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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.

Jeanine

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

Jeanine

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TGIF! I don't know about you but I seem to be having problems uploading photos to Blogger. Some invalid server message keeps popping up?! Very frustrating as it only happens on one computer - not the others and of course it's the computer I use to blog with.

Anywho, yesterday, I came across some wood blocks that somehow ended up in our garage (oh, honey????). I gave them a quick "Boo" makeover.

I only had three so I was definitely limited on what I could do with them. I painted each block black first. Then I glued on some random spooky-ish craft paper that I've had for a while. Sometimes it pays off to keep those little scraps destined for the circular file.

I used my Cricut to cut out the letters and glued them to the front of each block. Voila! Done!

I'm hoping to hit some garage sales this weekend so I don't bore anybody with continual Halloween posts!

Jeanine

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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

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I've had this little basket for a few years now. I can't recall where I bought it, but we've used it to hold plastic cutlery whenever we have a party. This year, we left it outside and the elements left it a little discolored. After I chased all the little spiders out of it, I gave it a quick makeover:

I don't have a before photo but it was kind of a natural wood color. I gave it the same color I gave our knife block a week or so ago. I also added a cute little fork, knife and spoon image (from the Graphics Fairy) with some twine.

I think our plastic cutlery will look sweeter in this now thanks to the vibrant color!

Jeanine

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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