Halloween Crate

I told you I had a halloween crate to share too,

made just the same as the Christmas ones

the instructions are below

The mini gable boxes can be purchased 

HERE

The stamp set I used is called Spooky Sweets

from the new holiday catalog.

You can view it 

HERE

Take a look at how to cut the gable 

boxes.  Just cut the sides off and then

hot glue the paper straws to the handles

Christmas Crates

Let's get to some holiday fun!

These "crates" can be made for any holiday, I also have one to 

share with you for Halloween too.

These are made with gable boxes which can be found 

HERE (gable boxes)

I also used paper straws.  You can use any that match your design.

I used what I had on hand.  To attach the straws I just hot glued them inside the handle.

The cute red christmas truck is from the new catalog, 

the stamp set is called Farmhouse Christmas

side view

Aren't these little characters so mischievous!

I fussy cut out the little elf and santa and glued

them directly onto the box

I glued santa right onto the box and popped up the

elf with dimensionals.  

This designer series paper is called

Santa's Workshop

Each little crate is filled with Christmas candies

I tied pom pom trim on mine as that is what I had

on hand.  You can add any ribbon that matches your design

Here's how I cut the boxes.

Cut off the two sides as you see in the picture, then

assemble the box and glue the straw to the handle

The possibilities are endless!

White Pumpkins

Anyone else as excited for fall besides me?

Bring on all the flannels, cooler temperatures, leaves falling, 

fall decor, etc.

I found these cute little white clip on pumpkins at the 

Dollar Tree.  They come three to a package, for yes, $1.00!

They do come in other colors too, orange and red

You can see they have little clips attached to them

also notice how they are speckled too

You can imagine the possibilites, they will clip

onto about anything.  I used mine and clipped them

onto the leaf of the potted plant above

Are you beginning your fall decorating?

Country Home

I think you are going to have to get used to being bombarded

with quite a few more posts with this set! 

I hope you like them!

I started with whisper white cardstock and used the Burlap background stamp to create the background with crumb cake ink

I used basic black ink to stamp the flowers all over the entire card 

and add the Thankful quotes on top

DIY Pumpkins

Let's get ready and excited about fall!

Here are some really easy diy pumpkins for you to try.

They are no sew made with toilet paper! 

yes! you read that right!

keep reading.......

The black and white one is a full roll of toilet paper

The blue one is a half roll of toilet paper

Here's how I made them...

I purchased a set of 4 table napkins at Homegoods for $5.99

You can also use fabric if you like.  I just like the fact that the napkins are the perfect size and I didn't have to sew anything.

Start by laying it out on your surface and set the roll of tp in the center of the napkin

Now this is an unusual step, to stuff the pumpkin and make him

plump I used what I had on hand and wrapped two plastic grocery bags around the tp roll

(if you have batting then you can use that as well)

again, I'm all about what I have on hand. 

Start by taking the napkin and pushing it into the center of the toilet paper roll till you get the entire napkin tucked in

keep going......

Once all tucked in it should look like this (below)

What I did for the stem was go out to my yard and find

a large branch and cut it to size, about 4"

At this time push the branch down into the center of the 

pumpkin.  Now,  I chose not to glue any of my pumpkin.

No need to, it all stays in place without.

Once I put the stem in place I added a little greenery which I just

pushed down the cetner as well.

And here it is all complete!!!

Now, if you want a smaller pumpkin, check your bathrooms for a 

half used roll of tp.  Use the same step as above to make the smaller version as I did with the blue pumpkin

***NOTE****

If you would like see the video on how to make this go to my instagram account, the video is 

in the highlights.  Visit my instagram account

by going to my blog's home page and click on the 

icon on the right, third one over

Beach Time

I got to spend a much needed time away with a dear girlfriend who is preparing to move.  We had such a restful, tranquil visit walking the beach, long talks and of course creating!

We were over on Vashon Island, it's a 15 minute

ferry ride from Seattle.  Small island of 10,000 people, 

very quaint and slowed down way of life

We walked the beach and collected so many heart shaped rocks, we couldn't believe how many we found.  We ended up picking just the right ones to make these driftwood plaques

They turned out so pretty!

We also collected alot of driftwood and made these awesome stars

So fun to make!

It was really hard to come home. 

 It brings me so much peace being at the beach or mountains.  

I hope friends you are out enjoying 

this Labor day weekend!

Halloween Stitching

So giddy about it being Sept 1st!

all the fall feelings are creeping in!

And my halloween stitching is all finished and 

framed.

I started with a piece of cotton muslin and stamped this halloween

image directly onto the muslin and starting stitching

It didn't take long since the image itself is 4 x 4" 

Once completed I had an old black frame that 

I put to use and put it to use.

I love how it turned out!

I only used a few embroidery thread colors to complete this

orange, black, and gray

As you can see I didn't completely fill both of the trees, 

just little sections. 

 When stitching I only used three strands of the 

thread at a time.

I haven't stitched in such a long time. 

 It has been fun to pick it up again!

I hope I've inspired you to do the same!
Happy stitching!