DIY Skeleton Hand wreath and Halloween Pillow

Ok, you all know I'm not a big-time crafter, but you all know how much inspiration one can get from blogging right? And this is just the post to showcase that. 

This wreath I made for Halloween....

 was inspired by this...

Skeleton Hands Wreath from Vanessa Brady of Tried and True Blog

Thank you very much for the inspiration Vanessa, you can check out her tutorial HERE!

This is what the hand looks like

I wanted my wreath to be bigger so I spray-painted an old charger black, wrote the "Happy Halloween" sign using gold Sharpie paint, then hot-glued the hands all around!

Ta-da!

Our Girly Halloween Entry

The other DIY I/we did for Halloween are these gorgeous pillows.

I had these grey Gurli Pillow covers from IKEA and these 2 beautiful table napkins I scored from Williams and Sonoma last year.

And since I can't sew to save my life, I sought the help of my mother-in law to sew the table napkin on top of the pillow cover .  And, VIOLA - perfect Halloween pillow! No cutting was even done!

Gingersnap Crafts

There you have it, my easy Halloween crafts. Please check out my post on Monday as I do my last post for  Halloween (actually, almost last, since I often share our Halloween costume photos here on the blog too) on my TOP 10 AFFORDABLE WAYS OF DECORATING FOR HALLOWEEN.

HAPPY DECORATING!

VEL 

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Halloween in our Living Room

Hello friends!

How was your weekend? I hope your enjoying the glory of Fall in your neck of the woods, as for us here in Southern Illinois, it's been touch and go so far - one  minute we have the cool crisp fall air, the next minute, it feels like summer again?! Crazy!

Anyhow, we had a small celebration for my hubs birthday last, last Saturday and of course, that kept me busy in a very good way, since I do love to celebrate for the most important man in my life, and believe me, he deserves this kind of celebration and even more. So again,

 Belated happy birthday to my best friend and one true love!

Ok, now back to regular programming, as promised, today I will be sharing with you our Halloween Decorations in our Living room!

Don't mind the pink chair behind - that's where Sophia's stuff are at. :-)

I used my Ikat pillows and Disney Mary Poppins pillow again along with some new orange pillow covers I scored from IKEA.

Simple coffee table/ottoman vignette

Switched out my lamps and added these super cute pillows on my chairs

I shared this on IG, can you guess how we made this pillow covers?

I'll share with you this quick DIY Pillow project on Thursday!

More simple than last year for sure

Mix of non-halloween and Halloween  stuff. I added webbing on the bottom part of the rails - super easy but adds a "crawly-feel" to the space!

Cut out mice comes back - they always do, year after year. I've had them since we moved
to this house in 2010, so you can say they are my "Halloween Pets"!!!!! ;-)

Spiders are also oldie "pets" of mine.

My console is all simple too 

Spray-painted a huge branch from a dead-tree black and just placed it inside my brass
bucket and filled it with gauzy fabric. Pumpkins and witches hat plate complete this simple set-up.

Simple Fall Mantel with faux pumpkins and  brass candlesticks

Had to remove the lampshades besides the sofa to avoid any possible mishaps for our little walker ;-)

I'm almost done sharing with you all the Halloween goodness in our home. 

On Thursday I will share with you very Simple DIY projects for Halloween then come Monday, my Top 10 tips for Affordable Halloween Decorating!

Have a Great Week!

VEL 

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Our Girly Halloween Front Porch

Hello Friends!

Today I'd like to share with you our "Girly Halloween" Front Porch!

I know, PINK is not a Halloween Color!

 The Pink mums truly made this entry very "girly" right? But I could not get rid of them just yet since they are so pretty and just bursting with flowers!

I originally got them for Sophia's Birthday, see...

Perfect for the Flamingle Party right?!

But now with Halloween around the corner, I just couldn't get myself to buy more mums, not with these healthy pretty ones I already had!

Used my usual old Threshold pumpkins and bought new real white ones for the simple vignette

I also made this Gold Skeletal hand wreath!

I'll share with you the inspiration & how I made this super easy wreath next week!

Old Dollar Tree signs hand underneath our lights

And I used these Decal Bats I scored From Target last year ( saw them again this year) for an eerie effect inside...

...and outside

Sorry for my bad night time pics, but you can see how Girly our Halloween still is even at night!

I used Purple Lights, but I guess with the mums, it all looks so PINK!!!!!

Remind me to buy orange or green lights for next year!

At least I thought, the kids won't be scared dropping by our house for some treats come Halloween!

Have a Great Weekend!

VEL

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