PUMPKINS!!!

This year I am in love with pumpkins. Crafty Chic Mommy had a post of wood pumpkins that I loved! So with more wood....AND...my chop saw :)!...I knew I could do it! So I started with painting them orange. They each needed two coats of paint.

So I started with painting them orange. They each needed two coats of paint.

I don't have the right saw to put the marks in the wood so this is how I did it. I just took a paint scraper and wrapped sand paper around it and followed a line. I also distressed the edges a little. I also painted the stems brown, and distressed them.

Here is the final project! I LOVE them! It was just what I wanted!

"Boo" Blocks

I have been wanting to make "BOO" blocks for the longest time. With getting my chop saw how could I not? So, my mom and I bought the wood and away we went!! Here is the stack. Now just for the record...I know I only needed 3 blocks...but I made four sets!

Here is how they turned out! I love them! I painted the wood white and distressed it a little. Modpodged paper on and added orange vinyl cut from my cricut. I am pleased with how they turn out. At the end of all these projects I will show how I display them all. I want to save it for the end though. So this is all you get so far.

Halloween Board of Sayings

Have you been over to tatertots and jello yet? It is seriously such a cute blog! She has come up with amazing ideas one of which I HAD to copy. It is a long board with all different Halloween saying. I LOVE it. I just used my cricut to cut out the sayings. I loved how she placed them so I copied how she did it. Her is how mine turned out...

The best thing about this project is I already had most everything! The only thing I needed to get was the fabric for the flowers.I have seen these pictures all over blogland! I LOVE them. I couldn't not have them on my board. I think that was the number one thing I loved about this board. The tutorial I used it one of the best. It can be found at My Sparkle. I am thinking after the holiday's I want to make a family saying board!

Spice Um Up

Have you seen all the little cheap pumpkins? I love them...but I don't love how they look. I don't want them to look cheap so here is what I did.
Here are all my pumpkins and gourds. They we all $1 at....The. Dollar. Store. can you beat that? No! However I wanted them to look a little better! So, I took a little of this (Metallic Craft Paint in Gold) and just brushed it on the raised part of the pumpkin or gourd.

This picture really doesn't do it justice of how much better they look!

Here is how I displayed them. I put some in my trifle dish with...a bow...of course and a couple by it. I love how it turned out.

A Simple Halloween Project

This is one of the first projects my Mom and I did while she was in town. It was E.A.S.Y!!!! I took a glass cylinder and a candle stick holder. Did I mention I got these at the DOLLAR STORE!?!?!

Here are the cylinders.

Here they are all glued together. I used E6000 glue to hold it together! You can't even tell it is glued. I let it set for 24 hours. I am sure you don't have to let it set that long...I just moved on to other projects.

And the finished project....LOVE IT! I filled mine with candy corn and spiders. I tied a bow around to add a little something and this is what I got. For $4 how could you go wrong?!?!?!

Our Newest Family Member

I want you to meet the newest member of our family....meet......

MY NEW CHOP SAW!!!!

I am seriously in love. I have already made projects with it. I cannot wait to share some of the projects with you! My mom was in town and gave me this for my birthday...which I won't tell you isn't until April...and together we in a week we used lots of wood...over 50 glue sticks...lots of paper...and many trips to Hobby Lobby. I cannot wait to share the out come of it all! For now thought maybe I will go cute some more wood!!!!!!

PILLOWS

Okay so who doesn't LOVE pillows! They make a room feel more comfy and cozy! However, I DO not love the price on throw pillows! I wanted four and I just couldn't justify the price...especially when I have three small kids who are going to play with them...*sigh*

So here is what my couch looked like before...

This picture says it all on why I wouldn't spend more then $20 on ALL four pillows!

Here are the fabrics I chose to make the pillows out of. YES I put those beads on there! Not the easiest thing to do when you only pretend to sew...but with a zipper foot I did it!

Here they are paired up...but they still need like ruffles or flowers...but I will start with this!

AND the after! Doesn't it look much better! Much more comfy and cozy?!

So I just bought fabric and cut the pieces the same size...bought ALL the stuffing at garage sales 3 bags for about $1.50! Then I attempted to sew and it worked:) Ladies...I am telling you if I can do it anyone can!!