Halloween

I finally got my Halloween decorations up this last weekend. I'm pretty happy with my new "window display". I got the window last year at Junkfest for $5. The middle pane was broken out so I just removed that one. It's been sitting in the garage for over a year so I finally got it in the house and thought it would look good with some Halloween decorations.

Of course everything is super thrifty. I got the ribbon at a thrift store recently for 75 cents. At the time I didn't know what I would do with it, but I liked the colors. The round silver piece is actually the lid of a frozen juice container. The scrapbook paper is from Wal-mart that was in a pack of 5 or 6 Halloween prints for 97 cents. And the letters are from the dollar store in Mandan.

I love this skull. I found it at a thrift store for a dollar. It's actually really ugly and scary looking. Perfect for Halloween. I got the Hamlet book in a box of books at an auction earlier this year.

Book bin

This is something I found at a rummage sale in Carrington after Junkfest. I didn't know what I was going to do with it, but I liked it and at a dollar I couldn't let it sit. I wish I would have taken a before picture because it was rather ugly, but I get excited and get going on projects right away sometimes. So imagine it before as an ugly brown wood shelf.

One of my favorite thrifty tips is to check out the "mis-mixed" paint in paint departments. I found this great gallon of paint called Colonial Cream at Wal-mart for half off the original price. I used that color on this book bin, then sanded some edges to give it a shabby look. I spent a long time deciding on a rub-on to put on the front, but finally settled on the little girl and saying. Originally, I wanted to put this in the bathroom for magazines, but this will now be going in Cordelia's room.

Fun photos

While on vacation this summer, I was able to pop into a few antique stores. I found some fun treasures including a bunch of slides for $2.00. I've seen many craft projects with slides that I've wanted to try so I figured one way or another I would use them for something. For fun I had to look at the slides when we got back to the hotel. There were a lot of landscapes, but the ones with people in them were great. Here's a few of my favorites. Lots of good hunting and fishing shots. There's also a picture of two women with a string full of fish that I really liked.

I'm guessing someone had fun in Hawaii.

Happy boys.

Wish the booze was more in focus. But maybe the photographer thought it was in focus.

I'm not exactly sure what I want to do with the photos yet. I have some ideas and I'll be sure to post the finished product when I'm done. I only had about 20 of the slides scanned to disc, but they turned out so good, I'll probably bring in some more to be scanned.