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Whimsical Christmas Frame and Free Printables!

November 19, 2012Christmas, Crafts, Guest Post, Printables, TutorialsChristmas, Christmas decoration, Christmas subway art, free printables, glitter, Grinch printable, Grinch subway art, painted and glittered frame, painted frame, painting technique, tutorial, Wood connection, wood frameRita

Hi everyone. Today I am doing a guest post over at The Wood Connection. I am showing how to make this fun whimsical Christmas frame. Be sure to visit them to see a full tutorial on how to paint and glitter this cute little project along with a great technique on how to paint and glitter the wooden dots!

If you are visiting from the Wood Connection…Welcome! I am glad that you are here and hope that you will stay a while and take a look around and that you will want to come back again and again!

Here are the printables for this frame. I have done both 11 x 14 (which is the size frame that I did) and 8 x 10 sizes. Continue reading →

Fall Pillow Wrap

November 6, 2012Fall, Patterns, Sewing, Tutorialsenvelope pillow cover, fall, fall pillow wrap, patterns, pillow form tutorial, pillow wrap pattern, sewing, tutorialRita

Don’t forget to vote today?

That is my little public service announcement! :)

Now on to the post for today:

I have all of my Halloween put away and I have been a little slow on getting my fall/Thanksgiving decorations out. I just am having a hard time getting into it. I think that if I put it off, it will not come as fast! It is not Thanksgiving that I really worry about it is Christmas that seems to come waaay too fast! So let’s just be in denial and see where that gets me! :)

I did get one thing done and put out:

Here is my fall pillow wrap.

I made a linen pillow cover for this one that can be used with other wraps throughout the year. Now I have my black one from Halloween and a linen one. I should be able to use these two pillows with most any wraps!

I love the fall leaves in this fabric with the orange polka dot ruffles. Polka Dots and ruffles just go together, do they not? And the brown ric rac finishes it off so perfectly!

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What a Week!

October 20, 2012Candy, Fall, Gift ideas, Recipes, TutorialsAladdin, Apple pie carmel apples, apples, Candy, Caramel, caramel apples, cinnamon, fall, fall treat, gift ideas, Hairspray, recipe, Tuacahn theater, tutorial, white chocolateRita

This has been a busy week here at the ranch. Even though we are empty nesters it does not mean that we slow down very much!

My husband and I took a quick little trip to St. George, (Southern Utah) the first few days of the week. We went to two of the Tuacahn Theater Shows, “Aladdin” and “Hairspray”. They were both so good and the weather was pretty good although the first night we were there the wind came up and it got downright cold! We figured if we were going to see these shows that we had better go now, because they are going to end this week! We really enjoy going to the different shows every year! Thriller starts next week and I would love to see that one too, but I doubt that we will make it back down there to see that one! Maybe next year!

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Ruffled Halloween Dishtowels

October 15, 2012Halloween, Sewing, Tutorialsdish towels, halloween, Halloween dish towel, ruffled dish towels, ruffled Halloween dish towels, sewing, sewing tutorial, tutorialRita

I love to decorate my kitchen for the holidays, because that is where we spend so much time!

So I thought that these ruffled dish towels would be just the thing that I needed to make my kitchen a little more festive for Halloween. Continue reading →

The Best Ever Halloween Countdown!

October 12, 2012Candy, Crafts, Halloween, Printables, TutorialsCandy, craft, curling ribbon, gift idea, halloween, Halloween countdown, plastic spider, plastic wrap, play dough, printable, printable Halloween toppers, printable numbers, ribbon, temporary tattoos, the best ever Halloween countdown, tutorialRita

Do you want to know why this is the best ever Halloween Countdown?

1-it is super cute!

2-it is easy to put together!

3-you can throw it away when you are done, no storing for next year!

4-you probably have most of the supplies already!

5-your kids will LOVE it!

6-you will be known as the best mom/grandma/aunt ever!

7-this countdown is for 13 spooky days, not 31 which is an overkill!

Is that enough reasons or do you need one more, all of the work has been done for you and all you have to do is print, cut, gather supplies and put it together, how easy is that?

So does anyone what to make a darling Halloween countdown for all of your kiddos? Continue reading →

Meet Tilly the Witch!

October 5, 2012Crafts, Fall, Halloween, Tutorialscraft, fall, halloween, Halloween decorations, Halloween porch decorations, Halloween tree, Tilly the witch, tutorial, witch boot, Witch decoration, Witch scarecrowRita

Today I would like you to meet my newest friend… Tilly. That is short for Matilda. She is so kind and has agreed to come and stay with us for awhile! She is not much trouble at all and even though she may look a little odd, we have tried to make her feel right at home here.

I just love making new friends…don’t you too? Continue reading →

It’s a Wrap!

September 28, 2012Crafts, Halloween, Patterns, Sewing, Tutorialsbed pillow, decorative wrap for pillow, free pattern, Halloween pillow, pattern, pillow, pillow form, pillow form tutorial, pillow wrap, sewing, tutorialRita

Today I have a fun pillow wrap with a full pattern for you! You might just want to run out a purchase the supplies so that you can make one of these this weekend! They are so easy and so cute.

By making a simple pillow cover and different wraps, you will be able to change the look of ONE pillow for any season of the year.

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“Eye” Candy Jars

September 24, 2012Candy, Crafts, Fall, Halloween, TutorialsCandy, candy jar, candy jar tutorial, craft, eye candy jar, fall, halloween, Halloween decoration, Halloween treat, marshmallows, tutorialRita

I have some exciting news to share with you today! I am going to be showing how to make these candy jars on Good Things Utah

on Monday, Oct. 8th at 10 am. I would love for you to join me and watch the tutorial of how to put these cute little babies together!

But for all my readers, here is the tutorial for you to make an “Eye” Candy Jar like these that we made at our craft retreat. They are so easy to make and yet are so darling! The thing that I love about these jars is that you can eat the candy after the holiday is done and then fill it up again for the next holiday! Apparently they make “Peeps” for most every holiday! Something that I didn’t know because I don’t like to eat them.

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Wire frame and Haunted House

September 18, 2012Crafts, Fall, Gift ideas, Halloween, Tutorialscrafts, decorated clothes pins, fall, gift idea, Halloween crafts, Mod Podge, The Wood Connection, tutorial, vintage Halloween post cards, Wired frame, wooden Haunted houseRita

Here are a couple of the projects from our retreat… a fun wired frame with covered clothes pins and a darling Haunted House with a bat to boot! I paired them up together to put in my front entry hall and they look just BOOtiful!

So does anyone want to make a fun wired frame? Continue reading →

Wicked Board

September 14, 2012Crafts, Halloween, Patterns, Tutorialscrafts, great trick to seal vinyl, halloween, Halloween Board, Mod Podge, paint, tutorial, vinyl, vinyl pattern, Wicked boardRita

This weekend we are doing a Girl’s Craft Retreat and this painted board is one of my projects! I did one of these here and I told you that I would show you how to make one, so here it is! I have a great little trick for you that will help you get clean, crisp lines with no paint seeping under.

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