Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Rotten Socks Halloween Poison Bottle
DIY Mini Paper Houses Part 3 - The Halloween Village
Part 2 - The Christmas Village
I did not decorate the haunted houses - they are cute enough already. But i added the haunted tree and fence.
Unfortunately , i ran out of black cardstock, but that's nothing good old acrylic paint can't fix. Actually, the brush strokes make it look even more realistic.
DIY Mini Paper Houses Part 2 - The Christmas Village
Welcome to Part 2 of putz house making. Whew, what an adventure!
Yesterday, i played contractor and built the houses ( click here for Part 1), and today i want to show you how to make some cute details to decorate the houses. My inital plan was to decorate both villages, Christmas and Halloween, and for each house i have a story in mind of who lives there and whatnot.
But man! Making the christmas details took forever, and I'm extremely exhausted. So for now, i'll just leave the Halloween houses the way they are.
However, decorating is fun! Making mini doors, and window frames and shutters and wreaths and bows is fun! Adding snow and glitter is fun, of course!
DIY Mini Paper Houses Part 1
This is a project i've been wanting to make for a while now, for like two or three years, but somehow i never did and moved on to ( tons of) other ideas ideas instead.
But with Halloween and Christmas right around the corner, this is the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone: create something that can be used for both hoildays, and get rid of paper scraps.
To be honest, there was a good reason i skipped this project for such a long time. Was it some mighty power from above? Destiny? Instinctive knowledge that i am in no way able to think dimensionally?
Ain't it funny how i am able to make flowers and all kinds of paper crafts literally within minutes, but then i struggle hard with those little houses? This is supposed to be a kids craft, isn't it? I don't think so...
Nonetheless, let me show you how i spent two ( 2!) full days making my paper putz houses.
Part 1 is dedicated to my battle with the buildings, and Part 2 is dedicated to the actual fun: decorating.
DIY: Hexagon Tea Light Holder
This is my first Halloween project. A tea light holder cut from black cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo, using this shape by one of my favorite designers: Patricia Zapata of "A little Hut".
Halloween 2012
So far i am not really in the mood for Halloween for three reasons:
1. I am desperately trying to declutter my huge stash of craft supplies
2. I am desperately working on my wedding album to get it finished before it's time to decorate for christmas
3. My job sucks and i am desperately trying to find a new one. I mean, the people there are really nice and it is not the worst job in the world, but it is drop dead boring and the mental challenge tends towards zero. People keep telling me that this is normal, every job is boring, that's life, bla bla bla. But it is NOT normal, and this is definitely not the way i want to live my life. I absolutely loved my previous job and miss it terribly, and now i am trying to find a position that i might love equally, preferably in a creative surrounding.
Anyway, back to the Halloween decoration. Due to my lack of motivation this one was done in less than 20 minutes. Its just a few pieces of black window tulle, spiderwebs, my black straw wreath and Spoo-Key banner from last year and some bats that i cut with my Silhouette Cameo.
The template was this free shape of the week.
Editing photos for Halloween seems to be trendy right now, however i simply covered the glass of the frames with transparency foil and used sharpies to make us look like vampires/ zombies. Not fabulous, but funny.
The blood bottle is actually a bottle of strawberry wine and i think the shape fits the Halloween theme perfectly.
That's all. The rest of the decoration is still in its box, and will probably stay there until next year.
Halloween before Christmas
Halloween was so much fun! We did not expect any trick or treaters because kids here normally don't do that. But the doorbell rang and i was happy to share my beloved mint chocolate candy with the cute little witches and ghost and skeleton who sang their cute little song.
I spontaneously decided to dress up quickly just in case more kids would come. So i put on my bathrobe, wrapped my head with a gauze bandage and attached two plastic spiders.
Not too bad for a costume that was created with old household stuff within a minute, right?
Unfortunately no more kids came and MisterT was the only one who had the honor to see and enjoy this friendly mummy. It made him laugh all night and nothing is more important to me than making my husband happy.
