Whether you're planning a cute kids' Halloween party this year or a scary adult soirée, I put together a checklist filled with ideas and inspirations to help you plan your upcoming Halloween party.

I welcome you to download my checklist, print it out, and find at least one new idea that will make your party sing!

We are definitely getting into the Halloween spirit at our house, so I wanted to find a fun project my daughter and I could do together yesterday.

I found these printable Halloween decorations on the HP site, printed them out, and my daughter and I went to town. They were super simple and I loved how they turned out.

Honestly, I've never been good at carving pumpkins. Mine always turn out looking so juvenile, it's a little embarrassing. :)

So yesterday I decided to try out pumpkin carving templates. I don't know why I'd never thought of this before, maybe because I thought they'd be hard and weren't worth the money. Well these I got for FREE from HP and they were super easy to use and look how awesome my pumpkins turned out!

Since our kids are heading back to school and we're all trying to get organized, I created this two-page Kid's Party Planning Checklist to help make planning your next child's birthday party so much easier.

With this checklist, you no longer have to wonder when to order the cake or when to send out the invitations, because it's all here. Just print out this list and you're ready to go! (And make sure you have enough HP ink to print out your party printables.)

I'm planning to cook a lot this weekend trying out new recipes, and I can't tell you how many times I have to rush to my computer with sticky fingers to figure out something as simple as how many ounces are in a 1/2 cup of milk.

Well, look what I just found. A cooking measurement equivalents printable from HP...

I'm always looking for activities for my daughter, Lainey, to do at home. So I printed out these Fashion Fun Paper Dolls today from the HP site and what a pleasant surprise. I haven't seen Lainey this engrossed in something in a long time.

Here she is determining which outfit to try first...

I don't know about you, but I'm always running out of birthday cards. Even in this digital age, I still send them and I still attach them to gifts.

So I found this very cute set of free birthday cards in the HP Creative Studio and had to share. What's great about these cards is they're stylish, plus with over 40 designs to choose from, you'll find kids' and adult cards, and the best part... you can add a personalized message on the inside that gets printed in the card.

Well, I just made this one in about ten minutes with some free printables from the HP Summer Celebration newsletter. I love these mini paper flags. I can think of so many uses for them.

I also made this cool retro garland. It makes me think of an old-fashioned couty fair.

Allison W from All for the Boys. Congrats, Allison!!

And here's her winning card...