#but anyway. people are posting pics on facebook now including a huge group photo and im just Not There and we're just ignoring that lmao

[chrismcshell]

it’s so funny how my family had a huge get-together at my house this past weekend & i sat out cuz i wasnt feeling well. so now i’m just quietly absent from the big Family Reunion group photos. my aunt came all the way from nanaimo and my uncle came from montreal and my sister came from ottawa, but me? was i present at this big party at my own house? no sorry i couldnt make it :/

[squatchdetective]

ALERT: Peek–a–boo Bigfoot a hoax, but not why you think!

Aside from this horrible pandemic racing across the country, there has been this posting of a series of pictures across the internet by a man claiming to be “Scott Yeoman” from Bailey, Colorado of a Sasquatch peeking through his living room window.

Two of the series of pictures

The pictures themselves have only to my knowledge been provided via social media, and according to Yeoman are pictures of a computer screen of an alleged video source shot on August 24th, 2017. However despite in mid March this year posting the pictures in Facebook groups the pictures, nor any content appeared on his Facebook page for 2017.

As I have stated in the past a piece of evidence is only as good as the story behind it and Yeoman provided one on the Facebook Group he posted the pictures to:

“Ok so here’s the story with my photos… So, we (my wife and I) bought 11 acres of land in Bailey Colorado we built a foundation of cinder block that is 3’6" above the ground. The land is mostly hard pack dirt and large rock which I shared a video of when we bought it. After we moved a modular home there, we lived off and on there for 2 years while we got it ready for permanent residency.

In August of 2017 we were finishing the interior of the back of the house and I came into the living room and caught a whiff of a VERY harsh odor in the room. It smelled like rotting animal flesh, vomit, and excrement. I caught glimpse of something moving outside the window from the corner of my eye. We have had bears visit pretty regular but the tried to get under the house, not in it. But when I see the figure by the window, I thought a bear had somehow climes up to the window.

I take a lot of wildlife pictures because they literally come up to the outside of it like mule deer, Elk, Bear, haven’t seen any mountain lion, and other small game. I have quite a few feral cars all over my property, but they aren’t mine. But they hang out a lot. Anyway… I saw the top of the head and that caught my attention. It moved closer and I see it eyes were freaking huge and it scared me because bear eyes aren’t that large or far apart. I always have a camera handy to get a good shot of the elk that come extremely close to the house. When I realized it wasn’t a bear?

Fear struck me hardcore. I used a cheap kodak sport digital camera for taking pics and for the most part it takes fast action pictures/ video. It was on the end table next to my recliner approximately 6 ft. from the window. When I pointed it at the window it stopped swaying and closed it eyes as if it was child… "You can’t see me if my eyes are closed".

So, shaking and trying to video at the same time I moved back a step and it slowly moved from one side of the window to the other. It was seriously about a 10 min video, but it was on a 1" x 1 1/2" and card which had to be downloaded on my computer. It didn’t make any attempt to enter the house or run away.

About 8 minutes in my wife came into the room and asked me what I was doing. I told her there’s something outside and it ain’t no bear. When she looked over my shoulder she screamed "what is that thing!" And ran back to the bedroom. I stopped the video, went to the closet and grabbed my 40 caliber off the closet shelf. When I turned back around, it was moving away from the window. I wasn’t going to shoot at it if it tried to get in which it didn’t do. I went to my wife who was freaking out and tried to answer her bombardment of questions and after reassuring her that everything was ok.

She called the sheriff’s department and the sent 3 deputies to check out the property. Their conclusion was most like a bear or other wildlife. Until I showed them the playback. When they reviewed it two of the three were impressed and the third was like it’s a bear.

Anyway, the rest of the night was uneventful and peaceful other than my panicking wife. She ended up having my daughter and her husband come get her and took her to Golden for a couple of days. I downloaded this video on my computer at my mother’s house because she has internet access and I didn’t. Long story short my mother’s house burnt down on a fire we had out here last year.

We have seen it at a distance every now and then in the darkness by the fire light, not the body, but eye shine. And that’s pretty creepy too. But haven’t had any incidents of a destructive nature so I decided to just be cautious when I’m walking my property. I do carry my .40 cal always outside… Just in case. But haven’t had to pull it from my holster. I see signs where he’s broke branches on trees that I can’t reach on a 6′ ladder. And occasionally he’ll move things around. Most signs we see were always after we left and came back home. There’s the story behind the photos…. I hope people can find something in here to benefit them if they are dealing with one too.”

Originally I was going to point out what is behaviorally wrong with the story such as why didn’t he let his wife know what is going on from minute one? But developments in the research lead to more definitive things.

In trying to verify where Mr. Yeoman lives to properly verify via FOIL the proper sheriff’s department for their report as Mr. Yeoman claims some things came to light which not only proved the story to be false, but also a community alert.

Debunking Yeoman

1. “So, we (my wife and I) bought 11 acres of land in Bailey Colorado…”

This is where the search began. And in actuality Mr. Yeoman did not purchase any land in Bailey, CO. more matter to the fact he lives in Golden, CO in this neighborhood. In fact we learned that “Scott Yeoman” is in actuality, Jonathan Scott Yeoman born in 1966.

2. “About 8 minutes in my wife came into the room and asked me what I was doing”

Mr. Yeoman’s wife passed away in 2012. She was born in Kokomo, IN on September 10, 1961.  Born, Angela Ann Croddy in Kokomo, IN. Her place of death was Lasalle, CO on December 18, 2012.

Who has ties to Kokomo, IN, Mr. Yeoman’s real name, Jonathan Scott Yeoman.

Mind you this is well after his alleged Bigfoot “Peeper”.

In fact there are memorials to his wife on his Facebook profile.

