Halloween Wreaths

I love Halloween decor!

These are some of my favorite Halloween wreaths I pinned recently.

See my huge Halloween decor folder on Pinterest here.

My plan for this year was to craft lots of Halloween decorations.

But it's not happening because of my painting the living room project.

I just finished the first of two coats of cutting in on the tray/pullman ceiling.

This involves being on a ladder very high up and moving it every three feet around the room.

Up and down, up and down...move it around.

That takes like four hours to go around the room.

One more time around and then I can get out the roller and roll the walls and I'll be done.

I had hoped it would be done by now...so I could decorate my mantel for Halloween.

It might still....we'll see. 

I'm also dog sitting.

A teeny tiny chihuahua for a girl at work.

This was a mistake.

She is so small...one wrong move and she is toast.

That one wrong move being a chomp from Sally, I fear.

So I am dog juggling this week.

The little one is spending lots of time in the hall bath.

Which she doesn't like.

Violet is fine with her. She could care less.

Franklin is sweet with her.

Harvey was surprisingly aggressive but has since given up on being mean.

I guess it was too much effort because he's been nice all day.

Sally, doesn't seem to know what she is.

Granted, she doesn't look much like a dog or act like one. 

Sally hasn't been aggressive at all...but I am not taking any chances.

Because Sally is a maniac.

So...I'll be dog juggling the rest of the week. 

The reason I took her was the owner was going somewhere where there was 

a huge mean cat that might eat her.

I volunteered to babysit without thinking this through.

She is so small...I think my dogs think she is a gerbil. 

Like she is four pounds soaking wet.

I might have a photo of her later in the week...if she survives.

I am kidding but I'm thinking she was better off with one cat than four dachshunds 

that think she is a rodent.

Back to my painting. 

I am getting so excited to be on the last bit of the final coat of cutting in.

I'm loving the color with my fireplace. I'm loving the color...with everything.

Color is Shoji White by Sherwin Williams.

I'm going to finish it up and pull the living room back together and then I'll paint the dining room.

I don't expect the dining room to be any where near as time consuming.

I painted the living room 8 years ago shortly after I moved in and I remember it was a chore

but Mom helped me too so it didn't take this long. 

Oh...well I'm almost there....

Here are the Halloween Wreaths I haven't had time to make.

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Halloween Bats

These Bats Don't Bite

They are sweet little bats.  I know because...I made them.

They are good little bats.

This is another Halloween craft I made using supplies from

as part of the "Celebrate the Season" blogger campaign.

Yes, I'm officially blogging for Jo-Ann and loving every minute of it.

These bats are so easy to make I'm coining the phrase, 

That's like an Easy Bake Oven...but even easier.

I made these because I always want bats flying around my displays this time of year.

But I don't want to hang any wires or fishing line from my ceiling.

I have a very very high ceiling and I don't want any sort of holes in it, no matter how small they might be.

This made me decide that I'd make them on long wires so I could stick them in 

and around 

my pumpkins or whatever Halloween display I have going on.

It's pretty effective!

They are swirling over my freshly made sweater pumpkins.

Want to make some little bats of your own?

Here's how...

Supplies from Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts. 

1. Black Glitter Craft Foam Sheets. 

2. Large Black Pom Poms (each bat uses two)

3. Stem Wire

4. Red Rhinestones

5. Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

6. Craft Glue - I used Aleen's Tacky Glue courtesy of Jo-Ann.

but Elmer's will work too.

If you right click and save that pattern image above, it will be at the exact size you'll need to make the wings.

From tip to tip the wings measure 10 1/4 inches.

Print and cut out the pattern and trace it on the backside of the glitter foam using a dull pencil.

You'll trace and cut ears also. 

Hot glue the wire stem to the backside of the wings in the center.

Place a pom pom over this glue while hot.

Hot glue the other pom pom to the front side

It will look like this.

And this.

Using craft glue and a toothpick. Dab a little glue on the backside of each rhinestone and place for eyes.

