And the EYE's have it...

Wow, I can't believe I have a Halloween post in September.  This is a first for me.  I am usually trailing in around the second week of October.  I even have a project in the works...

This is my eyeball wreath.  I love body parts at Halloween.  Nothing says Halloween like body parts.

I purchased my eyeballs from The Dollar Tree.  I know they had them for a couple of years.  I bought one pack for my college age kids to use at a Halloween Party.  They were a little creepy cool, so, I had to get a couple three bags for me.

I used a a green floral foam wreath from The Dollar Tree.  I also used them for a candy corn wreath one year.  You can see that here.

I covered it with some Halloween Ribbon.  

Then, I just started to hot glue the eyeballs on.

I liked the way it looked, but, you could see the ribbon through some holes.

I LOVE Spanish Moss.  The effect is the best.  I use it on EVERYTHING.  After filling in all the holes, I added a few spiders and called it good.  

Well, I think the Eye's have it, 

and, here's looking at you kid.  This could go on forever, so, I will close with a thank you so much for stopping by.

BOO, I'm Back

I've been trying to get into the Halloween Mood, and I haven't been too successful until now.  Not to long ago, Pick your Plumb had some cute Halloween decorations, and, I am always too late to get the cute ones.  The ones that say, "BOO".  So, this is what I came up with instead.

I thought it was kinda cute ;)

I didn't even have to buy anything to make it.  I had a zip bag full of Dollar Store bugs from years past.

I don't know where I got the earthworms though.  I just had a few (three to be exact), but, enough to make this.

I know they are brown, but, they were the only bug that would bend to make my B.

I originally had a couple of big spiders for the O's.  My hubby saw these spiders in a web and told me they would make better O's.  I know there is a crafter burried deep inside that man.

Gotta have a cute flowers, and, a little burlap - ha ha.

Wishing you a "Boo"tiful Halloween.

Haunted Pumpkin Patch

I have had this very cool basket for about a year now.  I got it at one of my favorite thrift stores for only a dollar.  It is a perfect fit for the top of my red hutch.

I filled the bottom of the basket with some floral foam and Spanish moss.  The little piece of black fence came from my favorite store, The Dollar Tree.

The orange pumpkins came from there too.  I just found sticks around the yard for the pumpkins and stuck them right into the floral blocks.

I hot glued some fall leaf stickers on the sticks, and 

added some raffia for some interest.

To give it that Halloween effect, I cut some eyes and a mouth out of regular construction paper and used a glue stick to attach it the pumpkins.  I didn't really want anything permanent.

Next came some spider webs and a crow to sit on the fence.

Everything needs spiders......

He does not like spiders - yikes.

It is amazing all the great stuff you can get for a dollar.  My basket was a great thrifted find, but, the floral blocks, Spanish moss, pumpkins, fence, crow, and sign are all Dollar Store items.  How are you using your dollar finds?  

Happy Haunting

DIY Halloween Decorative Balls

Happy Friday everyone.  Wow, and another week has slipped by.  I have been told that the older we get, the faster things go -- this year has been warp speed and I think it is only picking up the pace.  I did manage to get a couple of projects done, and hopefully, I will be decorated by the time Halloween is here.

These are my Halloween DIY Deco Balls

This is what I start with.  I fell in love with this cute spider web bowl from The Dollar store.  I just glued it onto a Dollar Store candle stick and it instantly became an elegant bowl for decorative balls.

I think it is so cool.

These are my Halloween themed decorative balls.

These are the supplies I needed.

I had extra bugs from a sensory project I did with the kids.  Now on to the individual deco balls.

Fly Ball (this is in honor of my softball player - a fly ball to catch -- haha)

This one is just rolled rosettes (my favorite flower).

I cut little squares of tissue paper and mod podged them on.  I really liked the shinny finish.

This one, I just twisted the strips of fabric onto the ball and secured it with hot glue.  The fun green one is just mod podged.

This one is my favorite and I am making a few more.

I started by soaking strips of Dollar Store gauze in my coffee.  I took the strips outside and let them dry completely.

It just gave it an older appearance.  Then, I just wrapped the ball to look a little messy.

Added some google eyes, and

popped him on top of my bowl.

By far, he is my favorite.  Hope you are are having a spooktacular time this Halloween season.

Happy Haunting.

One Stamp, Three Cards

I love Halloween -- I think I send more Halloween cards than Christmas cards - ha ha.......

I was at Michael's the other day and found this little beauty in the 2 for $1.50 spot and fell in love (if you can fall in love with a skeleton).  I thought it would be fun to see if I could make three different cards using the same materials.

I like the way they all turned out, what about you?  Which one do you like the best?