I am saddened that Yeoman would have to experience a premature death of his spouse, but since he brought his wife into it… we have to mention it. On her memorial Facebook page it appears any photo reference to Yeoman has been removed including a crop of her in a wedding dress.

We also know from his Facebook profile he was seeing a woman in Kokomo, IN as late as 2018 as well.

Yeoman 2018 in Kokomo, IN

3. “I stopped the video, went to the closet and grabbed my 40 caliber off the closet shelf…”

According to Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S) 8-12-108 a felon cannot possess a weapon. This would include any type of gun or crossbow for hunting or any other purpose.

That’s right, Mr. Yeoman is a felon. Arrested in 1992 for CHILD MOLESTATION in Howard County, Indiana. Kokomo, IN is in Howard County.

From the Indiana DOC website.

Yeoman was giving one day shy of 6 years and was released early on September 30th, 1994 after serving 2.5 years.

(Left) Looking rough for a booking photo, date unknown. (Center & Right) Facebook posts.

Yeoman had another encounter with the law, for harassment on November 22nd, 2008 in Jefferson County, Colorado. (Golden, CO is in Jefferson County.)

Summation

Clearly there is a precedent here with disclosing a bit more personal information than on some hoaxes. That is because hoaxes end results are usually harmless or financially motivated. We have a sex offender who preys upon children, so I have to drive home the point. When a person who preys upon children, (And I don’t care how long ago) begins to show clear signs of dishonesty it should make us question why. And in this case I am too scared to speculate.

The community needs to boot this guy starting yesterday!!!!

Till Next time,

Squatch-D

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Starting Off 2017 Right

Did you know you can buy helium balloons at the dollar store? Shiny foil ones in tons of colors? Until just a few weeks ago, I had missed this useful piece of info.

My friends and I love having parties. They’re usually not the Pinterest-worthy, everything-perfected kind of deal, but they do include the important stuff: a group of people enjoying each other’s company, acting silly, and taking photos with bad lighting and phone cameras.

As the new year approached, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a big one to say goodbye to 2016. We wanted to dress up. Drink champagne. Come up with goofy themed cocktails and, for a change, actually decorate.

Guess who volunteered to provide the decorations?

Without wanting to spend a fortune on those absurdly expensive New Years Eve party kits (because when the choice is champagne vs party hats, you choose champagne), I got resourceful.

Affiliate links used in this post to help support this site. For more info, see my disclosure page.

Most of what I bought new came from the dollar store, but I kind of challenged myself to try to reinvent what I could find around the house into anything that fit into a New Year’s Eve color scheme (I went with classic gold/silver/black/white). I had multiple rooms to decorate, so spending as little as possible was a huge factor.

For instance, I took this janky old tree that had a past life as Christmas decor that should have been donated to Goodwill a long time ago (come to think of it, did I originally get it from Goodwill?)…

…I took it apart (the branches came off with a quick tug), and used it as vase filler.

I also nabbed a number of dollar store altar/devotional/prayer candles and gave them a small makeover with some gold leaf flakes and Mod Podge that I had in my office‘s craft supply (you can use actual gold leaf adhesive as well, but I wanted to see if good ol’ MP would work as a decent substitute… it worked great!).

The idea was that by combining a big mix of accents all in the same color scheme, it would work out to a massive centerpiece for my friend’s kitchen. I wound up including jars of Hershey’s kisses, smaller candles, old Christmas ornaments, etc…

I took most of these photos at my house while the actual party was at a friend’s place. I would show you the actual setup itself, but I 1) had to rush off to dinner when I dropped off all the decorations; 2) the lighting was low; and 3) getting a perfect shot for my blog would have seemed like the silliest excuse for interrupting the flow of the party. Thankfully though, I took these pics as a preview to send to my friend prior to, so I can share them with you! ;)

Because it seemed like the party wouldn’t be complete without them, I made some photo props with hand lettering, a glue pen (I highly recommend this ball point one), a wooden dowel variety pack (P.S. kabob sticks are a good substitute if you can’t find them), and lots of glitter (mostly with stiff scrapbook paper).

(By the way: some of my favorite glitter is this collection from Martha Stewart. I also have a number of colors from this Tulip collection, but I like the MS ones better because it’s finer as far as the size of each flake and overall sparkle.)

If you’re wondering about the star-shaped foil confetti: I used a star punch and a foil gift bag from the dollar store. Like I said — I got resourceful!

Finally, I made a sign out of some lettering and plywood with a perfect-for-this-particular-friend-group-and-my-sense-of-humor phrase. I intended on drilling through the letters to make a marquee style sign (A Beautiful Mess was probably my biggest inspiration), but I ran out of time and needed to wash the paint off so I didn’t look absurd in my fancy dress. Still, thanks to some $3 dewdrop lights I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot, my friends made it into a perfect display!

“I’m sure I’ll finish it at some future date” – me, probably lying to myself.

As for the photo backdrop, I created the “Happy New Year” banner using the same glue pen/lettering idea and some fishing wire, along with balloons and white tablecloths from the dollar store (to put in front of the windows) and gold foil curtains I ordered on Amazon. By the time I actually snapped some photos in front of it, the banner had fallen and we’d made a huge mess, but everyone seemed really happy that we finally had a spot that was designated for photos (at our previous parties, we were always noticing that we wanted one in hindsight).

The “2017” tabletop lettering: dollar store balloon weights, bamboo skewers, paper, glue pen, glitter. If I were to do this one over again, I’d probably make the numbers bigger and stand-alone with black glitter as opposed to the circle with gold numbers idea.

