Autumn Wreath DIY

As this was my first time making a wreath I wasn't quite sure what kind I wanted to do - Halloween or Autumn? The Halloween wreaths that I had seen around seemed like a whole lot of hard work requiring difficult to get materials and as I just wanted to keep this one simple I went with the Autumn wreath - plus I had most of the makings of it to hand.

I bought a cheap euro-store Halloween wreath and removed all of the things that were stuck to it (a scarecrow and some plastic leaves) as I couldn't find a vine wreath anywhere else and that's what I wanted for this project.

That done, I made the two large bows from upholstery webbing that I had in the house, using a simple bow tutorial that I found online.  I bought some faux mini pumpkins/gourds (which also came in handy for the Autumnal Centrepiece in my last post). I added some straw that I had also pulled off the original wreath and glued everything on using a hot glue gun.  Two more tiny bows which I made with orange scrap ribbon from my collection and it was done.

Thanks for looking and good luck making your own Autumn wreath.

Bye for now

No Magic....

To celebrate the scary season, here is my final Halloween decoration for this year.  I found the idea for this one on the internet and I believe the design originally came from a stencil.  However, I didn't have the stencil so I used a mix of typography transfer and découpage and I am very pleased with the way it turned out.  I made some small additions of my own too, to add some depth and character. This plaquette was a commission and I'm thrilled to say that it's owner loved it.  I do think this one has something special and I was sorry to see it go - I will make some more like this next Halloween using different colour schemes.  What do you think? Let me know by leaving a comment here or on my Facebook page which you can access through the Facebook tab at the top of this page.  Thanks for looking, have a magical Halloween!

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Halloween Countdown

Every year I post a Halloween craft and this year is no different.  You may remember the Scary Lanterns and the Painted Halloween Plates that I posted in previous years and which are still being used today and look just as good as when I first made them.  With only 6 days left, I am running a little late this year but I have been working hard creating some cute Halloween wall decor.  This year it's in the form of plaquettes large and small.  Today I am posting on one of the bigger ones.  I will post again later in the week on the others

For this one, I used a range of media from acrylics, tissue paper and print paper to sharpies etc. and ended up with this flying witch wall plaquette for my front door.  It has been given several coats of varnish so that it's weatherproof but this would look equally as nice as an indoor decoration.  It got the thumbs up from my DS so that's the main thing!!  Hope you enjoyed looking, let me know what you think by leaving a comment.  Have a scary Halloween!