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2 Great Ideas for Organizing Your Recipes

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How cool is this? I’m an avid baker and cook, so keeping recipes organized is something that is always on my mind. I love how Leanne, over at Organize and Decorate Everything sorted out her favorite and most used recipes and created a wonderful display that looks great in her kitchen!

Get some inspiration on organizing your favorite recipes here.

Do you collect a lot of foodie magazines? I know I do. I am forever referring back to folded pages and my shelves are overflowing with tattered magazines.


Well Katie, over at Good Life Eats shows you how to finally take control of those magazines and get your the recipes you want into a neat and orderly binder that outshines folded corners any day!

Get the how-to from Katie and make your own magazine recipe binder today.

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  2. Wow Amanda, thanks for featuring the organizing of my most used recipes. I just subscribed to you. I’m excited to look through all your posts and get some wonderful inspiration. BTW, I love your name, I have a 15 year old named Amanda. Have a great day!

  4. LOVE the recipe box. I think I am going to head over to BIG LOTS today. I already do the album, but I like something at my disposal quickly. I also made a special Weight Watchers one and tore out all the recipes from my magazines and made a special book for that one too. I made a special recipe scrapbook to share all of mine, my mom’s, grandma’s and so forth’s recipes.

    LOVE THIS BLOG POST! Keep it coming

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DIY Giant Eyeball Lanterns – Creepy Halloween Decoration

When it comes to Halloween, bigger is always better—and these giant eyeball lanterns prove it! With nothing more than plain white paper lanterns, a little paint, and some imagination, you can create huge, spooky eyes that look like they’ve popped right out of a monster movie.

They’re perfect for hanging from ceilings, displaying on porches, or grouping together in a corner for an eerie effect. Best of all, paper lanterns are super inexpensive (you can grab them on eBay, Amazon, or even your local dollar store), which makes this a great budget-friendly craft for big impact Halloween décor.

Supplies You’ll Need

  • Large round white paper lanterns (various sizes look best) 
  • Acrylic paints or craft paints in black, brown, green, red, orange, or blue (for irises) 
  • Wide paintbrush for background color 
  • Small paintbrush for details 
  • Black construction paper or cardstock (optional for spiky “lashes” or accents) 
  • Hot glue gun or strong craft glue 
  • String or fishing line (if you want to hang them) 

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Prep the Lanterns

  1. Assemble your white paper lanterns according to the package directions. 
  2. Make sure they’re fully open and the wire insert is in place so the surface is taut for painting. 

Step 2: Paint the Iris

  1. Using a wide brush, paint a large circle in the center of the lantern to create the iris. 
  2. Choose spooky colors—green, red, orange, or blue work wonderfully. 
  3. Don’t worry about making it perfectly smooth; streaks and uneven textures add to the eerie, organic look. 

Step 3: Add the Pupil

  1. Once the iris paint is dry, use black paint to fill in the pupil at the very center. 
  2. Make it large enough to stand out against the iris. 

Step 4: Detail the Eye

  • Use a smaller brush to add darker or lighter streaks in the iris for a more realistic effect. 
  • You can even add thin vein lines in red around the iris to give it that bloodshot look. 

Step 5: Optional Spiky Lashes

  1. Cut long triangles from black construction paper or cardstock. 
  2. Glue them around one side of the lantern so they stick out like sharp monster eyelashes. 
  3. This makes the eyeballs look even more monstrous and stylized. 

Step 6: Display Your Giant Eyeballs

  • Hanging: Use string or fishing line to suspend them from ceilings, trees, or porch rafters so they look like floating eyeballs. 
  • Stacked: Place them in corners, along stairs, or even grouped on your lawn for a spooky display. 
  • Tabletop: Use them as oversized Halloween party props. 

Tips & Variations

  • Glowing Eyes: Insert battery-powered LED lights into the lanterns so they glow from the inside. 
  • Rainbow Eyes: Mix up the colors and make a whole rainbow of creepy eyes. 
  • Monster Cluster: Group multiple eyeballs together in different sizes for a scarier effect. 

This DIY Giant Eyeball Lantern craft is quick, cheap, and gives you maximum Halloween spook factor with minimal effort. Whether you make one or a whole creepy collection, your haunted house setup will definitely be eye-catching!