At the party itself, we set up a table with a black tablecloth with the 2017 numbers above, along with a huge spread of plastic champagne flutes (a big thank-you to Candice for assembling them all!). So, once midnight hit, all we had to do was pour… and pour… and pour.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to just see what spilled out of my head and overall holiday boredom. This was basically what I call classic crafting — the kind where you gather your supplies and just start creating with no real sense of direction, perfection, or polish, and that’s what makes it fun. You make a big mess, somehow get glitter in your bedsheets (still not 100% sure how that happened), and maybe produce something that you’re not super embarrassed to decorate your friend’s house with.

We had such a wonderful time; the perfect way to kick off 2017 and celebrate. I’m hoping this will be a big year for the UDH and all of the projects I have planned, so for now, I’ll just wish you all a Happy New Year; lots more to come, and cheers, friends!

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Starting Off 2017 Right

Did you know you can buy helium balloons at the dollar store? Shiny foil ones in tons of colors? Until just a few weeks ago, I had missed this useful piece of info.

My friends and I love having parties. They’re usually not the Pinterest-worthy, everything-perfected kind of deal, but they do include the important stuff: a group of people enjoying each other’s company, acting silly, and taking photos with bad lighting and phone cameras.

As the new year approached, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a big one to say goodbye to 2016. We wanted to dress up. Drink champagne. Come up with goofy themed cocktails and, for a change, actually decorate.

Guess who volunteered to provide the decorations?

Without wanting to spend a fortune on those absurdly expensive New Years Eve party kits (because when the choice is champagne vs party hats, you choose champagne), I got resourceful.

Affiliate links used in this post to help support this site. For more info, see my disclosure page.

Most of what I bought new came from the dollar store, but I kind of challenged myself to try to reinvent what I could find around the house into anything that fit into a New Year’s Eve color scheme (I went with classic gold/silver/black/white). I had multiple rooms to decorate, so spending as little as possible was a huge factor.

For instance, I took this janky old tree that had a past life as Christmas decor that should have been donated to Goodwill a long time ago (come to think of it, did I originally get it from Goodwill?)…

…I took it apart (the branches came off with a quick tug), and used it as vase filler.

I also nabbed a number of dollar store altar/devotional/prayer candles and gave them a small makeover with some gold leaf flakes and Mod Podge that I had in my office‘s craft supply (you can use actual gold leaf adhesive as well, but I wanted to see if good ol’ MP would work as a decent substitute… it worked great!).

The idea was that by combining a big mix of accents all in the same color scheme, it would work out to a massive centerpiece for my friend’s kitchen. I wound up including jars of Hershey’s kisses, smaller candles, old Christmas ornaments, etc…

I took most of these photos at my house while the actual party was at a friend’s place. I would show you the actual setup itself, but I 1) had to rush off to dinner when I dropped off all the decorations; 2) the lighting was low; and 3) getting a perfect shot for my blog would have seemed like the silliest excuse for interrupting the flow of the party. Thankfully though, I took these pics as a preview to send to my friend prior to, so I can share them with you! ;)

Because it seemed like the party wouldn’t be complete without them, I made some photo props with hand lettering, a glue pen (I highly recommend this ball point one), a wooden dowel variety pack (P.S. kabob sticks are a good substitute if you can’t find them), and lots of glitter (mostly with stiff scrapbook paper).

(By the way: some of my favorite glitter is this collection from Martha Stewart. I also have a number of colors from this Tulip collection, but I like the MS ones better because it’s finer as far as the size of each flake and overall sparkle.)

If you’re wondering about the star-shaped foil confetti: I used a star punch and a foil gift bag from the dollar store. Like I said — I got resourceful!

Finally, I made a sign out of some lettering and plywood with a perfect-for-this-particular-friend-group-and-my-sense-of-humor phrase. I intended on drilling through the letters to make a marquee style sign (A Beautiful Mess was probably my biggest inspiration), but I ran out of time and needed to wash the paint off so I didn’t look absurd in my fancy dress. Still, thanks to some $3 dewdrop lights I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot, my friends made it into a perfect display!

“I’m sure I’ll finish it at some future date” – me, probably lying to myself.

As for the photo backdrop, I created the “Happy New Year” banner using the same glue pen/lettering idea and some fishing wire, along with balloons and white tablecloths from the dollar store (to put in front of the windows) and gold foil curtains I ordered on Amazon. By the time I actually snapped some photos in front of it, the banner had fallen and we’d made a huge mess, but everyone seemed really happy that we finally had a spot that was designated for photos (at our previous parties, we were always noticing that we wanted one in hindsight).

The “2017” tabletop lettering: dollar store balloon weights, bamboo skewers, paper, glue pen, glitter. If I were to do this one over again, I’d probably make the numbers bigger and stand-alone with black glitter as opposed to the circle with gold numbers idea.

At the party itself, we set up a table with a black tablecloth with the 2017 numbers above, along with a huge spread of plastic champagne flutes (a big thank-you to Candice for assembling them all!). So, once midnight hit, all we had to do was pour… and pour… and pour.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to just see what spilled out of my head and overall holiday boredom. This was basically what I call classic crafting — the kind where you gather your supplies and just start creating with no real sense of direction, perfection, or polish, and that’s what makes it fun. You make a big mess, somehow get glitter in your bedsheets (still not 100% sure how that happened), and maybe produce something that you’re not super embarrassed to decorate your friend’s house with.

We had such a wonderful time; the perfect way to kick off 2017 and celebrate. I’m hoping this will be a big year for the UDH and all of the projects I have planned, so for now, I’ll just wish you all a Happy New Year; lots more to come, and cheers, friends!

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Starting Off 2017 Right

Did you know you can buy helium balloons at the dollar store? Shiny foil ones in tons of colors? Until just a few weeks ago, I had missed this useful piece of info.

