I also had a lot of fun playing with various spooky fonts from PicMonkey for my photos. More to come!
Jeanine
I was toying around with this little wood frame that I picked up at a local thrift store. First I painted it white. It sat in the garage for 2 weeks until I decided to instead paint it black. All this indecision resulted in a wicked makeover - literally!
I used some Halloween-ish cardstock as my background.
Then I went over to DaFont.com to spell out the word wicked in some creepy fonts. I printed that out onto white paper and cut around each letter. Not sure if you can tell but I also distressed the paper so it wouldn't be stark white on the Halloween cardstock.
Another quick and easy project using items I already had in the craft room!
Jeanine
Jeanine
Remember this bottle carrier I picked up at Goodwill a few weeks ago?! I gave it a spooky twist earlier this week.
The creepy labels are actually from the Martha Stewart Living special edition Halloween issue. Just scan them to your printer and print out. I did mine on label paper, so I only had to cut, peel and stick.
The striped straws are from Etsy. I just love them! I picked up the pencils from Michael's last year and never got to use them for Halloween, so I added them to some of the bottles.
The cute little Trick or Treat pendant is also from Etsy.
I really love how it came out and it fits nicely on my counter top. I'm sure I'll add some ghoulish treats closer to Halloween.
Jeanine
Sometimes I like to keep it simple.
I bought some ceramic pumpkins from the Dollar Store last year. The colors were a bit drab, so I painted two of them white last weekend and love them now!
I put one ontop of a vintage desk and this one I added to an upcycled Goodwill cloche that sits on my kitchen counter. I added the word fall to a coffee baked tag.
I love the simplicity!
Linking to: Faded Charm: White Wednesday.
Jeanine
Here's a really easy DIY project for Halloween. I like to add decorations all over my house for any holiday, but the bathroom always presents something of a challenge. So I made some quick Halloween soaps to add to our soap dish.
All you need is some glycerin soap (I used black), paper, a printer and of course some fabulous images from The Graphics Fairy.
I used a vintage dictionary page with a skull, a vintage insect chart and an old arsenic label for these.
I print the images out onto regular paper, cut them to size (I use the wallet size) and then you can either use Mod Podge, Glue dots or regular Scotch tape to adhere them to your soaps. Super easy!
Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.
Jeanine
Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.
Jeanine
Yesterday I came across a styrofoam wreath that was slated for our last garage sale. It did not sell, so I had it in the donation pile. I'm not a very good wreath maker, but I decided to give it another go by doing a sheet music one for fall.
As much as I would have loved to do the scroll-y kinds I've seen all over Pinterest, I just wasn't in the mood to hot glue. For this one, I cut some vintage sheet music into strips. Then I looped them around the styrofoam - pinching them in the middle and keeping them together with Glue Dots.
Once I had my sheet music all around, I used my Cricut to make the crow/skull image. I attached it also using Glue Dots. The last part was to add the two banners which spell out never and more. I glued them to some twine and then glued each banner on to the wreath. I added some tea-stained orange seam binding so we could hang it on the door.
Linking to: Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.
Jeanine
Linking to: Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.
Jeanine
I am itching to get my Halloween decorations up, but I'm trying to wait another week so my neighbors don't think I'm crazy. I found a way to soothe the itch by adding some Halloween touches to my tearoom!
Yesterday, I popped into the dollar store and bought the black netting which I'm using as a small tablecloth. I also picked up a few black crows to scatter about.
The witches' hat I got at Michael's over the weekend. It was just a plain craft color so I gave it a few coats of black paint. I added some tea-stained orange and black seam binding above the brim. The creepy lady, poison label and banner are from The Graphics Fairy. For the banner, I typed up Happy Halloween in word and then just played around with it until it fit into the banner.
Not sure if you can see the spider ring at the top of the hat. One of my little guys added that!
In a few weeks, my quaint, little, girly tearoom will look like a haunted house!
Jeanine
In a few weeks, my quaint, little, girly tearoom will look like a haunted house!
Jeanine
I popped into my local Ikea yesterday and found these really cute apple baskets. For only $9.99 each, I knew I could add a spooky twist to them. So I did!
Because I also want to be able to use them for other holidays/seasons, I knew I did not want to spray paint anything on them. I recently bought Cricut's Halloween cartridge, so I printed out this spooky graphic onto black cardstock.
I used Sticky Dots to stick it onto the front. Now I can peel it off when Halloween is over and use the basket again and again! I'm working on the other one as we speak.
I'm not sure how the paper will stand up to the elements, but I am planning on displaying these on our porch.
Jeanine
So I'm 90 percent sure we are having a Halloween party this year. I figure I'd better get moving on some ideas I've been toying around with. I have this feeling that in the blink of an eye, Halloween will be here.
These little white cups I picked up last year from Michael's. I thought the little eyes could make them look like cute, little ghosts. They will definitely be good for holding snacks for small partygoers.
