Happy Halloween

Wishing everyone all treats and no tricks today.

Recently I posted an edit of a picture I had taken from when Wade and I had dressed up one year to pass out candy.  These were taken in 2007

This is the original picture.

Someone asked what I dressed up as. I was a witch. Wade took the picture and he never good seem to understand the concept of zooming in. Look how cute and little Duke was back then

Wade and I both carved pumpkins that year. We decided to get all fancy.

I was on a roll

Monday I was on a roll with the crafting. After I did the two decorations I showed you yesterday I made a couple more ornaments.

Grace commented the other day on these about different colored glitter. I pulled out some gold. I also had a small tube of blue that I didn't think would be enough so I mixed it with a little bit of silver glitter.

Here's all three of them together. This time around I increased the size of the wording a little and I think I like that better. I also thought a nativity scene would look nice on the blue. I probably could have made that one just a little bigger too.

Another thing I'm thinking of doing is covering the edge of the grey lid on the bottom with some ribbon. I'm not real crazy about the gray.

I'm really liking the look of the blue. I think I'm going to have to pick up some more blue glitter. After I stuck the vinyl down on this one I realized I had it bit crooked. It seems no matter how hard I try to get things straight I always end up with it a bit wonky. Maybe I should call myself the wonky crafter.

I also have some small round clear plastic ornaments and I think I'll glitter some of those and maybe add either a name or a single word like JOY or NOEL

I love it when the crafting bug hits me.

Monday craft time

Recently Amanda and I had gone to a craft show and saw some Christmas decorations we liked. I didn't like the price on them though and figured they would be easy to make. We made a trip to Dollar Tree and I picked up some extra large plastic ornaments and some holiday floral picks. Then there was a stop at Walmart for some fabric. We each chose a fat quarter in a fabric we liked. I thought this was going to be a mother daughter type project but as it turned out Amanda had a different plan. Can you guess that her plan was for me to make them both?

I didn't take any pictures of the materials before I started but here is the one I made for myself.

I started by wrapping the fabric around the ornament and gathering it at the top then securing it with a rubber band. Then I trimmed down the fabric at the top. I used jute twine to wrap it a little tighter and cover the rubber band. I took the floral pick apart and started hot gluing the pieces around the top of the ornament then finished it off with a jute bow.

Once I finished mine then I did a second one with the fabric and floral pick that Amanda chose for hers. Here are the two of them together.

A little crafting time

While scrolling through Pinterest I came across a Christmas ornament that I liked. The original ornament is on Leap of Faith Crafting. This is the pin I found.

I gathered my materials.
A Dollar Tree ornament
some extra fine glitter
Minwax polycrylic.
I also downloaded the free SVG file from the blog above for the Joy to the world

I still need to get a battery operated candle to put inside but this is mine.

I picked up several of the ornaments and will be making more. I think these will make nice little gifts.