Winter weather is the absolute worst for styling your hair. Its wet, its cold, its dry and cold. It could go on and one. When you are trying to get ready for the day and have a holiday party later that night, planning your hair is a whole new challenge. I’ve put together my top day to night hair looks for you below! Continue Reading…
Tis the season for holiday parties, Christmas carols and getting together with family and friends. As we head into the hustle of the holiday season, it’s hard to block enough time out for all the things you have to do in a day AND get dressed up for a night out. I’ve put together a list of my holiday tool kit must haves to help inspire you to add some sparkle to your evening out.
This month has been so busy and I don’t feel like like I really had time to properly decorate the outside of our house for Halloween as much as I would have liked. We do have a skeleton out in the yard and our spooky halloween wreath hanging on the door but thats about as far as I was able to get.
I saw a finished halloween diorama last year and knew that I wanted to make one for our front living room. I picked up a pumpkin and a few figurines during last years Halloween clearance sale and packed them away to be assembled this year. This DIY Pumpkin Diorama is easy to make and can be personalized to fit your decor or personality.
I used a half ball floral base for the bottom of my diorama. It fit nicely into the pumpkin shell I has selected and would be easy to affix the moss onto.
I like that this base has a bit of dimension, allowing me to put my figurines on different levels inside the scene.
Did you know that Spanish moss comes in a whole variety of colors? I love this purple shade against the white pumpkin background. If you are using a different colored pumpkin, you might want to try hunter green, orange or even black moss as your base.
Glue the moss onto the base in portions, starting at one side and progressing until no foam shows beneath. Be careful not to burn a whole into the foam with your gun as your glue and keep your fingers on the very edge of the moss to prevent burns.
Using hot glue, I attached toothpicks to help the figurines stand up properly inside the diorama. You may need to break the wood so that the picks arent longer than the base you plan to affix to.
Push the Halloween figurines into the foam base and arrange however you’d like. I used a coffin, a couple of trick or treaters and a giant spider to round out my scene.
Looking for more easy Halloween Projects? Check out my $3 Tissue Paper Wreath Tutorial!
Halloween is my favorite holiday and there’s nothing more fun than spreading some spooky Halloween joy to all of my neighbors. Although the day of treats is a few weeks away, there’s no reason to limit the goodies just to the kids. Booz’ing your neighbors is a fun tradition you can start up this year that everyone will enjoy.
I’ve joined up with a 50 other crafty bloggers to share how much fun you can have with a popcorn box from World Market, Felt from Kunin Group, Googly Eyes from Oriental Trading and a bit of imagination. I’ve put together a Boozy gift box that I’ll be leaving on my neighbors doorstep later this evening! Continue Reading…
