Paper Garden Projects news and Halloween treats!

I just got wonderful news that I am now on the Paper Garden Projects design team!! YAY!! Thank you, Cathrine, for the fabulous opportunity to design for you! Please visit the rest of the team's blogs for excellent ideas and inspiration:

Melissa (Mel) McCarthy

Tracy Durcan

Debbie Sheunemann

Amber Goble

Tangii Crain

Tricia Traxler

Make sure to visit the Paper Garden Projects store because there are several specials going on right now! I'll be posting a project for PGP real soon so please stay tuned!

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I was busy baking last night because I wanted to give a little something special and SWEET to my sons' teachers and our neighbors. I baked up some DELICIOUS Pumpkin Mochi! Mochi is Japanese sticky cake and it is DIVINE! You'll find the recipe at the bottom of my post.

Pumpkin Mochi...yummy!!

The packaging makes all the difference...and my trusty Glue Dots!

I made Autumn tags for those who don't celebrate Halloween.

I got the large black treat boxes at Target. The smaller treat boxes were from World Market.

I sprayed the tags with Glimmer Mist (they are non-toxic which is awesome!). The tombstone is a Martha Stewart punch. Love the "R.I.P." embossing!

Pumpkin Mochi Recipe:
1 Box of Mochiko
4 eggs
2 cups of sugar
29 oz. can of pumpkin
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 sticks of butter, melted
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin spice
2 tsp. cinnamon

Lightly spray a 13x9 dish with vegetable oil.

In a large bowl:
Beat eggs. Add pumpkin, sugar, vanilla, sweetened condensed milk and melted butter

In a smaller bowl:
Mix together Mochiko, baking powder, cinnamon and pumpkin spice.

Add dry mix to wet mix. Bake at 350° for 1 hour. Let cool completely and enjoy!!