Boo Plaque

This awesome craft was found at Shanty to Chic; by my best bud Allie in search for a Super Saturday craft.  Allie has good taste. I browsed through Shanty to Chic’s Blog and they have some cute stuff!  Check them out! Their Plaques say JOY, but after thinking about it (and being in the Halloween mode) I decided to put Boo on it.  I love how it turned out.

You need:

3 3in wooden circles

3 wooden candle sticks.  Two tall and one short. You can find these supplies at Michael’s in the unfinished wood section.

3 Finials- Found mine at Lowe’s

3 8in pieces of 2 x 6

Liquid Nails (I did use Gorilla Glue, but on other ones I made I found I preferred the liquid nails.)

Black paint or spray paint

Burlap

Boo Stencils- made mine with the cricut and heavy paper.

Spray adhesive

Decorative nails-Upholstery Tacks

Sand Paper

Start by cutting your 2×6 in to 8 inch pieces or have the nice man at Lowe’s do it for you.  The sand down the jagged edges.  I drilled a hole in the top to help the finials go in easier, but you can just use your muscles in twist it in.  FYI I did this a little differently then Shanty to Chic, but look at theirs too and decide what works best for you.

I then used my liquid nails to glue the base circle to the candle stick.  I centered it, pushed it down hard, and let it dry for 20 mins.  If you want to you can tape to hold it together, but with the liquid nails it’s not a must.

After that’s dry glue the 8inch piece to the candle stick.  If your candle has a metal holder in it rip it out with pliers, so that wood glues to wood.  You can either put your finial in before you glue the block to the candle stick or after it has been glued and set.

Again the tape can help, but it’s not a must.

After you put in the finial and the glue has had time to dry, it’s time to paint!

I used spray paint, but when we did this for Super Saturday (big church craft day) we used regular paint.  So either way is good.

While that was drying I cut my three burlap pieces.  I cut them 4×6.  I made a stencil for the letters using my cricut and the Storybook cartridge- font The B was Tall and the O’s were Fancy and they were all 4 1/2inches tall.  Originally I did these out of heavy paper, but for Super Saturday I made them out of quilters plastic.  This was a bit tricky, but use a deep cut blade, dept at 3, speed at the highest setting, and pressure at a 3 or 4.  You can buy a sheet of this at Joanne Fabrics. Buy two sheets incase you mess up, less driving

I lightly put the paint on to keep the lines sharp.

For Super Saturday we did JOY on the Front and Boo on the back. Multiple uses, nice!

Now if everything is dry spray the back of the burlap with spray adhesive and attach to wood block.  This will keep it from stretching. Push your upholstery tacks in the corners of the burlap.  You’re done!

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Check out Shanty to Chic’s blog!

My Thrifty Halloween Decor

A few years ago I found these sweet frames at the Goodwill.  They put out all their decorations and costumes about the same time as most stores.  It is always fun to check out what they have and find a treasure.  They had tons of these frames.  Also the spider in front of them was in Pottery Barn a while back, maybe still is.  But, good news Big Lots has them for like $3.00. The dollar store also has sweet decor.  I bought a chain necklace with a sparkly skull on it and hung it on a door handle-voila!  Spooky!

Another fun way to decorate that doesn’t cost must is a black boa.  I used my Micheal’s coupon and bought three to hang above door frames.  Makes things very spooky 😉

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Happy Halloween Banner

OK, so this is not that creative I know.  But, I really love this.  I love glitter, especially during Halloween.  I got these letters at Jo-Anne Fabric’s in the dollar section.  I just looped them through some string and thumb tacked them to the ceiling.  You could also cut out letters on your circuit or other die cut machine and make this.

Just had a fun thought.  You could use the birthday banner instructions found here to make a sweet Halloween Banner.  OOooo Good idea.  I will do that next year.  I am up to my ears in crafts right now.  My Super Friday-(yearly church craft day) is tomorrow and I am in charge! I am kinda sick of driving to Micheal’s, Walmart, and Jo-Anne’s – which I never thought I would say.  Because of that my 13 spooky crafts will resume on Monday,  I am going to need a break after tomorrow 😉

Also I have a new button for my fabulous 13 days of spooky crafts.  Get it here

Thanks!!- Lynn

Kids Paper Pumpkin

Here is something to do with the kiddos this week.  They will have fun and you will feel like a “the best” mom 😉

You need:

Glue stick, glitter, orange and green paper, a marker, and scissors

Cut out the pumpkin- if the kids are old enough draw the shape of a pumpkin and let them cut it out.  Draw a face on it.

Glue the the pumpkin to the green paper.  Let them use the glue stick to rub on the paper, then help them sprinkle the paper with glitter.  Shake over a trash can to remove excess glitter.  Add more glitter if you want.

My husbands super cool Aunt Kathy did this with my two year old while I went to the gym. (I am totally stealing her idea.)  Thanks for entertaining my little lady! Charlie loved it.

Stick it on the fridge!

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Frankenstein Block

This awesome craft was found at The Idea Room designed by Amy.  Who I must say makes some cute crafts!  She has great ideas for kid projects too.  Check her out at The Idea Room.     I did this a little different than Amy, cause a few things didn’t work for me.  But check out both ways and decide what works best for you.

