Halloween wreath and Halloween bunting

My little baby spider Ella has finally found a home on my Halloween wreath.  For some time now I have been wanting to make a yarn wrapped wreath.  I've eyeballed quite a few on etsy (here) so this past week, while at Michaels, I spotted the perfect pumpkin colored yarn for a fall wreath.  I purchased the yarn along with a charcoal gray skein and a straw wreath.  I believe the wreath was under $5.00, which was cheaper than the foam wreaths.  Rather than unwrapping the plastic covering around the wreath and having a straw mess on my floor, I left the plastic on and wrapped the yarn over it (per my moms suggestion).  

The bunting banner is made out of a paper grocery bag I had on hand.  I think I got the idea from a Martha Stewart craft but I'm not entirely sure.  Anywho, I cut the paper to a letter size and ran it through my printer.  I created the BOO! template in illustrator and saved it as a pdf.  Below is the link to the Halloween bunting pdf I used.  Feel free to bunt away.  The pdf includes the words BOO! and Happy Halloween.

Enjoy!

Halloween Bunting Banner

Jamie

Chocolate chips + sweet rolls = happiness

I made these a couple of weeks ago and all I can say is they were worth every calorie!  There was enough dough left over to make cinnamon rolls the next morning and then some.  I tried to give the extras to my neighbors but they weren't home, so I ended up eating them for dessert that evening.  That weekend will go down in the history books as the weekend I put on the most pounds.  And I'm ok with that. 

Here's a link to the Chocolate Chip Cookie Sweet Rolls.

Enjoy!

Jamie

Baby Spider Peg

This is Ella the baby spider peg of Bethany.  

I made her by gluing 2 wooden peg heads together and then adding the legs so that it can stand alone horizontally.  The heads I used are smaller than the ones I carry in my shop, which posed a problem for adding the last 2 legs to my baby spider.  I recommend going with the medium and large size heads which will allow enough room for adding all eight legs.  

The texture of Ella's legs come from wrapping the wire in newspaper shreddings.  I like how the black and white text gave her some Nightmare Before Christmas interest to her.  Fun fact...I still haven't seen that movie in it's entirety since my husband can't stand creepiness and my kids get scared walking through Michael's during the Halloween season, so I'm sure that movie is out of the question for them.  

Maybe I'll find some me time this season to see it.  

Cheers,

Jamie