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Spray painted metallic pumpkins. (Take Halloween pumpkins into Thanksgiving.)

November 7, 2011 41 Comments

pumpkin, spray paint, metallic

I know Halloween is over, but don’t toss out the pumpkins!!! OK, jack-o-lanterns should all be gone by now, but any whole pumpkins you have laying around can carry you through Thanksgiving and into the first couple of days in December. You can make these shimmery metallic pumpkins by breaking the spray painting rules.

Filed Under: Autumn, Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, Fall, Pumpkins, spray paint, Thanksgiving

Spray paint takes Halloween into Thanksgiving…

November 4, 2011 9 Comments

I usually hate my mantel, but for Halloween I was pretty happy with it. I really liked all of the elements and the balance the large Raven artwork helped to create for the champagne bucket full of black sticks.  Obviously I can’t leave the Raven up there, so I will need to find something else […]

Filed Under: Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Fall, spray paint, Sticks, Thanksgiving

“What’s the ’31’ for…?” A Halloween end table.

October 31, 2011 10 Comments

I thought it was obvious that the 31 I stenciled on this table was for October 31, but enough people asked me about it that I am now certain it is obvious only to me. For my Halloween party, the apple green and turquoise had to go.  I wanted silver and black. I took the […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, Furniture, garden & outdoors, Halloween, spray paint

Black sticks & silver mini-pumpkins… mmm mmm good!

October 25, 2011 12 Comments

Yes, yes, more pumpkins… Does it make a different that these are little guys and not from the Dollar Store…?  No? These guys started out as little orange fakers. I sprayed them with Krylon’s silver metallic paint, then took a black Sharpie to add a little contrast to the stems. Then they just got dumped […]

Filed Under: apothecary jars, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Halloween, Pumpkins, spray paint, Sticks

More Halloweenishness: a Dollar Store entry way.

October 17, 2011 20 Comments

There is a mirrored wall in our entry-way.  Me no likey.  However, Handsome Hubby won’t let me take them down or cover them.  It can be a challenge to decorate because everything is reflected and can look too busy. So in getting ready for Halloween, I chose to use light colors and a lot of […]

Filed Under: apothecary jars, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, glitter, Halloween, spray paint Tagged With: Glitter

If Edgar Allan Poe had been given some contact paper & a Cricut… (DIY Halloween Artwork)

October 13, 2011 55 Comments

…he probably wouldn’t have done anything with it. But here’s what I did:  I made Halloween artwork based on Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” I used a 1/4 inch plywood board, primed it, then painted it with Kylon’s Metallic paint in Nickel. I used my Cricut and contact paper to cut out the first few […]

Filed Under: artwork, Crafts, decor, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, mantel, spray paint, tutorial

My Halloween wreath….all it’s missing is a whip.

October 6, 2011 34 Comments

My Halloweenishness knows no bounds.  (But I fear that my husband’s patience will soon run out if I don’t get my Halloween bins cleaned up and put away.) We had a rare California storm yesterday, so I worked on a couple of things inside the house… including my Halloween wreath.  I had took a regular […]

Filed Under: Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, project du jour, spray paint, Wreaths

Halloween Adirondack Chairs

October 5, 2011 14 Comments

Like everything else around here, I spray paint my cheap, plastic, fake Adirondack chairs different colors based on the seasons.    They’ve been eleventy billion different colors.  This turquoise was my color of choice for the summer. Now that fall (and more specifically) Halloween is upon us, I wanted a change.  Last year I painted them […]

Filed Under: Crafts, Furniture, garden & outdoors, Halloween, project du jour, spray paint, UseWhatchaGot

Make faux Mercury Glass pumpkins out of Dollar Store cheesiness.

October 4, 2011 35 Comments

Another Dollar Store pumpkin transformation… faux Mercury Glass. This is sooooo dang easy. Take a cheesy fake pumpkin… Spray it black. Immediately, while it is still wet, lightly spray it with metallic silver paint. Krylon has a good one. This is outdoor paint, but any silver paint will do. Spraying the silver paint onto the […]

Filed Under: Autumn, Bargain, Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, Fall, Halloween, Pumpkins, spray paint

The one where the dog messes up my “After” photos.

September 28, 2011 26 Comments

There is no need to hit the garden center to change up your flower pots.  Just give them a quick coat of paint! I have two flower pots that have layer upon layer of spray paint on them.  I dump the plants, paint the pots a new color for the new season, then replant them. […]

Filed Under: Autumn, cheap and easy, Corsa, Crafts, Fall, garden & outdoors, guilty dog, project du jour, spray paint Tagged With: Corsa

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