My friends and I love having parties. They’re usually not the Pinterest-worthy, everything-perfected kind of deal, but they do include the important stuff: a group of people enjoying each other’s company, acting silly, and taking photos with bad lighting and phone cameras.

As the new year approached, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a big one to say goodbye to 2016. We wanted to dress up. Drink champagne. Come up with goofy themed cocktails and, for a change, actually decorate.

Guess who volunteered to provide the decorations?

Without wanting to spend a fortune on those absurdly expensive New Years Eve party kits (because when the choice is champagne vs party hats, you choose champagne), I got resourceful.

Affiliate links used in this post to help support this site. For more info, see my disclosure page.

Most of what I bought new came from the dollar store, but I kind of challenged myself to try to reinvent what I could find around the house into anything that fit into a New Year’s Eve color scheme (I went with classic gold/silver/black/white). I had multiple rooms to decorate, so spending as little as possible was a huge factor.

For instance, I took this janky old tree that had a past life as Christmas decor that should have been donated to Goodwill a long time ago (come to think of it, did I originally get it from Goodwill?)…

…I took it apart (the branches came off with a quick tug), and used it as vase filler.

I also nabbed a number of dollar store altar/devotional/prayer candles and gave them a small makeover with some gold leaf flakes and Mod Podge that I had in my office‘s craft supply (you can use actual gold leaf adhesive as well, but I wanted to see if good ol’ MP would work as a decent substitute… it worked great!).

The idea was that by combining a big mix of accents all in the same color scheme, it would work out to a massive centerpiece for my friend’s kitchen. I wound up including jars of Hershey’s kisses, smaller candles, old Christmas ornaments, etc…

I took most of these photos at my house while the actual party was at a friend’s place. I would show you the actual setup itself, but I 1) had to rush off to dinner when I dropped off all the decorations; 2) the lighting was low; and 3) getting a perfect shot for my blog would have seemed like the silliest excuse for interrupting the flow of the party. Thankfully though, I took these pics as a preview to send to my friend prior to, so I can share them with you! ;)

Because it seemed like the party wouldn’t be complete without them, I made some photo props with hand lettering, a glue pen (I highly recommend this ball point one), a wooden dowel variety pack (P.S. kabob sticks are a good substitute if you can’t find them), and lots of glitter (mostly with stiff scrapbook paper).

(By the way: some of my favorite glitter is this collection from Martha Stewart. I also have a number of colors from this Tulip collection, but I like the MS ones better because it’s finer as far as the size of each flake and overall sparkle.)

If you’re wondering about the star-shaped foil confetti: I used a star punch and a foil gift bag from the dollar store. Like I said — I got resourceful!

Finally, I made a sign out of some lettering and plywood with a perfect-for-this-particular-friend-group-and-my-sense-of-humor phrase. I intended on drilling through the letters to make a marquee style sign (A Beautiful Mess was probably my biggest inspiration), but I ran out of time and needed to wash the paint off so I didn’t look absurd in my fancy dress. Still, thanks to some $3 dewdrop lights I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot, my friends made it into a perfect display!

“I’m sure I’ll finish it at some future date” – me, probably lying to myself.

As for the photo backdrop, I created the “Happy New Year” banner using the same glue pen/lettering idea and some fishing wire, along with balloons and white tablecloths from the dollar store (to put in front of the windows) and gold foil curtains I ordered on Amazon. By the time I actually snapped some photos in front of it, the banner had fallen and we’d made a huge mess, but everyone seemed really happy that we finally had a spot that was designated for photos (at our previous parties, we were always noticing that we wanted one in hindsight).

The “2017” tabletop lettering: dollar store balloon weights, bamboo skewers, paper, glue pen, glitter. If I were to do this one over again, I’d probably make the numbers bigger and stand-alone with black glitter as opposed to the circle with gold numbers idea.

At the party itself, we set up a table with a black tablecloth with the 2017 numbers above, along with a huge spread of plastic champagne flutes (a big thank-you to Candice for assembling them all!). So, once midnight hit, all we had to do was pour… and pour… and pour.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to just see what spilled out of my head and overall holiday boredom. This was basically what I call classic crafting — the kind where you gather your supplies and just start creating with no real sense of direction, perfection, or polish, and that’s what makes it fun. You make a big mess, somehow get glitter in your bedsheets (still not 100% sure how that happened), and maybe produce something that you’re not super embarrassed to decorate your friend’s house with.

We had such a wonderful time; the perfect way to kick off 2017 and celebrate. I’m hoping this will be a big year for the UDH and all of the projects I have planned, so for now, I’ll just wish you all a Happy New Year; lots more to come, and cheers, friends!

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Starting Off 2017 Right

Did you know you can buy helium balloons at the dollar store? Shiny foil ones in tons of colors? Until just a few weeks ago, I had missed this useful piece of info.

My friends and I love having parties. They’re usually not the Pinterest-worthy, everything-perfected kind of deal, but they do include the important stuff: a group of people enjoying each other’s company, acting silly, and taking photos with bad lighting and phone cameras.

As the new year approached, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a big one to say goodbye to 2016. We wanted to dress up. Drink champagne. Come up with goofy themed cocktails and, for a change, actually decorate.

Guess who volunteered to provide the decorations?

Without wanting to spend a fortune on those absurdly expensive New Years Eve party kits (because when the choice is champagne vs party hats, you choose champagne), I got resourceful.

Affiliate links used in this post to help support this site. For more info, see my disclosure page.

Most of what I bought new came from the dollar store, but I kind of challenged myself to try to reinvent what I could find around the house into anything that fit into a New Year’s Eve color scheme (I went with classic gold/silver/black/white). I had multiple rooms to decorate, so spending as little as possible was a huge factor.

