Pinterest.  I love it. 

I have found so many inspirations but I don't have enough time in the day! 

Like this.  And this.  And let's not forget this. 

Of course, you have to get busy making and not pinning all day!  So I did.

 

Found this on Pinterest and knew I had to make it. 

You will need a canvas (mine was 14 x 11), paints, and I used my Silhouette for the tree stencil, but you could just as easily free hand.

 

First, I cut out my tree in white vinyl with my Silhouette.

Using the negative image I attached to my canvas and 

sponge painted the words and tree unto my canvas. 

Then when I removed the vinyl I had this fabulous tree ready for leaves.

My two boys, my husband and I each picked our color and starting adding leaves

 to the tree with our thumbs and fingers. 

Love the way it turned out!!  And a super easy project!!

 

 

Craft. Landscape Pumpkins.

I totally stole this idea from someone at Walmart.  A woman was talking to her friend in the Halloween isle while I just happened to be buying some goodies for the Pumpkin Carving party (which you’ll see more of in a later post).  She mentioned how she purchased several of those Halloween trick-or-treat buckets for $1 each and cut out the bottom and placed it over her landscape lights.  Brilliant!!  After throwing a few of these buckets in my basket, I promptly went home and did just that! 









You get a little peak of this in the other picture but I thought I'd give you a closer look.  This was a wedding present from my dad's wife - she made it.  It was beautifully potted with Ferns for 'hair' and had TONS of moss all over her.  This was the perfect fit for our Garden-themed wedding and I still love it 10 years later.  She now sits proudly on our front porch for all to enjoy.

Years ago, I saw this sign in a magazine and said to my husband "I can make that!" and so I did.  Plywood, pencil, paint, saw, and wire were all I needed.

I love Halloween.