I'm teaming up with OKC News 9 & Pinterest!

Hi Blogger Friends!

Well, I guess raising THREE boys is not enough for this mama! 

(no, actually it is; I just need a physciatric evaluation..#OOPS!) 

I decided to say "yes" to our local News 9 station and join their 4 o'clock news team for a monthly "What's Trending on Pinterest" segment. (despite my husband's concerned look when I told him about the offer)

Now, the segment is a mere 3 minutes, but the planning/prep part is a wee bit more. 

With the demands of 4 year old twins and a 21 month old baby, anything extra seems to lead to a house full of M-E-S-S!

 (insert the reason for my hubby's glare)

However, being on TV is 'kind of' fun and exciting! Also, I LOVE planning parties and Pinterest and this will be a great way to promote Society Shirts!! 

So, last Thursday my friend, Ashley, and I headed up to the News9 station and set up Halloween Pinterest Camp! 

We quickly and quietly set up my Halloween Pinterest finds!

I anxiously awaited my turn.

Then, before I knew it, my heart was pounding and I was talking shop!

**WATCH SEGMENT HERE**

Favorite Pins: Halloween Craft Ideas:

Jennifer Laws gives us some crafty ideas for Halloween parties.

News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

The mummy finds were my favorite!

Phew, glad that is over --- for now!

Check out what I presented here:

Mummy Water Bottles

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862359723/

Mummy Wine Glass

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862251137/

-->http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862251145/

Mummy Candy Bars

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862257598/ 

Mummy Juice Box

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862257550/

Mummy Cupcakes

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862153252/

Pumpkin Toilet Paper

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862317632/

Pumkpin Cheese Balls

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862345044/

Pumpkin Orange Drink

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862309956/

Free Class Treat Printables

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862355264/

Googly Eyeball Picture Frame

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862317216/

Iron On Halloween Shirt from SocietyShirts (An OKC charity)

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862319757/

Cheap Make At Home Wreath

http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959862317777/

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Next month, Thanksgiving! 

Check out my Pinterest Thanksgiving Board and

I'll keep you "posted"!

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Just for fun...

Two years ago I presented these Halloween party ideas!

(Remeber when TomKat was ALL the rage!)

(cute and pregnant with Baby Jameson..aw!)x

Olympic Party - News9!

Olympic-Themed Party Ideas: We can't all be Olympic athletes, but we can watch the games and cheer them on. Jennifer Laws has some ideas for you if you plan to throw an Olympic-themed watch party.
News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

Black and White Halloween Pumpkin Carving Party!

Every year I host a 

Pumpkin Carving Party 

for my girlfriends! 

This year I decided to use the color scheme 

Black and White 

based on a few blog posts my friend Ashley found! 

It was a wonderful evening full of laughter and friendship, 

and a wee bit of competition and red carpet action!

Check it out...

THE BLACK & WHITE DESSERT STATION

Banner idea from: Julias Room For Dessert black and white halloween blog post

Hanging spiders from Martha Stewart at Michael's craft store!

Black and white pumpkin idea from Stone Gable.

I used decorative brads and ribbon from Hobby Lobby to embellish my pumpkins

 and placed them in a discount Halloween wire basket from Ross!

CAKE AND COOKIES

Yummy black and white two tiered cake and assorted sugar cookies by Tina Stepp!

SWEET TREAT!

Ghost Peeps on a stick!

(I placed them in an open cookie jar and used napkins, craft paper, ribbon and sticker to embellish!)

Dark Chocolate truffles! 

YUM - My favorite!

Ghiradelli Twilight Dark Chocolates 

and 

Inside Out Junior Mints and Halloween black Dots!

 Black and white Sixlets with black licorice pinwheels on bottom!

"BOOOS"

aka...wine!

I found these great halloween wine labels by Martha Stewart at Michael's! 

Simply tape the tag over the wine label! 

Of course, 7 Deadly Zins did not need one! :)

I made wine tags with craft paper (same paper used for banner) and a 2" scalloped punch.

It was fun to let each guest monogram their tag using gemstone letters from Hobby Lobby!

GIVEAWAYS

I sent my guests home with these cute Halloween bat bags full of white chocolate popcorn!

The bats were made using mini black bags from Michael's, large goggly eyes 

and craft paper cut into bat wings and fangs! 

So easy...so cute!

CARVING TIME

Some of the finished products...

After we carve, each guest is asked to vote on their top three pumpkins. 

While the votes are being tallied, I put on a....

HALLOWEEN SOCK

 RED CARPET EVENT!!

All the girls are asked to come wearing the most Outrageous Halloween Socks

they can find! This year I decided to make my "own" outrageous socks!

Halloween Dog Puppet Socks accompanied by the song,

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT by the Baha men!!

To me...it was GREATNESS!! 

Some of the other participants walked to

I'm too sexy (Right Said Fred) and I like to move it, move it (Madagascar)

Such fun socks..

Meow...

Maternity skeleton ensemble...LOVED!