For instance, I took this janky old tree that had a past life as Christmas decor that should have been donated to Goodwill a long time ago (come to think of it, did I originally get it from Goodwill?)…

…I took it apart (the branches came off with a quick tug), and used it as vase filler.

I also nabbed a number of dollar store altar/devotional/prayer candles and gave them a small makeover with some gold leaf flakes and Mod Podge that I had in my office‘s craft supply (you can use actual gold leaf adhesive as well, but I wanted to see if good ol’ MP would work as a decent substitute… it worked great!).

The idea was that by combining a big mix of accents all in the same color scheme, it would work out to a massive centerpiece for my friend’s kitchen. I wound up including jars of Hershey’s kisses, smaller candles, old Christmas ornaments, etc…

I took most of these photos at my house while the actual party was at a friend’s place. I would show you the actual setup itself, but I 1) had to rush off to dinner when I dropped off all the decorations; 2) the lighting was low; and 3) getting a perfect shot for my blog would have seemed like the silliest excuse for interrupting the flow of the party. Thankfully though, I took these pics as a preview to send to my friend prior to, so I can share them with you! ;)

Because it seemed like the party wouldn’t be complete without them, I made some photo props with hand lettering, a glue pen (I highly recommend this ball point one), a wooden dowel variety pack (P.S. kabob sticks are a good substitute if you can’t find them), and lots of glitter (mostly with stiff scrapbook paper).

(By the way: some of my favorite glitter is this collection from Martha Stewart. I also have a number of colors from this Tulip collection, but I like the MS ones better because it’s finer as far as the size of each flake and overall sparkle.)

If you’re wondering about the star-shaped foil confetti: I used a star punch and a foil gift bag from the dollar store. Like I said — I got resourceful!

Finally, I made a sign out of some lettering and plywood with a perfect-for-this-particular-friend-group-and-my-sense-of-humor phrase. I intended on drilling through the letters to make a marquee style sign (A Beautiful Mess was probably my biggest inspiration), but I ran out of time and needed to wash the paint off so I didn’t look absurd in my fancy dress. Still, thanks to some $3 dewdrop lights I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot, my friends made it into a perfect display!

“I’m sure I’ll finish it at some future date” – me, probably lying to myself.

As for the photo backdrop, I created the “Happy New Year” banner using the same glue pen/lettering idea and some fishing wire, along with balloons and white tablecloths from the dollar store (to put in front of the windows) and gold foil curtains I ordered on Amazon. By the time I actually snapped some photos in front of it, the banner had fallen and we’d made a huge mess, but everyone seemed really happy that we finally had a spot that was designated for photos (at our previous parties, we were always noticing that we wanted one in hindsight).

The “2017” tabletop lettering: dollar store balloon weights, bamboo skewers, paper, glue pen, glitter. If I were to do this one over again, I’d probably make the numbers bigger and stand-alone with black glitter as opposed to the circle with gold numbers idea.

At the party itself, we set up a table with a black tablecloth with the 2017 numbers above, along with a huge spread of plastic champagne flutes (a big thank-you to Candice for assembling them all!). So, once midnight hit, all we had to do was pour… and pour… and pour.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to just see what spilled out of my head and overall holiday boredom. This was basically what I call classic crafting — the kind where you gather your supplies and just start creating with no real sense of direction, perfection, or polish, and that’s what makes it fun. You make a big mess, somehow get glitter in your bedsheets (still not 100% sure how that happened), and maybe produce something that you’re not super embarrassed to decorate your friend’s house with.

We had such a wonderful time; the perfect way to kick off 2017 and celebrate. I’m hoping this will be a big year for the UDH and all of the projects I have planned, so for now, I’ll just wish you all a Happy New Year; lots more to come, and cheers, friends!

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Starting Off 2017 Right

Did you know you can buy helium balloons at the dollar store? Shiny foil ones in tons of colors? Until just a few weeks ago, I had missed this useful piece of info.

My friends and I love having parties. They’re usually not the Pinterest-worthy, everything-perfected kind of deal, but they do include the important stuff: a group of people enjoying each other’s company, acting silly, and taking photos with bad lighting and phone cameras.

As the new year approached, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a big one to say goodbye to 2016. We wanted to dress up. Drink champagne. Come up with goofy themed cocktails and, for a change, actually decorate.

Guess who volunteered to provide the decorations?

Without wanting to spend a fortune on those absurdly expensive New Years Eve party kits (because when the choice is champagne vs party hats, you choose champagne), I got resourceful.

Affiliate links used in this post to help support this site. For more info, see my disclosure page.

Most of what I bought new came from the dollar store, but I kind of challenged myself to try to reinvent what I could find around the house into anything that fit into a New Year’s Eve color scheme (I went with classic gold/silver/black/white). I had multiple rooms to decorate, so spending as little as possible was a huge factor.

For instance, I took this janky old tree that had a past life as Christmas decor that should have been donated to Goodwill a long time ago (come to think of it, did I originally get it from Goodwill?)…

…I took it apart (the branches came off with a quick tug), and used it as vase filler.

I also nabbed a number of dollar store altar/devotional/prayer candles and gave them a small makeover with some gold leaf flakes and Mod Podge that I had in my office‘s craft supply (you can use actual gold leaf adhesive as well, but I wanted to see if good ol’ MP would work as a decent substitute… it worked great!).

The idea was that by combining a big mix of accents all in the same color scheme, it would work out to a massive centerpiece for my friend’s kitchen. I wound up including jars of Hershey’s kisses, smaller candles, old Christmas ornaments, etc…

I took most of these photos at my house while the actual party was at a friend’s place. I would show you the actual setup itself, but I 1) had to rush off to dinner when I dropped off all the decorations; 2) the lighting was low; and 3) getting a perfect shot for my blog would have seemed like the silliest excuse for interrupting the flow of the party. Thankfully though, I took these pics as a preview to send to my friend prior to, so I can share them with you! ;)

Because it seemed like the party wouldn’t be complete without them, I made some photo props with hand lettering, a glue pen (I highly recommend this ball point one), a wooden dowel variety pack (P.S. kabob sticks are a good substitute if you can’t find them), and lots of glitter (mostly with stiff scrapbook paper).

