Okio B Designs

It's official. I have my first cold of the almost fall season. It seems every time the weather turns unexpectedly, I get a cold. Boo hoo! Given my complete lack of energy this weekend, I was only able to eke out two small Halloween projects. First up is this little spells bag:

I used some leftover coffee dyed fabric I had from last year. I stitched up both sides of the fabric to create a little pouch. I added a touch of polyfil to give the illusion that it might actually be holding wart of toad or eye of newt. Then I hand-stamped the spells coffee tag and tied some tea-stained seam binding to it.

Gather up the seam binding to close up the pouch and you have a petite pretty for Halloween. Then I took some metal tags and hand-stamped some random Halloween images on them.

I add these all around the house in little nooks and crannies that can't seem to fit anything else. Or I might even use them to tie my sons' class Halloween goody bags this year. The possibilities are endless!

Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to blowing my nose. =(

Jeanine

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I have a ton of these apothecary jars on hand at all times. Whenever Michael's or AC Moore has them on sale, I stock up because they really work well for any holiday-inspired projects. Of course this morning, I decided to do a Halloween one.

I printed off the arsenic image from The Graphics Fairy (did anyone else notice Martha Stewart Crafts has a very similar label too? Maybe Martha's been browsing Karen's site?! Lol!). I distressed the edges a bit and then mod podged it to the front of the jar. I add another coat on top to seal it in.

Once it was dry, I added the orange rhinestone eyes and tea-stained seam binding. I had some left over orange and black spiders from the Dollar Store so I added them in as well since I refuse to buy any type of Halloween candy just yet. My kids would gobble it down in an instant. Okay, okay, so would I!

So there you have it, another quick easy Halloween project for a mantel, bookshelf, etc.!

Jeanine

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So I'm slowly starting to put out my Halloween decorations. Normally I wait until at least the 15th but me and the kids were getting a bit anxious. Okay maybe it was more me! I had a random black frame lying around so I made this:

I printed the old crow image from The Graphics Fairy onto some vintage sheet music.

Then I took out my mini letter stamps ($1 at Michaels!) and stamped: "Quoth the Raven Nevermore" - which I thought was quite fitting.

This is a really quick and easy project for a lazy, pre-Halloween afternoon.

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.

Jeanine

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Oh how I love popping into our local church thrift store. They are only open on Friday, so I treat myself as much as I can each Friday. Today did not disappoint!

The kitty was only $2. I have to find a cute corner spot for her before my 4 year old stakes his claim for her. He loves animals: cats and dogs being his favorite. I also picked up some wood hangers for my Etsy shop. The birdhouse is actually from a garage sale in Virginia. As is the super super-8 camera. It was $5! Here's a close-up of it. It still works!

I also picked up some sheet music, of course. I never, ever turn down vintage sheet music. The picture frames are for a Halloween makeover I have in my mind. And lookie at the vintage books I scored! Little Men for my little men. They aren't in the best condition but I could not resist!

Hoping to hit some garage sales this weekend too. This lot set me back $6.50!

Jeanine

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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.