All Things Fall Link Party

Happy Fall! We're excited to be joining a group of bloggers to bring you a link party for all things fall! Share your crafts, diy projects, decor, recipes, and activities! We're looking forward to seeing fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving ideas!

11 talented bloggers are co-hosting the party! That means lots of ideas & exposure for your posts!

Meet the Hosts!

Across the Blvd | Purple Hues & Me

 This Autoimmune Life

Stone Cottage Adventures | Two Chicks & a Mom

Our Unschooling Journey | Domestic Deadline

Sew Crafty Crochet | Comfort Spring | Cookies, Coffee, & Crafts

As one of the co-hosts joining the all things fall festivities, I'm sharing a tutorial - Add Diy Burlap Leaves to Purple Pumpkins - it's a step by step tute on how I combined purple burlap ribbon and jute twine into lovely dimensional leaves! An adorable way to dress up purple pumpkins or any pumpkins for Fall! And a fun way to bring an exciting autumn atmosphere using purple to your fall decor!

To kick off the party, all of the hosts are sharing a fall post today. You'll find their posts in the first link up below. You're sure to find lots of inspiration! Please visit their links and check out their posts. We would all appreciate your support by pinning our projects.

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Now it's your turn! By adding your link, you give the co-hosts permission to use one photo with a link to your post on social media or in round up posts, including our featured posts from the party. Posts that are not related to fall will be deleted. The party will be open through October 18. Each co-host will share a features post of their favorites from the party on October 23.

We can't wait to see your Fall, Halloween, & Thanksgiving ideas!

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Rockin Ghosts Rocks

I recently came into some rocks (I get stuff all the time) that were already painted white and oh, so smooth!  Not many to make anything with - just a little over a dozen. 

Rock painting is quite trendy right now and everyone seems to be jumping on the bandwagon with their artistic creations.  But unfortunately, I am in no way an artist - I can barely draw stick people.  And no matter how many tutorials there are to show me how to draw and paint something beautiful and unique, I can't get it! It's just not in me.

But looking at the rocks and their shape -  reminded me of tiny little ghosts, staring back at me.  Wondering????

So I got out my black acrylic paint, a few skewer sticks and set out to have fun making ghosts faces.  No paint brush required! Using the flat end of a skewer stick, I painted on the eyes. And with the pointed end came the mouths and a few other dots and curves.  Easy peasy, and so much fun!

And then, lining the rocks up and gluing in place  .  .  . 

I created my very own group of rockin Ghosts Rocks!

What fun, and oh, so whimsy! 

  Rockin this Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by

and take a little time to enjoy,

Happy Crafting!

2016 Halloween Blog Hop - A Recycle Witch DIY

When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween - Unknown

Welcome!  It's time for the Halloween Blog Hop 2016 & $100 Giveaway! My favorite time of the  year! Join me and nine other bloggers as we host a month-long Halloween bash featuring old and new Halloween recipes, crafts, DIY props and decor, printables, costume design, party ideas, games, and Halloween traditions. On Halloween night we'll announce our giveaway winner and share our favorite picks from the party.
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MEET YOUR PARTY HOSTS

Sherry | Olives-n-Okra

Mistie | Homespun Engineer

Lacie | Easy Peasy Pleasy

Erlene | My Pinterventures

Marci | Stone Cottage Adventures

Gail | Purple Hues and Me

Beverly | Across the Boulevard

Kim | Made in a Day

Donna | Twochicksandamom

Megan | C'mon Get Crafty

I'm really thrilled to be participating with this group of highly creative and talented ladies! Tis the season for tricks and treats and all things spooky - including a frightfully fun, easy to make
Recycle WITCH! 

I had so much fun creating this adorable recycle witch from an empty Downy In-Wash Scent bottle. The bottle has such a cool shape for a witch.  And it's a great project to make with kids. But the best part is you can make it with stuff you already have around the house or in your stash!

Here's how: 

Materials -
Downy In-Wash Scent Booster Bottle
Pebble rocks or sand
Plastic grocery bags
Masking tape
Paper Towels/toilet paper
White Glue/Tacky glue
Acrylic Paints
Scissors/brushes
Yarn/cardboard
Burlap
Felt
Poster board
18 gauge stem wire
Embellishments

 

1.  Remove the top and cover of the bottle.

2.  Take several grocery plastic bags and squeeze together, making a ball.

3.  Insert the ball into another bag, twisting lengthwise into a tail.  Wrap tail end with masking tape.

4.  Put pebbles inside bottle for weight and insert tail of bags into neck opening.

5.  Mix glue with a bit of water and saturate strips of paper towels and glue on bottle.

6.  Continue gluing on several layers of paper towels until bottle and head are completely covered.  Allow to dry.

7.   To make the nose, take several pieces of toilet paper and saturate with glue. Shape into a nose, adding curvature to the tip.

8.  Press nose onto face, gluing in place. Let dry.

9.  Using the same method for the nose, make a chin and glue on just below the nose. Let dry.

10. Shape mouth by indenting between nose and chin.

11. Paint head and face.

12. Paint body (not shown) 

13. To make hair, wrap yarn around cardboard several times.

14. Tie together at one end and cut opposite end.

15. Glue yarn on top of head for hair. Have fun adding eyes, brows and lip color.

To Make the Witch's Hat:

There are many ways to make a witch's hat, but the easiest for me was to make a old fashion compass with pencil and string and (1) draw a semi circle on the poster board corner. (2) Cut out and form a cone shape, gluing sides. (3) Use a round object to draw a circle pattern for the hat brim. (4) Use the base of the cone to draw another circle in center. (5) Cut out center circle.  (6) Place brim over cone and push down toward base. Make slits at base around cone. (7) Fold slits over hat brim and glue in place. (8) Make patterns of brim and cone from scraps of felt to cover hat. (9) Glue on felt and let dry. 

To make arms, brush glue mixture on paper towels and roll into tubes.  Insert wire into tubes and cut off excess at ends.  Fold over one end on each .  .  .

paint arms, let dry and glue on at bottle top sides.

I hastily made hands by taking a strip of toilet paper, brushing on glue at one end and rolling into tiny strips. Then added glue to another strip and pressed together to form a round, flat surface. Once dry, I cut the strips into 10 little fingers and glued to the round surface - kinda scary looking, aren't they! 

And of course, no witch is complete without her broom and cape -  made out of raffia for the broom and burlap for the cape!  

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