee of draw! pilgrim.

Pilgrim's style is all about bold colour with serious retro leanings (think 70's children's books mixed with Scandinavian style).

I just love this pack that Pilgrim has designed which includes: spooky editable invitations (enter in your own info before printing for a polished, professional look), matching fold-your-own envelopes, bunting flags, cupcake wrappers, 5 different round topper designs (for garlands, envelope seals and decorating food), buffet label place cards, and cut-and-fold editable treat boxes to fill with goodies.

Here's a little photo shoot that I put together to show how the pieces look in real life.

This party kit would look great with Enticing Icing's edible fondant ghost sugar toppers, pumpkin spice cookies, ghoulish purple forest berry smoothies, and some persian fairy floss spider web on top of those dark chocolate cupcakes.

Head over to the Modern Printables shop. I can't wait to see your parties!

Images: Modern Printables