September 30 2009

Today is the day to remove any and everything that is not Halloween. I have went thru the house and taken down pictures, plates candle holders, and even curtains. I want you expect the inevitable, plan on vistors while your rooms are bare... As soon as you make a mess you will have company. Trust me that is what always happens to me.... People will come in and stare at the nails on your walls.. It will be alright, just know tomorrow it will look great..
For a quick scary craft project - Use white candles, it doesn't matter what kind and light them( i have found if you do this project outside they will drip better) Let them burn down a little preferably dripping alot. Now take a red candle and drip it down the sides like blood. ( The cheaper the red candle the better) I think this a really realistic look for Halloween..
I hope this will get you started and everyday from now to Halloween I will geive you hints, tips and even ideas for crafts, decorating and even menus...
Happy Halloween !!!!!

Sept 26 09

Livingroom in the Fall..
To make your rooms look and feel warm and confortable, add lots of items and fabrics in dark jewel toned colors. ( Dark greens, burgandy, gold, purple or even burnt oranges) Remove all the fabrics that are light and breezy or light colored. Replace your curtains with dark or heavy curtains. Add a few heavy throw rugs. Don't forget to exchange your throw pillows for darker and more comfortable ones. It is the time of year to add a throw on the chairs or couch..
For the art, exchange it for darker frames or even darker art work. Use art that reminds you of fall. Use leaf prints or even fall sceneries. For some reason pictures of covered bridges always remind me of fall..Use what you have or even love.. If you can't exchange your art at least change the frames to black or dark brown or even forest green..
Now just add a few books, a candle or two in warm smells, and a basket or two and you will have a wonderful fall room.
I took down my white lace swags above the windows and replaced them with black. I brought up my rug with lots of dark colors. I used baskets for my magazines. I placed lots of pumpkin candles everywhere. They smell so good even when thay are not burning.. If you would like to purchase some let me know.. I make them and sell them, just leave your info on the comment line...I then exchanged my throw pillows for black ones instead of blue and added a fauz black fur throw.. It feels and looks warm and confortable in my livingroom.
I hope this gives you several ideas and helps you to warm up and make your rooms very inviting for fall.. Good Luck.. Leave comments and ideas Please..

Wednesday September 23

Today, lets go thru the kitchen and put away anything that looks summer... Butterflies, pastels, bright colors, or even lacy or light weight fabrics... Replace these items with heavy weight, or dark jewel tones fabrics. Replace the rest of the items with pumpkins, leaves, baskets, or any rustic type items..
I removed one plate from the kitchen and replaced it with a leaf. I added a dark colored runner and added a few pumpkins. My kitchen now screams fall.. The simple changes really do alot for decrating a home..
Good luck and enjoy fall........

Spider eggs...

Happy Fall!!!

I have began decorating for fall today.. I have used red, orange, yellow, and forest green all over the house.. I don't completely decorate for fall yet.. I will only do a little to waste time untill October 1st. Then it becomes a scarefest in my house..

I have finally taken pictures of my spider eggs.. They took forever to dry. The rain can ruin just about any craft project...They are done... Tell me what you think. Last year I made them with gauze, next year I will make them that way again.. The webbing isn't as easy as I thought it would be. Here they are.. They are what they are..

Finished flower pots

These turned out to be alot more fun than I even expected... I planted my chives in the vampire and parsley in the witch.. I have decided I should make a ghost and even a werewolf... I will say they took alot longer to dry than I expected, the rain can really slow down drying time... I will try to get pictures of the spider eggs uploaded later this week.. They are really taking forever to dry...
I hope you enjoy these as much as I do and I hope they get your imagination working... Let me know what ideas you come up with...

September 18

Today I am going to start crafts for Halloween. I start them now so you have time to finish them before you need them... I start them every year early and never finish them in time, ever... This year I plan on beginning now so I have time to finish them... I have two ideas, One fun, and one scary... I plan on using these two themes for the entire month of decorating...Choose the one you prefer, and run with it.....

• Fun Craft - Vampire pots - Buy plastic flower pots, paint them blackor green, paint simple vampire faces or frankenstien faces on them. Spray the pot with acrylic clear paint. Fill with soil, and plant grass seed, or chives or any long green plant. Use your imagination and use your ideas for this one... You could paint ghosts or witchs or anything you like....
• Scary Craft - Spider eggs - Blow up several balloons to different sizes. Mix 5 parts of white glue with 1 part of water, mix well, dip either gauze or spider webs ( buy them at any store, they are really cheap, don't use the colored ones, they bleed everywhere) in the mixture and wrap around the balloons.. Set the balloons on a cup with ends dripping down into the cup..(tyed end down) You may need to wrap the ballooon several times.. Let dry, pop balloon, use fishing string to hang. Add fake spiders everywhere, use hot glue ot affix them. Tie a few pieces of fishing string to the bottom of your egg and hang spiders from them...

These are both very inexpensive ideas. Both ideas take a little time but are well worth it... I will show pictures of them in a day or two when I finish the projects....