Halloween Front Porch 2015

 Happy Monday!

I finished up the front porch for Halloween this morning and here it is!

I have used this decomesh garland for a few years now and I keep adding to it.. This year I added the orange decomesh and the cute little chalkboards .. 

I was asked to try out some chalkboard markers ..

 I usually only use real chalk but I really liked these since I don't have to worry about the words getting rubbed off on the porch.I used little wood pieces from Michael's and painted them with chalkboard paint. I glued strips of black gingham to the back so I could tie them on the garland.I think they look super cute :)

Here is the brand I used and they are available on Amazon.com

So Friday and Saturday night it froze here enough to wreck alot of my plants and ruin about 90% of my zinnias ..Insert crying face here ..too soon ..too early..

 I am not sure I am loving the wreath ..so if I have time there will be a new one on the door before Halloween!

 The Halloween countdown sign I made  2 years ago and I still love it!

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The Huge Frasier Fir

 Today it is all about our "real" tree.. It's a frasier fir ..and this year it is the biggest we have ever had!  We thought last years was huge.. but this years is bigger yet.. It broke the netting contraption at Home Depot when they were trying to put a net on it :)

 All our family ornaments go on this tree.. Ornaments the kids have made, ornaments from our travels ..and other ornaments for the family..

 I got this mickey ornament last week at Disney..love it !

 This snowglobe Santa ornament came from Joann Fabrics last year ..

 This is the tree all the gifts will go under ..Its in a galvanized tub from an estate sale .. The tree stand fits right inside it ..

Red decomesh is used for the garland and to make bows for the top of the tree.White lights and colored lights are on the tree.. I think I used 12 strands :)

I will be back tomorrow with the new flocked tree !

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DIY Winter Decomesh Wreath

 It's Monday !
Hope you had a great weekend ! No school around here today or tomorrow because of the below zero temperatures ! When it looks like this outside you need a wreath on the door that is very wintery ! I took down the Christmas wreath and didn't put anything back up ..It was just too bare.

I got this decomesh at Hobby Lobby after Christmas for 90 percent off ! So it was about $1.50 ! I should have bought more ! I used a evergreen wreath that I already had.

 To make the wreath you just bunch up how big you want the loops and use the evergreen wired branches twisted together to hold it down and secure it. Like using a twist tie..I made these loops about 8 inches long.

 I did 2 rows of the decomesh , one on the inside one on the outside..I used this light aqua ribbon for the bow...

 I got these glitter snowflakes at Joann fabrics after Christmas .. I think they were about 25 cents each ( 3 snowflakes on each pick)

 I also used some glittery cord from Hobby Lobby ..its an aqua color..

 I added light blue tulle bows to make it really full

This took me less than 30 minutes and look how fabulous it looks on the door !

 These wreaths are so easy ! Hope you will try one !

Yesterday I had my granny square blanket spread out to take the pictures for my blog.. I left the room for 2 seconds and this is what I came back to..She had to be the first one to try it out..:)

This is what I see looking out the front door..Lots of snow..and so cold !

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Picket Fence Halloween Countdown

 While visiting Pinterest a few weeks ago I came across a wooden countdown  sign using this saying .. I love this saying as it is one of my favorite cross stitch pieces ! It was one of those phantom pins that lead to nowhere so I came up with my own version !

 We went to the Home Depot and bought 5 pieces of picket fence and had an employee cut 2 boards to attach them together. My daughter and I actually built this :) We then tried spray painting it but it wasn't covering good enough so we painted it off white.

It sat in the garage for a couple weeks before I had the guts to paint it. I just free handed the words. I used pencil to get everything where I wanted it then just painted away. I added a thrifted silver tray that I painted with chalkboard paint to use for the countdown.

 I added black and white check burlap ribbon to the top, a little banner from black and orange fabrics, and The little wood beware sign. I love it ! It looks fabulous on my front porch with my #spookyspaces wreath for Joann Fabrics !

 We are ready for all the Trick or Treaters to come ! And you can bet I have a Christmas version running around in my head :)

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Halloween Front Door 2013

 My Front Door is all decorated for Halloween ! I participated in Joann Fabrics #spookyspaces event.  What better for a #spookyspaces craft than my front door. The wreath supplies can all be found at Joann Fabrics !

 I started with a round straw wreath ,( I do not remove the plastic covering) and some black and white stripe decomesh. I made 2 rows of loops , gathering the decomesh about every 6 inches. Pinning with floral pins and hot gluing over the pin for security.I started on the inside of the wreath going all the way around . then made another row of the decomesh loops around the outside.

 Here is the straw wreath with the 2 rows of decomesh.

 I then added black tulle bows.. I just made standard floral bows with 4 loops on each side , and glued them in.

 I took orange Haloween wired ribbon , made 2 loops and glued them together , then glued them in next to the tulle. The purple flowers are actually Christmas floral pics. They are super sparkly and look fabulous in the wreath .. they just kind of look like spooky flowers :)

 I bought the word BOO in wood letters , and used mod podge to attach a book page to each. I put the letter on the book page , traced it, cut it out , then used mod podge to both attach it to the wood and as a finish for the top of the letter. I was going to use those little wooden ghosts , but I couldn't find a place to use them ..

 When the mod podge dried , I used hot glue to outline each letter , then added purple glitter to the hot glue. Since thrifting and silver trays are so popular , I added the BOO bookpage letters to this small silver tray I got at the Goodwill for 79 cents. ( If you don't have a silver tray you could also buy a piece of cutout wood, paint it silver and use that in the center.) I used hot glue to secure them to the tray. I took thin wire and stuck it in the middle of the wreath , 3 rows of it , to secure the tray to .

 When I hang our wreaths I use fishing line to attach it to the storm door.

 I made the decomesh garland last year , I think it looks fantastic with my new wreath ! I will be back this week to share my picket fence sign  Hope I gave you some spooky inspiration !

 

I love how it all came together ! I think my front porch looks pretty spooktacular !

 

My little helper :) He is getting so big !

 

Don't you love those purple flowers !!!
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