Halloween

Halloween Chandelier Shades

Add a fun Halloween touch to your chandelier with these easy-to-make decorated mini-shades for your chandelier or wall sconces. Read more »

Halloween Boo Garland With Free Clip-Art Letters

Adorable crafty banners are everywhere this Halloween, draped across mantles, skirting tables and strung across fences. Instead of purchasing letters or fiddling with tracing around water glasses, I created letters with circle templates on the computer. They worked so... Read more »

How To Carve A Pumpkin

I have to admit that as a child I never really enjoyed carving pumpkins. Using big kitchen knives was difficult, clumsy and dangerous, and frankly I'm surprised no one lost a finger. But several years ago I discovered the... Read more »

Carve An Indian Medallion Pumpkin

Like many people, I'm a big fan of Indian hand-blocked prints, and I wanted to try a pumpkin inspired by those designs. The best thing about this particular pumpkin idea is that it looks complicated, but it's one of... Read more »

Carve A Monogrammed Pumpkin

Okay, I admit it. I love monograms. But for some reason I never take the time or money to have things monogrammed. I don't know why. So when I started carving pumpkins this year I thought a monogrammed pumpkin... Read more »

Pumpkin Carving Ideas

Carving pumpkins is one of the few Halloween crafts that I get really excited about. It's fun, it's family-friendly, and it's a great way to play with artistic ideas. I guess there's nothing like Halloween to bring out the... Read more »

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