First let me say I have not started decorating for Halloween. =) I am busy making pieces and playing around with how I will display them later this month/early October. This is a Pinterest-inspired project. Lucky me, I had everything I needed! I have a ton of these wood candlesticks. I had painted and used them for other projects. When I tire of them, I simply give them a fresh coat of paint. This trio...
Have you seen the great Halloween banners my sister, Kathy from Creative Home Expressions has in her Etsy shop? She had some last year that I loved but they sold out quickly. Rats! (She has since added more!) So, over the summer I picked up a canvas banner from Hobby Lobby so I could copycat a Halloween banner for fall. I purchased the skull images from Graphique (my fave digital download shop!) on Etsy, and...
Even thought it was a sweltering 90 degrees here yesterday, I started putting out some autumn touches. The kids went back to school and I just couldn't help myself during some work down time. An autumn flash card to dress up one of my vintage typewriters. And pumpkins galore! I didn't realize I had so many. They are on vintage scales, under cloches and in peat pots. Some I made and some I've bought through...
I couldn't find any vintage Halloween-ish flash cards on Etsy or eBay that I liked. Some were too expensive. Others didn't have the exact words I was looking for. So I made my own. I did a search for vintage flash card fonts and came upon this one called UglyQua. I downloaded it to my computer and started using it in a simple word document. Of course, I examined some vintage cards first to get...
I bought this little clothes hanger from a garage sale a few weeks ago. It needed a few coats of fresh paint... And a Frenchy touch. I used some of the chalk paint I got at Michael's - again not loving the paint but I refuse to throw it out. I used the Omni Gel method to adhere the French crowns. Boy were they tricky. They are so tiny - I had to use...
Black paint. Old food jars. Creepy stickers. Yes, I'm in full Halloween mode. I really couldn't help myself after seeing so many wonderful pins and Instagram photos. Pretty soon the beachy decor will be packed away - only to be replaced with autumn and spooky touches. I'll be dreaming of cool, crisp days and the boys will be excited to go trick or treating. September is right around the corner and I'll have to contain...
