Halloween: Glammed Up Dollar Tree Signs

This week's link party continues here.

If you've been in Dollar Tree, no doubt you've seen their collection of Halloween signs. They're cute as is but you know us Makers...can't leave anything as is! I bought two to play with. 

Supplies:

• Dollar Tree Halloween Signs
• Misc. Paints and Embellishments
• Glitter Roses (Dollar Tree)

I picked up this Skeleton sign (and a Ghost one I'll show below). I also found these glittered rose clips that looked fun to play with. I thought I was going to use this broken skeleton but ended up saving it for a yet to be determined project. 

The rose color didn't work with my palette. Enter the rose clips.

I used a wire cutter to clip the "stem" from the rose, and removed the bottom petals. 

I used hot glue to adhere the remaining rose to the one on the sign, then filled in with the other petals and clipped a few more from another rose. I used the remaining roses as shown in the corners of the frame. I used some acrylic paint in pearl white to highlight the teeth and some random "swooshes" over the head. 

I love these DT irregular gems. I pick them up whenever I see them in various colors. These I used to emphasize the eyes, combining the clear, light and dark greys randomly. 

I added some other gemstones on the spider webs and bug. 

I also picked up this "boo" Ghost Sign. Again, cute as is, but...

I went over the ghost with some dimensional glitter paint. 

I liked that it gave the ghost a little texture. And of course GLITTER! Then I used more Creatology Gems (Michaels) to accent the eyes.

More of the DT gems, this time in clear and two shades of gold. While they're self-adhesive, I used some strong glue because sometimes when you store things here in the desert, adhesives don't hold long term. For this one, I decided to highlight the candle. 

Finished by adding more small gems to the spider webs. 

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BFF Open House

 

Happy Friday Eve, all! How is it already the middle of September? Monsoon season is going out with a bang. Literally! Thunder and lightning storms in these mountain foothills by me, and rain to let the Saguaros store up water for the dry months.  Completed another journey around the sun this week and thankful to be here. 

I'm still in my joy creating Halloween projects. This week I shared:

Glam Pumpkin Bucket Makeover

Glam Skeleton Bath

And as always, you've all been busy! Let's take a look at some of the ideas shared at last week's party. 

Pillowcases are a great way to switch out decor each season, and these DIY Pillow Cases from Krafty Planner are PERFECT! 

Fresh Vintage by Lisa S, shared a beautiful Paper Leaf Fall Wreath. 

Perfect for Fall. Perfect for kids and adults. This Coffee Filter Pumpkin from Darcy and Brian is simply, perfect. 

Finally, and right on time for the season, peep these Pumpkin Roll Crumbl-inspired cookies from Fat Dad Foodie! 

Thanks to everyone who linked up! Keep the creativity flowing. 

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Halloween: Glam Bath Skeleton

 

You've probably seen multiple versions of this as candles. I did a slightly different twist on this based on randomly walking past some bowls at Walmart. Like many of my ideas, this is how they come to me.

Supplies: 

• Halloween Themed or Black Bowl (Walmart)
• Mini Skeletons (Dollar Tree)
• Aluminum Foil (Dollar Tree)
• Iridescent Vase Filler (Michaels)
• Clear and/or White Glue (Elmers, Walmart)
• Mini Bottles (Dollar Tree)
• Washi Tape

The skeleton was an extra from a garland I cut up. The bowl was $.70 at Walmart and I love the outside. 

This wouldn't be great for a candle since it's plastic and I'd worry about it melting. So I decided I'd use vase filler instead! The first step was to remove the legs from the skeleton and position the torso and legs opposite each other in the bowl. I attached these to the bowl with hot glue. 

I scrunched up a wad of aluminum foil and just placed in the bottom of the bowl. Don't worry about gluing it in because the vase filler/glue will keep it firmly in place. 

I spread the vase filler over top of the foil and then used both the white and clear glue to cover. I thought I had more clear glue, but I didn't, so I used the white glue too, which dries clear, so no biggie. 

You can see the iridescence of the vase filler and I used these mini-bottles from Dollar Tree to make my bath salts and bubble bath. 

Cover the top with your glue and then set aside to dry. I left it for about 24 hours. I filled on bottle with the vase filler, the other with a glycerin/water mix, vase filler, and glitter. Wrapped each with coordinating washi tape and hot glued in place. 

And here's Mr. Skelly enjoying his bath! 

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Halloween: Glam Pumpkin Bucket Floral Arrangement

 

This week's BFF Open House Link Party continues here through today! 

Who says the classic plastic pumpkin bucket is only for trick or treating? I grabbed one at Walmart and had fun with it. 

Supplies:

• Plastic Pumpkin Bucket (Walmart)
• Multi Surface Acrylic Paint (Waverly)
• Black Acrylic Paint and Fine Paint Brush
• Creatology Gems (Michaels)
• Dimensional Glue (Glossy Accents)

The classic plastic pumpkin bucket. $1.97 at Walmart. 

I used this Wavely No Prep Paint that goes on anything. Plastic can be tricky to paint because normal acrylic kind of beads up. I used a sponge spouncer thingy to apply, and then went back over any bare spots. 

I knew I'd be filling it so I didn't worry about painting the inside and once filled, you can't tell. 

I went over the eyes and teeth with a bright silver acrylic paint to make them stand out. 

Then, outlined the eyes and mouth with black acrylic paint using a small brush. 

I grabbed my little jar of Creatology Gems (Michaels) and went to work adding them to the eyes and mouth, and hearing "too much work" from Mr. Chocolate. 

It actually went pretty fast. I love the Glossy Accents glue for that reason. It grabs things quickly. and unlike some glues, doesn't leave strings. 

I found these black floral picks at Walmart and already had some other floral picks in my stash. I grabbed a block of styrofoam (Dollar Tree) and placed it in my pumpkin along with some tissue paper to hold it in place. Then added my florals. 

Yes, my desk is a mess! But it's a workspace so... I found the black and white pumpkins at Dollar Tree...one of my earliest Halloween purchases this year and good thing too because I haven't seen them since. 

I played with the florals until I was happy and voila!

If it sits still, it gets blinged. That's why the hubs and dog stay moving!

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