Halloween Decor - 7/10 -Clip Board Frames

Here's a funky Halloween craft.  I found some old clip boards, and gave them a coat of white spray paint.

I embellished them with images from Graphics Fairy using the decoupage methode, then I added some ribbon and bling. (The word nevermore was stamped)

The black watch face is set at 12:00 and set in the middle of a antique crepe paper rosette.

Love the skeleton and skull graphics, thank you Karen ... and oh so spooky.

Topped with crumpled seam binding and an old button with a rhinestone.

This is how they look with your Halloween photos clipped in place.  I left room for a 4 by 6.

Getting Away to Play with the Girls!!

Last weekend I broke out of my comfort zone and attended my church's ladies' auxiliary retreat at the Girls Camp a half an hour up the canyon from our small town.

 Many of us worked on projects Friday afternoon, such as the quilt squares shown to the right, along with my friend Ginny's Featherweight Sewing machine.  These girls are serious perfectionists!!  The quilts they worked on were lovely!

Above I am shown with the President of the auxiliary who serves over 10 congregations, it was my first time to meet her, and there is just one word to describe her.  FUN!  We are shown in front of the KOHOLOWO sign, which is the name of our girls camp.

To the right are the fun and funky 'judges' who judged the random skits, we did in mixed groups with people we didn't know. I got to be the mother of 8 daughters and a son, holding a family home evening ... we didn't win, but we had some grown women who did an excellent job of acting childish!

Not everyone spent the night, but Jeanine, Myself, and Ginny were the die hards from our group.  We had a great time with lovely meals, the skits, craft time, in which I worked on my Smash Book, a lively discussion lead by our Stake President and a romantic comedy to help us wind down.

We even got a goodie bag to take home, filled with lots of high quality care products, a really nice bonus for a lovely event.  Thanks to all those who spent hours preparing and carrying out the plans for this lovely retreat which benefited 100s of ladies!!

Halloween Decor - 4,5,6/10 - In Black and White

 

In putting together this spooky display, I managed to complete three different thrifty and quick Halloween projects in the process!!

 

First is the dapper skeleton.  He was a find on Graphics Fairy, printed off on the page of an old dictionary, and framed in a black dollar store frame.  Great impact for a buck!!

 Second of all is the white pumpkins that spell BOO!  They are also from the dollar store and were sprayed white, with cute letters decoupaged in place, which were found at Graphics Fairy.

The bird cage is from my own stash, but the black crow was found at the dollar store.

As was our laughing skeleton, dressed in a black card stock top hat to match his compatriot on the other side of the shelf.

 The Third thrifty project was the sweet and spooky small pennant banner, which took me 20 minutes to make from supplies on hand! Phew!

 

I loved how this thrifty display came together, and as you can see, so far I am staying with my resolution to do an all black and white Halloween this year!!  Thanks for taking a peek!

 

I am so excited, this post is being featured at Share Your Cup Thursday go take a peek and see what other amazing and fun blogs have been featured, thanks!