Here’s what you need:

Glass block with a whole in bottom

Green paint

Sponge brush

Mod Podge

Small set of Christmas lights- Big Lots has a perfect size for $1.50

Printed Frankenstein silhouette – you can get his at The Idea Room by clicking here

x-acto knife and scissors

black sharpie

Clear enamel spray

Start by painting a coat of your green paint on the block.

Let it dry (use your blow-dryer to speed things up)

Apply a second coat

While that is drying cut out your silhouette.

Touch up edges with your black sharpie.

Now mod podge the silhouette to the glass block.  Let dry.

After dry, spray the enamel over top to seal it all.  Might want two coats of the enamel.

Stick the lights in and wait for dark

He looks bandged.  I like it!  Spooky!!!

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Halloween Tulle Wreath

Halloween Tulle Wreath

I found this wreath, actually my awesome friend Katie found it, but there was no tutorial.  So I made one for y’all.  It doesn’t really need one though, it’s easy.  Katie found it here at Something To Do -Blogspot Great idea Jamie!  So classy looking.

I put a little Lynn spin on it and added a few more colors of tulle.

Here’s how you do it.

1 coat hanger

Duct tape

2 yard of tulle- colors you choose

Take your coat hangers, cut them, and bend them into circles. Use the duct tape to hold the ends together.  (Don’t use the blue painters tape like in the pic, didn’t hold of course)

Cut 5 inch wide by 10 inch long strips of tulle.  Strips can really be whatever length and width you like.  Sometimes it looks cool to mix up the width, when you are doing different colors.

Begin to tie knots around hanger.  You can tie the knots like in the pictures or just knot.  Either way will work, I just liked how this looked.

Pull tight.  Push the tulle knots close together to make it thick.  If you have a coat hanger and duct tape at home, all you will need is the tulle.  And, the tulle will cost about $1.50-$3! Nice inexpensive wreath for you door.

Here are a few more fun wreaths that are Halloweenie or could be easily with a color change.

The Long Thread -ribbon wreath

Razzle Dazzle Crafting- paper wreath

Design Sponge- felt wreath

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5 Minute Veggie Dip

Sometimes I like to make up recipes and hope they work out.  Here is one that was a success at our house tonight.  Charlie ate like 15 carrots with her dip.  Just in-case you don’t know that’s kinda amazing.  Little did she know she also ate mushrooms and beans (insert evil laugh here).   Yay for dip!

5 Minute Veggie Dip

1 can pinto beans- drained and rinsed

1 4 oz can of mushrooms- drained

1/3 cup of mayo

3 Tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese

The juice of one small lemon about 2-3 tablespoons

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon chili powder

1/4 teaspoon dried onions or 1/8 teaspoon onion powder

1/8 teaspoon pepper

Put all ingredients in blender or food processor until smooth.

And dip away!

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Cowboy Nursery

Mr. Beck turns one in two days!!!! Holy Cow!  Oh, my little man.  I can’t believe it.  ahhhh….. anyway.  Here is a cute idea for a not over the top nursery theme.  (or too cheesy or too cutesy) It’s a cowboy nursery for my little man.  Oh, if he wasn’t in bed right now I would go squeeze him…so cute! 

I took some boards from Home Depot, stained them, sanded them(to make them a little more rustic looking), hot glued robe around the edges, put the vinyl on and waalaa!

Cowboy art or a little stink’n cute man!

I got my vinyl from HouseHoldWords on etsy.

My pictures of the room are kinda crappy and I really don’t like the green I painted the walls.  But OH Well… it’s done

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Italian Wedding Cake- Sandra Lee Style

This  is a cake I like to make!  I don’t eat it, cuz it got nuts.  But, my hubs loves it and so does the rest of his family.  It’s a Sandra Lee recipe from Food Network.  Sandra Lee takes things that come from a box and then she adds her own little touches to make them great.  An easy way to cook, I like it.  Try this!

Headband Holder

I told a friend forever ago that I would make her girls headband holders.  So, I finally did.  They took me like 20 minutes to make…I am kicking myself for not doing it sooner.  Oh well.  Here is the info on how to make this.

Sami- these are for you!  I will send them out tomorrow!! Sorry for the wait

Need:

Fabric

Multipurpose Spray Adhesive-  I used 3m Super 77

Fabric Glue- I used fabri-tac

Ribbon

Baby Formula or Oatmeal Container

First- rip off the paper on your container.  Cut a piece of fabric to fit the can.  I used a Costco size formula can, so I cut my fabric about 7 3/4 inches wide.

I then took my can outside and sprayed it with the adhesive, came back it and slowly wrapped my fabric around the can.  Smooth fabric as you go.

Cut left over fabric off and glue edge down with fabric glue.  Then glue ribbon around bottom and top of can, right over the fabric.  This covers the raw edge and helps to keep the fabric from fraying.  I used fabric for this project, instead of mod-podge and paper  because I thought it would last longer and not tear. The fabric also gives the headbands some grip so they don’t fall to the bottom of the can.

They are great to put headbands on and you can also store bows inside and around the rim.  Awesome!

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Also look at Bow Holders

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