Happy October everyone! I hope that you all saw my Halloween Favorite Things Giveaway yesterday! If not then hop to it and go enter! If you love Halloween then you do NOT want to miss this giveaway! As for today, today is the day when my monthly group of crafty-goddess blog buddies get together to bring you a top-notch seasonal blog hop. Today’s theme: Witches! {Insert evil cackle here.} I love this theme, because I have been wanting to try to be brave and make a Macbeth printable, and this gave me the perfect opportunity to do so! Plus there is a really fun giveaway attached to this blog hop, so read on for more details!
I am not computer savvy. Trust me! I own Photoshop, but I can’t use it a lick! I just end up using PicMonkey all of the time. Sheesh! Good thing we bought it at the student price! Good grief! Anyway, I love printables and admire the skills of my fellow bloggers, but they are so overwhelming to me. However, last spring I decided to be brave and make a spring printable in PicMonkey. It is very simple, but I still like it and I was just oh-so-proud of myself for facing my printable fears and going for it. This week I decided to do the same. Once again, I used PicMonkey, but I am very pleased with the outcome. Here is my Macbeth Printable. If you click on the image you will be taken to a place you can download it in full resolution, or you can click HERE.
I hope you like it! Here it is in a wooden frame from Michael’s. I spray painted the frame black, and then I used spray glue and a load of vibrant very fine purple glitter from JoAnn’s Fabrics to create the fabulously glittery “witchy” look.
Now take some time to check out the other projects in this month’s blog hop. Aren’t they AMAZING?! These women never fail to amaze! I swear every month the projects get better and better!! To check them out simply click on the thumbnail picture that you would like to see and it will open up a new window for you. But don’t go too far, because you will want to enter the MARTHA STEWART giveaway that is below!!
Ok, now let’s talk MARTHA!! I don’t know if you knew this, but my girl Martha is considered to be The Queen of Halloween. Someday I will steal her crown and her title. Or I will just wish I could be as crafty-fab as she is…. One of the two! 😉 Anyway, as a little bonus today I am giving you a sneek peek into one of the Halloween tutorials from Martha’s latest Halloween magazine issue, and then there is a super fun giveaway for Martha Halloween swag below. SCORE!
MARTHA STEWART PUMPKIN CAULDRON TUTORIAL
Tools & Materials
• large pumpkin
• keyhole saw or serrated knife
• fleshing tool
• drill
• sisal rope
• 3 eyebolts, with washers and nuts
• 3 long, straight branches
• 20-gauge wire
• S hook
• outdoor stake light (with yellow or orange bulb)
• twigs
• sturdy glass bowl
• dry ice and protective gloves
- Cut top off pumpkin, using saw.
- Hollow out pumpkin with fleshing tool.
- Drill 3 equidistant holes about 2 inches below opening.
- Cut 3 lengths of rope to hang pumpkin.
- Tie 1 end of each rope to an eyebolt.
- Push eyebolts through holes in pumpkin; secure with washers and nuts.
- Prop branches in a tepee shape, and secure at top with wire; thread wire inside top to hang S hook.
- Hide visible wire with rope. Knot pumpkin’s rope ends together, and hang from S hook.
- For “fire”: Insert stake light into the ground, and cover it with twigs. For “mist”: Put glass bowl with dry ice inside pumpkin; add some water. (Wear gloves when handling dry ice.)
Sources:
Keyhole saw,from $5.50; natural sisal rope (65495), 3/8 inches by 50 feet, $9; eyebolt with nut, 1/4 by 4 inches, $0.50; cut washer, 1/4 inches, $2.50 for 25, homedepot.com. fleshing tool, $4.50, ceramicsupplyinc.com. Panacea 20-gauge paddle wire in Green, $3.50, createforless.com. Thomas and Betts stake light, $8, amazon.com. dry ice, dryicedirectory.com for locations.
Photo by Lucas Allen. Courtesy of Martha Stewart Halloween Special Issue. Copyright ©2013.
Now we get to give away some AWESOMELY BOO-TIFUL Martha Stewart Halloween goodies! EEK! Enter to win all the goodies in the image below simply by following these amazing blogs below via Pinterest through the Rafflecopter widget. GOOD LUCK!!!
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OK… this is over the top…. but love it… and plan to make this projct.
Yay! Enjoy! 🙂
Love it Sarah! Thanks so much for sharing!
I love this quote, we used it as the inspiration and theme for our trunk or treat last year. Thanks for sharing the fun freebie!
Love it!1
Great idea for Halloween I think we might do this this year for our front yard 🙂
Terrific!! the printable is great and the glittery frame really takes it to a whole other level.
THanks for sharing!