I’ve already showed off this skull frame and candelabra plaque on my Halloween mantle, but now its time to share the tutorials! Both projects use reverse stenciling with vinyl, so I cut my shapes using images from the Silhouette Image Library. Images used: Spider Web Frame frame_C20090810095627_2581 Skull positionable_skeleton_C20091026105204_19210 Candelabra candelabra_2212 Skull Frame …
Halloween
Welcome to the first ever Tennessee Mantle Hop! We Tennessee bloggers love to decorate our mantles for the various seasons and holidays so we’ve decided to have a little blog hop to show them off to you. If you’re just now joining in the hop, be sure you visit Gina’s blog, The Shabby Creek Cottage, …
See how to make fun pirate accessories for a simple DIY toddler pirate costume this Halloween. When you say “pirate,” I imagine an image comes to mind pretty quickly. The pirate outfit, or pirate costume, is pretty distinct. For this DIY toddler pirate costume, I was able to use a lot of every day items …
When I went to a scrapbook convention back in the summer one of the booths had made some garland out of Maya Road chipboard. I thought it was a fantastic idea and decided to give it a try myself! So I bought a set of these… And spray painted them with this… They ended up …
I love purple and black together for Halloween. I think they look subtly spooky together! So of course I paired them together for my Spooky Chic Halloween Wreath! I wrapped a wreath form with black material. Then added a black feather boa. I spaced the boa out that I had 5 sections to my wreath. Section …
I don’t know about you, but I am ready for the oppressive heat to be gone and feel a cool breeze in the air! Now that my son is getting older and recognizes the things around him more and more, I feel the need to up my game when it comes to decorating for the holidays. …
I hope everyone had a happy Halloween yesterday! My nearly 14-month old son was a firefighter for Halloween this year (thanks to all the fireman gear his grandmother got him for his birthday in September! thanks, Grandma!). My DH and I decided we would coordinate our costumes to match our little firefighter! I was a …
If you frequent online scrapbook galleries you may have noticed a new trend: corset stitching! The corset stitch is a versatile stitch that incorporates many looks. In the above photo collage you can see the corset stitch used for a distressed look, shabby chic look, and a more frilly look. You can punch holes for …