Ghostly Goodness

Hey there fellow homebodies!  Are you up for a few more ideas as we count down to Halloween?

I have mentioned before that I have never really been that "into" Halloween until this year.  I don't know if it is all the crazy inspiration on the world wide web or what but I am on Halloween overload now.  I mentioned in this last Halloween post that when Marilyn from The Artsy Girl Connection asked me to participate in her Creepy Crawl my mind went in all directions and I couldn't decide which project to post about!  I made these little guys first and then did the project below before I ended up deciding on posting about the centerpiece!  Well I can't possibly have made something and not show you right?

Meet this eerie little guy!

  He was of course right up my alley in the easy and thrifty factor!

Here is what you need:

One simple curvy candle holder

Turn that baby upside down and ignore the dust

Grab a styrofoam ball..I had to buy some because of course my craft stash is buried somewhere in the post move garage.

Now I know you all have a few plastic grocery bags laying around right?

In order to light this ghostly guy up you need some of these handy little battery operated candles.

You definitely know where I'm going with this .....

If you want a short little ghostly dude look around I am sure you will find him..

I didn't end up using the smaller candle holder because I decided to paint it orange for another project that by the way failed so we won't be seeing that little dude again;)

Even though styrofoam doesn't tolerate hot glue well...in this situation I used some to attach it so his head didn't wobble and drift or just flat out fall off on me.

I then tore the grocery bag up in a ghostly kind of way (talk about upcycling) !

 I then applied a super tiny squiggle of hot glue around the top edge edge of the candle holder, let it cool just a bit so it wouldn't burn right through the plastic and then pressed the bag around the edges of  the holder.

Then of course some googley eyes were applied with a smidgen of hot glue and I couldn't find my sharpie marker so I just used a black pen for the mouth.

So what do you think?  He is cute in an eerie kind of way.....

I have got to learn how to photograph things like this in the dark!  There is a trick that I don't know yet for sure.  I might mention we were really in the dark when I took these.  Our power went out for about an hour and totally freaked the kids out!  I don't blame them I was a bit scared myself until we found our flashlights and dug and dug for candles.  I am a Scentsy consultant so when you have what the hubby called "electric candles" you have to go digging for the real deal in an outage;)  It was comical once the kids settled down and we had the candles all aglow.  Our little man was actually disappointed and wanted to know "who turned the lights back on"(insert grumpy whiney voice here) once the issue was resolved.  

So are you all ready for Halloween yet?  Come crawl along with us as 5 fellow bloggers and I share our creepy crawly projects!

Crawl over to  Bonnie @ A Wee Meenit to see what goodies she has whipped up.

Here is the line up!

25th - Marilyn (The ArtsyGirl Connection) - Introduction and craft..

26th - 1st Kick off Here!

27th - Bonnie @ A Wee Meenit

28th - Rachel @ The Crinkled Home

29th -Laura @ Ms. Smarty Pants

30th - Break For Project Pink

31st - Jenna @ Two oh Two Seven 

and to make it even more fun...

the 31st will feature a linky open to all to link up fun 

Halloween 

 projects to bid the season goodbye! So join in if you can!

Can't wait to see what everyone has been up to!

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Festive Halloween Centerpiece

It's here! It's here!

If your stopping by from the Creepy Crawl welcome! If you not then be sure to check back and follow along as we peruse the blogs of 6 special gals with special talents for all things creepy.

So glad to have you stop by!

I was beyond honored when Marilyn asked me to be a part of the Creepy Crawl leading up to Halloween and went all kinds of directions with what I wanted to put together.

Actually I put together one little project and couldn't wait to show you so I posted about it early. Check that post out HERE.

Insanity I tell you..

So here she goes. I was staring at this guy one day.....

and decided it's was time to do more than stick our mail in it and for that matter any little random star wars guys head,  future project stuff, pennies, ponytail holders you name it!

Did you think I was bluffing?  This is the norm right here

It was time to give him an important role on our table so I decided to attempt a Halloween centerpiece.  I bought this block of foam for 40% off at Michaels(about 4 bucks)

I started looking for twigs

 and viola..

I have a tendency to steal from all around the house even if it makes the thing I am stealing from look sad for a bit.  If you already have it use it right?

There was no glue used in this arrangement because I wanted to be able to use it all again for something else of course so I just pushed the twigs in...

Then covered the foam with spagna moss

and stuck the tried and true creepy black bird in for interest.