(By the way: some of my favorite glitter is this collection from Martha Stewart. I also have a number of colors from this Tulip collection, but I like the MS ones better because it’s finer as far as the size of each flake and overall sparkle.)

If you’re wondering about the star-shaped foil confetti: I used a star punch and a foil gift bag from the dollar store. Like I said — I got resourceful!

Finally, I made a sign out of some lettering and plywood with a perfect-for-this-particular-friend-group-and-my-sense-of-humor phrase. I intended on drilling through the letters to make a marquee style sign (A Beautiful Mess was probably my biggest inspiration), but I ran out of time and needed to wash the paint off so I didn’t look absurd in my fancy dress. Still, thanks to some $3 dewdrop lights I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot, my friends made it into a perfect display!

“I’m sure I’ll finish it at some future date” – me, probably lying to myself.

As for the photo backdrop, I created the “Happy New Year” banner using the same glue pen/lettering idea and some fishing wire, along with balloons and white tablecloths from the dollar store (to put in front of the windows) and gold foil curtains I ordered on Amazon. By the time I actually snapped some photos in front of it, the banner had fallen and we’d made a huge mess, but everyone seemed really happy that we finally had a spot that was designated for photos (at our previous parties, we were always noticing that we wanted one in hindsight).

The “2017” tabletop lettering: dollar store balloon weights, bamboo skewers, paper, glue pen, glitter. If I were to do this one over again, I’d probably make the numbers bigger and stand-alone with black glitter as opposed to the circle with gold numbers idea.

At the party itself, we set up a table with a black tablecloth with the 2017 numbers above, along with a huge spread of plastic champagne flutes (a big thank-you to Candice for assembling them all!). So, once midnight hit, all we had to do was pour… and pour… and pour.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to just see what spilled out of my head and overall holiday boredom. This was basically what I call classic crafting — the kind where you gather your supplies and just start creating with no real sense of direction, perfection, or polish, and that’s what makes it fun. You make a big mess, somehow get glitter in your bedsheets (still not 100% sure how that happened), and maybe produce something that you’re not super embarrassed to decorate your friend’s house with.

We had such a wonderful time; the perfect way to kick off 2017 and celebrate. I’m hoping this will be a big year for the UDH and all of the projects I have planned, so for now, I’ll just wish you all a Happy New Year; lots more to come, and cheers, friends!

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Starting Off 2017 Right

Did you know you can buy helium balloons at the dollar store? Shiny foil ones in tons of colors? Until just a few weeks ago, I had missed this useful piece of info.

My friends and I love having parties. They’re usually not the Pinterest-worthy, everything-perfected kind of deal, but they do include the important stuff: a group of people enjoying each other’s company, acting silly, and taking photos with bad lighting and phone cameras.

As the new year approached, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a big one to say goodbye to 2016. We wanted to dress up. Drink champagne. Come up with goofy themed cocktails and, for a change, actually decorate.

Guess who volunteered to provide the decorations?

Without wanting to spend a fortune on those absurdly expensive New Years Eve party kits (because when the choice is champagne vs party hats, you choose champagne), I got resourceful.

Affiliate links used in this post to help support this site. For more info, see my disclosure page.

Most of what I bought new came from the dollar store, but I kind of challenged myself to try to reinvent what I could find around the house into anything that fit into a New Year’s Eve color scheme (I went with classic gold/silver/black/white). I had multiple rooms to decorate, so spending as little as possible was a huge factor.

For instance, I took this janky old tree that had a past life as Christmas decor that should have been donated to Goodwill a long time ago (come to think of it, did I originally get it from Goodwill?)…

…I took it apart (the branches came off with a quick tug), and used it as vase filler.

I also nabbed a number of dollar store altar/devotional/prayer candles and gave them a small makeover with some gold leaf flakes and Mod Podge that I had in my office‘s craft supply (you can use actual gold leaf adhesive as well, but I wanted to see if good ol’ MP would work as a decent substitute… it worked great!).

The idea was that by combining a big mix of accents all in the same color scheme, it would work out to a massive centerpiece for my friend’s kitchen. I wound up including jars of Hershey’s kisses, smaller candles, old Christmas ornaments, etc…

I took most of these photos at my house while the actual party was at a friend’s place. I would show you the actual setup itself, but I 1) had to rush off to dinner when I dropped off all the decorations; 2) the lighting was low; and 3) getting a perfect shot for my blog would have seemed like the silliest excuse for interrupting the flow of the party. Thankfully though, I took these pics as a preview to send to my friend prior to, so I can share them with you! ;)

Because it seemed like the party wouldn’t be complete without them, I made some photo props with hand lettering, a glue pen (I highly recommend this ball point one), a wooden dowel variety pack (P.S. kabob sticks are a good substitute if you can’t find them), and lots of glitter (mostly with stiff scrapbook paper).

(By the way: some of my favorite glitter is this collection from Martha Stewart. I also have a number of colors from this Tulip collection, but I like the MS ones better because it’s finer as far as the size of each flake and overall sparkle.)

If you’re wondering about the star-shaped foil confetti: I used a star punch and a foil gift bag from the dollar store. Like I said — I got resourceful!

