Pumpkins Into November!!

Hello Everyone!! I just wanted to show you how to decorate with the pumpkins into November till Thanksgiving.  The picture of the big pumpkin, I used a plain orange paper, and then I took scraps  (YES SCRAPS!!!) You know how us scrappers love to use those scraps!! Anyway I took the scraps and cut out little squares out of different pattern pieces, and glued them on, and then with a black marker, I made little stitches all around the square. I also put my not so perfect last piece of the pumpkin (talked about in the post on Oct. 10th) in the front to show you what it looks like, but I also disguised with a patch, you can still see it, but it helps a little.  I got the stands that they are on at Joann's last year, but my Joann's still had the big one, and everything is 60-75% off. Anyway I hope you like!! Karen♥  

Halloween,Tree, and Ornaments Oh MY!!

Hi Everyone!! I hope you are all having a great weekend. We here in New England are having our first Noreaster!!! In my area we are supposed to get about 6". Out where my daughter is at school, they are expecting at least 1 FOOT!! Which around here is no big deal except it is only OCTOBER!!! If this is a sign to what is coming, I am gonna start packing up. I hate the cold, and the snow. I guess I don't hate the snow, it is beautiful, the first day, then it is slushy wet cold brown dirty stuff! Oh well back to the fun stuff. I bought this tree on HSN last year and as soon as I saw it, I just new there would be a million things that I could do with it. I decided to give this one to my Great Aunt Nellie. She has always been my mentor when it came to crafting, and she is one of those people who appreciates the work that goes into anything that I make. Anyway, so I told you where the tree came from, and so I guess  should tell you what I did with it.  I made some type of ornaments to go on it for every holiday. The ones in the pictures are ghosts that I made out of light bulbs, tiny glass ornaments in green,orange, black and purple, and then I made bigger glass ornaments with Glitter It glue from Beacon. It is the coolest stuff, for those that have never heard of it, it is a very watery glue, and you take a glass ornament that you get from Michael's, Joann's or your local craft store.  You take the top off the ornament, and then you pour the Glitter it inside, and then let the excess drain out.  Then you pour your glitter inside, and dump out the extra. It is very simple, they look beautiful, and with the glitter on the inside, No Mess!! I will be doing a video, but it is so easy there might not be a need.  The ghosts I make for gifts at this time of year, because they are so cute, and because I am using old light bulbs, I feel like I am doing my part to save the Earth!! haha Anyway, here are some pictures, I hope you like.Karen♥                    

Hey Guys, I want to show you what I have been doing!!

These are pumpkins that I bought, and they were meant to put tea candles in them, but I covered them in paper instead!  It is not really hard, oh, except when you have to put in the last panel, then you are in trouble, because you have nowhere to put your hand in to glue it.  I had to just get over the fact that the last panel will not be as perfect as the first panel. Anyway, I wanted to share them with you.

 These are the way that they come, they are a hard metal, I think that they are iron.

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Theses are side by side before and after. They still need some fall flowers glued on the top, and some raffia tied around the stem.  Thanks for looking, and I would love to here what you think!! Thanks, Karen♥