Noir Halloween

I just love the black and white Halloween decor I've been seeing throughout the blogosphere for the last few years.  I have a little black bench in my entry way and this is how I added my own Noir Halloween touch to it. I taught a class today about the french artist, Henri Mattisse and have french on the brain.My favorite part is the lovely iron scroll tied on with ribbon.  Those scroll handles are impossible to find in Texas.  Fortunately "Pick your Plum" hooked me up!  I made one available on my Etsy shop today.  It's a little late in the season to sell Halloween decor, I know.  But, just getting a jump on next year...or something.

Flourishing Pumpkin

Introducing a new vinyl decal to my Piccadilly Line...

I'm in love with this little lovely and can't wait to try her out on a few different projects.  Meanwhile, she's available in my Etsy shop for all you creative cats.

www.piccadillypeddler.etsy.com

Ribbon - my favorite

October is always a busy month for me and this one has definately been true to form.  I've seen soooo many cute halloween decor ideas this year but, who has the time for them all?  Yet, one idea jumped out at me from my PB kids catalog that even I had time to try. 

Mini Ribbon pumpkins:

All I needed was a bag of mini pumpkins from walmart.  My hot glue gun.  And some black ribbon from the stash.

I got so ribbon happy that I added some to a candle too. 

Both are now giving me something to smile about in the kitchen.



Now it's time for some exciting news.  My Front Door Decals will be featured this Wednesday over at Certifikid.  All Wednesday long, they'll be on sale for just $10 a piece with shipping included!  That's 33% off my Etsy price.  So, hop on over to www.certifikid.com for some great deals.

I'll be linking up to a few of these parties.

BOO

I just couldn't wait for October to start decorating my porch and these perfectly round pumpkins couldn't be passed up.  So I ended up with this trio.

I get asked a lot if I painted those pots - I did not, they are metal and came that color. They were left over from my sister's wedding, but were originally bought at Garden Ridge.  However, I'm sure that if you wanted some spooky pots, some spray paint could get you there easy enough.

When my son ran off the school bus today he started giggling.  I had no idea what was making him so giddy until he pointed to the "BOO".    Apparently vinyl decals can make a 7 year old boy giggle.  If you need a set of your own, feel free to visit my etsy shop.

If I get around to it tonight, I just may link up to some of these parties.

Pumpkin

Everyone's favorite fall emblem - the pumpkin, has made his way onto my modge podged blocks.

The tallest block of the  bunch measures four inches high.

They've made their way into my Etsy shop.

Fall mantel

This weekend we spent our time here tubing the river.  It was the perfect last summer fling.

This morning I woke to heavy rains.  The break in the hot weather filled me with a hunger for fall.  So much so, that I pulled out our box of fall goodies and trimmed up the mantel.  Its still a little early, so I avoided halloween and thanksgiving specifics.  Here's what I came up with.

The wreath is one I made a couple years ago using berry garlands and a pre-made grapevine wreath.

I filled these with a layer of river rocks and then some fall foilage.  I LOVE the combo of smooth river rocks next to crunchy fall leaves.

A couple of signs came from my piccadilly collection.

These little acorns are the only new purchase this year.  They're from World Market.

And of course, the centerpiece is our picture of Jesus Christ.  Hopefully he'll help us remember to behave ourselves.

I'm linking up to these parties

SPOOKY

My modgepodge marathon continues with this SPOOKY sign.  It's made from a 12" by 3.5" board painted black and of course, modge podged with scrapbook paper.

Then I added a dash of glitter to kick it up a notch.

I just love those creepy eyes.

And here's what my little guy found to do while I modge podged.

He's available to take home at my ETSY shop. (the sign, not the little guy)

i'm linking up to these parties

Boo Blocks

Any Follower of my blog probably knows about my addiction to modge podge. This week it took hold of me in a bad way.  Here's one of the projects I took it out on.

I used 3.5" wooden blocks and painted them black.  Then came my favorite modge podge and scrapbook paper.  And finally some vinyl letters.

Can't wait to decorate for halloween.

There's a couple of extra sets waiting in my Etsy shop to find a new home.

I'm linking up to these parties.

Trick or Treat buckets

I added a new item to my Etsy shop.

Trick or Treat buckets.

This gallon sized, stainless steel bucket is the perfect size to for your goblins to carry from door to door.  Or you could save it for your stash of candy at home.  It can be personalized with a name or will simply say "trick or treat".

It is decorated front to back with a splash of bats and a cheery pumpkin.

Ribbon generously adorns the handle. And since my boys are already asking me where their's is, I can do it without the ribbon too.

If your interested, see more details at my Etsy shop.  I just love Halloween!

Halloween Table cloth

 A couple weeks ago a good friend of mine came to visit.  We stayed up for hours talking like we always do and somehow got onto the topic of table ware.  Just one of the many random things we find to talk about.  We're both in our early 30's now and are determined to graduate from entertaining with paper plates.  She told me she recently started collecting table clothes for special occasions.  And that got me thinking.  I have two table clothes.  One is plastic and covered with paint.  The other was my $10 clearance table cloth that I picked up for Easter dinner this year.  It's been getting way more usage than just Easter dinner and so I decided to become a table cloth collector too.  There's just one problem with my goal.  Most table cloths I find are either less than cute or more than my budget.  Thus, for the next upcoming table cloth, I decided to start from scratch.  I had some black and white polka dot yardage on hand but, like most fabrics, it wasn't wide enough to use alone.  I didn't want to invest in some extra wide home dec fabric and thus found a couple more prints to add to it.  My table seats up to eight people so I needed about 2 yards of the polka dot and a yard and a half of the prints for the borders.  I had to piece my borders together a little to get the length I wanted but since this isn't a formal table cloth, I was fine with that this time. 

After a couple evening of stiching and a few rolls of ribbon, I ended up with this.

I think I need to host a Halloween celebration now to break her in.

Everything's washable so Halloween partying here we come!

I'm linking up to these parties

Treat Bucket

Does candy taste better when it's in a cute container?
Maybe not, but I still love this bucket. I designed it for the upcoming Melissa super Saturday but could cut the vinyl for one of your own. The one shown was made using a two gallon bucket from a farm supply store, and ribbon and beads from Hobby Lobby. It's definitely roomy enough to hold treats for all the little goblins coming your way.