Finally, I made a sign out of some lettering and plywood with a perfect-for-this-particular-friend-group-and-my-sense-of-humor phrase. I intended on drilling through the letters to make a marquee style sign (A Beautiful Mess was probably my biggest inspiration), but I ran out of time and needed to wash the paint off so I didn’t look absurd in my fancy dress. Still, thanks to some $3 dewdrop lights I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot, my friends made it into a perfect display!

“I’m sure I’ll finish it at some future date” – me, probably lying to myself.

As for the photo backdrop, I created the “Happy New Year” banner using the same glue pen/lettering idea and some fishing wire, along with balloons and white tablecloths from the dollar store (to put in front of the windows) and gold foil curtains I ordered on Amazon. By the time I actually snapped some photos in front of it, the banner had fallen and we’d made a huge mess, but everyone seemed really happy that we finally had a spot that was designated for photos (at our previous parties, we were always noticing that we wanted one in hindsight).

The “2017” tabletop lettering: dollar store balloon weights, bamboo skewers, paper, glue pen, glitter. If I were to do this one over again, I’d probably make the numbers bigger and stand-alone with black glitter as opposed to the circle with gold numbers idea.

At the party itself, we set up a table with a black tablecloth with the 2017 numbers above, along with a huge spread of plastic champagne flutes (a big thank-you to Candice for assembling them all!). So, once midnight hit, all we had to do was pour… and pour… and pour.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to just see what spilled out of my head and overall holiday boredom. This was basically what I call classic crafting — the kind where you gather your supplies and just start creating with no real sense of direction, perfection, or polish, and that’s what makes it fun. You make a big mess, somehow get glitter in your bedsheets (still not 100% sure how that happened), and maybe produce something that you’re not super embarrassed to decorate your friend’s house with.

We had such a wonderful time; the perfect way to kick off 2017 and celebrate. I’m hoping this will be a big year for the UDH and all of the projects I have planned, so for now, I’ll just wish you all a Happy New Year; lots more to come, and cheers, friends!

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Starting Off 2017 Right

Did you know you can buy helium balloons at the dollar store? Shiny foil ones in tons of colors? Until just a few weeks ago, I had missed this useful piece of info.

My friends and I love having parties. They’re usually not the Pinterest-worthy, everything-perfected kind of deal, but they do include the important stuff: a group of people enjoying each other’s company, acting silly, and taking photos with bad lighting and phone cameras.

As the new year approached, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a big one to say goodbye to 2016. We wanted to dress up. Drink champagne. Come up with goofy themed cocktails and, for a change, actually decorate.

Guess who volunteered to provide the decorations?

Without wanting to spend a fortune on those absurdly expensive New Years Eve party kits (because when the choice is champagne vs party hats, you choose champagne), I got resourceful.

Affiliate links used in this post to help support this site. For more info, see my disclosure page.

Most of what I bought new came from the dollar store, but I kind of challenged myself to try to reinvent what I could find around the house into anything that fit into a New Year’s Eve color scheme (I went with classic gold/silver/black/white). I had multiple rooms to decorate, so spending as little as possible was a huge factor.

For instance, I took this janky old tree that had a past life as Christmas decor that should have been donated to Goodwill a long time ago (come to think of it, did I originally get it from Goodwill?)…

…I took it apart (the branches came off with a quick tug), and used it as vase filler.

I also nabbed a number of dollar store altar/devotional/prayer candles and gave them a small makeover with some gold leaf flakes and Mod Podge that I had in my office‘s craft supply (you can use actual gold leaf adhesive as well, but I wanted to see if good ol’ MP would work as a decent substitute… it worked great!).

The idea was that by combining a big mix of accents all in the same color scheme, it would work out to a massive centerpiece for my friend’s kitchen. I wound up including jars of Hershey’s kisses, smaller candles, old Christmas ornaments, etc…

I took most of these photos at my house while the actual party was at a friend’s place. I would show you the actual setup itself, but I 1) had to rush off to dinner when I dropped off all the decorations; 2) the lighting was low; and 3) getting a perfect shot for my blog would have seemed like the silliest excuse for interrupting the flow of the party. Thankfully though, I took these pics as a preview to send to my friend prior to, so I can share them with you! ;)

Because it seemed like the party wouldn’t be complete without them, I made some photo props with hand lettering, a glue pen (I highly recommend this ball point one), a wooden dowel variety pack (P.S. kabob sticks are a good substitute if you can’t find them), and lots of glitter (mostly with stiff scrapbook paper).

(By the way: some of my favorite glitter is this collection from Martha Stewart. I also have a number of colors from this Tulip collection, but I like the MS ones better because it’s finer as far as the size of each flake and overall sparkle.)

If you’re wondering about the star-shaped foil confetti: I used a star punch and a foil gift bag from the dollar store. Like I said — I got resourceful!

Finally, I made a sign out of some lettering and plywood with a perfect-for-this-particular-friend-group-and-my-sense-of-humor phrase. I intended on drilling through the letters to make a marquee style sign (A Beautiful Mess was probably my biggest inspiration), but I ran out of time and needed to wash the paint off so I didn’t look absurd in my fancy dress. Still, thanks to some $3 dewdrop lights I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot, my friends made it into a perfect display!

“I’m sure I’ll finish it at some future date” – me, probably lying to myself.

As for the photo backdrop, I created the “Happy New Year” banner using the same glue pen/lettering idea and some fishing wire, along with balloons and white tablecloths from the dollar store (to put in front of the windows) and gold foil curtains I ordered on Amazon. By the time I actually snapped some photos in front of it, the banner had fallen and we’d made a huge mess, but everyone seemed really happy that we finally had a spot that was designated for photos (at our previous parties, we were always noticing that we wanted one in hindsight).

The “2017” tabletop lettering: dollar store balloon weights, bamboo skewers, paper, glue pen, glitter. If I were to do this one over again, I’d probably make the numbers bigger and stand-alone with black glitter as opposed to the circle with gold numbers idea.

