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It’s October!

And, with that,  it feels as though Fall has officially begun.  The air is a little cooler, leaves are becoming a little more colorful, and pumpkins are popping up everywhere.

Add a little touch of Autumn to your wardrobe with these adorable pumpkin pendants.

 

Supplies:

Dominoes

Alcohol Inks
Alcohol Blending Solution

Alcohol Ink Applicator With Felt

3D Pumpkins: We found ours in the scrapbook section.

Paper Banner: Also found in the scrapbook section.

Glue

Glossy Accents

Jewelry Bails

Add a few drops of alcohol ink to the felt applicator.

 Add a drop or two of the blending solution.

Start dabbing the ink onto the domino.

For our first pendant we used orange alcohol ink.

 Don’t forget the sides of the Domino.

Once the ink is dry, glue on a pumpkin.

Cover the domino and pumpkin with Glossy Accents.

This will go on cloudy but will dry clear.
Use a toothpick or pin to pop any bubbles.

Once the Glossy Essentials is dry,

glue a jewelry bail onto the back of the Domino using E6000.

Adorable!

For the second pendant,

dab on orange and green alcohol ink to the Domino.

 

Allow to dry and glue the paper banner onto the Domino.
The strings of the banner made it too long,
so they were cut to the appropriate length.

 

Add a pumpkin and cover with Glossy Accents.

 

Once dry, add a bail to the back.

 

This would be a great project to do with kids.

These also make great magnets.

Just glue a magnet onto the back instead of the bail.

 

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Those are pretty darn cute!  My kids would love those.  I love the little spider.  Creepy, but not gross.  and the banner on the other one… ahh, too cute.  I would never have thought of that.  Thanks, Virginia!  Go check out all the other fun things over at Artsy VaVa now!

As the title of this post implies, let’s take a look at the best projects, recipes and decor from the past three years.  Some of my favorite posts {of all time} come from previous October Spooktaculars.  So, enough yammering.  Let’s dive right in:

1.  DIY Witches Broom

2.  Flying Bats

3.  Googly Eye Frame

4.  Cheese Cloth Ghosts

5.  Halloween Specimen Art

1.  Reversible “Spooky” Plaques 

2.  Haunted House Plate

3.  Vinyl Witch Silhouette

4.  Paint Chip Pumpkin Party Favors

5.  Eerie Painted Candles

There’s a lot more than this floating around in the archives.  Like Creepy, Crawly Pudding Cups, more printables, a super simple Jack-O-Lantern Jar and some yummy Caramel Apples!  Take a look back through the October Spooktacular archives and see what treasures you can dust off.

Come back tomorrow for the first Contributor Post.  There’s a cool little Halloween project just waiting to post.  Here’s a hint:  It’ll add some awesomeness to your October wardrobe!

How cool are these creepy spiders?!  Get the details at Army Wife Quilter.

I love this.  Adorable with a little bit of eek.  Get the directions at A Heart Full of Love.

Thanks ladies!  And thank you to everyone who came and linked up.  There were some more awesome projects, so if you didn’t get a chance to check it out you should!

Now, the announcement you’ve been waiting for…  And the winner is… 

NIKI STRINGER!

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Now, let’s party!  Annnnnnnddd… GO!

1.  Halloween DIY Hurricane Vases

2.  Button Art Printables

3.  Burlap Framed Faux Wreath

4.  Felt Leaf Table Runner

1.  Easy Peach Cobbler (5 ingredients, the rest are optional)

2.  Autumn Subway Art Printables (5 colors available)

3.  Hello, Autumn… I’ve been waiting… Printable

4.  Butterscotch Marshmallow Brownies

1.  Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

2.  Toilet Paper Roll Pumpkins

3.  Pumpkin Spice Play Dough

4.  DIY Chalkboard with Fall & Halloween Subway Art

Pin-Worthy Projects
And, with a little bit of leg work, I found most of the original (I think) sources for you.

Check out this deliciously tasty snack mix over at Saving4Six!
I love sweet and salty.  I am definitely doing this.
Might as well get a little bit of protein and some fruit while I’m satisfying my sweet tooth!

Mmmmmm.  Drool.  Caramel apples are some of my favorite Fall treats.
Check out the details on the how-to at Shugary Sweets!
And put apples on your shopping list!

I couldn’t find the actual original source on this one…
Need a quick and easy centerpiece?
How about some candles surrounded by cinnamon sticks and twine?
Find the details at Home and Garden Blog.

Fall button frame.  This would be adorable around a corn maze photo.
This specific one {was} available on Etsy from a cute shop called Buttons Gone Wild.

This was actually part of a craft night kit over at You Craft Me Up and there aren’t specific directions.
But you get the basic idea.  Maria says the pumpkins are quite tall.  Between 15″ and 19″.
You could make this one pretty easy and there you have a fabulously adorable porch decoration.

So, if Halloween isn’t really your thing, maybe one of these Autumn projects would suit your fancy a little better.  If not one of these, there are plenty more to choose from.  And, as a bonus, you can leave them up until it’s time to pull out the Christmas decor!