I searched all over for little bats and spiders but actually had no luck! Can you believe that?  I found spider rings and and all kinds of colorful things but I wanted this to be a more grown up or sophisticated centerpiece.  I ended up grabbing a package of scrapbooking Halloween stickers out of desperation and look how perfect they were.  The 3D effect worked perfectly and the fact that I could just stick them on was just what I needed and I didn't even know it!

I love how it looks like they are crawling up the bowl and it actually freaks me out a little.  I mean every once in a while I think we have a bug problem as I get a peek out of the corner of my eye.

I then made a few bats out of this crinkle paper that was of course 50% off.

I just cut around some glittery bats that I made last week by tracing a cookie cutter(they were intended for a project that I didn't get around to but this gave them a second life I suppose;)

I then used a needle and thread to make a loop to hang them

and then.....I went to town with spagna moss, spider webs, sticky spiders and bats.

 Wanna see what I ended up with?

a huge, dramatic, spooky, yet somewhat sofisticated Halloween tablescape.

Our casa is lacking in light so I had the hubs involve on this one.  Can you see him back there? 

What do you think?  

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I can't wait to see what Bonnie

 @ A Wee Meenit has in store for us tomorrow!

Follow along for more fun ideas as we countdown to Halloween!

27th - Bonnie - http://aweemeenit.blogspot.com/

28th - Rachel http://thecrinkledhome.blogspot.com/

29th - Laura - http://ms-smartie-pants.blogspot.com/

30th - Break For Project Pink

31st - Jenna - http://twoohtwoseven.blogspot.com

and if you have a second go visit Marilyn @ 

The Artsy Girl Connection

and see what she concocted yesterday for day 1 of the 

crawl! 

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Hey there fellow Homebodies!

Wanna see something disgustingly good?  Are you planning a Halloween party and need that one last gory detail?  You have come to the right place!

A few fellow bloggers and I are participating in a Creepy Crawl that Marilyn from The Artsy Girl Connection has put together to countdown to Halloween.  Day one is here and Miss Marilyn has outdone herself in the gory goodness factor!

Creepy Critter Potion

It looks out of this world creepy to me but oh so good for the mouth!  Go visit The Artsy Girl Connection for the goods on her concoction!

Join in on the fun for the next 6 days as we hop over to visit many more talented ladies and the tricks up their sleeves!

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Hill Country Homebody

Eeek that's me!

I'm soo nervous!

In case you aren't looking for creepy meet this guy!

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I think he turned out to be a cute little rustic Halloween greeting at the door.

And oh so easy!

Here's what you do....

First take a short road trip with your crew and go on a hunt..

do whatever little stretching or dancing you need to do to prepare

take a good look at each intricate detail

think about your selection

 (what is mom going to try to achieve with these?)

there's a good one

 look for a way to get a better view 

and bring em home baby!

What a trooper!

Now really..I had no intention to do this little tower o' pumpkins to this extent.  I thought I might put a couple on top of each other but this nope.  I just couldn't help myself they fit so perfectly together! 

So then I thought if I just added a little spagna moss at the bottom it would be more finished.

Then I decided it needed a little more..

I bought a few of these guys which were 1.49 and then 30% off.

then I had to buy some of this lovely chalkboard paint.  This is where we are in life right now...I know I already have some in the garage somewhere...but you should see our garage at the moment! No please don't ...don't go in there..you will never come out! So I just bought more! If it saves a little sanity then I am down with buying it because you can never have enough chalkboard paint right?

I put the wood pennant little guys into one of the gazillion Scentsy boxes that I have laying around to avoid overspray and turned them into a cute little chalkboard bunting.

I strung them together with some raffia covered florist wire that I had actually bought for another project.

I didn't get any pics but you know what to do...Write something on the bunting!

Like BOO of course;)

Since the raffia was wired it was super simple to position it around the pumpkins

you can tell here that I just wrapped it around the stem of the top pumpkin to hold it in place

and then just tucked the rest in the back.

oh and you may notice I tucked a little more spagna moss in between some of these beauties!

I am soo happy with how warm and welcoming this turned out!  Even if it does say "BOO"!

What do ya think?  Have you found a way to display your pumpkin finds?  Do you scatter them all around the house or do you come home with a mission to make something!  Oh and don't worry we did get a jack o lantern out of them too!

Do tell!

See you tomorrow where my old friend spagna shows up again..

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