What Rattles Around in My Head: Halloween

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Good Grief Why Didn't I Think of This?

Pretty Plastic Pumpkins

This year I had an idea to make planters out of those cheap plastic pumpkin baskets. I picked up 2 different pumpkins at 2 different times and well they turned out to have 2 different faces AND they were 2 different shades of orange. Lessons learned cause that was not what I had in mind at all. Um hello - tacky? For Halloween decoration in years past, I have had a witch along with a huge ceramic pumpkin that I made when I was pregnant with my youngest... 12 years ago. Last year I broke it. It was a sad sad day. So my solution for my lonely witch? Stacked plastic pumpkin. Pretty cute huh?

Guess what! They light up too!

Candy Corn and Sticks Oh My

http://itsnotalwaysblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/10/spooky-sticks.html

Signs, Signs, Signs

http://never-enough-thyme-creations.blogspot.com/2010/10/signs-of-autumn.html

Sunday, October 24, 2010

It's All About the Boo

Shanty2Chic: Ashley's White Pumpkin Bandwagon!

Shanty2Chic: Ashley's White Pumpkin Bandwagon! I like these, cheap spray paint, twine and ugly fake pumpkins.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

A Glimpse Inside: Pumpkin Yarn Art Tutorial

A Glimpse Inside: Pumpkin Yarn Art Tutorial this project is so darn cute with a great tutorial.

This is what it looks like

Clever, Clever Lady

Maria "found some pretty good treasures! I over looked these canisters several times, and just as we were leaving, inspiration hit - "I can spray paint those!" (I know - shocking it took me that long!)

So here are the beauties before:

I debated back and forth whether to paint them orange and make them Jack-O-Lanterns, or Black with "B-O-O" or black with "trick-or-treat" I finally decided on the trick-or-treat.

First they needed a good bath in the dishwasher, then I pulled out my trusted can of spray paint (high gloss black) After about 2 coats, they were ready. Kinda forgot to get a pic of them all black - oh well, you get the idea

I then spent way to long trying to pick the perfect font (again - not sure how happy I am with the results, but I like it enough) I find all my fonts at DAFONT.COM They are all free and super easy to download. This font is Andrea Karime. (to download the font, click the name, or go HERE)
I have the program Sure Cuts Alot (thanks to my sister Annie) and so I just typed the words into that program, plugged my cricut into my computer with my printer cable, and pressed cut - that easy!

Oh - I decided to spray paint the letters instead of using vinyl. So I cut the words out on Contact paper and used it as a stencil.

I very carefully pealed away the paper, and adhered the contact paper to my canisters, pressing firmly and pushing out all the bubbles.

I didn't want my beautiful paint job to get ruined - so I wrapped a grocery sack around the canister and taped down the edges. (looks like they are going into surgery)

Now the fun part - Spray Paint! (this time I used my leftover appliance enamel from painting my KitchenAid)

After a long wait, I finally pealed back the contact paper.
Final results:

You Craft Me Up! is a new to me blog, but I've subscribed to see what other clever things this blogger comes up with. Inexpensive ideas work for me.

Bats, Bats, Bats

BATS

A $1 Project

This very inexpensive project couldn't be easier. I got the inspirations from a picture I saw in the Country LivingMagazine. Mine is not as substantial or outdoors, but for our small apartment, it does the trick. Older children that can use scissors can even help out with this project! It took about an hour to complete from start to finish. All I did was purchase two large, black poster boards from the Dollar store(.50 cents ea.) This entire project was only $1!!!!! I drew and cut out a bat and used that as a stencil to trace on several bats to my poster board. Then just start cutting!