Dab the bottom tips of the ears in the craft glue and tuck into the pom pom above the eyes and back a little.

I chose to leave my bats plain.

But they are really cute with little teeth added. I may go back and do this to all of them.

I just cut slivers of a foam picnic plate to be the teeth -

craft foam would work also.

The added teeth make them funny.

Google eyes make them hilarious! 

Well, hilarious to me.

This is just mocked up in photoshop but buy the little google eyes at Jo-Ann if you like this look 

and glue them on.

Don't you think that's an

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I'm still crafting more Halloween stuff using my stash of goodies from

I got so many ideas of things to make while at Jo-Ann that I came up with several Halloween projects.

I just wish I could be home to craft more!

Forgot to say the pretty fall leaves garland also came from Jo-Ann.

They really have some nice fall floral this year.

Unfortunately,

I'm way behind on my Halloween decor this year cause I'm also painting the living room and dining room.

Big Mistake. I should have done that this summer.

What was I doing this summer? 

I can't remember but I should have been painting.

Check out all the great Halloween decorations other bloggers are creating using Jo-Ann supplies at

http://www.joann.com/celebrate-the-season/

This is Jo-Ann's website to inspire you for the holidays.

There will be all kinds of wonderful ideas showing up there from now through Christmas.

Take advantage of this Jo-Ann coupon.

But if you sign up for the Jo-Ann app...they've got good coupons every week.

Or sign up on their website.

www.joann.com

I'll be back with more Halloween and then Thanksgiving and then Christmas.

Yep, it's a whole season of crafts!

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Mod Mix Monday #123

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I admire card catalogs every time I see one in an interior.

This one is especially nice.

It's low and small.

The mirror on top adds a bit of glam to it and it's styled beautifully.

This had me thinking could I find one on Craigslist for me?

I did find one locally for $175 but it wasn't as good as this.

So I decided to check out other cities.

I started with Dallas, then St. Louis, San Antonio...each had some sort of card catalog but none 

I really got excited about.

On a whim...I checked out San Francisco.

I don't know why? I've never been there and I have no plans to go but look what I found immediately.

It's almost the exact catalog!

You can buy it for $300 - here.

If you run and get it, let me know.

Lots of good Halloween stuff in last week's Mod Mix Monday.

I bet you all think I've given up on decorating for Halloween.

Nope...I have several crafts in the works but working and painting my living/dining room

have certainly gotten in the way. 

I also painted a dog portrait recently...I'll show later in the week. 

Anyway...Halloween is coming here, I swear...I'm just behind.

Here's what I loved from last week's Mod Mix Monday.

Patti of Old Things New made the fanciest, farm, country, 

junky cloches from chicken wire and a few odds and ends 

she had around the house. Notice the finials. 

These are the best chicken wire cloches I've ever seen.

Amy of The Blissful Bee painted some lamps and made them super special.

I just love the way they look in her bedroom.

Love that cat too.

Amber of Junkaholics Unanimous shared her Fall garden full of fancy pumpkins. 

Oh... I wish I could afford to sprinkle pumpkins like this all through my yard!

This is just the best!

Therena of Little Bit of Paint made a cute little Fall banner to compliment her fall display on her buffet. 

Notice those cute burlap pumpkins too.

I'm in awe of Melinda's Halloween vignette at Refeathered Roost.

It has so many wonderful elements starting with that old typewriter.

Notice the round lantern too. Love the Raven banner.

Tracy of Made from Pinterest.net turned out this super cute Halloween project.

It just takes bell jar lids, paint and washi tape.

Isn't it darling?

Kelsey Elaine at White Cottage Boutique created this amazing refurbish.

This piece was nothing to look at till it was painted and new knobs added.

Isn't it sweet?

This is still happening. I'll announce the winner tomorrow, Tuesday, October 15th.

Win a $100 Gift Certificate to use at

Just go to my post about it here and enter.

Enter your Mod Mixes for this week...below.

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