Spooky Banner

I'm back! I have been traveling a lot for work the last couple weeks so it has been hard to get a project together to post. So here it is my latest project post. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. May it inspire you to be festive with your Halloween decorating.

I love the look of fabric banners for decorating. I have seen so many cute ideas online and on Cricut.  Seeing as Halloween is weeks away I wanted to make a Halloween banner for myself. Of course I thought it looked so cute I knew I had to make one for my mom as well.

My final decision was to make a SPOOKY banner with lots of fabric, burlap and black satin ribbon.

Here is what you will need to make this super cute and rustic banner.

1. Cricut Explore (it isn't necessary you can trace the banner pieces out and cut by hand)

2. Cricut Design Space (again not necessary)

3. 1/2 yd of Halloween fabric 

4. 1/2 yd of a second Halloween fabric

5. Craft Interfacing 

6. Burlap Paper or Burlap Material

7. Iron/Ironing Board

8. Black Satin Ribbon

9. Black Cardstock

10. Hot Glue Gun
11. Green Burlap Ribbon
12. Needle & Thread

~ Step One ~

Cut out all of the pieces you will need to put the banner together. 

First we need to cut out of the fabric our banner pieces. I made my largest banner piece 7 x 12in and my smallest banner piece 6 x 11in You want the smallest one to show at least a half inch of the base piece on all sides. 

After the fabric is all cutout its time to iron on the Craft Interfacing. I bought Pellons Fusible Craft Interfacing by the yard at Joanne's. For more details on the materials I bought for this project check out my Craft Haul blog post.

I cut out squares of the interfacing and ironed it onto the back of my largest banner piece. There's no right way to do it. I probably could of taken a large section, fit as many pieces I could have onto the section to use as much of the interfacing as I could. 

After your done you will need to cut off the excess. 

Last item you will need to cut out is the burlap circles. I used burlap paper because it had a good stiffness to it for this project. I use my Cricut and cut out circles that were about the width of my largest banner piece.

I also cut out the letters using heavy black card stock in this fun Halloween font.

For a little extra color to my mainly black and orange banner I made some cute green burlap bows to add to the top of each banner.

(Comment below if you would like me to do a post on how to make ribbons! This really comes in handy with Christmas right around the corner)

Last step was putting it all together (don't do like I did the first time and attach it backwards...whoops!) I attached the satin ribbon to the back of the pendants under the burlap piece so that it remains securely fastened.

This is the finished product (thanks to  my mom's beautiful living room for being the perfect picture back drop)

I would love to hear from you! What sort of fall themed projects would you like to see on the blog? 

As always Happy Crafting and Happy Hauntings! ~ T

Geometric Pumpkin Patch

It is officially fall so I can officially pull out the fall decorations (and Halloween decorations) without feeling like I am jumping the gun.

I love love love this time of year. The leaves changing colors, the smell of crisp fall air in the mornings and everything apple and pumpkin flavored. A little over a week ago  Alex and I took a ride to DeMeritt Hill Farm to do a little apple picking! A new favorite fall activity of mine. Check the blog this weekend for a bonus post on the trip to the orchard and an Apple Crisp Recipe you won't want to miss! 

Back to my obsession with everything Fall, I decided to create a fall tablescape for my kitchen table that can double for Halloween and basic fall decor. On Cricut Design Space I saw these adorable geometric pumpkins in a Make It Now project they were featuring.

The concoction I came up with was a geometric pumpkin pumpkin tablescape, made to look like a pumpkin patch.

Here is what you will need to make your geometric pumpkin patch:

1. Cricut Explore

2. Cricut Design Space Software

3. Orange Paper (I used varying colors and textures)

4. Green Paper (I used varying colors and textures)

5. Fall & Halloween Basics Paper Stack (used for accent pumpkin)

5. Stick or Twig

6. Tape Glider/Double Sided Tape

7.Hot Glue Gun
8. Green Easter Basket Grass (taken from my Easter decor)

My first step was to make these awesome geometric pumpkins. I made a few different sizes, and they all are made with varying colors and textures of orange cardstock. In the Halloween Basic Stack I got from Joanne's it came with metallic finish orange paper that I thought would look so awesome as the largest pumpkin.

I cut out all the pumpkins and some leaves for embellishment. As I started to visualize what the pumpkins would look like I thought they would look cute with some vines. The vines I cut out in different colors and styles to mix it up. Online they used floral wire which was a cute option as well, I went with something a bit different to change it up.

My second Step was to put them all together! This was the fun part.Once the pumpkins were assembled I played around with the placement of the leaves and vines. After I had the placement down I put a little bit of hot glue on the backs of my leaves and attached them. Doing the same for the vines.

Last but not least we need a stem! I found a small branch outside my apartment building just laying on the side walk. Perfect width for a small paper pumpkin. I cut off pieces with the scissors and hot glued them to the tops of each of my pumpkins for the stem (saw this idea on Cricut, super cute!)

Now it's time to put it all together!! I cut out some extra vines to stick in the grass here and there between the pumpkins. It doesn't have to look perfect, the beauty is in the imperfections. 

and here is the fnal product...

I am so happy it's fall, and you bet there will be more fall posts on the blog all season long!

What kind of fall themed DIY decor are you looking forward to trying out? Is there some other theme you would do for a fall tablescape?

I'd love to hear from you!

Happy Crafting ~ T