Easy Sweet Poison

For our Halloween party this year, i wanted something fun to give out as prizes. I have made a bunch of cute things, but this is by far my most ingenious idea. POISON BOTTLES!! Their so cheap and super easy. My 5 year old could do it.

Start off with a few essentials...

 a LARGE cork.

 Some candy, separated by color.

AND... a cheap flower vase. Mine came from the Dollar store.

After you have all these things, put the candy in the vase, and the cork in the top. TA-DA!! 

Isn't that so easy it makes ya sick?? I wanted a cute tag for my Poison so those that were receiving would get what it was... Lets be honest, some of our friends are not up to par... So i found these cute vintage tags online and printed them off.

They came looking old and haggard just how i wanted them. I took the stamp set i recently purchased from Joann's and some Dollar store green ink, and made a mess. I LOVE IT!

Then to attach the label, i stapled a piece of string onto it, and tied it right onto the neck of the bottle.

Finished! and soooo cute!  I made these in 6 other colors. I think they'll be a hit.

Upcycled Pumpkins

Here is another great example of reusing things that would have otherwise been considered "trash".  There were plain jane pumpkins, and they needed something to make them 'pop' and draw attention.

So i added layered paper, and some paint. Then antiqued the edges, and highlighted with orange glitter gel.

In about 20 min i turned the pumpkins into this:



As you can see their just a bit bigger then a soda can. As much as i love these, I need the room for my other Halloween and fall decor, so these will be sold in my Etsy.



Teaching Trendy.

I try so often to teach those around me that you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to have fashionable designs in your home. Most of the things in my home were second hand that I breathed new life into. Or they were something Trendy that I wanted without spending 3x what it was worth.

My newest project is a set of grapevine pumpkins that i saw at Micheals. Their darling! and their also $$.
These are the pumpkins.

This was prett easy to make. And i made 2 of them. Then sprayed them black. Im goining to tuck a small strand of lights through each one. They cost me about 9$ a piece to make. which is nice compaired to the 29.99 they wanted elsewhere...

Im telling you guys. Trendy home decor doesn't have to cost you a month's salary. :)

Candle Holders, and Candles

So as promised, I completed a set of candle holders to use as a demo for out "making trendy" night.  Their pretty simple to make, and they can be painted in any color so you could make them for any holiday. Im thinking I want a set in Red to match our christmas decor.

Anyways, here they are!

I am making another set of these to sell, so if you love these but don't trust your creative tallents, you can look for them on my etsy HomeDecorBoutique@etsy.com

As for my candles, I love pillar candles, but I wish they could stand out more. So here are the candles i made to use with the stands.

The lighting is so bad, their green with orange and glittery purple.  AND I'll be teaching how to make these also. I think i might double up the classes on these and teach them together, so let me know what you think :)

I think they turned out great and its making me crazy for halloween!!!



4x4 Pumpkins

So i know its a bit early but fall is fast approching. In honor of that i want to get started on my fall decor. And one of my favorite things about fall and autumn... PUMPKINS!! Man i love pumpkins. So to start out my "Making Trendy" class i thought we would do some easy wood workings.

Ok, The pumpkins that we are making on August 13th are simillar to these ones.

The stems of our pumpkins will be slightly different though. and I wll be teaching how to add a rustic touch to the pumpkins.  Space is limited so the quicker you sign up the better. After all, this is taught in my home! If you don't live in the area but would like to own a set of these, email me at Shaehales@yahoo.com and we can set something up :) Thanks!