Ghosty Egg

Happy Halloween!

Happy Accident ~ my husband got a 'ghost fried egg'  LOL !! Now that is cool :)

Halloween Wall Decor - Part 2 & 3

I finally finished up my Halloween Wall Decor; only to be putting it away soon because Halloween is almost here, right? haha :)

           

Fred and Daphne from Scooby Doo ~ Cute Witch and Sweet Barbie

Actually, I'm pretty much done with Halloween. Are you? We've attended a Halloween party at church, were invited to a trunk-or-treat with my Sis-in-law's family and I've had my Halloween decorations up I think pretty much since the beginning of the month! I'm ready to move on to something else :) Although, my Thanksgiving posts may be scarce. I don't have a lot to share for that holiday. And I can't seem to think of or find much to create as well.

Anyway... the next applique I created was the pumpkin. Please refer to the Candy Corn Applique for full tutorial.

Again, I created a paper template but cut freehand the black felt face pieces. The great thing about felt is that you can adjust it / trim it to make it look 'just so' even after the initial shape is made. I did that here and also on the candy corn applique. To make the raffia curly Q's, please follow my tutorial from my Rustic Pumpkins post. Here's a photo for a clue.

After playing around with the placement of the face pieces I top stitched them into place with my machine. You can see that his eye on the left got all wonky! Unfortunately or fortunately that's how I roll - haha! At this point his eye either looks kind of pirate-y or perhaps 'he' is a 'she' and her false eyelash is a little droopy. Or the pumpkin is giving a little wink ;)

Who else than the 'Queen of Craft' (aka Martha Stewart) to give me a perfect bat template! Each one by themselves was not the right scale, so I ended up using 2 of the small sized bats.

                   

Tape template to black felt and cut out bat shape. Glue down bats and machine top stitch.

For the eyes, they are small self-adhesive cell phone acrylic gems. Add a touch of craft glue with a straight pin to help adhere. 

I added a yellow felt full moon as the whole applique seemed to plain with just the 2 bats.

I used craft glue to adhere all 3 applique 'pillows' to an orange satin ribbon. 

Sew a little loop of embroidery thread to the back and you are ready to hang :)

Happy Halloween !!

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Spooky Porch Ghosts

There is a wonderful shopping place here in Utah ~ Gardner Village. Full of cute little shopping stores, this place is a treat to visit! 

For Halloween they hang these type of flowy spooky ghosts in one area of the village. I just loved them and wanted to have some of my own :)

Thanks to the huzband once again, who drew the ghostly figures on an old muslin sheet I had from my Mom, I have quite a few now to hang on my porch and in my windows. (Maybe even another sheet/fabric helped out, too - can't remember ) 

Anyway... they are just taped up there believe it or not! haha :) And the outdoor ghosts get caught sometimes on the house, but with something like a broom handle I can usually get them set straight again to keep the spirit of Halloween flying!

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~3~ Halloween Wreaths

Halloween is my favorite holiday ~ haha ~can you tell :)

I remember a home that I would drive by I believe on my way to my daughter's preschool. On the front door was just a simple straw wreath ( I think it was) and there would be just one item hanging from the center. I loved the simplicity of it and how one could change out the center to coincide with whatever holiday or season. 

Here is my version: just a grapevine wreath, an orange tulle bow and a fabulous black felt spider I found at Hobby Lobby last year hanging in the center :) This wreath lives on my front door.

The above wreath is another simple wreath using the same spider idea (a plastic spider ring with the 'ring' removed :) and with Halloween's traditional colors in tulle. I have one of these hanging on my front entry closet door and one on my pantry door. 

And finally this little wreath was inspired from a craft from Family Fun. For mine, however, I bought this fun furry-type yarn and wrapped it around the plastic carton ring & tied a grosgrain ribbon. This year, I have a piece of orange embroidery thread to help hang it. It is on kitchen cabinet hardware. 

Three simple wreaths to help celebrate this fun holiday! Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

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Haunted House Applique Pillow

So, I started this applique a couple years ago?? maybe?? Anyway... I finished up the whole thing this year. Yay!

I believe I found a picture of this house online, cut it out and taped it on some existing black fleece I had. (I think it's a former Ikea throw -- :)

My memory is obviously stellar.

Anyway... there is accented orange hand sewing stitching to highlight some areas on the house and the bats. (It was to sew the dang thing on, I think, originally, but left it as highlighting. I liked it better.) And I think the applique has glue.

To assemble the pillow I cut out the 'picture' from the pillow case it was on, used the iron to tuck in the edges, and machine stitched it on my orange 'fabric' (a company work shirt I sploshed with bleach) oops!

Then finally sewed it up together in an envelope-style closure.

(Finally = because in my hap-hazard way I finagle my crafts... haha... I was able to get it sewn like an envelope) not to mention I could not get my machine to sew! grrr!!

And then I stuffed it with some pathetic old recycled pillow 'stuff' from a bed pillow the previous porch pillow enclosed. (Had to cut it down = too big!)

But I think it turned out ok, don't you?

I love the T-shirt material... it is such a great color! And I love how this pillow adds to the decor on my Halloween Porch.

(flying ghost post to come :)

Happy Halloween to you!

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Halloween Houses

There are definitely perks to marrying an artist! 

And my Halloween Houses are certainly one of those times! :) 

My husband helped this creative idea come to fruition; I cannot claim the artistry here.

I had the idea awhile back to make a house and the middle one on the shelf is the first one built. Compared to the others, it's a little less refined, but nonetheless has a wanted place in my village. (I'm pretty sure I had more of a hand in creating this one, thus the crudeness... haha!)

                        

The Cape Cod style haunted house was designed from a pattern designed on the computer and then cut out of black foam board. The dormers were created by hand (and I think perhaps the chimneys, too.) The second house (the 'Spooky House") was also designed on the computer and inspired from a photo found online.

                   

                   

The cut out windows have orange tissue paper secured inside the hollow bottoms of the houses. This year (as well as last, I think - because it is brighter and easier to turn on and off) I have put a string of Christmas lights underneath them to illuminate them at night. My favorite view!! It's fun with our girls to say (when the lights are on), "The Ghosts are Home!" :)

The accent trees are from various places: a piece from a tree from my front yard, a weed I found in my neighborhood and a tumbleweed! Also, there are two modern-type trees... from Urban Outfitters. ((or one is from Ikea???--not sure))

The "fencing" is new this year for the village, as I believe I put them out last year for Thanksgiving decor. They are just recycled pieces from Ikea dining room chairs that had lived out their useful lives. (The way some Ikea stuff does, ugh! )

Anyway... thank you for visiting my Spooky Haunted Village today!

 I'll tell the ghosts you said, 'Hi.'  (wink ;)

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