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Making a hanging centerpiece for an outdoor Thanksgiving.

November 19, 2012 28 Comments

How to make an easy DIY hanging centerpiece. A few boards, some rope and a bit of creativity make up an elegant, but rustic focal point for Thanksgiving dinner.

Filed Under: Autumn, candles, Centerpiece, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Entertaining, Fall, floral design, giveaway, Holidays, project du jour, Pumpkins, Tables & Decor, Thanksgiving, traditions, UseWhatchaGot

Tree Bark Candle Holders: An easy DIY project

November 12, 2012 9 Comments

When a big wind storm blew a ton of bark off our tree, I decided to upcycle some glass jars and make tree bark hurricane lanterns and candle holders.

Filed Under: Autumn, Bargain, candles, cheap and easy, craft time, Crafts, Fall, Franken-Crafts, Free, Glass, project du jour, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

Make hanging lanterns out of empty glass jars.

November 6, 2012 4 Comments

The other week I shared how I fixed chewed up, grody planters and then made lit, spider topiaries for them.  As promised, here’s how I made the hanging lanterns for the center, just using empty glass jars. We all have eleventy billion empty jars laying around, right?  Here’s a simple way to get another use […]

Filed Under: Bargain, candles, cheap and easy, Crafts, Glass, project du jour, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

Spooky Spider Candleholders

October 31, 2012 4 Comments

OK, the last Halloween craft of the year from me, and it’s a quickie.  I’m pretty sure you have all of the supplies in your house already. Ready?  You will need a pretty glass bottle (I love empty Patron bottles!) or a nice looking empty jar.  (If you use a jar, you will want the mouth of […]

Filed Under: candles, Centerpiece, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Glass, Halloween, project du jour, Tables & Decor, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

The Great Halloween Party Wrap Up! (2012 edition)

October 29, 2012 15 Comments

Saturday night we had our third annual Halloween Party. Medusa & Perseus (except it wasn’t Perseus’ night…Medusa turned him to stone.) We invite friends to come in costume and ask them to BYOB and to bring a dish of some kind to share on the buffet table.  I used to try to do everything myself […]

Filed Under: candles, decor, Entertaining, friends, Halloween, party

Upcycle: easy DIY faux hammered metal planters (with spider web topiaries.)

October 26, 2012 5 Comments

I needed something tall to flank each side of our front door. Since I’m a symmetry girl, I wanted them to match. This is what I came up with: these faux hammered metal planters. And just for funzies, (since it’s Halloween and all) I thought a spiderweb topiary or two would be kind of cool.

Filed Under: Autumn, candles, Crafts, decor, Fall, garden & outdoors, Halloween, Mod Podge, party, project du jour, tutorial, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

A floor Candelabra for Halloween.

October 22, 2012 24 Comments

Last year, Sandra from Sawdust & Paper Scraps made a very cool Halloween candelabra, and I really, really wanted to make one too, but didn’t get around to it.  (I met Sandra at The Haven Conference last June, and I must confess I have quite the Girl Crush on her… she is awesome!) Sandra’s is a fab tutorial on […]

Filed Under: Accessories, candles, Entertaining, Franken-Crafts, Halloween, Holidays, spray paint, upcycle, UseWhatchaGot

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