Not So Crafty

Month: October 2007

  • Last Minute Spooky Fun

    We have been so busy that Halloween kind of snuck up on us. Tonight, we are going to have a mini get together and hand out candy to the kids. I made my own poison labels using clip art and a colored printer. My work just happen to have an assortment of labels to chose […]

  • Mum-my Flowers for Halloween

    I took some photos of the flowers from my Halloween project. I think I like the white ones the best.

  • Pumpkin House of West Virginia

    Every Halloween season Ric Griffith and hundreds of volunteers carve thousands of pumpkins for display at his home. The house is completely transformed into the Great Pumpkin house. Below is a clip of last year’s display which the jack-o-lanters where synchronized to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. I spotted this on Neatorama.

  • Jack O’Lanterns on The Brain

    I have Jack O’ lanterns on the brain. We are waiting until tomorrow to carve our pumpkins with one of our friends. In the mean time I am looking up ideas for what to carve. Extreme Pumpkins has the largest and most elaborate photo gallery. Fabulous Foods– has free patterns from the fun to the […]

  • The Great Pumpkin

    This weekend we took a trip to the local pumpkin patch. Originally, I was going to take the easy way out and grab a pumpkin at the grocery store but my boyfriend would not hear of it. According to him the only way to get a pumpkin is to go to one of the local […]

  • Halloween Surprise

    I thought I would surprise my boyfriend with some new Halloween plants. I bought these cute buckets from the dollar store (the green one even glows in the dark). I then drilled holes into the buckets for drainage and viola holiday planters. I picked a dramatic deep red Mum and a white one for a […]

  • Fall is Here!

    What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time it was still hot and dry. But this year we’ve had some great cool and wet weather. My garden is growing out of control at the moment. The Cosmos are fighting with the Zinnias to take over their section of the yard. I’m enjoying […]

  • Howl-o-ween

    I have entered Jack into Luvmutt’s Halloween contest. Here is Jack modeling his old Halloween costume from last year. Isn’t he dashing in his fake pantsuit? He tolerated everything but the wig. He was utterly embarrassed to be wearing it. Before last year I would have never thought to dress up my dog in a […]

  • Recycling Toilet Paper Rolls as Seed Starter Kits

    I have just discovered the site “You Grow Girl” which is filled with some great ideas for your garden. I was especially intrigued with her idea for the toilet roll seed starter. In the past I’ve used peat pellets and the newspaper pots with mixed results. I had a lot of success with the peat […]

  • Happy Fall!