Wednesday, October 6, 2010

A little project

My crafty stash had all the ingredients I needed to put together a little something for Halloween. I just knew there was a reason why I hung on to some of this stuff. You just never know when you're going to need it.
With the little help from my Cricut machine I now have a cute little decoration for my table. Other supplies that I used and already had on hand were:
clay pot
meat skewers
ribbon
spanish moss
and of course paper
I made another one of those spiders that I used on one of my cards. This time for his eyes I used green sequins with a white seed bead glued to it. I attached him to a piece of string and hung him from one of the accordion  folded flowers.
I also cut out a pumpkin with my Cricut and made a ghost with a piece of white fabric and fabric stiffener but I thought they were a bit much when I tried to fit them in. I'll just have to save those for another project.

27 comments:

Sharkbytes (TM) said...

Very cute! I think the green and white eyes probably are perfect.

vickie said...

Sweeet! ....except spiders....gulp, at least they're NOT REAL.

jeanlivingsimple said...

I love Halloween and your festive centerpiece. Love the spider's eyes!

BeadedTail said...

Fun centerpiece! I always love seeing your crafty creations!

Anonymous said...

That's pretty darn cool!

tahtimbo said...

That is so cool! I know that my wife would love to have that on her desk at work. This is a great project!

VanillaSeven said...

You are amazingly creative ann. I love the transparent ribbon with spiders pattern. They look like web!

marie said...

Love this Ann! Halloween colors are such fun ~ when else do you get to use black, orange and purple!!

Catherine said...

Look at you, you crafty girl ~ so cute! You are so right ~ you just can't throw anything away when there are crafts to be made! :)

Hope you are having a good week Ann!
xo Catherine

Golden Woofs! SUGAR said...

Woof! Woof! WOW Crafty Lady ANN. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

Unknown said...

annie, you are brilliant and super creative! you need to go into business.

you'd make a small fortune =D

Unknown said...

There is nothing quite so magical as a spider. We have an enormous one that runs around the house at such a speed you couldn't catch it if you tried. Even the cat, so far hasn't come near .... so we've given it a name.
It is dark brown with long, long legs and it's abdomen looks slightly deformed on the one side - in fact, an ideal candidate for Halloween. We think that it may be a him - of course - we could be wrong. In any case we have named our house guest ... 'Henry!' Wished I could run as fast as he does - will I ever be able to scoop him up and out of the door? Will I ever be able to even take a photo? I wonder just how fast spiders can run?

Just love your Halloween decorations Ann!!

Unknown said...

Wow, after working so hard on this project, I imagine you hate it now being infested with spiders. I hope you can find a way to get rid of them without messing it up.

Russ said...

Great job Ann. Never throw any crafting materials away. You never know when they will come in handy. My wife has a whole portable cabinet full.

Helen said...

Great centerpiece, Ann! and not scary but just fun. Hmm, if I change the colors and the alphabets from "boo" to "Joy" it would also make a great Christmas center piece.

I have an award for you on my blog.

audreyscountrycrafts said...

That's just too cute!! I'm not much of a Halloween person, maybe because we have Thanksgiving before Halloween. Still recuperating from that!

Out on the prairie said...

Good job, I like the spider dangling. The accordian could be a web.

Erika said...

This is great! Everything is so wonderfully made and looks perfect.

allotments4you.com said...

What a wonderful little project Ann...I kind of envy you your creativity...I try but nothing ever comes out looking even remotely as good as what you come up with!!

Ann said...

Sharkbytes, thanks, I think the eyes looked pretty good

vickie I'm not a fan of spiders either but at least paper ones aren't creepy :)

jean it's not as fun as it used to be but there's still a little part of me that enjoys it

beaded tail thanks , glad to know I'm not boring everyone with them...lol

grace, thank you very much

tahtimbo I thought about making another one and taking it to work with me

vanilla seven why thank you. had that ribbon sitting around for years, finally found a use for it :)

marie they are fun, and ya know I never realized how well purple fit in to the mix...lol

catherine and why is it that most men just don't understand that concept...lol

sugar thank you

roschelle thanks, I think the only thing that holds me back is that I'm afraid it would take the fun out of it

kloggers I wish that I could be as thrilled about my house guests :) Henry sounds like quite the character.

fishhawk I was a little disheartened when I discovered that a spider had taken up residence but then I figured since it was Halloween I would let him stay.

russ it is the first cardinal rule of crafters, and my husband doesn't understand it one bit :)

helen you are so right, I believe that now there will be another version in the making for Christmas. thanks :)

out on the prairie thank you very much.

erika thank you, I was pretty happy with it

allotments4you I often feel the same way when I try to copy something I see in a magazine or online. The other version always looks so much better than mine :)

Anne said...

That is so great. You are one of the few people who can actually make me wish I were crafty.

Donna said...

How FUN Miz Ann! You have such a wonderful gift!!
hughugs

gayle said...

I love the clay pot! Can't wait to show it to my youngest daughter. She is crafty like you!!

Miawa said...

I always enjoy what you come up with Annie, thanks for posting.

Ann said...

Anne, thank you, and thanks for making my day, I feel like I belong to an elite club :)

donna fun to make fun to look at, fun is what it's all about :)

gayle I had a whole stash of clay pots that I had bought for who knows what reason and never used. I was glad to finally find a use for them :)

miawa aw, how sweet and you are so welcome.

Sheri said...

You have been a busy lady! These are seriously so cute! You have inspired me to make something for the dining room table. I bought a beautiful bunch of flowers for ours but they are now in the laundry room because Pumpkin tried to eat them.

Ann said...

Sheri doing this kind of stuff keeps my mind occupied which is a good thing :) Pumpkin liked the flowers huh?

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