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)

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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.

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Reading Rack

I'm a reader.  Always have been.  But, especially since having kids I find that nothing beats a good novel to escape into.  I've been known to start a book after putting the kiddos to bed and keep reading until it's done.  I wouldn't recommend it.  It makes for very grumpy mornings.  But, with the right book, sometimes I just can't help myself.

This morning during a jaunt to Hobby Lobby I came accross this little number:

I think it was originally intended as a plate rack but to me it screamed, fill me with books and put me on your nightstand. 

And so I did.

Now I have a special place to store my current stash of reading material.  And it looks pretty cute too.  This nifty piece of organizational nirvana was on sell this morning and thus only set me back $6.

I just love that Hobby Lobby!

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!

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