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I wanted to make a grain sack towel for fall.  You see, I don't have a lot of fall decorations; I seem to have a lot of Halloween decorations.  So, I decided to make a quick grain sack using this image from The Graphics Fairy.  It's the same one I used on a bucket over the summer and it just screams FALL to me!
I used iron-transfer paper and simply ironed it onto this Ikea towel.  You can't see, but it has red stripes going down each side, and for only 89 cents a pop, I always stock up on them when I go to Ikea.
Up close, it really does look like an old-fashioned tea towel.
While I was at it, I also made this Halloween apothecary treat jar for the boys.  I'm probably going to add some candy corns to it this week.  I'll have to stock up because that is the one candy that disappears in minutes.  And yes, I'm guilty.  =)

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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.

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Quick, easy project for today!  I got these pumpkin-scented candles from the Dollar Store earlier this week.  After peeling off their generic labels, I thought they were missing a little something.  I headed over to The Graphics Fairy and added this great vintage pumpkin label to each one:
I printed the image onto label paper so all I had to do was crop, peel and stick!
I thought adding twine to the top would add a nice autumn touch as well.

For $2, I now have some yummy smelling candles to add to my fall decor.

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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!

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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.

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Thank you Karen from The Graphics Fairy for featuring my Halloween candlesticks on today's Brag Monday!  Yay!

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