Thursday, October 28, 2010

So cheap it�s scary

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Can you believe Halloween is just days away? The days are going by SO FAST! I�m so excited for Monday though � November 1st is the first day I really allow myself to start thinking about Christmas. And I have a fun holiday event I�ll be announcing on Monday that you won�t want to miss! ;)

So anyway, we�ve had Halloween all over the place for a while now, but I�ve let the Bub kind of take over. I tried putting things out just so�and that lasted about ten minutes. What can I say � he�s like his Momma and is crazy about the holiday decor! I�m not going to fight it. :)

I�m so proud!! Sniff.

I�ve had the buffet in the foyer decked out for weeks now, but today the Bub and I finished it up with a little somethin� somethin� on the walls.

When we started working on that spot, our bright, fun lamp (consignment find) wasn�t looking so spooky. :) I wanted to Halloween-it-up a bit without having to do anything permanent.

We found some super cute downloads from the Silhouette site and used them to dress up the lamp shade a bit:

IMG_1143ACK! Are you dying? I adore these little guys.

I just gave them a very light coat of spray adhesive and stuck them on the inside of the lampshade:

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They were cut out of black card stock, and if you don�t have a craft cutter, you could easily download designs and cut them out. You may want to just find spiders with thicker legs if you are cutting them out by hand. :)

I love them so much! And how about snowmen for Christmas? Or snowflakes? DYING.

I finally made it back into Goodwill a couple of weeks ago, after a loooong time away. I found a $2 vase that was perfect for my Halloween �tree�:

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I filled it with some Dollar Tree netting, then grabbed some sticks from outside, spray painted them black and just stuck them in.

I know�I think I�m the last blogger on earth to do this. :) I wanted something with lots of height and it was perfect! I added some of my Pier 1 spiders ($1.50 for ten I think?) here and there, and some foamy bat stickers we had:

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The Spooky sign was from a couple of years ago and is just a $1 word mounted on Halloween paper, in an old frame:

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We couldn�t resist another spidey on the platter. :)

I found some sparkly spray paint on a recent trip to True Value, and knew I had to use it somehow:

Don�t you love that name � Titanium Silver? The little skull above was from Michael's and is a cardboard texture. A little Titanium and he was ready to go!

Our other skull head friend was an ugly plastic guy from the Dollar Tree, and because he was slick plastic, he got a coat of spray primer (also thanks to True Value!) and then a couple coats of the Titanium:

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I propped him up under a cloche and wrapped my cute beady stuff around it. Doesn�t he look so happy now? He�s positively beaming. ;)

The pumpkin was another cardboard-y thing from Michael's. I really wanted to use one of the Funkin pumpkins, but this little guy was only a couple of bucks � way cheaper! I sprayed it white and attached some strips of black gems in the grooves(a buck on clearance!):

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Our final project today was to add the bats flying off on the wall:IMG_1182

I cut out the ghost (by hand) out of window film I bought forever ago for the new pantry door. (You may remember it took me about six months to get that baby up.) I didn�t like it�s texture though � too bumpy for what I wanted. But perfect for a ghost in the mirror! Buwahahaha!! I love him!

We used the Silhouette to cut out the bats, but again, these are so easy to cut out on your own! I just stuck them to the wall using tape:

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I plan on keeping all of these � I think they�ll hold up another year easily!

We love our spooky foyer!:

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The best part � the whole thing was less than $10!

The cut outs are my favorite part by far�I�m so excited to do even more with them next year. ;)

Are you working on any last minute Halloween decorating or crafts? We�ve got a couple more little projects to work on over the weekend. That�s what the Bub tells me anyway. :)

For more Halloween goodness, click here for past projects!

 

*I was one of the bloggers selected by True Value to work on the DIY Squad. I have been compensated for my time commitment to the program as well as my writing about my experience. I have also been compensated for the materials needed for my DIY project. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments.*

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