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DIY Metallic Pumpkin Planters

Post author By vickybarone
Post date November 10, 2016

Before you pack away or toss out your Halloween decorations, how about a little spray paint to transition them into Thanksgiving mode? We took these mini plastic jack-o-lanterns and made them November-ready with a little metallic sheen. Here’s how…

Supplies: mini plastic jack-o-lantern buckets (we got ours at Target, but they can be found in the Dollar Store too!), metallic spray paint, and fresh flowers.

Directions:
1. Remove the plastic handles and discard.
2. In a well-ventilated area (preferably outside!) spray paint the pumpkins.
3. When they pumpkins are fully coated and dry, add some water and fresh flowers.

Aren’t they sweet? How will you decorate with your metallic planters?

Tags autumn, DIY, fall, flowers, metallic, planters, pumpkins, spray paint, thanksgiving

DIY Holidays

DIY Pumpkin Pie Garland

Post author By vickybarone
Post date November 8, 2016

Thanksgiving is coming up and we are making fun decor to get into the spirit! Today we’re sharing a DIY paper garland with everyone’s favorite Thanksgiving dessert…

Supplies: brown and tan paper, mini white pom poms, craft glue, scissors, and twine.

Directions:
1. Cut triangles out of the tan paper to create the base of the pie slices.
2. Cut the brown paper into thin strips.
3. Accordion fold the brown paper and trim to fit the top of the tan pie slices.
4. Glue the brown paper crust to the top of the tan pie slices.
5. Glue the pom poms to the center of each pie slice.
6. When all the glue is dry, flip each of the pie slices over and attach twine to the backs.
7. Hang up your delicious garland and enjoy!

Want to make the felt leaf garland? Click here!

Be sure to follow Vicky Barone on Instagram for lots more holiday inspiration!

Tags bunting, DIY, garland, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, thanksgiving

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DIY Thanksgiving Wreath

Post author By vickybarone
Post date November 4, 2016

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Happy Friday! Today we’re sharing a DIY wreath that’s perfect for Thanksgiving. Here’s how to assemble your own…

Supplies: a wreath (similar), twine, hot glue, patterned scrapbook paper, a paper cutter or scissors, gold foil stickers, and felt leaves.

Directions:
1. Create the bunting by cutting rectangles out of a piece of scrapbook paper that are slightly larger than the gold foil letters.
2. Cut triangles out of the bottoms of each rectangle.
3. Add stickers to each piece of paper.
4. Attach paper flags to two pieces of twine with hot glue.
5. Attach the bunting to the wreath with hot glue on the back. To make it extra secure, weave the extra twine through the wreath on the back, tie knots, and add more hot glue.
6. Follow the instructions here to create the felt leaves. Attach to the bottom of the wreath with hot glue.
7. Hang the wreath with another length of twine.

That’s it! And if you’d like, simply tie the bunting to the back of the wreath instead of using hot glue so you can make the wreath interchangeable for each holiday!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

Tags butning, diyw, felt, give thanks, leaves, wreath

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DIY Felt Leaf Garland

Happy November! Today we’re sharing a no-sew garland to kick off this beautiful Fall month. Here’s how to make your own in no time!

Supplies: felt in Fall colors, a leaf to trace, scissors, hot glue, and twine.

Directions:
1. Choose a leaf design to trace. We sketched one out ourselves, but you can copy one off the Internet, or trace an actual leaf from outside!
2. Make a sturdy leaf-shaped stencil out of cardboard.
3. Trace leaf shape onto felt and cut out.
4. Use hot glue to attach leaves to a piece of twine.
5. Hang and enjoy!

We hope you’re enjoying Fall so far! Don’t forget to follow Vicky Barone on Instagram for more Fall inspiration and a GIVEAWAY!!

Tags autumn, DIY, fall, felt, garland, leaves

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Happy Halloween!

Post author By vickybarone
Post date October 31, 2016

Hooray for Halloween! Here’s a round-up of all the fun projects we shared this month if you’d like to see!

For even more last-minute Halloween inspiration, check out Vicky Barone on Instagram! What are your plans this evening? We’d love to hear!

Wishing you a happy and safe Halloween!

Tags DIY, halloween, round up, things i love

DIY Holidays Recipes

Halloween Candy Melt Cupcakes

Post author By vickybarone
Post date October 28, 2016
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Happy National Chocolate Day! What a wonderful thing to celebrate, especially as we gear up for Halloween! Today we’re sharing a chocolaty treat you are sure to love. Keep scrolling to see how to cook up your own candy melt cupcakes!

Supplies: chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting, candy melts in Halloween colors (we love the “Vibrant Green!”), Ziploc bags, and wax paper.

Directions:
1. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper.
2. Melt candy melts in the microwave according to the directions on the package.
3. Scoop candy melts into a Ziploc bag and cut off one of the corners.
4. Pipe the candy melts onto the cookie sheet slowly to write words. This will take some practice so be patient! We filled up a full cookie sheet of lots of different words and phrases to make sure we got the best versions.
5. Set cookie sheet in refrigerator to harden.
6. Carefully peel away the wax paper (they are very fragile so you may break a few! That’s why it’s always good to have extra words!).
7. Place words into frosted cupcake and enjoy!

You can write in cursive or simply all caps like this BOO cupcake!

Of course we had to add some Places for Faces dessert toppers too! We love to add extra personality to each of our projects and Places for Faces helps us do just that! Check it out and get started making your own!

Just be warned…these cupcakes are so delicious, no one will be able to keep their hands off them. 😉

Tags candy melts, cupcakes, halloween

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DIY Ghost Candles

We have been loving all the adorable ghost candle DIYs we’ve seen on Pinterest so we thought we’d try our own! We love Dollar Store DIYs and were thrilled to find these awesome candles there! Here’s how to make your own…

Supplies: tall glass candles, and a Sharpie.

Directions: Draw silly and spooky faces onto the candles using a Sharpie! That’s it!

It doesn’t get much easier than that! Have any fun Dollar Store DIY hacks? We’d love to hear!

Tags candles, DIY, ghosts, halloween, sharpie

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DIY Juice Box Mummies

Post author By vickybarone
Post date October 26, 2016

Today we’re sharing another super cute Halloween DIY! These Mummy Juice Boxes are perfect for a party or even just a packed lunch for your kiddo! Here’s how we made them…

Supplies: juice boxes, white fabric, scissors, hot glue, and googly eyes.

Directions:
1. Cut 1/4″ notches into the white fabric and use your hands to rip the fabric into strips.
2. Remove the straws from the backs of the juice boxes and set aside.
3. Wrap the fabric strips around the juice boxes, securing with hot glue every few times around.
4. Add googly eyes with hot glue and pull the fabric a little around them to tuck them in.
5. Place the straws nearby so little hands can grab and go!

Aren’t they sweet? What other fun Halloween projects are you working on? We’d love to hear!

Tags DIY, googly eyes, halloween, mummies, mummy