A Halloween Tree

 October is here.

The month of Halloween!

Hello my friends!

I started planning my store Halloween room back in May.

Once I decided on my theme of witches/ witchcraft,

the colors I chose were purple and green.

I knew then I wanted a purple Christmas tree.

I tucked in Spanish moss, black feathers

and gray wood beads for garland.

So for this purple tree,

I then added purple and green lights.

It is hard to see in this pic, but the wall here

I added a witches brew scene I found.

Also hung an adult witch hat from the ceiling.

I had these wire baskets and realized they would fit

perfectly from the dresser drawers.

I just used bakers twine to hang them

 from the  door pulls.

Fun witch hats

These fun tags I made from black cardstock

and metallic letters.

Another tag.

I also made some Cheshire cats,

but forgot to take a close up of those.

You can see them in my second pic.

In the baskets I added witches burrs.

AKA sweet gum pods.

I use these all of the time mixed in with other items.

Great bowl fillers!

Also dried palm artichokes.

 Another item I use in my bowls.

Things were selling so fast, I changed the one

basket to sage smudge.

The palm artichokes up close.

These witch sugar cookies I made.

Sprinkles are in black, orange,

purple and green.

Also these cats. Background is really 

gray and white, but the green lights show this color.

You probably wont believe this,

but I already have my theme for net year.

Halloween Tree Blessings To All!

Janice

Poison Apple Tutorial

 Woohoo its the weekend!!!

Happy weekend my friends!!!

                                I was thinking the other day,

boy Janice its been a long time since you

offered a tutorial.

So today I am going to tell you how to create

these poison apples.

Materials Needed

Faux apples (purchased mine at Hobby Lobby)

Black paint

Paint Brush

Glue gun and sticks (regular size, not minis)

Modge Podge

Wood dowel 1/8 inch thick

Gray Cardstock

Black embroidery floss

Needle

Step 1: Remove the stem from the apple.

Step 2: Cut dowel 6 inches long

Thank god for Bob as I HATE saws.

You might be able to just purchase some

candy apple sticks instead.

Step 3: Punch dowel into where the stem was.

Take out and add a bit of hot glue and stick back in.

Step 4: Glue entire apple with hot glue. 

Now it is best if you start from the top and

glue downward, then all around.

Make sure to leave some of the apple showing at the top.

It took me 2 1/2 glue sticks per apple.

Let glue dry 24 hours.

Step 5: Paint entire dried glue with black paint.

Let dry 24 hours.

Make sure the paint is well covered on the glue.

Step 6: Paint the black now with 

Modge Podge.

Let dry again 24 hours.

This will make your apple shiny.

Now if you want to add a tag,

so sorry I did not save the one I found on Pinterest.

I would do a Pinterest search for a

Poison Apple Label.

(thats where I found mine)

So sorry.

I fit it to size and once again I forgot to measure this.

Ensure it is the right size you like before

printing on cardstock.

Otherwise if you dont want a label it will look like

this without my label.

I attached my label using black floss.

{just add floss to your needle and punch hole through}

Tie and cut ends.

Looks like it is floating. WOW

Took this pic on the lid of the store toilet.

Now I created my poison apples using green apples,

because my witch theme was green and purple.

You may want to use a red faux apple.

Hope my instructions were satisfactory.

In other news,

I also created a poem to go with my apples.

I made up this poem and sized to fit

a 4 X 6 frame.

Printed on some fancy paper.

I had to make sure it was the correct size,

so I took the glass out of the frame,

placed on top of my printed poem using regular paper first.

Once I knew it fit, I then printed on the pretty paper.

Again put the glass on top of the printed poem,

drew a pencil line around and then cut to fit.

Feel free to make these if you like as well.

Poison Apple Blessings To All!

Janice

Fall In The Hall

 Well am finally feeling better.

Just in time for getting our new windows installed this week.

WOOHOO!

Looking forward to having lower heat bills this Winter.

Today some Fall pics of our hall.

I had an interesting conversation

with a customer on Sunday.

He was in his late 20's or early 30's.

We talked about voodoo, ouija boards, ghosts

and auras.

I believe in it all.

After about 20 minutes, he told me that

I had a good aura and he was thankful he found my store.

I knew he had been in trouble and just wanted

someone to talk to.

I guess I have the gift for gab, LOL

Anyway, I was glad I was able to talk to him.

Closer to Halloween, I will share some ghost stories.

For now I share pics of our hall.

My favorite time of year!

Well back to work.

Still working from home.

Fall In The Hall Blessings To All!

Janice

Spell Candles

For those following long,

you know that our Halloween room this year

is all about the witch.

 

Now these are actual spell candles.

Although these candles come in every color,

with each color having a different meaning,

I chose just to sell the orange and black ones

for all Halloween purpose.

I added a tag to provide the color meaning.

Since these candles are smaller than your 

normal candle,

I asked Bob to make the holders....

which he did from tobacco sticks.

Perfect for your Halloween spells!

I plan to use a few in my Halloween decor this year.

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend.

With the chill and rain, it has been hard getting better.

Spell Candle Blessings To All!

Janice

September CupboardScape

 Red has to be my favorite Autumn color.

September gets me in the mood to start baking.

However being under the weather for a few days now,

not in the mood for much of anything.

Am going to let these pics speak for themselves. 

Thank you for all of the wonderful comments

to my previous posts. It sure does mean alot!

Am going to try and make it through the work day.

Take care my friends!

Does September start you thinking of baking?

September Blessings To All!

Janice

Getting Ready

For Fall.

                                  Started my Autumn decor. 

What I can not near windows,

since I will have to remove curtains soon

for our new window install.

Hope you enjoyed these pics.

Just a lil Fall in our living room.

Pre Fall Blessings To All!

Janice