So, in short, this post is dedicated to my life as a stay at home wife. Here is how I've been filling my time in the past 3 weeks.
This is my first project. I made it with Halloween scrapbook paper, buttons, print-outs, craft moss, bamboo sticks, and a Halloween bucket I bought at Hobby Lobby. I think it cost me like $10 total, and I'm going to repaint the bucket and exchange out the ribbon for different holidays, in addition to making new pinwheels.
I made this one with my friends Mary and Mindy down here. I don't have a sewing machine, so he's not all the way sewn on the bottom (I had to leave my friend's house before finishing) but we put him out anyway. I call him Mr. Bat Man (not to be confused with the superhero).
I made this with an oval frame from Hobby Lobby (they were 50% off!), a classy piece of scrapbook paper, and a Styrofoam pumpkin I bought for like a dollar. I cut the pumpkin in half and glue-gunned it to the frame. This one will probably stay up until Thanksgiving.
This one isn't a Halloween decoration, but a fun craft nonetheless. My mother-in-law bought the supplies for me at her ward's "Fabulous Friday" where the women in the Relief Society exchange ideas on awesome crafts. They are coasters that I designed, which are made with small white tiles, cork board that is glued on the bottoms, and scrapbook paper cut and mod-podged on the tops.
This next one took the longest, but was also the most fun to make. Glen even thought it was cool and asked if he could assist. I have pictures of the whole process and I shall document below.
First, I bought a large, old, big frame at a thrift shop for $1. I ended up re-painting it with black craft paint since it was flaking off as seen below.
I made this one with my friends Mary and Mindy down here. I don't have a sewing machine, so he's not all the way sewn on the bottom (I had to leave my friend's house before finishing) but we put him out anyway. I call him Mr. Bat Man (not to be confused with the superhero).
I made this with an oval frame from Hobby Lobby (they were 50% off!), a classy piece of scrapbook paper, and a Styrofoam pumpkin I bought for like a dollar. I cut the pumpkin in half and glue-gunned it to the frame. This one will probably stay up until Thanksgiving.
This one isn't a Halloween decoration, but a fun craft nonetheless. My mother-in-law bought the supplies for me at her ward's "Fabulous Friday" where the women in the Relief Society exchange ideas on awesome crafts. They are coasters that I designed, which are made with small white tiles, cork board that is glued on the bottoms, and scrapbook paper cut and mod-podged on the tops.
This next one took the longest, but was also the most fun to make. Glen even thought it was cool and asked if he could assist. I have pictures of the whole process and I shall document below.
First, I bought a large, old, big frame at a thrift shop for $1. I ended up re-painting it with black craft paint since it was flaking off as seen below.
I also bought and old book for $.50
I bought a massive puncher from Hobby Lobby, and punched out scalloped circles from the book with it.
I wrapped them around a pen, and the glued them to the frame. Like so:
I did it over several days, because it took a while!
Then I bought a circular piece of wood, one that you would make a clock with.
And I mod-podged extra scraps from the book on it.
I added purple glitter...
Got some black crepe paper streamers and hot-glued them to the edges like this:
I bought a Halloween card that I liked, cut out the image, and then bought a Halloween sticker from Michael's (we don't have Robert's here, unfortunately), and mod-podged them over the whole thing. Got some ribbon, attached it to the top, and came up with this:
I was pretty impressed. I wish I could take credit for the idea, but I am no where as creative as the women who came up with this stuff. My projects came out differently then theirs because I altered them to my own taste, but all credit goes to the women at eighteen25.blogspot.com and the guests they have on there.
Well, enough of that. I'm excited for Halloween and will be making Æbleskivers for my friends tomorrow night. Wish me luck!
I bought a massive puncher from Hobby Lobby, and punched out scalloped circles from the book with it.
I wrapped them around a pen, and the glued them to the frame. Like so:
I did it over several days, because it took a while!
Then I bought a circular piece of wood, one that you would make a clock with.
And I mod-podged extra scraps from the book on it.
I added purple glitter...
Got some black crepe paper streamers and hot-glued them to the edges like this:
I bought a Halloween card that I liked, cut out the image, and then bought a Halloween sticker from Michael's (we don't have Robert's here, unfortunately), and mod-podged them over the whole thing. Got some ribbon, attached it to the top, and came up with this:
I was pretty impressed. I wish I could take credit for the idea, but I am no where as creative as the women who came up with this stuff. My projects came out differently then theirs because I altered them to my own taste, but all credit goes to the women at eighteen25.blogspot.com and the guests they have on there.Well, enough of that. I'm excited for Halloween and will be making Æbleskivers for my friends tomorrow night. Wish me luck!
