How to plant a bulb in a Ball jar

Our winter this year has been extremely mild.  I'm not complaining because we have seen far more sun in our normally dark dreary rainy season than we normally do.  

I'm pretty sure all this sun is to blame for my latest gardening itch.  Though I'm in no hurry to weed my gardens outside so I'm just going to pretend that it's still too cold to do that and stick to my indoor plants {indoor plants beware! I am sort of a black thumb!  You can read my confession about killing cacti here}.

When I found an Amaryllis bulb kit for $2.99 at the Grocery Outlet {love that place!} I decided to give it a go and try planting a bulb in a vintage Ball jar.

Leather coat turned into a pillow for around $2

I love to upcycle.
It's actually one of the things I've been doing for the longest.
I think it's the ultimate recycling.

Crafting and DIY projects can end up breaking the bank and actually, sometimes making things yourself can actually cost you more than just buying the item at the store.  I love all things thrifty and I will rarely make something just for the sake of making it when I can buy it cheaper.

However, in the case of this leather pillow, I was able to whip it up for around $2.  You can't buy a decorative pillow for two bucks!

Free bathroom printable

On Wednesday, I shared with you the little bathroom update that we did in the kids bathroom.  My husband helped me make floating shelves for the little niche above the toilet in the kids bathroom. I picked up a few accessories at Marshall's and Home Goods and I made the little lather, rinse, repeat sign that is framed.

Floating shelves for the kids bathroom

Last month, I shared with you all how one of my goals was to start taking my pins off of Pinterest and making them a reality.  I started a blog series I am calling From Pin To Reality.

Painting with lace

I recently had a friend call and ask me about how to change up some letters that she had in her daughters room that she still liked, but once she redecorated would no longer go.

These letters were special since they were hand painted to match the crib bedding that sweet little Erin had when she was born, but now this seven year old was ready for a big girl room and wanted to get rid of anything flowery.

I had an idea and I asked if she would mind if I gave it a try.

A crafters best friend is spray paint, and believe me, I've used my fair share!

I wondered what would happen if I spray painted the letters and then covered them with lace and gave them another coat of paint.

This is what happened!

It's a pretty cool technique.

I'm sure you could get all kinds of different texture with a different piece of lace.

Ever tried something like this? What would you use it on?

ruffle pumpkin tutorial

Welcome back to Halloween craft week at Holy Craft.

I've been sharing a few of my favorite crafts that I have worked on from this season.

The first in the series was this birch candle holder made from a decorative pumpkin.

Then I showed you these glass knob pumpkins

and yesterday you saw these gussied up crows.

Today is our final day in Halloween craft week and I wanted to end it with a tutorial.

I ended up scoring about three yards of muslin in the free box this summer.

It didn't take me much time to figure out what to do with it.

I cut it up in about two inch strips

{muslin will tear, so you only need to make a small cut and then tear the rest}

I made multiple pumpkins, but one pumpkin will take 6 strips of 55" long muslin.

I used my sewing machine to ruffle the strips of muslin.

Simply turn the dial on the tension to the highest setting and the stitch length to the longest length.

Sew a straight line down the muslin, then pull one of the end strings gently ruffling your fabric.

I used a dollar store pumpkin and cut the stem off.

Using a hot glue gun, start in the center of your pumpkin and use the pumpkin's lines as a guide.

I found that it was easiest to make the ruffled pumpkins is you made them in segments.

I took my first muslin ruffle and started at the top, then worked my way to the bottom before coming up and around the top not quite halfway around the pumpkin.

Once your segments are created, go up and down as closely as possible gluing your muslin ruffles in place.

This is the segment completed.

Continue in the same way creating another segment on your pumpkin.

Filling in all of the orange space as much as possible.

I found a stick on a walk that I used as the stem.

Simply push the stem in to the top and it will stay in place.

I hope you had as much fun as I did sharing my Halloween crafts with you this week. Don't forget to enter to win the Michael's #trickyourpumpkin sweepstakes on instagram.

Halloween crows

Welcome back to Halloween craft week at Holy Craft.

I've been sharing a few of my favorite crafts that I have worked on from this season.

The first in the series was this birch candle holder made from a decorative pumpkin.

Then I showed you these glass knob pumpkins

Today, I am showing you my gussied up crows.

I love the crows that you can buy at the Dollar store.

I usually pick up a whole handful of them.

This year, I decided to dress them up a bit.

I used this template for their book page witches hat.

Once the hat was cut out and glued, I used black crepe paper to embellish the hat.

I ruffled the crepe paper collar by using a needle and thread.

I simply pulled the needle and thread through the two pieces of crepe paper and pushed the crepe paper in a ruffle.

I cut a small x in the bottom of the hat and used hot glue to glue the hat to the crow.

I glued the two ends of the collar around the crow's neck.

He makes a nice addition to my book page wreath don't you think?

 Check back tomorrow for our final craft

{a tutorial}

in the Holy Craft Halloween craft series.

Glass Knob pumpkins with book page leaves

I'm continuing Halloween craft week on my blog.

Now that the weather has gotten a little nip in it, 

I've finally started crafting for fall.

You can join me!

On Monday I shared my birch candle holder made from a faux pumpkin.

Today, I'm going to be showing you my painted pumpkin with glass knob stem and book page leaves.

I didn't create a full tutorial because they are that simple!

I started with a pumpkin from the Dollar Store.

I removed the stem with a box cutter and spray painted the pumpkin white.

It will take several coats of spray paint to cover the orange.

I cut a book page in the shape of a leaf.

I didn't use a pattern, just did it free hand.

I was lucky enough to find 8 glass knobs for $2 {total} at a garage sale.

I used a hole punch to punch through the book pages that I stacked together,

then I put the glass knob screw through the hole in the book pages.

I finished by securing the knob in the pumpkin.

If you don't cut a hole through the top of the pumpkin when removing the stem, this step is easy because the pumpkin itself will secure the knob.

That's all it took! Come back tomorrow to see the gussied up crows.

Faux pumpkin round up

I sent my kids off for the first day of school earlier this week and now  and only now can I start thinking about fall.
Fall to me is Halloween and pumpkins,  so I gathered up a few of my favorite faux pumpkin projects, 10 to be exact, and am sharing them with you today.
Hopefully these will get me inspired to start crafting as the weather is turning.

I love this Glam pumpkin from A Pumpkin and a Princess It wouldn't take much to make this paper mache witches hat and put rhinestones on a faux pumpkin.

Chalkboard everything is super popular this chalkboard pumpkin countdown from Simply Ciani would be super adorable for those kiddos who are always asking how many days until...

I am a hoarder of scrap fabric and think this 

Shabby Chic pumpkin by Cupcakes and Crinoline is adorable.

Both of these items for this crow pumpkin came from the Dollar store, and you all know my obsession with the dollar store! 

I also have a little obsession with book pages so this 

Rolled book page pumpkin from It's always autumn was on my radar.

Dead flowers? No problem! Fill up your planter with this 

Trick or treat topiary from The Kim Six Fix

I fully intended to make these  Vintage doorknob pumpkins by Finding Home last year and didn't do it.  This year for sure!

I just love these velvet pumpkins by nest of posies.  Don't you want to squeeze them?

I have been meaning to watch for sweaters cheap at garage sales this summer 

so I could make some sweater pumpkins like these from joyworks.

Doh!  There is always Goodwill!

Book pages have it again!

This book page pumpkin is by creations by Kara

Those are just a few of my favorites.

Do you have any favorite faux pumpkins this fall?