I know on top of everything else a wedding video is a luxury at a wedding. But it's one of the things I would put on the essential list. Even if it's a friend videoing on their mobile phone. 

When we lost 2 of our best friends in a tragic accident I remember having a conversation with their wives about how important video is, because you can't hear voices in photos.

I love being able to listen to our speeches, years after and hearing people's laughter. 

My sister had a wonderful video, complete with the church service and all the speeches. Rich kindly made them an edited down version.  A 3 minute fairytale of the day.  

I could watch it over and over. A glorious day in every way. 

Have a peek. 

Every Wednesday I post to raise awareness for The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation, a charity who organise and fund weddings for terminally ill people. 

Imagine how important a video is to those couples. 

£5 could mean covering the petrol for a videographer to travel to a wedding. And suddenly from just 5 readers of this blog donating £1, the happy couple could have a video to cherish forever. 

So if you can, donate just £1. 

Happy Wednesday everyone. Doesn't a lovely wedding just put you in a good mood?! 

I promise there isn't a Halloween takeover on this blog, despite 2 posts in a row being full of the H word! 

But I have a few cute and super simple ideas to share, however I promise to spread them out!

Macarons. I adore them. Their delicate presentation, delicious texture but not the price. Yes I know I could make them but who keeps almond meal in the cupboard?! 

I am all for making life as easy as possible. 

I spied these in TK Maxx who have an excellent foodie section full of brightly coloured pasta and interesting products, and at a couple of pounds for a pack of 6, almost half the price of the fresh versions in the supermarkets, I couldn't resist. Whilst they don't have fresh cream in them they are absolutely delicious and made perfect zombies!

I have very limited time at the moment. Every day there are a million things on the rolling to do list. We have big changes going on at home and at work which I will let you all in on soon. All good. 

You can use any sweets you like, liquorice would be great but I used the following ingredients.  

• Green macarons
• Jelly tots for eyes  
• Sugar rocks for teeth
• Black icing pen
• Dried Spagetti and Chocolate coffee beans for the bolts

Using your icing pen put a blob under each jelly tot eye and secure. Pipe a small dot in the centre of the eyes. Draw a mouth and add the sprinkle sugar crystals for teeth.  Draw on a scar and with a cocktail stick gently make a hole in the coffee beans. (Careful not to push too hard). Take a length of dried spaghetti about 1.5cm long and push into your macaron and the coffee bean to make the bolts.

Eat. 

Are you busy practising Halloween delights or have you made something Autumnal? 

I am hosting #TastyTuesdays for Vicki who blogs at Honest Mum this week. So please do link up your lovely recipes!  

Last year we went a little Halloween crazy. We had a wonderful party and a few weeks of activities and crafts. 

This year we will be away at my in laws for Halloween and we will have a spooky garden trail for the boys to enjoy and maybe a swim in the dark. (We are super lucky that they have a pool.) 

So instead of lots of new party ideas here are some of the highlights from last year which you may find handy if you are planning a party! Some were using new bits and bobs and others were recycling old things I had lying around or I picked up at the charity shop.

Play a game of Spider Name Hunt - use foam spider shapes and spell each guest's name on the back in individual letters. Turn them all over at the start and see who can spell their name first!  You can see more photos here.

Make a family portrait of ghost feet! Ours will be coming out again this year!

Make a simple handprint spider jigsaw. 

Book pumpkins are a great way to decorate although steer clear if you couldn't bear to cut up an old book! 

Easy peasy bunting, which I made at the same time as the feet portrait. Use coloured scrap book paper in between you ghosts. 

A party lolly tree is a simple way of creating an eye catching centrepiece for your party table. Plus you can use it as candy for trick or treaters! 

We have this door mat ready for next week. Hand stencilled ready for the Heath Bros at Halloween. 

Mummy juice cartons are so effective! Easy too just remember to leave a space for the straws! 

I hung these muslin ghosts everywhere last year as it was a way of recycling all of Ollie's old muslin cloths!  I am sure every parent has a bag of these in the loft somewhere so get them out and make some good use from them!

There is nothing cuter than these mini broomsticks! I dotted them all over the house and they take only minutes to make. 

I loved making our little party guests name paper skeletons which I framed above their trick or treating bags. I used potatoes to stamp pumpkin and skull faces on them!

I went a little mad on all the party food ideas last year - you can see the full party post here but they all were worth the effort! My old painted dresser was absolutely perfect for the Halloween Party buffet and I use our upcycled mini bar dresser to hold the drinks!

We played loads of games including: 

• ghost toilet roll bowling
• sensory slime
• apple bobbing
• face painting

A big party will have to wait until next year! I'm still collecting lots of inspiration on my Pinterest board so do follow and share ideas. 

What have you got planned for Halloween?