10.20.2009

Halloween Blocks

I found some adorable Halloween scrapbooking supplies at the Dollar Spot at Target. I don't scrapbook, but these were so cute I knew I had to find something use them for.



Amanda at Imperfectly Beautiful makes these really cute blocks (go buy some!), and I wanted to try to do something fun like that for Halloween.  My Hero picked up a piece of 2x6 from Home Depot for me and cut it down into pieces roughly 7 1/4" long.



I used his awesome Dremel sander to smooth out the ends and the corners. (I love this sander, by the way.) Then I painted them with regular black acrylic craft paint, and they were all ready to be decorated.





I found one collection of free vintage Halloween images here, and another great source for vintage holiday images here. Free! It was a tough choice because they're all so stinkin' cute, but I picked these four, resized them in Photoshop and used Mod Podge to mount the images on heavy duty black cardboard to give them a little depth.


I don't know how I've never used Mod Podge before, but this stuff rocks. I used it to adhere my scrapbook papers to the wood and then went to town embellishing them. A few hours later, and here's what I made!



Okay, besides the mess, these!
 


I don't know which one is my favorite, I love how they all turned out...
 


Aren't those polka dots perfect for that little clown?  I had the ribbon left over from the lemonade stand.  (One day there will be pictures of this lemonade stand, I swear.)



This black and green ribbon was the only other thing I bought, $1.19.



The burlap was left over from a project a hundred years ago. And I made little bats out of ribbon.  I love them!
 


This pretty orange bow came off a package of potpourri I bought.  See, you never know when those bits and pieces come in handy!

These were so fun to make, and cheap, too. The wood cost about $5, the Halloween papers and stickers cost $3, plus the ribbon... puts me at under ten bucks!  Ain't no recession gonna keep me down!


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

dude!!!! i love these!!!! soooooooo cute! you are so stinkin talented!

Carnal Zen said...

Soooo adorable. Ok fine I admit it your perfectionism has it's upsides. Now where are those Halloween Costume pics?!

Cathy {tinniegirl} said...

They look fantastic. Really fabulous.

Kat said...

Dear Lynn,
Thank you for your kind words on my blog yesterday. It's wonderful to meet a fellow traveller on the path to self-love in 2010.
I can really relate to the behaviour you describe, and have totally witnessed a number of my mythologies about myself become self-fulfilling prophecies. And how exhausting is the relentless comparison to other people? I confessed to Monica (aka The Creative Beast) that one of the reasons I didn't start up a blog was that I was so overwhelmed by the quality and depth of other people's.
So it's been such a heartening experience to have sensitive and generous souls like yourself reach out with kindness and encouragement.
By the way, I love the gorgeous creations you have featured in your blog. I look forward to seeing more in 2010!
Warmly,
Kat