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
