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Halloween Porch

October 7, 2014Decorating, Halloweenbug lights, gourds, Halloween decorating ideas, Halloween lampshade, Halloween lights, Halloween porch, Halloween porch decorations, Halloween porch ideas, pumpkins, strobe lights, sunflower head, when witches go riding signRita

I have some fun pictures today from my friend’s Halloween porch! She always has a beautiful yard with flowers and pots everywhere in the summer and this is what it looks like now for Halloween! Continue reading →

Thanksgiving Table Centerpiece

November 15, 2011Crafts, Fall, For the Homebattery votive, black beans, fall centerpiece, glitter blast paint, gourds, pumpkins, ribbonRita

I had to make some centerpieces for a small dinner last weekend and this is what I came up with. I thought that they looked festive without too much work!

I found this black fabric with gold glitter in the design, so I thought that I could just use the gourds and pumpkins leftover from Halloween. I used the gold Krylon Glitter Blast spray paint to paint them and then just simply tied ribbons and tulle on them. For the jars, I filled them up with black beans and put a battery votive candle down in the beans. Then I tied the jars with a pretty metallic gold ribbon…

And I think that they turned out pretty cute with out a lot of time or money! You could also put popcorn kernels, candy, rice, or just about anything in the jars to make your candles. I think I will have to use this idea again for Christmas, with red and green candies in the jar!

Do you have any fun, easy ways to decorate your tables? I would love to hear from you!

Pumpkin planter aka “Mumkin”

October 12, 2011Crafts, Fall, Flowers and Gardenfall, flowers, gourds, mumkin, mums, pumpkinRita

I saw this darling idea on Pinterest and just had to make it. I think they called it a “Mumkin!”All you do is hollow out a pumpkin. Make the hole in the top big enough to put your pot of flowers in. After I cleaned out all the guts, (which, by the way, you will want to clean and save all of those seeds, because I have a yummy recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds coming tomorrow!) I filled up my pumpkin with water and added a litle bit of bleach to it. I let the water run over the edges and down the outside of the pumpkin. This helps the pumpkin not rot as fast. Empty the bleach water and let the pumpkin dry out for awhile. Add your potted plant and a cute bow and waala, you’ve got a darling “Mumkin!”Make sure that you take the pot out of the pumpkin to water it and let it drain good before putting it back in. I am also going to spray bleach/water to the inside of the pumpkin when I take the pot out to water. I have heard that your pumpin should last about 2 weeks by doing this. Then when my pumpkin has finally wilted too much, I will just hollow out a new pumpkin to put my pot in!Add some pretty gourds around it and you have a fun fall arrangement!

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Happy fall y’all!