At the party itself, we set up a table with a black tablecloth with the 2017 numbers above, along with a huge spread of plastic champagne flutes (a big thank-you to Candice for assembling them all!). So, once midnight hit, all we had to do was pour… and pour… and pour.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to just see what spilled out of my head and overall holiday boredom. This was basically what I call classic crafting — the kind where you gather your supplies and just start creating with no real sense of direction, perfection, or polish, and that’s what makes it fun. You make a big mess, somehow get glitter in your bedsheets (still not 100% sure how that happened), and maybe produce something that you’re not super embarrassed to decorate your friend’s house with.

We had such a wonderful time; the perfect way to kick off 2017 and celebrate. I’m hoping this will be a big year for the UDH and all of the projects I have planned, so for now, I’ll just wish you all a Happy New Year; lots more to come, and cheers, friends!

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Starting Off 2017 Right

Did you know you can buy helium balloons at the dollar store? Shiny foil ones in tons of colors? Until just a few weeks ago, I had missed this useful piece of info.

My friends and I love having parties. They’re usually not the Pinterest-worthy, everything-perfected kind of deal, but they do include the important stuff: a group of people enjoying each other’s company, acting silly, and taking photos with bad lighting and phone cameras.

As the new year approached, my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a big one to say goodbye to 2016. We wanted to dress up. Drink champagne. Come up with goofy themed cocktails and, for a change, actually decorate.

Guess who volunteered to provide the decorations?

Without wanting to spend a fortune on those absurdly expensive New Years Eve party kits (because when the choice is champagne vs party hats, you choose champagne), I got resourceful.

Affiliate links used in this post to help support this site. For more info, see my disclosure page.

Most of what I bought new came from the dollar store, but I kind of challenged myself to try to reinvent what I could find around the house into anything that fit into a New Year’s Eve color scheme (I went with classic gold/silver/black/white). I had multiple rooms to decorate, so spending as little as possible was a huge factor.

For instance, I took this janky old tree that had a past life as Christmas decor that should have been donated to Goodwill a long time ago (come to think of it, did I originally get it from Goodwill?)…

…I took it apart (the branches came off with a quick tug), and used it as vase filler.

I also nabbed a number of dollar store altar/devotional/prayer candles and gave them a small makeover with some gold leaf flakes and Mod Podge that I had in my office‘s craft supply (you can use actual gold leaf adhesive as well, but I wanted to see if good ol’ MP would work as a decent substitute… it worked great!).

The idea was that by combining a big mix of accents all in the same color scheme, it would work out to a massive centerpiece for my friend’s kitchen. I wound up including jars of Hershey’s kisses, smaller candles, old Christmas ornaments, etc…

I took most of these photos at my house while the actual party was at a friend’s place. I would show you the actual setup itself, but I 1) had to rush off to dinner when I dropped off all the decorations; 2) the lighting was low; and 3) getting a perfect shot for my blog would have seemed like the silliest excuse for interrupting the flow of the party. Thankfully though, I took these pics as a preview to send to my friend prior to, so I can share them with you! ;)

Because it seemed like the party wouldn’t be complete without them, I made some photo props with hand lettering, a glue pen (I highly recommend this ball point one), a wooden dowel variety pack (P.S. kabob sticks are a good substitute if you can’t find them), and lots of glitter (mostly with stiff scrapbook paper).

(By the way: some of my favorite glitter is this collection from Martha Stewart. I also have a number of colors from this Tulip collection, but I like the MS ones better because it’s finer as far as the size of each flake and overall sparkle.)

If you’re wondering about the star-shaped foil confetti: I used a star punch and a foil gift bag from the dollar store. Like I said — I got resourceful!

Finally, I made a sign out of some lettering and plywood with a perfect-for-this-particular-friend-group-and-my-sense-of-humor phrase. I intended on drilling through the letters to make a marquee style sign (A Beautiful Mess was probably my biggest inspiration), but I ran out of time and needed to wash the paint off so I didn’t look absurd in my fancy dress. Still, thanks to some $3 dewdrop lights I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot, my friends made it into a perfect display!

“I’m sure I’ll finish it at some future date” – me, probably lying to myself.

As for the photo backdrop, I created the “Happy New Year” banner using the same glue pen/lettering idea and some fishing wire, along with balloons and white tablecloths from the dollar store (to put in front of the windows) and gold foil curtains I ordered on Amazon. By the time I actually snapped some photos in front of it, the banner had fallen and we’d made a huge mess, but everyone seemed really happy that we finally had a spot that was designated for photos (at our previous parties, we were always noticing that we wanted one in hindsight).

The “2017” tabletop lettering: dollar store balloon weights, bamboo skewers, paper, glue pen, glitter. If I were to do this one over again, I’d probably make the numbers bigger and stand-alone with black glitter as opposed to the circle with gold numbers idea.

At the party itself, we set up a table with a black tablecloth with the 2017 numbers above, along with a huge spread of plastic champagne flutes (a big thank-you to Candice for assembling them all!). So, once midnight hit, all we had to do was pour… and pour… and pour.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to just see what spilled out of my head and overall holiday boredom. This was basically what I call classic crafting — the kind where you gather your supplies and just start creating with no real sense of direction, perfection, or polish, and that’s what makes it fun. You make a big mess, somehow get glitter in your bedsheets (still not 100% sure how that happened), and maybe produce something that you’re not super embarrassed to decorate your friend’s house with.

We had such a wonderful time; the perfect way to kick off 2017 and celebrate. I’m hoping this will be a big year for the UDH and all of the projects I have planned, so for now, I’ll just wish you all a Happy New Year; lots more to come, and cheers, friends!

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