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At time when we embrace what we are thankful for we felt it was appropriate to thank each and every one of our followers who make this blog possible! You give us motivation when we aren't motivated to be creative! The past few weeks in our life have been challenging and we appreciate everyones cooperation. We are hoping that next month we can bring a wide variety of creative projects to the blog! Thank you again for following our creative journeys, and we wish that you and your family and … [Read more...]
Spooky Tree’s
Two week's ago Mr. Woodsy surprised me with two very large spooky tree's! They were damaged and had been used on a play set many years back. He decided he would restore them (i.e., repaint them), and put them in our front yard. I agree'd to let him take them home, but to be honest I had very little faith that they would come out like they were originally painted. He bought a few tester paints, and started painting away... too my surprise (and I think his, too) they came out AWESOME!!! Way better … [Read more...]
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Halloween Printables Placed on Canvas!
As soon as Craftly Ever After posted these awesome free Halloween printable I knew I needed to incorporate them in my house! After I printed those 2 I then found this awesome "If The Broom Fits Ride It" free printable from Crafts & Sutch! Make sure you visit HERE and HERE to print yours out too! I took an 8 x 10 canvas, spray adhesive, and the print out. I cut the print out to fit the canvas, adhered it to the canvas, and voila! Super quick, inexpensive project that … [Read more...]
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{Mini Tutorial} Creepy Critter Boxes
I got the idea for this project originally from Tatertots and Jello with her {Creepy} Halloween Specimen Art tutorial, and then I saw the awesome "Glitter Spider Art" made by Ameroonie Designs. I knew I needed to make a version of my own, and I wanted to make it interchangeable for the holidays. I'm thinking tree's and snowflakes for Christmas, hearts for Valentine's day, 3 leaf clovers for St. Patrick's day, and eggs & bunnies for Easter! That's why I used foam core as the … [Read more...]
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Dead Ivy…
... well it's not really dead--I just wanted to make it look dead! I have rather large kitchen cabinets, and absolutely nothing that sits on top of them all year round *minus christmas when I put up beautiful vines of pine with white lights*. I wanted to do a similar but creepy effect for Halloween. That's when I decided I would spray paint perfectly green ivy and make it look "dead". Supplies: -Black Matte Spray Paint-Vines of Ivy-Painters drop clothLay a drop cloth out, and start … [Read more...]
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I think we have a rodent problem…
For the past few year's I've eyed Martha Stewart's mice cut-outs. Each year I resist temptation, but this year it got hte best of me! I was browsing the aisles of Michael's *like I do just about every day during lunch* and these fabulous cut-outs were half off!!! How could one resist... so I immediately snatched up a package and for $3 and 12 mice later... I was a super excited camper! Now, let's not tell Mr. Woodsy that I found a FREE template HERE that allows you to print out, cut-out, … [Read more...]
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{Mini Tutorial} Spider Dish Towel
I feel like it's long over due to feature a sewing project!!!Before we pulled our Halloween bins down form the attic I knew I wanted to make a dish towel. I had leftover fabric from my Halloween Table Runner I made along with the dangling spider beads and knew that those would pair well with my dish towel. I had just finished my dish towel when Mr. Woodsy finally decided to pull all of our bins down from the attic... that's when I discovered I purchased quite a few Halloween dish towels on … [Read more...]
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{Mini Tutorial} Blood Splattered Windows
As soon as I saw this on the Muse Lodge I immediately went to the store to buy a roll of parchment paper. We've shopped around for blinds for the sides of our door for almost a year now and nothing has worked out (we have to keep the bottom window visible for our big bad watch dog to look out (just kidding... we have a yorkie!)), and with that being said we now have a little privacy for the month of October! Here is my "blood splattered" parchment paper. I made a pattern with … [Read more...]
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Spookified Glowing Pictures
If you have photoshop this is a super easy project for you!!!First you will want to pick the picture of your choice. I choose a wedding picture since I never spookified any of my wedding photo's last year. You will want to drag and drop your photo into photoshop. Next, you will want to select the following path in photoshop: Filter > Artistic > Neon Glow.Choose whatever color you want. I typically choose green's, oranges, and purples. Then start playing with the glow size & … [Read more...]
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How to make the world’s easiest banner!
This past Saturday I hosted a Thai Kitchen House Party. Some of you may ask... "what's a House Party"? It's a brilliant way to create buzz around a product for your family and friends try! If you want to read in-depth about our recent Thai Kitchen House Party feel free to visit Katie's Cucina. This was our fourth time hosting a house party, and each time I've managed to create my own decorations to personalize each event. All week both of us were busy with crazy projects and other personal … [Read more...]
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