Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2012

Halloween projects

I wasn't sure I was going to have any projects for Halloween this year but after an evening browsing Pinterest I found a few things I had to do. 

 LOVED this. 

Here's mine


This would be perfect on my front door


Here's mine

I still have a few more I'd like to do before the holiday is over, here's what I've got in the works.

I've got my bats all traced just need to get them cut out and hung. 


I've got my feathers on my wreath form but I'm trying to find something else to put on it than eye balls, maybe glittery spiders??

I have my dollor store pumpkins and I'm going to spray them black and instead of glitter glue I'll be using rhinestones. 


Happy Halloween!!

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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Halloween Canvas


My inspiration came while wondering the isles at Hobby Lobby. I came across this great frame on canvas that I knew I needed to have. But the more I looked at it the more I decided that I could make it my self and make it to fit into my Halloween decor style. 

This is what my finished project looks like and I LOVE it!!!

Unfortunately I didn't photograph step by step instructions for you but I think we can handle this with out it. 

This is what you'll need:


* blank canvas  (I got mine at Michaels using my 40% off coupon)

*Ivory Krylon spray paint

* black acrylic paint

*foam brush

*Frog tape (which I would recommend over plain blue painters tape)

*chevron pattern

*4x6 black frame

*Halloween printable

*E600 glue

First I spray painted my canvas ivory and let that dry. While that was drying I printed out my chevron pattern that I found on the Sunset website which you can find HERE.  After I had cut that out I placed it on my canvas and used Frog tape to cover the exposed canvas. Once I had my first one done I would move my pattern and repeat. 

After it's all taped off I applied 3 coats of the black acrylic paint (letting it dry between each coat). 
My favorite part is taking off the tape to see those fun stripes. 

I created a Halloween printable in Photoshop and had it printed at Walmart's one hour photo which is cheaper than paying for a color copy. I also found my 4x6 black frame at Walmart for $3 but you could also use a frame from the Dollar Tree. I removed the glass and any backing from the frame. 

you can download this image HERE

After I had placed my printable in the frame I use some E600 glue to adhere the frame to the canvas. I let that dry over night before standing it upright. Of course you can paint this to match your own Halloween decor, I think it would look amazing in silver or orange as well. 

I am excited to see it among my other fun Halloween decorations this year!

I also love glittery black skulls. This is a project I did using one that you can find on my blog.
you can find this project here






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Saturday, August 13, 2011

it's coming!!

Ok, I know it's still the middle of August but I have had Halloween on my brain for over a week now. I am SO excited to decorate this year and seriously considering throwing a party. But one of the fun things I like to do to start off the month of Oct. is the "you've been Booed" treat. My kids think it is SO fun to ring and run and this is a fabulous excuse to do it. I've seen lots of versions of the signs and instructions for this and wanted to make my own this year.

Anyone now in Vegas who gets this will know it's from me (well that it started with me, you never know who's passed it on) but I wanted to share.


Download it here


download it here

Also I'm going through my files and posting images I've saved from before "Pinterest" so I can pin them. Unfortunately I didn't always save the source where I got the image, so if you see something and know where I got it PLEASE let me know so I can give due credit.

Loved this guy,


I'm linked up at
Tip Junkie handmade projects






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Friday, October 8, 2010

Halloween project #4 ~ Halloween Candelabra

When I saw this next project featured on one of my favorite blogs I knew I had to do it, and soon. But as I started hunting the thrift stores where I live I realized it wasn't going to be as easy as I'd hoped. This project came from Sawdust and Paperscraps which I found at Ucreate.
She used old lamp bases, a chandelier, some PVC pipe, and beads to create this amazing candelabra.

So this one is hers




and this one is mine
Pretty cool huh? You'd never guess the chandelier was a brass color and the lamp base was an odd red, amazing what a little spray paint can do. I didn't want a floor one, just one to put on my table. Thankfully I have an amazing friend who was also on board to do this project and she was out hunting one day and found everything we needed to do them. She is doing a floor one and I can't wait to see how hers turns out. She even did most of the work for me by gutting the lamp and attaching the two things together. All I had to do was spray paint it and hang the beads. (note: spray painting beads is not an easy task) I love it and now just need to find some candles to go in it.


Well I did better than just find some candles, I made them. Yep out of cardstock, hot glue and spray paint. The original instructions were to use a TP tube and I tried that but they were too skinny. So my friend did hers out of cardstock and they turned out great. So that's what I did. All ya do is drip some hot glue down the sides and then spray paint them white. I added some plastic grocery bags to the middles to hold up my battery tea light. Perfect! We also got this idea from Sawdust and Paperscraps.



Wouldn't this look great on the dinner table for a party? ! I can't wait to use it! So thank you to Sawdust and Paperscraps for sharing an amazing project and to my great friend for her generosity and hard work. Oh and you can see her finished project here.



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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Halloween project #3




this project was inspired by a couple others I'd seen on some blogs. The first I found at Tatertots & Jello from Made with Love and Glue. They used a crow, I also love the pumpkin I saw but for the life of me can't remember where. It was the same concept cut the pumpkin in half and mount it in a frame. These cute things cost me all of $2 to do. The skull if from the Dollar Tree and the frames I found at my local thrift store for a buck. I had the paper and ribbon on hand so that was easy. I just cut off the back of the skull and hot glued it to the paper. Cute huh? These two have a home already planned out so I may need to make one for myself.

I joined in the Linky Party at Eighteen25 & Tatertots & Jello


yeah, I found the pumpkin inspiration I was searching for, take a look here


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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

project #2 Halloween "BOO"

I am so lucky to have such fabulous friends! ! ! ! I found this super cute craft at the eighteen25 blog (which I love) and thought how fun it would be to make and then thought how much more fun it would be to make with friends. So a few of us got together and had some fun glittering and gabbing. Here's how mine turned out.





Dacia & Nicole


Katie, Rachel, Camille, Rachelle, & Bernie



Bernie's



Dacia's


Nicole's


Katie's


Camille's


Rachelle's



Lynne's
Thanks to a great bunch of girls for a large amount of laughter and glitter.




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