4 THANKSGIVING CRAFTS AND A "BOO" BANNER

I know, I know.....I've neglected this blog.  There's a great reason for this.....I've totally neglected crafting!  I'm recommitted to taking some time for me to create and post what I finish.  I have stored up lots of ideas and supplies lately and hope banish procrastination!  Here are 4 crafts that I actually accomplish recently for Thanksgiving.  First, Turkey Flowers as seen here.  I really love how mine turned out!

 Second, my burlap placemats.  I've seen these on several blogs.  My mom made the placemats for me, just a zigzag stitch around the edges and then she frayed the four sides.  I took 3 different foam alphabet stamps, 6 words and black paint and started stamping.  I love all three designs.

 Third, my framed pumpkin in the bronze glittered frame.  It's not exactly what I pictured, but I like it enough.

 A closer shot of the frame.

 Fourth, a glittered dollar store pumpkin.  It was hard to get every little bit covered.  I'm glad I used a coupon to buy the glitter spray paint.  It wasn't worth the money to me.  The can was pretty small and only finished an 8x10 frame and this little pumpkin.  Oh well, I'm glad I tried it!

 Finally, here's my "boo" banner.  I started this last year and then quickly put it away.  I was proud of myself for finishing it up before Halloween this year.  Sadly, it's still on my piano.  I'm pretty sure I'll take it down when the Christmas decorations go up....I hope!

 Closer shot.

 And even closer!

I used chipboard to cut out the banner, lots of gemstones, ribbon, stickers, paper and embellishments in my stash.  The owl was a die cut from the dollar store.

Here's to a great month of crafting!