breakfast with the witches.

A Hicks family tradition the weekend of Halloween is....Breakfast With The Witches at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis!

We have lots of super cool things in Indy, but our Children's Museum is by far one of the best in the Midwest. They have absolutely everything a kid could ever imagine to play with...and it's all geared to make them learn as well.

The Breakfast With The Witches is one of our favorite things to do for Halloween. And this year, Big Sista Burgess and I decided to get super festive and make witch-hat fascinators! They were a big hit..and Baby Girl was the world's sweetest witch!



Spiderman and the Sweet Little Witch

 

Big Dub and Baby Girl!

 



Aunt Kelbs and Baby Girl

I love this picture because it shows Big Dub's personality so much!

 

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fun with thanksgiving food.

Ok so let's have a little bit of a confession time, shall we? 

I'm not super fond of spending massive amounts of time in the kitchen. Truth be told, I do like to cook...but it's really not my most favorite thing to do. However, I am excellent at making appetizers. No, seriously. My old roommate, Adrianne, and I would have "Dip Nights" where we would make 6 or 7 different appetizers and just eat them and watch America's Next Top Model marathons. (We're cool.)

However, I do like to contribute to the Thanksgiving meal. My mom, dad and Big Sista Burg are all amazing cooks...and they usually have the meal taken care of. So I told Momma that I would bring fruit and veggies this year.

And bring them I did.

Last year, I made a cornucopia out of breadstick dough. So I made another one this year out of crescent roll dough (both work equally well, I just prefer the crescent roll dough because it smells better when its cooking).

And then I filled that cornucopia with fresh fruit! It was delish and was our centerpiece on the Thanksgiving table!

And I have to thank Pinterest for this one, but I made a veggie tray that looked like a Turkey! It was so cute and so easy to do.

What did you make this Thanksgiving??

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big dub and baby girl.

I can't help but fall in love with these faces every time I see them. These are the two reasons I am so thankful this Thanksgiving...my precious niece and nephew.
 

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dance it out Marian University.

I just got finished my largest order to date! 10 earwarmers for the Marian University girls dance team!!!

Check out how cute my friend Katie is (third from the right)! She was a 500 Festival Princess last year and put in the order for her dance team!

Marian's colors are navy blue and gold. I actually love the color combination and think the earwarmers turned out oh-so-fabulous (ifIdosaysomyself)!

I just love that there is a collegiate dance team out there wearing a handmade creation from The Hicks Girls!! (not to mention, they are gorgeous models for me!)

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brown paper packages tied up with string.

The orders are FLOODING in as of late (mainly because I've been doing tons of craft shows...makes sense, huh?). I decided that I wanted to make our Hicks Girls packages just as fun as the goodies inside of them.

I mean, everyone loves getting mail...right?

So how much would you love getting one of these in your mailbox, stuffed full of Hicks Girls goodies???

 You know I have to keep the fleur-de-lis theme alive and well. And I love how the silver looks against the brown packaging.

Not gonna lie...the ruffles are from old tshirts that I cut up and ruffled. I just think they looks so fun!

 

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the Tatums.

So I was in New Orleans a last weekend for a friend's wedding. (I lovelovelove that city so much, I can't even stand it. But more on that later.) The wedding was simply gorgeous and after the wedding EVERYONE (and I mean EVERYONE) headed down to the French Quarter to watch a little SEC football game...better known as Alabama vs. LSU.

Side note--I love college football. I love that I went to a Big Ten school. I love everything about it. But PS....Big Ten football has NOTHING on SEC football. It's ridick how much people obsess about SEC football. And apparently this game was one of the biggest games. Ever. I had no idea.

Anyway, so we were just chilling on the 2nd floor of My Bar on Bourbon Street (my favorite street) and low and behold. Look who was standing in front of us?

Mr. FREAKING Channing Tatum

Hottie Potottie.

 Yum, he is just as lush in person as in is on TV. And he is so freaking nice. Stood there and talked to us for a while. Just so sweet.

And then, there was his wife Jenna (who starred with him in Step Up). Oh my gosh, she is so pretty and so sweet too. I started talking to her about football. And we had a whole conversation about Indiana and Notre Dame (her parents went there). And then she was gushing about my scarf. Love her. She was so sweet.

ahh, just another reason why I love New Orleans.

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Bella Swan

Love this look for Bella. Straight up Forks, Washington.

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Edward Cullen

Couldn't you just imagine Edward Cullen wearing this...cuff links included???

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victoria.

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alice cullen.

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mike newton.

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leah clearwater.

Leah Clearwater. Love her spirit. Hate her stubbornness but I think we can all relate to her broken heart.

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emmett cullen.

Emmett is my favorite Vamp. Seriously. Even more so than Edward. (And Kellen Lutz is numero uno on my Celebrity list. True story. love him).

Emmett is so my monkey man.

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rosalie hale.

Let's be honest for a moment, shall we? I (Kelby) simply adores the Twilight movies and books. Seriously. ADORE.

And by adore...I mean, I'm slightly obsessed with them.

So in honor of Breaking Dawn Part One coming out this week, (and thanks in part to Polyvore) I'm posting Twilight-inspired outfits for all my favorite Vamps and Wolves.

P.S. Who isn't obsessed with those Louboutins in Rosalie's outfit?? ?lovelovelovelovelove.

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