I have a bunch of these little photo hangers that I use in my Etsy shop. Not sure if you can see the "boo" in the middle but I hand-stamped it on a coffee tag. I also wanted to use something other than orange and black so I used purple and black ribbon.
I think hanging a bunch of these around the house might be a nice touch. The skull image is from The Graphics Fairy.
Loads more to do and the countdown has begun!
Jeanine
Loads more to do and the countdown has begun!
Jeanine
Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend! I whipped up these candlesticks last week and just put the finishing touches on them this morning.
I spray painted each one black to start. I don't work with glitter a lot (mainly because I seem to get more on me than my actual project), but I wanted to make the smaller two stand out. I covered them with Mod Podge and then just sprinkled orange glitter on. I gave them a coat of clear spray paint hoping it would hold the glitter on better. Nope. Still shedding.
I added some of my French script candles to each stick. For the smaller two, I printed out the boo letters from The Graphics Fairy onto label paper and simply stuck them on. For the middle candle, I tied on a trick or treat tag (image also from The Graphics Fairy).
The finishing touches were the orange seam binding and black tulle ribbons. Happily, I had everything I needed to make these.
Not sure if there are linky parties tomorrow because of Labor Day, but I am hoping to link up to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday and Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.
Jeanine
Not sure if there are linky parties tomorrow because of Labor Day, but I am hoping to link up to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday and Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.
Jeanine
This is the last week off before school starts here next week, so it's going to be quite chaotic. I'm hoping to blog (and comment) regularly once the boys are back in school. Until then, here's a quick project I did over the weekend.
I'm sure you've seen the spray painted mason jars all over Pinterest. I decided to make some for Halloween. I really love the candy corn ones but I only had black paint so I had to make do. I gave each jar two coats of paint. While they were drying, I hand-stamped two coffee-dyed tags with tricks and treats.
Once the jars were dry, I took some orange and brown seam binding and tied them together to the ridge area of each jar. Then I added my coffee tags using some twine. Super easy!
I'm not sure if I'm going to use these for candles or Halloween treats.
Jeanine
I'm not sure if I'm going to use these for candles or Halloween treats.
Jeanine
I was fooling around with my stamps and ink, and made these spooky spider web candles for Halloween.
I know some people roll their candles over the stamp, but I actually do the opposite. I roll the stamp over my candles using Staz On ink. It's a little tricky with smaller stamps, but, overall, I have good results.
I added some orange rhinestones to the middle of each web for a little sparkle and then tied them together with black tulle.
Another inexpensive project. I had everything I needed!
Jeanine
Another inexpensive project. I had everything I needed!
Jeanine
With all the Halloween pins popping up on Pinterest, I have actually started making some Halloween items. Crazy, right?
Maybe it's also because I'm dreaming of cool, crisp weather on these sweltering hot days. Seriously, it's so steamy here, I can't even muster the energy to go garage sale-ing this weekend.
And Pottery Barn isn't helping with this cute Halloween banner.
I'm debating on whether or not to have a costume party this year.
I guess I have plenty of time to figure it out - especially while I take yet another dip in the kiddie pool to cool off.
Jeanine
I guess I have plenty of time to figure it out - especially while I take yet another dip in the kiddie pool to cool off.
Jeanine
I still have a ton of these little peat pots left over from the summer. I knew I wanted to do at least one for Halloween and when I saw this image over at The Graphics Fairy, I knew it would be perfect!
First I hot glued some vintage lace to the pot. Then I hot glued the picture to the front. I tied some tea-stained seam binding to the top. Then I finished off with some black and orange rhinestones. Add a little ghost candle and done!
Now of course I want to make some more!
Jeanine
Jeanine
I confess...I started buying some Halloween decorations already. I don't feel too guilty because these all came from my local dollar store.
I saved two glass jars with Halloween in mind - one held pasta sauce and the other honey.
I put some fake moss on the bottom of each jar. Then I added my black spiders to one and the fake eyeballs to the other. I used some coffee-dyed hang tags to hand-stamp each tag to my liking. Use some tea-stained black seam binding to tie each tag around the top of your jars and done!
I couldn't resist the fake rats! Don't they look very Pottery Barn-ish? Their new catalog is filled with lots of Halloween goodies that you can totally find for cheaper at your dollar store.
Spooky right?! What's not so spooky is the $8 I spent on everything and I still have plenty left over to play with!
Jeanine
Jeanine
When I got my new Pottery Barn catalog this morning, I spied these wonderful newspaper text candles:
While I wouldn't mind stocking up on a few, I wanted to take a quick try at making my own version.
I used this French newspaper image from The Graphics Fairy. I printed it onto clear Avery label paper. I trimmed the image down to fit each candle and then simply peeled and sticked. I love these labels because they have a see-through quality to them that might be hard to make out in the photos. Here's a close-up:
Best part is once again I had everything I needed. I'd like to do some large pillar-size ones for Halloween. Now back to flipping through my PB catalog!
Jeanine
Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn
While I wouldn't mind stocking up on a few, I wanted to take a quick try at making my own version.
Jeanine
