This week I decided to do as many different Halloween nails as I could! I couldn't choose just one or two! So I did 5 different designs!

Here they are all together!


Linking up with

The Nail Files

the Nail Link Up - Pumpkin and Creepy

We went to Schweizer's Orchard's pumpkin patch last Saturday and had a great time!!! We picked our own pumpkins and got some apples, squash, and gourds. We saw friends of ours and the boys saw friends from Savannah. Blake is friends with the Orchard owner's son, Cole. He was so excited that Cole was at Cole's Orchard (which is what he calls it).  See the full post HERE.

Anyway, Andrew always does the carving of the pumpkins, usually while I am at Parent Teacher Conferences so I don't get many pictures. It's their thing. He has carved some amazing pumpkins over the years! Yoda, Darth Vader, a monkey, owl, elephant, creepy skeleton face, elephant, vampire, werewolf and more! This year he's going to try using the drill for Ava's Tinkerbell pumpkin.

I prefer decorating the foam pumpkins that will last from year to year! So here are things to do with a pumpkin besides carve it. As usual I try to share with you ideas that are doable with supplies that are relatively easy to obtain.

1. Washi Tape

I just love these little pumpkins from Fox Hollow Cottage. How easy are they? This is something you could even do with the kiddos for a class party or kids Halloween party. Who doesn't have tons of washi tape laying around? I know I do!

2. Buttons and a Bow

I love this button pumpkin!! I searched forever but could never find the original source. I would use tiny pins to pin on the buttons then some paint to paint the stem, and some wired ribbon for a bow. This would work on a real or foam pumpkin.

3. Ribbon

I love the idea of using ribbon on a pumpkin! Probably cause I love ribbon! This is one I did last year. I used pins to attach the ribbon. I love it! So easy!

4. Use Lace or Patterned Hose!


Isn't this lace pumpkin from Dot Girl Blog chic? Super easy too! I can also see using patterned panty hose or tights! Top with a bow to finish it off.

5. Crayon Drip Art
I love the creativity of this Crayon Drip Art pumpkin from The Swell Designer. How fun is this? There are so many possibilities! You could mask off parts and then remove the mask to leave parts white. Simple fun and easy!

6. Spray Paint
I love how Emily from 52 Mantels uses Vinyl which you can cut by hand or with your Silhouette Cameo then spray paints this cute polka-dot monogram pumpkin. Two things I love polka-dots and initials!!! I am seeing chevrons, names, all kinds of ideas.

7. Glitter it!


Who doesn't love glitter? (my husband, school custodians but aside from them) I love this large Initial glitter pumpkin my Meredith at UnOriginal Mom. She used double sided sticky paper from Silhouette. You could also use large glue dots to make glitter polka dots or go old school with a taped off design and glue with glitter.

8. Rhinestones

I absolutely love this Rhinestone Initial Pumpkin I created (shameless plug I know!) but really it was SO easy! I found the S out of rhinestones pre-made at Micahels Craft store then created the oval design around it with another sheet of different sized rhinestones. See THIS post for full details.

9. Wrap it with Yarn
I love these cozy yarn wrapped pumpkins from Everything Under the Moon. She used foam pumpkins and I love the yarn she chose.

10. Modge podge leaves or other items


This is so fun! I am already thinking of other things that I could decoupage to a pumpkin! This picture comes from Decorating Your Small Space.

 Being a mom and a teacher is sometimes one of the hardest things for me! I want to be super involved with Kaden's class but I have a class of my own to worry about! This was the first party of the year and I knew I wanted to make something for the kiddos and I didn't want it to be candy! They will have plenty of that after tonight!  So I remembered a blog post I saw like TWO years ago where they made goo in jars and decorated them with scrap supplies and MS's drippy goo punch. It was actually what made me HAVE to get that punch!

Now Halloween week is always crazy for everyone but at our school it's a little extra insane! For us it's Halloween week, Red Ribbon Week, Grandparents Week, Book Fair oh and Parent Teacher Conferences! Sheesh! I am so glad October is almost over!

Anyways, back to the project! I set off to make jars of goo inspired by my MS drippy goo punch. Easy enough. I aquired the jars, had Andrew (Mr. Krafty Mama) paint the lids black, and set off to decorating. I had a great idea for the lids using the Cricut Pumpkin Carving Cartridge! Here is what I came up with.

Cute? I thought so! I also had a bat topper. I went with Cats and Bats for Kindergarteners and pumpkins on the side - I tried a square with Boo on the side but I need a new matte? blade? cause it wouldn't cut! The teacher isn't too fond of Halloween so I didn't want to go all out with witches and ghosts. Notice anything missing?

