Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Halloween

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Halloween

Halloween  #Crafts  #Centerpiece #Halloween Decorations

Halloween is coming soon.  I love decorating for Halloween.  I know you never know what I am going to write about.  I write about weight loss, but this is my place to write about my life.  

My life is made up of many things.  Crafting is one of the things I do for fun.  I actually have a craft room in my house.  So when I am not writing about weight loss, crafting is one of the things I do.  I do lots of scrapbooking too!

So I cook, clean, decorate, craft, scrapbook, play on social media, exercise, have a family and many other things.  I am a mom.  That is what we do.  I guess everyone is supposed to have a niche.  I think my niche is being a Mom.  Maybe I should devote different days to different topics.  Hmmm!  Something for me to think about!

Papercrafting

Halloween  #PaperCrafting  #HalloweenDecorating  #Halloween

This is my favorite papercrafting tool.  It is a Cricut.  The Cricut is a die cut machine that uses cartridges.  

I used the cricut to cut the paper to decorate the centerpiece.  You can buy the pre-cut pieces at a Michaels, JoAnn's or Archiver's. You could also use stencils or if you are good, you could free hand cut the decorations.  You can easily make stencils by printing pictures from the computer.

Halloween  #PaperCrafting #Halloween #HalloweenDecorating

I purchased my mini bale of straw at Michael's.  When I bought it I paid about $3.50 for it.  I used paper to cut out all of the decorations, most of which I already had.  So I made a cut centerpiece for less than $4.00.  

Halloween  #PaperCrafting  #Halloween #Hallloween Decorating

I used straight pins to secure the decorations into the straw.  I used thin wire to suspend the letters and decoration above the other pieces.

I put this together in less than an hour.  It would take longer if you are hand cutting the decorations.

So, if you are looking for a cheap, easy table centerpiece for Halloween, this is it!

22 comments:

  1. Very awesome! I have two friends who love Halloween like no other. :)

    It's a fun time to decorate.

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    1. It is fun to decorate! I like pumpkins and fall things. I am ready to get started.

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  2. Very cute and my husband is more the artist crafty one, but going to show this to him. Thanks for sharing Betty!! :)

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    1. Thanks Janine! It's fun that your husband likes to do the crafty stuff. My husband just likes to look at what I do.

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  3. Halloween is one of my favs too. That centerpiece looks great!

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    1. Thanks, Linda!! I think it is so fun to do things up for Halloween!

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  4. You are very creative Betty.... I am not... maybe I just don't have the time... someday :)

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    1. I bet you are creative! I think everyone has some creative ability, it is just having the time and desire to do it.

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  5. So cute and creative!!! Love love love it!! I'm getting in the spirit too!! Dying to go to Hobby Lobby for some more stuff!!

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    1. Lauren, thanks so much! I am in trouble, they have just opened a Hobby Lobby ten minutes from my house. They also put in a Home Goods store! My friend and I are going to be broke!!

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    1. Thanks so much, Angelina! I love you playing around with things and seeing what I can come up with.

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  7. the display is so cute! I love it!

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    1. Thanks, Alexipanda! It really is easy to make.

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  8. This is so neat! Thanks for sharing!
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  9. This is fantastic. I have come to your blog for the first time through friday blog hop and love your blog to. Hope you have a great day and a fantastic weekend. Lots of love. Anne. xxx

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Anne. I will get over to see your blog too! I hope your weekend is wonderful too!

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Thanks!!! Betty