Halloween Ghost Feet

I love this time of year! My little gal and I have so much fun doing craft projects together. When I saw this idea posted on Pinterest, I knew we had to give it a whirl.

We started off with a canvas and painted it black.

Next we made a puddle of white paint for her to wiggle her foot in. She giggled and had a blast. Next carefully place each foot down onto the canvas.

We added some googly eyes, adhesive letters and glitter paint 

(cause everything we do has to sparkle, even ghosts)!

She wrote her name and dated the back of the canvas.

Last, I attached some ribbon using my staple gun so we could hang it!

Easy peasy! I love that every Halloween we'll have a special decoration to cherish from when she was little :)

Halloween Ghost Feet

I love this time of year! My little gal and I have so much fun doing craft projects together. When I saw this idea posted on Pinterest, I knew we had to give it a whirl.

We started off with a canvas and painted it black.

Next we made a puddle of white paint for her to wiggle her foot in. She giggled and had a blast. Next carefully place each foot down onto the canvas.

We added some googly eyes, adhesive letters and glitter paint 

(cause everything we do has to sparkle, even ghosts)!

She wrote her name and dated the back of the canvas.

Last, I attached some ribbon using my staple gun so we could hang it!

Easy peasy! I love that every Halloween we'll have a special decoration to cherish from when she was little :)

Pumpkin Crayons

Fall is finally here & I'm in full force holiday craft mode! Woot!

My Halloween candy idea came to a screeching halt when I discovered my daughters new school is sugar-free!  

 While I've been racking my brain for a sugar-free classroom treat, my lil gal lost her first tooth last night. Eek! I told her she had the perfect pumpkin smile & then an idea dawned on me...

Boxes of crayons disguised as pumpkins!

Sugar-free & what kid doesn't love crayons? A win-win to me :)

 

 Five made and nineteen (!!!) more to go!

What you'll need:

Box of crayons

Scrapbook paper

Glue stick

Paper punches (1-hole, circle & scallop)

Bakers twine (or make your own here)

Two of the scrapbook papers I used are available to download for free:

Large orange polka dots paper

Green chevron paper 

Pumpkin face template

Get the adorable gift tag & other Halloween free printables here!

 Happy Halloween my pretties!

 

Free Vintage Printable Set

I simply adore the vintage camera, dress form & sewing machine print trio from Printable Decor! Just download, print & pop into frames. A fabulous (& inexpensive) way to add a pop of color to any craft room! Get the free printables HERE!

Lucky Subway Art

This charming St. Patrick's print is yet another fabulous creation from the brilliant minds over at Eighteen25! Download the free printable HERE!

What Happens When You Give Kids Thousands of Stickers

I love this!

Artist Yayoi Kusama created an inter-active installation entitled The Obliteration Room for the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane. Starting with a domestic environment every wall, chair, piano, table, and accessory was painted a brilliant white. Then over the course of two weeks, children who visited were given thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space by placing stickers any and everywhere they wanted.

What a fun explosion of color!

Free ABC Printable

Visit Live & Enliven for this free ABC printable. So colorful & cute! Add a frame & this would make a great baby shower gift or great addition to any nursery. Get it HERE

Five Fabulous Finds

Travel in style with this chic luggage from Steamline

This recycled wood sign from Oh Dier says it best

Paint the town red with this ah-mazing satchel from Kate Spade

I treated myself to this adorable jacket from Piperlime (yes it is that bright & colorful in person. So. Much. Fun.)

My dream design studio would include this gorgeous Breakfast at Tiffany's inspired Bathtub Couch by ruffhouseart

I'm so thankful it's Friday ~ Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Buddha Pears

Something magical happened when a clever Chinese farmer took a very Zen approach to growing ordinary fruit. He created tiny praying Buddhas out of pears by encasing the young pears in molds while they're still on the tree. As they grow they have no choice but to take the shape of the figure.

I bet it is amazing to see an orchid of pear trees growing hundreds of tiny Buddhas but I don't know if I could actually eat one. It's kinda like a piece of art and really, are you suppose to eat a Buddha?

Kids Butterfly Punch Art

Right now I'm lovin' my Martha Stewart butterfly punch. It's been put to use A LOT lately and now my daughter is hooked.
She recently asked to create a new piece of art for her room.

So we grabbed an extra frame we had laying around and carefully discarded the glass.

Using some wrapping paper, we wrapped a piece of foam core.

Now it's time to get punching...

We grabbed some scrapbook paper & I let her punch away...

Next we glued down the butterflies onto the wrapping paper (bending the wings to give them some dimension)...

My tired little assistant.

Tah-dah! Not too shabby for a 3 year old!
The whole project took us about 30 minutes and the little one loves it! She's so proud of her new piece of art and I loved the fun time we had creating it together!

Prada Marfa

A desert mirage or the cruelest piece of art ever?
It looks as though a tornado had picked up a Prada store and dropped it on along a desolate stretch of highway outside the small Texas town of Marfa (pop. 1,887).

A permanently installed sculpture is the work of the Berlin artists Michael Emlgreen and Ingar Dragset. The artists called the work a pop architectural land art project. The sculpture is meant to look like a Prada store, with minimalist white stucco walls and a window display housing real Prada handbags and shoes (handpicked by Muccio Prada herself). But there is no working door, leaving the viewer as a perpetual window-shopper.


The sculpture cost $80,000 and was intended to never be repaired, so it might slowly degrade back into the natural landscape. This plan was deviated from when, three days after the sculpture was completed, vandals graffitied the exterior, and broke into the building stealing six purses and 14 shoes (all for right feet). Somewhere there are one-legged fashionistas rockin’ some fabulous footwear!

(Photos via Flickr)

So. Awesomely. Cool.