The Next Step was the GOO for inside! I looked up recipes online and decided on glue and liquid starch.

It took 6 BIG bottles of glue and 3 cups of liquid starch to make enough for 32 jars! I tinted it with green food coloring. My tip is let it sit out for a bit this seems to get rid of the extra stickiness - or use more liquid starch oh and DON'T stir - you have to knead it with your hands!

So at 11:30 Tuesday night - before conferences Wednesday I was finishing up my goo!

 I got it all in the jars and decided the ribbon could wait till tomorrow!

Here is a picture with the ribbon - which my fourth graders helped me tie on at Study Hall on Thursday cause it didn't get done Wednesday night! I was exhausted and had papers to grade (which didn't get done either). Notice anything missing yet?

Well they were a HUGE hit - the parents all thought they were incredible and the kids loved them! I managed to run back and forth between both parties and there were no major catastrophes! Only a blown breaker and fire alarm set off - but that was from the 4th graders - oh and ours was only the first fire alarm! The rest were 3rd grade! LOL

Evidence of a Happy Boy:

so did you figure out what was missing?!?!?

The DIPPY GOO punch!

Sheesh!

Oh well there is always Blake's class in kdg!

 It's Friday peeps! And I am at HOME! The only good thing about this insane week is that we get Friday off!

Today I have a little project I made for my secret pal for October. We do Secret Pal all school year long giving them one thing per month. I really slacked in September and didn't package the chocolate I gave her very cute. It's hard to be super crafty cause then they can narrow it down to those of us on staff who are crafty. My secret pal doesn't know me very well so hoping she won't think it's me. My secret pal listed water, cranberry juice and tea as her favorite drinks so I came up with this.

 I used an Ocean Spray to go powdered drink mix and decorated it up with a bottle of water. I used Taylored Expressions Fright Night Labels, which are awesome! I stamped the border in SU's Elegant Eggplant and the words in Pumpkin Pie and the Spider on the drink pouch in Pallette Noir - I drew his little strand of web with a marker. The border and sentiment were so easy to cut out with the template and die from Taylored Expressions. To make the hanger I used some paper out of my stash and punched a hole on the top and scored it so it would lay nicely. I made the little pouch with some cs and brads. I wrapped the drink powder with cs and used a border punch on the top with a little ribbon. I totally cased the idea off the Taylored Expressions website.

 Here's the front close up!

And here's the back view - I wrapped some patterned paper around the label of the water and added some ribbon and a tag.

Oh and just a cute fun little  Halloween picture of our pup Boomer.

Have a great day!

The grave stone and overall cemetery feel was my inspiration! I started by cutting my card front from SU's only orange and I stamped (with some masking) grave stones on the orange in Smokey Shadow. It is just a little dollar stamp from Michael's but worked perfectly for this! It is the only actual stamping on this card. Then for the moon I punched a circle out of lemon tart cs and spritzed it with Yellow Daisy Glimmer mist that I got at CKC. I then put the fancy frame transparency on. On top of the transparency I punched out the fence with my MS border punch on Smokey Shadow cs and spritzed it with Black Magic Glimmer Mist and adhered it to the card. I thought the raven/crow was a fun little addition and it came in the package with the frame. It is popped up on dimensionals and is all glittery! Finally at the bottom I had some space so I took some seam binding that I had glimmer misted and crumpled and I pleated it for the bottom. I decided that it didn't need a sentiment on the front that it said enough as it is!

My next card is a nice CAS little card - but I LOVE it!

So my friend Jaala over at Witch Crafts enabled me to get the Spellbinders Candy Corn dies - not that it was hard as I mentioned before I LOVE all things Candy Corn! It pretty much went like this: Jaala - so I want to make a banner with my candy corn dies. ME - candy corn dies? what, where, how do I get them? And I ordered them from Creative Play Stamps that day. Anywho, I had this idea for a card with just the big candy corn and this is what I came up with. Because it is so simple I gave it some pizazz by Glimmer Misting each piece! Super simple but oh so cute! I had to go buy the Happy Halloween stamp because get this - I didn't have one! Trick or Treat, boo and several other but not an actual HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Stamped it in Pallete Black Noir and there you have it! Oh and the candy corn candle? Cute right? It's a locally made candle by SAHM's candles. They are the best! long lasting, strong scent and cheap! You can find them at the Rusty Chandelier or Victorian Joe, I think she has a FB page too. Well Thanks for stopping by today! I have more to share with you if I can find the time this week with Parent Teacher Confrences!