Live the Repurposed Life: Vintage Blouse

What do you do when your favorite vintage silk blouse has aged enough to tear?

How about some lovely dip dyeing ?

Maybe this scrumptious piece of fabric will find it's way onto a new apron???

Random Act: Mail Art with goodies

Sometimes a little act of kindness is warranted. I have chosen Kadee @ kadeewillow.com. She often leaves such encouraging comments. I so appreciate her.

I sent out some stitched goodness - hand dyed wool leaves, collected ephemera stitched onto a card, paper bag envelope & a scrap-rolled flower.

I hope it brought her a smile.

Something Special: Custom Art Journal Cover

This art journal cover was created as a CUSTOM ORDER for an artsy friend. This cover fits the Canson Art Journal.

Custom orders for journal covers, ruffled bags etc. are always welcomed.  Just contact me either through this blog, Facebook or my etsy store.

Halloween Bash: Wrap up

I thought it would be fun to share how I used the Halloween Bash items in my fall decorating. The banner looks so festive on my fireplace mantel.

I displayed a small pumpkin and crow to the top of my treat stand and it gives such height to the display.  And getting the reflection in the mirror is just a happy bonus!

I love fall decor!

Halloween: recycled pillows

This is part of our Halloween BASH.  See a listing of all projects so far at the end of the post.

*RECYCLED PILLOW TO THROW ON YOUR HAYRIDE

During our annual halloween bash, we always need "pillows" for the hayride. This year I decided not risk taking the ones off of my living room sofa because last year they were covered in caramel corn by the end of the ride.

Instead I made disposable pillows stuffed with newpaper. I liked the reverse side of my burlap after painting it - it looked spookier, so I used that instead.

You can learn to make twisted rosettes here.

Are you making Spooky or Pretty? Either would be great!

Other Halloween BASH Projects:

Spooky Books

Halloween Sweet and Spooky $1 Mirrors

Halloween Tags

Halloween Wreath

Halloween Treat Stand

Halloween Treat Bags

Enjoy!

Halloween Bash: Treat Bags

 

This is part of our Halloween BASH.  See a listing of all projects so far at the end of the post.

TREAT BAGS FOR YOUR GUESTS -

pack of doilies from dollar tree $1

cupcakes liners with picks from michaels $1 each

parchment paper in my kitchen drawer

candy- dollar tree

Total  - under $5 for 15 treat bags

Super easy and cute.

You could fold them in half for smaller half moon shaped bags.

They look so cute on the treat stand.

Other Halloween BASH Projects:

Spooky Books

Halloween Sweet and Spooky $1 Mirrors

Halloween Tags

Halloween Wreath

Halloween Treat Stand

Enjoy!

On the Worktable: Ruffled bags

Ruffled bags on the worktable today.

Building up inventory that is headed out of state!

Halloween Bash: Halloween Treat Stand

 

This is part of our Halloween BASH.  See a listing of all projects so far at the end of the post.

BEAUTIFUL LAYERED TREAT DISH - i bought my dishes at Dollar Tree for $1 each and my candlesticks at Michaels - also a $1.

Total - $6.00

 

Love those circular treat bags? Tutorial coming on Wednedsday!

Other Halloween BASH Projects:

Spooky Books

Halloween Sweet and Spooky $1 Mirrors

Halloween Tags

Halloween Wreath

Enjoy!

Halloween Bash: Large Banner

This is part of our Halloween BASH.  See a listing of all projects so far at the end of the post.

*SUPER COOL HUGE BANNER

- add lettering and embellish with flowers, leaves, buttons and more. I used recycled chipboard from packaging, 1/2 yard total of fabric and printed my own lettering at home. Embellishments were goodies left over from halloween cards i made last year.

Total - under $8.00

Let's get started:

I ripped a strip of muslin that was twice as long as the length of my word banner laid out. I spaced the letters out on the muslin strip the way I liked it then folded it over the top of each letter and stitched on machine.

Other Halloween BASH Projects:

Spooky Books

Halloween Sweet and Spooky $1 Mirrors

Halloween Tags

Halloween Wreath

Enjoy!

Halloween Bash: Halloween Wreath

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I thought it would be fun to have a Halloween BASH to make fun, festive, affordable projects to celebrate the season.

Welcome to Halloween Bash : PROJECT WREATH

How about a beautiful Halloween wreath for your front door?

Ready?

ENJOY!

Other Halloween BASH Projects:

Spooky Books

Halloween Sweet and Spooky $1 Mirrors

Halloween Tags