With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I'm sure your getting all of your last minute dinner and party preparation in order. One largely over looked item for dinner guests are take home or "leftover" bags.

There are so many options out there for personalizing your leftovers bags. But if you find yourself in the eleventh hour of dinner planning and have no time to run out to the store and find special take out bags, no need to worry. Here is a quick and easy way to add some festivity and to personalize your guests leftovers.

What You Need

Any size brown paper bag. (The larger, the better)

Chalk

Chalkboard tags ($1, Target)

How to Make It

Take the paper bag and punch out a hole at the top of the bag. If you don't have a hole puncher, just use a pen and press the point through to make a hole.

Take the chalkboard tag and chalk. Write your guests name and a funny or cute note if there's room
Un-tie the string and fish the string through the whole in the paper bag. Re-tie string.
Place on the side for your guests to add what they want to there bag.

It's that easy. The whole process took me less than 5 minutes to make. This is even a fun project that you can have the kids do while your meal prepping.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! Enjoy!

Fall is here again! Time to comfy up your home decor.

Nothing sets the comfy mood of a home more than candles and candle light. After pumpkin picking with the kids, I had extra mini pumpkins laying around the house. So I put them to use by turning them into candle holders.

Here's how to make your DIY Pumpkin Candle Holders for your home.

Start with these items

Small pumpkins
Tea Light Candles
Sharp knife
Sharpie or pen (not shown)
Spoon (not shown)

Start with your mini pumpkin top side up. Break the steam off if your pumpkin has one.

Using a tea light candle, place the candle on the top of the pumpkin (where the steam would be).

Trace the shape of the tea light candle to create a circle in the middle of the pumpkin.

Using the knife, cut along the circle that you made on the pumpkin. Make sure not to cut all the way through to the bottom. Just above halfway into the pumpkin should be fine. Pop the top off.

Scoop out the inside meat of the pumpkin. Be sure to leave some of the meat inside on the bottom - so that your candle wont sink too far into the cut hole.

If your like me, you probably scooped out too much :-) If so, just turn one candle upside down and stack the other candle right side up on top.

Lastly, stick the tealight into the cut out hole. Light your candle and enjoy!

I love this DIY! These are the perfect addition for your Thanksgiving table setting or just used for fall decor around your house.

Try this DIY and send me photos of your mini pumpkin candle holders! I'll feature it on this blog.