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.

Halloween fun

Halloween is one of my favorite times for crafting. It's just a lot of fun letting your dark and wicked side out. And I love upcycling and using things in a way they were not intended. For this project I took a cheese tray found at a thrift store, spray painted the base black and put a rub-on on the glass. Last year I put a small skull under the glass, but this year I found this great white rat and fly at Wal-mart. I found some more great Halloween rub-ons and a couple more cheese trays recently so I think I have to get some more rats or other creepy stuff.