Interchangable Platter

I am in one of those families that does everything together for each holiday, and we always have treats. Lots of treats. I am not the type of person to just bring treats on a normal plate.. its all about presentation people. I love platters and trays, but I have a hard time finding cheap ones that I like. Not only that but I don't have a ton of space to be storing a million platters for each holiday.

A few weeks ago my friend brought us over some delicious cupcakes and they were on this white platter. I tried to return it back to her but she said to keep it. I knew that I would be using this for a Halloween party coming up. I've been racking my brain of how to make it cuter, because white just isn't cute enough for me. Then today it hit me, helloooo scrapbook paper!

And I just happened to have the cutest Halloween Paper ever. Have you seen the K&Co Halloween Paper Pack? I actually don't have this one, I bought mine at Target that has less paper.. but who needs 36 pieces of Halloween paper?
So here's my platter and the paper I chose.

The directions are pretty simple:
1. Pick paper
2. Trace the platter
3. Make sure it fits

Cute huh, but I bet you are thinking, Yeah that's great but what happens when you get something on it or it gets wet?

Well that's when this stuff comes in handy,

This is probably one of my most favorite crafting item. I have used it on so many projects as "laminating". Its cheap too, less than $5 at walmart, and it lasts foreverrrr. It's located with all the other shelf liners if you're interested. Now lets continue on with the directions:

4. Cut Transparent stuff to the right size.

5. Peel it apart from the backing and lay it on the counter, sticky side up. Lay paper on top, make it as smooth as you can.

6. Now you want to find something that you can use to smooth it out as much as you can. One of those vinyl things would be perfect, but I was too lazy to find mine. I just used a wooden spoon. Something plastic probably would have been better. Then cut off the extra transparent stuff.

7. Now you will just want to put a little bit of glue on the back of the paper to make it stick to the platter, but don't put too much otherwise it might be hard to get out, and you don't want to rip the paper.

8. Make more for upcoming holidays/seasons.
Fall/Thanksgiving
Winter
Birthday
Christmas
One's I still need to make: Valentines Day, St. Patricks Day, Easter, Spring, 4th of July, Summer.


This is the perfect gift for anyone, but especially newlyweds. You can help them be festive and not take up a lot of space.

Which one is your favorite?

Ps. This particular platter came from Ikea.

Halloween Subway Art

A few weeks ago I saw this Halloween subway art at Jane of All Crafts and fell in love with it. I immediately ran to target to find the rub-ons and couldn't find them anywhere... so I went to another, and another... and another. I seriously went to like 6 targets. (My hubby really loved me that day!) After not finding any I was very sad, and gave up on the idea. :(

Then a few days ago I decided I could just make one on Photoshop... Yesss! After downloading a bazillion fonts and deciding what pics I wanted on there I just went with it. I pretty much copied the original, making a few changes.

Here's how mine turned out:




















Right now its hanging out with my black cat on a bookshelf until I decide where I really want it to go.















This project cost me $6. My printer is having some issues lately so I decided to print it off at walmart, since its like 2 seconds away from my house. I picked up a frame while I was there for $3. To print a 8 x 10 is kind of pricey... compared to free from home, but I was so excited so I paid the $2 something for one print. I'm fine with the $6 price. :)

And since I love all of you, I decided to give you the file so you can have it for yourself! All I ask is that you become a follower (if you aren't already!) and pass along my blog to someone else! I also love comments!

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Book of Spells

One day my Hubby and I were at DI (Thrift Store) in line checking out, and there was a stack of books on a table. I was browsing through and saw this old textbook that was old and crappy, the pages were tan colored, right away I thought I could make a spell book! This was back in the beginning of September so I've put it off. Now that its the middle of October I finally made time to do it, I love how it turned out!

Supplies:

- Old Book
- Black Ink Pad
- Glue Stick
- Sandpaper (not pictured)

There is no rhyme or reason to this project. I just tore the edges to my hearts content. Originally I wanted to burn the edges but my hubby gave me a big-fat-no on that one, he said he didn't trust me burning things inside of the house, after giving him the glare, I agreed that hes probably right. (Probably... but we will never know now will we?)

After tearing all the pages this is what I had on my floor....

After that, ink the pages... I just went with it. I totally killed my ink pad in the process :(

When I was done with that it still didn't look as roughed up and old as I wanted, so I grabbed some sandpaper and roughed it up a little.

I made the cover on photoshop and then printed it off at home. I just cut it out and glued it on.


Best part, this only cost me $2 to make!!

PS... Please notice how cute the spider is, my hubby didnt even notice it till I pointed it out. Its my favorite part!

Dollar Store Hurricane Vase

What can you make out of these 2 things? A hurricane vase!

All you need is 1 glass candlestick and 1 vase from Dollar Tree.

Use a gluegun to glue the candlestick onto the vase, everyone says you should use a stronger glue but I didn't feel like buying a special kind of glue and a glue gun worked just fine!

I love this because you can change whats inside the vase for each season. Here's what I have on my table for Halloween:
Everything in/on the vase came from the dollar store, except for the candycorn.
- Tall Jesus Candle (The Sticker comes off really easy)
- Thick Satin Orange Ribbon
- Thinner Yellow Ribbon
(Dollar Tree sells really nice ribbon now, in all different colors!)

I just glued the yellow ribbon onto the orange with a gluestick.

This was about $6 to make. I love dollar store crafts!

Candy Corn Wreath

I'm pretty sure everyone has seen this magazine this month. This wreath has been floating around the blog world for the last few weeks. The girls in my family made these yesterday. They are soo easy and pretty cheap!

Here's how mine turned out:

For instructions visit the Womans Day Tutorial