FALL FRONT PORCH

This is a repost from 2009, my how the time flies....If you are a new follower, I hope you enjoy this post and if your are a long time follower, hope this brings back some memories for you...

You've gotta have a palm somewhere, it's Ca. This one usually sits on the porch and it was too heavy to remove, soooo there you go...

If you look carefully you can see Tina in the front window, trying to figure out whats going on.. As a black cat shes all excited because Halloween is her favorite time of year....

The flowers are from Home Depot and Target...on sale of course...

She just has to see the whole process...The pumpkins are from Trader Joe's, I painted them white and then some black over the top...just adds a little pop, what do you think????

I like the little black pumpkin. After I painted it black and I used the end of a pencil eraser and dotted it in the white paint and just touched it, seems to have worked perfect....



I think it almost looks like a cannon ball.....
The black and white ribbon is from Michaels.

The fall color of the flowers sure make you feel like the season is upon us....

Tina is loving everything and as always has...

a lot to say ...

I love the way the black and white contrasts with the wonderful oranges and golds...


I traced around a leaf and painted it black, and when it was dry, I scraped a little of the paint off..

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HALLOWEEN VIGNETTES

 There is so much Halloween inspiration around this year, it is hard to keep up with all the goulie fun projects, I picked a few I thought you might like...These little skeletons are from the Dollar Tree in a package for 4 for 1.00...

 I think these bowls are from Michaels last year...The napkin rings are from Ebay and the black chargers are from the Dollar tree...gotta love that store...Looks like there was a lot of picture taking during my house sitters stay here this year....They do love pictures...

 The stemware is black onyx from Zgallery, they are a birthday present from Mr. S. this year, he says there is another surprise coming, ohhhh I can't wait....The candelabras are from Michaels...

 The graphics on all the pillows are from Graphic Fairy of course, she has everything fun for the season and they are all free downloads...she's the best...

 These are Halloween books I remade from tuts on Pinterest, they are so much fun ...Basically the raised areas on the books are from a glue gun tracing the words, then mod podging over with tissue paper and painting, or antiquing..This was a project I loved because you can actually use all those outdated reference books cluttering your garage....

 This one was so much fun, I especially love it if the books are small or really fat and unusual...

I think the rats and mice have taken over the living room, they are everywhere...

This was my first book, just a large old book, I opened it in the center and glued downloaded skeleton pictures over the pictures in the book, then I sprayed it with a light bronzer to darken it..after it all dried I used an  emery board and just kept rubbing in all kinds of spots over the words...add some painted Dollar Tree bugs to lay on top and you are good to go...lots of fun and felt so creative....

This is a download from the computer and put into a frame, I think the frame really sets the pic off and makes it look so important...The drippy candles are glue gun glue of inexpensive night light Christmas window candles that plug in, from Amazon I think they were 5.00 each...found somewhere on Pinterest the directions,, very cool..

This is a Dollar Tree black shiny spider I painted with craft paints and antiqued a little to make him look a little more lifelike...

Ekeeee

Is her feet on that chair....

I just love the bright orange, don't you

Such spooky fun books....

This wreath was a blast, just a Walmart wreath 3.99 ...snakes and worms from Dollar tree put on wreath then the whole thing is sprayed with flat black paint...so effective....

These are four little cupcakes purchased at a wholesale company in our area...

I wish I could eat one of these, however not to happen as they are faux....

ohhhhhhh

The skeleton plates are a fun project as well, clear plates with cut out skeleton head from paper napkins and modge podge on the bottom of the plate then modge podge torn pages from an old book over everything on the bottom..they.make cute cookie plates...

Ohhhh so scary those spiders.

Love this pillow, it is a happy one...

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