Category: Halloween
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How to Decorate a Halloween Mantel With Thrifted Finds
Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments about my Spooky October Mantel. I’m so thrilled to share that my mantel was also featured on The Inspired Room and Carter’s Cottage! Thank you, ladies! Now, I’d like to say that I had a grand plan and knew exactly what I was going to…
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Spooky October Mantel With Barns, Pumpkins and Cats
Remember this summer, how I pretended my piano was a mantel, and decorated it with a big ol’ faux vintage door on there was one that Mr. Magpie built for me? Well, when we decided to turn the living room into a study, we created one little eeny-weeny problem. (Dun dun DUUUUUUN…) The piano has…
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How to Make Halloween Chandelier Shades
Add a fun Halloween touch to your chandelier with these easy-to-make decorated mini-shades for your chandelier or wall sconces. You Will Need White or off-white chandelier shades sized for your chandelier 2 yards black eyelash or fringe trim 4 yards black ric-rac Black fabric paint pen or permanent marker Hot glue gun and glue sticks…
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How to Make a Halloween Boo Bunting
Adorable crafty banners are everywhere this Halloween, draped across mantles, skirting tables and strung across fences. Instead of purchasing letters or fiddling with tracing around water glasses, I created letters with circle templates on the computer. They worked so well, I decided to post them here for everyone to use. Now you, too, can easily…
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How to Carve a Pumpkin
I have to admit that as a child I never really enjoyed carving pumpkins. Using big kitchen knives was difficult, clumsy and dangerous, and frankly I’m surprised no one lost a finger. But several years ago I discovered the amazing and very safe serrated pumpkins saw. My life has never been the same, and I…
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How to Carve a Mandala Pumpkin
Like many people, I’m a big fan of Indian hand-blocked prints, and I wanted to try a pumpkin inspired by those designs. The best thing about this particular pumpkin idea is that it looks complicated, but it’s one of the easiest pumpkins to carve and requires no pattern. Like cutting paper snowflakes, this pumpkin unfolds…
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How to Carve a Monogrammed Pumpkin
Okay, I admit it. I love monograms. But for some reason I never take the time or money to have things monogrammed. I don’t know why. So when I started carving pumpkins this year I thought a monogrammed pumpkin was a perfect idea. You don’t need a pattern or fonts for this pumpkin. Just follow…