Halloween | The V Spot

DIY Halloween Party Invitations (For the non-scrapbooking, non-paper crafting types out there.)

September 28, 2012 4 Comments

We host a Halloween Party every year, and one of the things I really enjoy doing is making the invitations. (Here are the invitations I made last year. Super easy.) While I did do a “Save the Date” over Facebook at the beginning of the month, I think there’s just something special about getting an actual invitation […]

Make a skeleton monogram for Halloween.

September 27, 2012 7 Comments

I love monograms and initials. I love Halloween. I love the Dollar Store. Ergo, I love this project: a monogram made out of silver skeletons. It was pretty easy to create. I grabbed a few of these skeleton garlands from the Dollar Store, took the ropes from around their bony little necks and spray painted […]

Spray paint saves a rubber spider.

September 25, 2012 6 Comments

This post may contain Amazon and other affiliate links. So way back in February… I was already thinking about Halloween. I knew when I saw this spider at Target’s Dollar Spot that I needed to buy him, and that I would do something to him in just 8 short months! Yay! A little of Krylon Metallic […]

Ombre Owl Artwork (from Dollar Store Halloween decor)

September 17, 2012 17 Comments

I love “distressed” art projects. They’re so forgiving. If it isn’t perfect, or you really mess something up…. that’s ok. I meant to do that. That being the case, I really enjoy this type of project. Here’s my latest: Ombre Owl Artwork, using Halloween silhouettes from the Dollar Store. This was really quite easy to […]

Make a Houndstooth Pumpkin from Duck Tape

September 11, 2012 34 Comments

I love pumpkins. I love Duck Tape. I really, really love houndstooth… so it’s only natural that I would make a Houndstooth Duck Tape Pumpkin. This is so, so, SO easy to do. Grab yourself some fabulous Duck Tape and a Dollar Store pumpkin. Split the tape down the middle so that you have thinner […]

Make a ribbon covered globe for Halloween.

September 6, 2012 24 Comments

Last year I snapped up a cool old globe for 50 cents at a yard sale and I used chalkboard paint to make a Scary Places Halloween Globe. Well, it’s been sitting in the garage since last Halloween and I’ve been thinking about how to change it up for this year without ruining the […]

My First Pumpkin of the Season… and it’s a total Craft Fail.

September 4, 2012 14 Comments

It’s September! I am so ready to start thinking Fall! Unfortunately, I am kicking off the season with a Craft Fail. Last week I shared my big, fat feather failure… Well I had set some of the orange ones aside. This is what happens when you cross a pumpkin with a Muppet. Please believe me […]

Fifty shades of pumpkin. No-carve pumpkin ideas.

August 21, 2012 15 Comments

OK, maybe not 50, but it sure seems like I did a whole heck of a lot of pumpkins last fall. As autumn approaches and we gear up to go into another fall season, I thought I’d do a quick recap of last year’s pumpkins.

The Great Halloween Party Wrap Up (2011 edition)

November 3, 2011 16 Comments

I love hosting parties and dinners. I love getting ready for them and creating special little details. I love my friends and family so, so much, and I’d really like to be able to say that all those little details are for them and for them only… but that wouldn’t be completely true. Creating the […]

“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 […]