 Loved the socks with wiggly toes!

The girls working it....

THE WINNERS!!!!

**PARTY PICS**

What a fun fun fun night!!

I can NOT wait for next year!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

xoxo,

jennifer

Annual Girls Pumpkin Carving Party!

Every year I host a 

Pumpkin Carving Party

for my girlfriends!

It's an evening where we gather as friends

drink wine, carve pumpkins, eat dinner and

"show" off our most fashionable Halloween Socks!

It is a great evening, you know, we like to carve pumpkins too!

This year was one of the best parties yet!

There were 17 of us and my house was filled with pumpkins, wine

and laughter; some of my favorite things!!

I am thrilled to share with you ALL the party details...

The Invitation

Guests were asked to bring one pumpkin to carve and one bottle of wine to share

and asked to wear the most outrageous Halloween Socks they could find!

I would provide carving kits, templates, dinner and desserts!

The Party Timeline

THE SET UP:

DINING ROOM

This dining room set up was partially inspired by Martha!

Pumpkin Candy Faces and Flying Place Cards can be found on her 

website, MarthaStewart.com.

DINNER BUFFET STATION

Every year I serve the girls a "Spook-tacular" Halloween meal!

 Ghooouuull-ash and Eyeball Salad 

recipes can be found on my 405Moms blog!

A special thanks to TomKat Studio for the most adorable Halloween

printable party templates! Check them out on Etsy!

DRINK STATION

"Spook-tails"

 Each guest brought a bottle of wine to share and I provided an Orange and Purple

Spook-Tail mixer that could be mixed with "Poison" if guests dared!

I dipped glasses in Karo Syrup, black and orange sugar and added

two gummy eyeballs, a straw and straw tag from TomKat Studio.

DESSERT STATION

 For dessert, guests dined on Yummy Mummy cupcakes made

by one of my "Mummy" friends, Jessica, chocolate covered popcorn in self

serve bags with a TomKat Studio label, candy corn, dark chocolate kisses, 

chocolate dipped marshmallows and Ding Dong spiders!

Guests were sent home with Hershey's miniature chocolates in a treat

bag with a TomKat Studio Happy Halloween label.

CARVING TIME

I love the carving time! 

The girls pick templates, share carving tools, drink wine, munch on

appetizers and have great 'uninterrupted' conversation!

DINNER TIME

  

PUMPKIN LIGHTING 

and

JUDGING

The lighting ceremony is actually my favorite! 

It is so neat to see our pumpkins come to life! Lots of "Ooohs!" and "Ahhs!" 

(Next year I'll remember to turn OFF my flash! Ooops!) 

After all the pumpkins are lit, the girls are handed a sheet of paper and a pen and are

asked to vote for their TOP 3 pumpkins! This is kept secret! The ballets are 

then handed off to my husband (holed up in the back room with the kiddos) and 

he tallies the votes while we get our GROOVE ON THE CAT WALK!

Which leads me to....

THE RED CARPET FASHION SHOW

 LOOK AT THOSE CANDY CORN HEELS! 

WOO HOO!!

The girls walk the red carpet cat with

'I'm To Sexy' blaring overhead! 

This is soooo fun and funny!

Winners are picked by an applause - meter!

 THE AWARD CEREMONY

Pumpkin Carving:

1st Place

 Okay, Summer has now won 1st place two years in a row!

She is now The Official Pumpkin Carving Pro!

1st Place Winner Award - Trick or Treat Cookie Display Plate, Cookie Cutters

and a 1st Place Ribbon!

2nd Place

Brooke's kitty cat wins her 2nd place! So cute!

2nd Place Winner Award - Candy Corn, Cookie Cutters

and a 2nd Place Ribbon!

3rd Place

Jamie's spooky spider wins 3rd!

3rd Place Winner Award - Halloween Runts, Cookie Cutters

and a 3rd Place Ribbon!

Halloween Socks:

Best Presentation

 Did you see those Candy Corn heels? Of course Ashley wins

best Halloween sock presentation!

Best Sock Presentation Winner Award - Custom Halloween Headband from

Gray Stitch Studio! Check them out on Etsy!

Best Halloween Socks

 Renae's Halloween socks with toe holes and googly eyes

win her best Halloween socks!

Best Sock Winner Award -

 Trick or Treat Cookie Display Plate and Cookie Cutters

Worst Halloween Socks

If you purposefully "forget" your Halloween socks,

I am right there to lend you a pair of mine! No one

gets out of the cat walk! Brooke "forgot" hers (2nd year in a row mind you)

so she won a pair of Halloween Socks to wear next year! 

GOTCHA! :)

 PARTY PICS

That is "ME" in the 

DRINK UP WITCHES T-SHIRT! 

Loving it...

(and PS: I am 23 weeks preggo with my 3rd son, so note that too!)

WHAT A FUN NIGHT!

This is SUCH a great Halloween Party...

I hope you have one next year too!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

XOXO,

Jennifer