I my husband and I throw a Halloween treasure hunt party every year.  Because we have 30-40 people at our house for the night I love to have new decorations.  This year I made 3 based on designs I found on Pinterest (you have to love the resource of Pinterest).  Here are this years creations!

I made these cute candy corn decorations with 2 X 4' 's.  I love how they stack up and look rustic.  If I were to make them again I would make the angle I cut the wood more extreme on one of them so there would be a greater height difference but I am still very happy with how they turned out.  You can find directions here: Candy Corn tutorial


I couldn't stop with just the candy corn so I looked around my building stash and came across a great white cupboard door.  With a broom from one of our local home decorating stores and some hooks I spray painted I created this.

The picture is fuzzy but you get the idea.  This is the project that inspired me Broom parking sign


I also updated our photo wall with cute Halloween inspired pictures.

I made my 31st sign with a black plastic serving tray like what a catering company would bring food on to an event.  I glued a frame hook on the back and Ta Da!  To see the pictures more clearly check out this link: Spooky family pictures

I made a few other projects that I hope to post soon so check back for more Halloween updates.

Storage box makeover

I received this great wooden box from my sister and knew I could make it look great!  We always have a need for storage at my house and this box is really big.

I started with a light wood box that had a rose stencil and lots of stickers on it.  I forgot to take a true before picture but through the primer you can see a bit of the rose image.  It took some elbow grease  and goof off, to remove all of the stickers.  I then taped off or covered with newspaper all parts of the box I didn't want painted.  This box has a nice cedar lining and I didn't want that covered up.

I sprayed on some primer with my command max paint sprayer to ensure that you would not see the rose image and then sprayed on a black paint that I already had.  I also did some roughing up because I like how that makes thing look and there were some scratches and dings in the wood that I didn't fix.

Now we have a beautiful box that can hold tons of stuff!  We have blankets stored in it because we love to use blankets when watching movies.  It also works well as extra seating when needed.

I love it and I hope it inspires you to spruce up something in your home.!