DIY halloween day one: spooky flowers.

I'm going to try to post some easy, Halloween crafts for the next week-ish.  Would LOVE to send out a daily post each day until the 31st, but we'll see.  I know, I know - I haven't even posted the junk Mom and I have been going through during the last couple of weeks.  I'll get to it....eventually. :)

Below are some spooky flowers I made a couple years ago...Yes, I specially store them in our Halloween bin when it goes in the attic each year.  Look, this was when I had ALL the time in the world and I proudly claimed four-legged animals as my babies.  Who knows if these will last after this year...

These are easily made with crepe paper streamers, floral wire, and tape.  Now, this is my kind of craft.  I got this idea from {Country Living Magazine}.  The key is making sure you keep a good pinch when you wrap the streamer around the wire (you'll see what I mean in step 2 of the tutorial).  

Here are mine:

Yes, you can still see the floral wire...

Yes, one of the flower "heads" is thrown in there - not attached to anything...

but I think they're neat.

Here is the tutorial if you want to make your own:

Spooky Flowers Tutorial - Country Living Magazine

Like the Ricky Mortis headstone and black bird?  Both came from Dollar Tree...and the vintage photo came from an antique store.  I have no idea who any of the people are, but they are displayed in my home. :)

Happy Monday!

-S

GE antique.

I've been going through some old photos from a couple of years ago, and I came across these...Check out this antique that was in the basement of our previous house.  It was fully functional, too.  It took awhile for it to heat up, but I did bake some biscuits in it!  Would have LOVED to have taken this with us when we moved, but it was EXTREMELY heavy, which must have been why the other previous owners had left it.  Anyway, no idea what the new owners of the home have done with it...I kinda hope it's still in that basement where I'm sure it's been for many, many years still outlasting newer, trendier models...

mirror teaser.

I've been working on giving life to an old mirror that I found at a local, antique store.  It was on the second story of the store (therefore, not gettin' any looks), and it was marked down in price.  When I bought it, I thought that it wouldn't be too difficult to transform; however, it's taken a lot longer than I thought.  Other project people, can y'all relate?  Yesterday, I touched up a few more spots, and I'm waiting to paint a clear coat to complete it.  Once the sun comes back out, I'll haul it to the deck and finish it.  Until then, it's in pieces in our front room.  Anyway, here is a teaser...

Oh ya, this piece will be for sale. :)

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-S