Halloween Glass Vase

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We FINALLY get Fall weather here in Los Angeles, but only for a couple of days.  We're going back to summer by the weekend.  It even rained today with THUNDER and all.  Well, it really was more like a drizzle, but the clouds were very dark and it was very COLD, like 60 degrees farenheit.  

We really need the rain, everyone here loves it when it rains.  It gets people in a good mood everywhere.  Like when I went grocery shopping earlier today.  The guy in front of me let me go first!!!! WHAT???!!! I know, right.  He was buying a case of beer, obviously he was going to watch sports on TV, and he actually let me go first.  That never happens in the summertime.  In the summertime, everyone waits their turn.  The nine month pregnant lady barely able to stand, she waits, the mom with ten screaming kids, she waits, the elderly man with a cane, he waits.  BUT! we get a little drizzle and......everybody turns into Mary Poppins.

I have another Halloween craft today. This one is so easy, you can do it in flash. I first saw something very similar to what I'm showing today at Marshall's and I LOVED it BUT it was $14.99 too pricey, I thought.  I loved it so much that I had to find a way to make it that didn't empty my wallet.  Thank goodness for the Dollar Tree Store, they carry this glass vase that was perfect for this project costing me only a dollar plus supplies I already had at home. 

Here's what the final vase looks like:

First get all your supplies ready: A black or dark brown sharpie, a glass vase from the Dollar Tree Store or 99C only store:

You can also use any left over jars like a coffee ( the one pictued below is from the large size coffee), spaghetti jar, jam jar, what ever you have around.  An easy way to remove the label is with GooGone.

First, peel off the plastic lable with your fingers, then, pour some Goo Gone on a cotton swab or napkin and rub on the label.  The glue residue will dissolve very quickly.  It won't give you any trouble at all.  You can find this product at Lowe's or Home Depot or you can order it online.  Try finding it on www.ebay.com  It is a very inexpensive adhesive remover and works on gum, glue or anything else that's sticky.  It's a little stinky but you'll be happy with the results.

You will also need a bird paper punch, Mod Podge, a sponge, and black paper.  This paper punch is a Martha Stewart brand:

Take your sharpie and draw lines that look like twigs:

If you make a mistake, don't worry, you can erase with acetone:

Next, punch out your birds:

Take your Mod Podge and glue the birds on the ends of the twigs you drew.  And there you have it, a cute Halloween Vase.  I painted some twigs with black glossy spray paint.

 
You can also place a black candle inside or some of those bloody fingers:

Or, take one of those plastic battery operated candles and place inside: 

Happy Decorating, Craft On!




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Spooky Pankcakes

Thank goodness I don't have to hold myself back anymore from decorating for Halloween!! I LOVE Halloween and if I wouldn't worry about "what the neighbors might think" I'd be decorating since August!

I usually already have my costume planned out by the time October 1st comes around.  I usually have all my party invitations done by today too.  It's such a fun Holiday, don't you think? although I love Halloween, I usually favor the non gory stuff (unlike my husband and boys).  I'm more into the pretty Geisha girl or the sexy nurse or the Alice in wonderland.  I would even do the dead bride but hold back on the gory.  Jack and Sally from Nightmare before Christmas is about as gory as I would get.  I guess I'm more of a Disney Halloween kind of girl.  In fact, Disney has this huge party during October that we love to go to.  You get to dress up in your favorite costumes (non gory looking) and have fun the entire night at Disney's California Adventure Park.

To start off this spooky Holiday, I decided to surprise my family with a Halloween themed breakfast.

To create an ambiance, I played a Halloween CD in the background and did a little decorating around the house, I'll post that later.

I use Aunt Jemima pancake mix but you can use your favorite recipe:

Mix ingredients:

 Once you have the batter, add a little food coloring at a time and mix until you have the color you want:

 it will look like this:

 cook your pancakes and be creative when dropping the batter on the hot pan so that you have a little variety of shapes.  Use some of this for decorating:

 the kids can decorate their own pancake (pumpkin)

another idea is to sift some powder sugar on pakcake: NO FOOD COLORING for this one:

Sift the powder sugar on pancake then use the Wilton Gel to decorate:

And for the eggs and bacon man of the house, something I saw in Martha Stewart's magazine:

The trick is to cut the bacon with scissors and place like this:

Cook the egg whites first, manipulate it in the pan to keep the shape of a skull as best you can, then cook each yolk at a time to your desired doneness and place carefully on the skull:

*****BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!*****

Get'em Squished

Today kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness in blogland through Beverly's How Sweet The Sound blog spot.  There are so many people suffering from Cancer each day, I'd like to dedicate this post to everyone who has been affected by the disease.  

This cute little card that was given to me by a friend and now I'm passing on to you.

Happy Pink Saturday Ladies,