And now with Halloween being over i can finally start crafting for christmas. This is my to-do list so far:
1. At least one wreath. Going to start making it tomorrow
2. Z-Gallerie and Anthropologie knock-offs. Yep, i am shamelessly going to steal their ideas and make some ( hopefully awesome) get-the-look-for-less-items
3. Some glitter stuff. I don't know yet what exactly, but i bought this awesome glitter set and i can't wait to play with it
4. A DIY denim stocking. It's half-way finished and all i need to add is a pocket and maybe some lace or plush
I read nothing but wedding blogs last year, so this is the first time that i get to enjoy those awesome christmas projects on the blogs.
Can't wait to see what all the talented women out there come up with!
I spontaneously decided to dress up quickly just in case more kids would come. So i put on my bathrobe, wrapped my head with a gauze bandage and attached two plastic spiders.
Not too bad for a costume that was created with old household stuff within a minute, right?
Unfortunately no more kids came and MisterT was the only one who had the honor to see and enjoy this friendly mummy. It made him laugh all night and nothing is more important to me than making my husband happy.
And now with Halloween being over i can finally start crafting for christmas. This is my to-do list so far:
1. At least one wreath. Going to start making it tomorrow
2. Z-Gallerie and Anthropologie knock-offs. Yep, i am shamelessly going to steal their ideas and make some ( hopefully awesome) get-the-look-for-less-items
3. Some glitter stuff. I don't know yet what exactly, but i bought this awesome glitter set and i can't wait to play with it
4. A DIY denim stocking. It's half-way finished and all i need to add is a pocket and maybe some lace or plush
I read nothing but wedding blogs last year, so this is the first time that i get to enjoy those awesome christmas projects on the blogs.
Can't wait to see what all the talented women out there come up with!
This is Halloween, this is Halloween...
...Pumpkins scream in the dead of night....
Halloween is no big thing here, hence i don't feel the need to decorate in a Martha-impressing style, even though i love this spooky day. I displayed the usual cheap old stuff and combined it with a few new handmade items. All in all my decoration looks probably more like a kid's creation rather than the work of a skilled adult, but hey, we are not hosting a haunting party or trying to win a scare-the-crap-out-of-you contest.
MisterT and i like it.
The TV shelf serves as our mantle alternative:
The Spoo-Key dinner table corner:
My DIY straw wreath:
I recently rediscovered this very old window dummy hand in my junk box and attached some black plastic halloween nails that i have been keeping for years.
The friendly door witch:
Pumpkin doormat from Ikea:
Little gift for MisterT, a fancy Halloween flashlight that i found on clearance for 10 cents:
Last but not least my "Old Navy" pumpkin socks. I bought them on clearance for 25 cents instead of $5.
Always buy anti-seasonal! Happy Halloween!
Halloween is no big thing here, hence i don't feel the need to decorate in a Martha-impressing style, even though i love this spooky day. I displayed the usual cheap old stuff and combined it with a few new handmade items. All in all my decoration looks probably more like a kid's creation rather than the work of a skilled adult, but hey, we are not hosting a haunting party or trying to win a scare-the-crap-out-of-you contest.
MisterT and i like it.
The TV shelf serves as our mantle alternative:
The Spoo-Key dinner table corner:
My DIY straw wreath:
I recently rediscovered this very old window dummy hand in my junk box and attached some black plastic halloween nails that i have been keeping for years.
The friendly door witch:
Pumpkin doormat from Ikea:
Little gift for MisterT, a fancy Halloween flashlight that i found on clearance for 10 cents:
Last but not least my "Old Navy" pumpkin socks. I bought them on clearance for 25 cents instead of $5.
Always buy anti-seasonal! Happy Halloween!
DIY: Last Minute Halloween Decoration
1. Bats made from an egg carton
I found a great tutorial at Happy Clippings and fell in love with those super cute bats and leaf ghosts instantly.
The Halloween decoration in our living room was finished already but i could not resist making two bats. I spray-painted the egg carton and used a regular office punch, white paper and black marker for their eyes
2. Ghosts made from tissues, chestnuts, wooden skewers, double-sided sticky tape and a black marker to draw their faces.
I found a great tutorial at Happy Clippings and fell in love with those super cute bats and leaf ghosts instantly.
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| Photo by Happy Clippings |
The Halloween decoration in our living room was finished already but i could not resist making two bats. I spray-painted the egg carton and used a regular office punch, white paper and black marker for their eyes
2. Ghosts made from tissues, chestnuts, wooden skewers, double-sided sticky tape and a black marker to draw their faces.
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