Halloween Subway Art

I've seen subway art used in so many creative ways, and wanted to try and incorporate it into our Halloween decor. However, without any vinyl, a cricut, or even a printer I was pretty much stuck. Until tonight when I suddenly realized I had a stash of these bad boys. All in white.

Here's a close-up.


and one so you can see where it sits on my little windowsill.

**Note** Check out hundreds more at Jen's Subway Art party here

A few of the ones that inspired me.

barn owl primitives
Wonderfully Wordy
Tatertots and Jello

An easy way to bring in some orange

Since I brought ZERO decorations over here from the states, and also not having a lot of stores that sell Halloween decor, I've had to figure out some easy (and cheap) ways to bring the festive colors into the house. One way is by bringing out my inner scrapper, although not with paper. I've just used some of the random frames lying around and with fabric, ribbon, stamps and a few embellishments created some really simple decorations.

(apologies for these images...taken really late at night with no flash)

The good thing about these is that I can just take out and save what I've created inside them and use them for the next holiday.

Halloweening a Mirror

This is such an inexpensive (and removable) way to bring a little Halloween into your home without spending a lot of cash or time. When I first saw this photo I immediately assumed that it was vinyl, and even though vinyl is easy...it can still be pricey and hard to find exactly what you want. Brooke used a cricut machine, she says it cost her less that $5.00. I'm sure with enough time and patience you could even just trace and cut these out of cardstock.
Also, you'll have to check out how she made the spiderwebs here. Who knew there were black glue sticks?

Halloween Vinyl

This is a fabulous blog if you're looking for vinyl. I particularly love her Halloween corner.

In this post she goes through each item individually. Lots and lots of great ideas. Also, be sure to check out her personal blog here (doesn't she just look like a cute/fun person?)

Halloween Part 1

It may seem as if I'd completely given up being crafty, but between living for 4 months without any supplies, and then moving across the world to a little place called Australia, I haven't had a lot of opportunity. However, with a new house to make into a home, there will be lots of crafting going on to make up for my hiatus.

Even though it's already a week into October, Beth and I have decided to do a count-down to Halloween and post some fun things we've either made or would like to make. Australians don't do Halloween, so I've really had to dig in to find things that work. It's amazing how far a metre and a half of orange fabric will go.

My first project is an offshoot of this Christmas project I completed last year inspired by the fabulous V&Co.

Here's how to make your own.

First cut out the fabric you want to back the wreath. I used a thin off-white muslin, but any cotton will work fine.
Figure out how big you want the circle to be and use a bowl or pan lid to trace a circle.

Choose your fabrics. I used 4 fabrics here, but if you want it to be more or less colorful/busy you may use more/less. Cut fabric into strips 3"x1.25". Iron down the middle, like a hot dog.

Then iron both ends down so the middle comes to a point on top.


Once you have 10-12 of each color (if you stick to the 4 total) start gluing them onto your fabric backing.

You might want to lay them out first to see how it looks and make any adjustments.

Then mount it in your frame, securing the muslin with some tape.
I added a little green stem to mine to make it look like a pumpkin and added some text using thickers.

Good luck, and happy crafting! Stay tuned for lots of cheap and easy ideas.

baby quilt

Dear next baby of mine -- I will make this for you... and maybe one for me too because it's just too dang cute :)

thanks, V and Co.

watermelon cookie

Before the summer is totally gone, I have to post about these not-so-healthy watermelon slices. I found this cute sugar cookie idea from the decorated cookie and I had to try it. This is how they turned out:

The black seeds were my favorite part.