Jack-O-Lantern Door Hanging Ready for Halloween

Here is another up-cycle with an old item.  And it didn't cost me a dime.  Now that's my kinda price.

All you need is a half a pumpkin.  A faux pumpkin that is.  And I had plenty of those.  So up to the attic I went and came down with 2 garbage bags full.  No, I'm not a pumpkin hoarder.  Really, only about 10 pumpkins fit in 2 bags.  I've never cut one of these but how hard could it be?  

Yippee, it was my lucky day.  There was a pumpkin just waiting for me in the bag.  The heat of the attic must have gotten to it.  It was the only one in the bag that was already split apart right at the seams.  No cutting for me.  But I certainly would to make this cute guy.

I already had the black acrylic craft paint, the crow from the dollar store last year and old foliage and berries.  Yes it was a copy cat craft.  No it wasn't my brilliant idea but why change perfection.  I fell in love with this as soon as I spotted it last week.   The only problem was, once again I can't remember where I saw it.  I really would like to leave credit, so let me know if this was your design.  I saved the picture so I could repeat it but didn't save the name.  Bad me.  I  am trying to change that.

I'll be adding parties here throughout the day that I'm linking up to.

If you create one I'd love to see it.

Happy Fall Craftin' Ya'll

xxx's....Tracy :)

Tutorial for the Burlap Halloween Table Runner

Some of you asked about how I made the table runner yesterday, click here to see the post.   I wish I could say it was all my idea but nope, not the case.  It was a copy cat project.  I have another CC post for later today, so watch for that.

I saw this project on the HGTV site.  It's just a matter of cutting the fabric 20" wide and 20" longer than the length of your table so 10" hangs off each side.  Sew a straight stitch 1" from all four edges and then pull the threads to unravel the edge to that stitch.  You can even find the stencil to print and easy to follow directions, with their post.  I used black acrylic craft paint and heat set it once it was dry with the iron.  I don't think it would be washable but I haven't tried.
You can get the HGTV tutorial here.


Thanks so much for your sweet comments.  They really do make my day.  

No go have a blessed day ya'll!

There's a Florida Panther Loose On My Side of Town

That's right I said a panther.  

No kidding!  Roaming our side of town!

They're beautiful but I have no desire to see one in person.  These photos were taken off the internet.  There have been two sightings of one being spotted this weekend, in a very populated area of town that is less than 4 miles from my house.  YIKES!!!  An attorney who lives over there said he walked outside one night, heard rustling in the trees, looked up to see a huge Florida panther in the tree, with a stray cat dangling in it's mouth.  He didn't have a problem saying he scream, grabbed his dogs and ran for the house.  If I saw that, you would have a hard time getting me out of the house, especially in the evening. 


My brother-in-law caught a wild bob cat once and they are way smaller and believe me they are vicious creatures and terrifying to be near even in a cage.  The attorney who saw the panther said there was no doubt this cat was over 100 lbs.

There are only approximately 100 of  these beautiful endangered subspecies of the cougar left in Florida.  They live in the forests and swamp of Southern Florida.  Maybe somebody should tell this one that he's in wrong end of the state, considering I live in Northeast Florida.


The Florida panther was chosen as the Florida state animal in 1982. 
The males can weigh up to 160 lbs.  The Florida panther's diet is mainly white tailed deer and wild hogs but can also include smaller prey such as mice, birds, rabbits and small alligators (if necessary).


And finally we got some rain.  It was almost 7:30 and the rain started pouring.  Rain we really needed.  Thunderstorms which I love and the strangest most beautiful sky I've ever seen.  You can't tell but it's pouring.  I wish I could have gotten a better pic.  I love the crane just sitting still in the showers.  

 

It's not feeling a whole lot like fall here except in spirit. It's been in the high 80's and going to be about 90 all week.  I sure would enjoy a little chill but I'm grateful to have the rain.

Hope you enjoy all the blessing in your life this week.

Tracy

Winner of the Betty Crocker Fun da-Middles Giveaway

I've been so busy this weekend that I forgot to announce the winner of the Betty Crocker Fun-da middles cupcake giveaway.

And the winner is.............
Rasha (pronounced Russia) @ Champagne Taste Beer Budget.  Congratulations Rasha!!! You have 48 hours to respond.

I hope ya'll stop by to visit Rasha here, she has down some great makeovers.

A Simple Fall Table Runner

I love the simple ease of making this table runner.  I also love the simple clean lines of  it.  This is one of those projects that's just plain relaxing to do.

Minimal tools needed for this quick Sunday craft.  Burlap is perfect but I wanted a little cleaner look so I used a very loose weave cotton. Actually I think this was the lining for a shade.  Love to up-cycle.  This project cost  me maybe a $1.00. I already had the black paint.

I saw this project on the HGTV site.  It's just a matter of cutting the fabric 20" wide and 20" longer than the length of your table so 10" hangs off each side.  Sew a straight stitch 1" from all four edge and then pull the threads to unravel edge to that stitch.  You can even find the stencil to print and easy to follow directions, with their post.  I used black acrylic craft paint and heat set it once it was dry with the iron.  I don't think it would be washable but I haven't tried.
You can get the HGTV tutorial here.
There are so many great fall and Halloween ideas out there right now.  I'll love to see what you've found.

I hope you'll check out the great parties I'll be linking up to.

Take the time to do something special for yourself today. 

Hugs, ya'll...

Things I Love - It's As Simple As a New Papercraft Inspirations Magazine

I found this magazine at Joann's fabric store last time I was there. I couldn't resist and had to buy it.

I've always had a love of magazines.  They give you the greatest inspiration.  I wish I could put all the wonderful blog parties in a magazine so I would take it to bed or my private reading place and enjoy.  There's just something wonderful about sitting back and relaxing with a magazine.  I get worn out on the computer after awhile, where as it's just pure relaxation to kick back with a book.  In my early years it was all about fashion with Cosmo and even GQ.  I loved opening a brand new glossy magazine that no one had touched the pages but me. 

Now it's all about decorating and crafting.  And I never even knew about all the great magazines outside our own country.  Like this one from the UK called Papercraft Inspirations from Future Media With Passion.  Wow, it's so colorful and full of fun designs. Just look at all the cool stuff they publish.

There were other UK magazines there too.  Probably from the same publisher.  But I could only get one that day and the choice was hard.  This one was $9.99.  But that's really not a bad price when you consider that it came with a free gift.   Yep, these 9 clear stamps "Build a Country Scene" were included.  Actually they even had a few pages of scrapbook paper inside that you could tear out and use or copy so you have more.  You can even go to their website and download free papers.  How cool is that!  The other magazine had a package of free paper with it.  See what I mean?  It was hard to decide which to buy.

I love these cute cards with the basic instructions for you to make one too.

There's great articles and even a bloggers section. You have to love a company that realizes the importance of us bloggers.

I don't even have time to make cards lately but I dream of it a lot.  More things to add to my list.  I just wanted to share this with you because I liked it so much.  No sponsor here, just me.

Hope you have a perfect autumn weekend.  

Hugs...Tracy :)

Just fixed my missing dashboard photo problem

Test Post - Yeah!!! It worked.  For anyone else having trouble with their photo showing up on bloggers dashboard.  The answer for me was going to the settings, then feed and changing back to full feed.  Hope this helps anyone else out there.