Halloween 2012

HALLOWEEN 2012

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Farmer and his John Deere tractor!

 and yes, I did make the tractor myself

and I am quite proud of it :]

 Trick-or-Treating with Daddy

 And this is what I get when I ask for a smile,

"Cheeeeeeeese", complete with nose scrunch.

Farmer J with his harvested crop

DIY-Merry Christmas style

I needed a new something to hang on my door and had aspirations to make an ornament wreath. My frugality prevented that from happening because I am not one to pay full price for any Christmas decoration. (My sister and I, and our Mom and her sister have a tradition of shopping for half-priced Christmas items December 26th. A tradition I LOVE and a girl's day I look forward to beginning December 27th!) Several years ago I bought these cinnamon-scented pine cones and had not used them for anything. I had seen a couple pictures in magazines which inspired this idea. One afternoon during naptime, I got to work with the pinecones, some ribbon I had on-hand, and my handy-dandy hot glue gun. Voila!

I am in love with these beauties and the man who made them!

Friends of ours had these in their yard so I inquired where they came from.They're handmade; these particulars are handmade by my husband! Our friends shared the template with us, Daddy was super excited to delve slightly into woodworking, and I got busy painting. They are gorgeous lit up at night with the floodlight.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

DIY

I've been inspired by a few blogs I read to delve into a little DIY.

Here are a few of my first experiences:

I will confess that I did not make the wreath. I bought it a few years agao at Garden Ridge.

However, I painted the 'R' and added it to the wreath.

(I have great aspirations of painting that door before winter,

so be on the lookout for that post!

oooo, maybe a trip to Lowe's will be added to my agenda of nothing today...)

I saw the idea of this cute Halloween picture frame in a catalog;

my DIY light bulb lit almost immediately.

That's our little calf at Halloween last year :)

I am super proud of these. This idea came from a PBK catalog; $60 for 3.

 WHAT?!? I would die then roll over in my grave for spending $60 on these!

I made 4 for $10. Yep.

I might actually get brave and decide to submit something to one of the blogs I follow to share my DIY ventures. Maybe that will inspire me to do more!