Somehow I convinced my "sleep all weekend, only pause for football and food" husband to get up at 6am Saturday morning and help me clean/organize our dungeonous netherworld basement.
Six hours later I emerged triumphantly, spiderwebs in my hair, a wild look in my eyes, clutching...
two silver candleholders!
a metal door hangy thingy!
a piece of scrap plywood!
Here are the candle holders. The silver is actually lovely, but for the life of me I have never been able to make these work in my home.
So I spray painted them black! Lurve!
Here is the cream-colored metal door hanger. Not sure where I got this. Or why. Or where I would get another.
So I sprayed it with chalkboard paint, tied a piece of my cute Halloween ribbon around the top, and presto chango:
I decided instead of a door hanger I would hang it on one of my front porch flower basket hooks. Used chalk to write "trick or treat." The best thing is that I can change the ribbon and message whenever I want.
:D
{I get excited about the little things.}
Now onto that piece of scrap wood. I have no "before" picture for this one. Just imagine a plain, 16 inch long, 1 inch thick piece of wood.
Sanded the edges and added some picture hanging hooks to each side (since it was a heavier piece of wood.)
Painted it black (of course.)
Staple-gunned a piece of ribbon to one side:
Used white acrylic craft paint to freehand the wording...
And there you have it folks...
A "spooky" sign!
See what you can do with old crap treasures from your basement? Saved myself a trip to Goodwill...and cash on Halloween decor.
Would I have loved to have just gone to Pier 1 and bought a bunch of fancy {gorgeous} Halloween decor? Yes. But...must stay strong!
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