I'm so excited to share with you...

the Halloween Snack Table I styled and was recently featured on Hostess with the Mostess.

I thought I'd TRiCK you by not including any TREATS on this festive table.

I figured some salty snacks were in order to help balance out the sugar rush from the excessive amounts of candy we'll all be consuming.

I hope you'll find some inspiration for your upcoming Halloween festivities.

Toil & Trouble Witch Themed Snack Table

THE INSPIRATION BEHIND IT
This snack table was designed to provide a festive salty grab-and-go snack station for Halloween.
The snacks were kept simple so you can spend your time enjoying the festivities that await.
Guests (and little ones) can quickly grab some salty snacks...
to off-set the sugar-induced comas they are likely to fall into either before or after the Trick-or-Treating begins.

The great thing about this table?
Set it up in your home at the beginning of October as part of your Halloween decorations.
Just add the snacks mentioned below on party night. 
OR create an interactive Halloween focal point in your home for the entire month of October...
Simply package up the snacks individually in cellophane bags.
This allows your kids or any guests that pop by to grab a quick snack on their way in or out.

FOOD and BEVERAGES
Snacks were kept super simple and included edible broom handles (mini pretzel rods...)
curdled screams (popcorn)...
and frightful fingernails (pumpkin seeds). 
If you want to serve something a bit more savory...
you could try crackers, chips, cheese trays and hot appetizers.
Customized Water Bottles...
bottles wrapped in decorative tissue paper...
keep things simple as well as provide another way to wash down all that sugar.

DIYS and CRAFTS
Decorative tissue paper water bottle wraps along with a simple Black Magic book cover are a couple of ways you can easily add some pizzazz to your decor. See links to tutorials:
• Black Magic Book Cover
• Tissue Paper Water Bottle Wraps

SOURCES/CREDiTS
• Styling, Photography and Apothecary Jar Labels: Pen N’ Paperflowers
• Decorative Tissue Paper: 7Gypsies

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KEEPiNG iT REAL
Even though the original snacks for this photo shoot sat out for about 2 weeks in prep for the photo shoot...
(everyone knows not to touch things until Mom gives the "okay")
I still caught everyone snacking on stale popcorn and stale pumpkin seeds. Ha!!
Even Ella, (my 3 year old), kept grabbing the pretzel cups to take with her
as snacks in the car.

I will obviously replenish everything with FRESH snacks for Halloween night. *wink*

STYLiNG | Tissue Paper Water Bottle Wraps

I love trying new things...
Especially when they relate to dessert table styling and entertaining...
and if the results are cute.

Well hello cute...

• Decorative Tissue Paper-Wrapped Bottle Wraps •

THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE

Select a patterned tissue paper of choice to coordinate with your celebration

 and create your own personalized water bottle wraps

REMOVE PRE-PRINTED LABEL FROM WATER BOTTLES

UNFOLD AND TRIM

Using scissors, cut the unfolded piece of tissue paper right down the middle, length-wise.

TAPE IT

Run strips of clear packing tape across the top of the tissue paper.

The 2" width of the packing tape is a perfect size for creating custom labels to fit Zephyrhills water bottles,

IMPORTANT: Leave a 1" overhang of tape to both the beginning and end of each strip you create.

Also, leave room between each strip of tape to allow for margin of error when taping and cutting.

LiFT & TRiM

Lift CAREFULLY up on your large taped piece of tissue...

 allowing a single strip to dangle off the edge of your work surface as you cut each of the labels to size.

You can see the tape easier this way and makes cutting easier too.

TIP: Hang your cut strips from the edge of the countertop until you are ready to apply them.

WRAP IT

Using the "built-in" pieces of tape on the ends of your strips, 

start on one side of your water bottle and wrap it completely around.
Don't worry about the overlapping - unless it's completely obvious - at which point you can trim to size.

DONE!

Using packing tape to create custom water bottle labels is a cinch...

and it also make the labels a bit more "water-resistant" when serving them cold/on ice.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:

• Imperfection. 

• STATIC CLING.  As you go to apply the tape strips, the tissue paper will rise up to meet the tape.

• Wrinkles. They are bound to happen but really shouldn't alter the finished look of the wraps 

   especially if your desired results coincide with a "rustic", "worn" or "aged" vibe 

   or as long as your selected print pattern is conducive to "hiding" small imperfections

HELPFUL TiPS:

• You MUST work on a surface that will allow you to easily remove the taped tissue strips, like a counter top.

• Use extreme caution when lifting the large, taped piece of tissue paper from your work surface, in preparation for cutting. 

Just in case you didn't know, tissue paper tears easily. *wink*

• Select a pattern WiTHOUT stripes or distinct horizontal or vertical patterns to avoid driving yourself nuts while applying the tape strips.

WHERE DiD I GET MY TiSSUE PAPER?

This a fabulous vintage-inspired paper from 7Gypsies - one of my favorite paper crafting companies.

I got it from The Shoppe at Somerset. my favorite crafting supply store and magazine publisher.

KEEPiNG iT REAL

Yes...I sell custom/coordinating Water Bottle Wraps in my Esty shoppe...

so why on Earth would I be sharing an idea like this?

Because frankly...

sometimes I just don't like "matchy-match" celebrations.

Sometimes I like to throw in an unexpected dimension...

using things I already have on hand.

And to be honest...

I LOVE tissue paper and will use every opportunity to get creative with it. *wink*