It’s become a tradition to put framed family pictures right into our Christmas tree, and I thought doing the same for Halloween would evoke the Haunted Mansion vibe I was going for on one of my trees. I didn’t happen to have any particularly spooky relatives, so I turned to the internet for help. I […]
[Continue reading...]Witch’s Broom
October 9, 2009
One of my favorite ways to get inspiration for holiday decorations is to shop around at all the cute stores, find something great but really expensive, and then go home and use it as a jumping off point to make something wonderful by hand. I saw these little mass produced witch brooms for sale for […]
[Continue reading...]Tombstone Softie
October 8, 2009
You should have seen the face of my friend from the quilt store when I told her why I was buying gray fabric. For some strange reason she seemed to think it was rather morbid to make a stuffed tombstone. I can’t imagine why. The pattern for this is available here in a package with […]
[Continue reading...]Candy Corn Softie
October 7, 2009
My second pattern collection is for a couple cute Halloween softies. For $2.50 you get the patterns for the candy corn and the tombstone, as well as instructions on how to make them. For today I wanted to point out the candy corn project. I sewed mine up out of cotton, but my original plan […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #39
October 6, 2009
Sweater Weather It doesn’t happen often around here, but when the weather actually dips below 70? It’s hot cocoa and cuddles 24/7.
[Continue reading...]Monster Embroidery Patterns
October 5, 2009
This was a major learning experience for me, but through hours of hunting and pecking, I managed to update my personal website for the first time in mumblemumble years, and even put together a few pdf’s for you to download. Now if you click here you can see the first two downloads I have up […]
[Continue reading...]Glittered Candy Ornaments
October 2, 2009
I initially had this idea for a Christmas tree, but it was an easy swap out for Halloween. This one will be a perfect fit for my kid friendly, colorful, whimsical tree, but I think a cauldron of these would be adorable on a table, or strung together as a garland somewhere. It really couldn’t […]
[Continue reading...]Trick and Treat Canvases
October 1, 2009
This project was one of those that started someplace entirely different and I only ended up here through a series of failures. I wanted to make a caramel apple ornament, and after that misstep, I went back to the drawing board. My local scrapbook store was hosting a collage canvas class from super creative Emily […]
[Continue reading...]Here we go!
September 30, 2009
I’ve been working all summer long on some fun Halloween stuff, and if I counted correctly, I believe I’ll have a project to share for nearly every weekday in October! It was part of my crafty goal list to create a Halloween tree this year, but I just couldn’t decide between a sophisticated, white and […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #38
September 29, 2009
One of the many many photos I took of the food I ate during my beach vacation two weeks ago. It was seriously one of the best parts of the trip. Chocolate Hazelnut gelato. I felt like That Girl, strolling down the sidewalk, looking into gallery windows, eating my fancy Italian ice cream, wandering down […]
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