Southern Scraps

This year I created my Halloween tablescape by lying down the black and white polka dot runner and some black placemats. I placed three pedestal plates down the center and began filling them with spooky stuff from my stash.  A few extras on the side and it was done. Each place setting is built with a silver charger, black Dollar Tree plate, and a white plate from my Oneida greek key set. A crow has landed in each plate. Skeletons removed from a Dollar Tree garland were tied around each napkin. Eyeballs are found in each Dollar Tree glass. This little guy and the hands are my favorites. Happy Halloween! I'll be linking up at Tablescape Thursday and these fun parties: Think Pink Sundays * Under the Table and Dreaming * Sundae Scoop * Suburb’s Mama Sunday link * DIY Sunday Showcase * Craftomaniac Monday * Make the Scene Monday * Masterpiece Monday * Motivate Me Monday * Market Yourself Mondays at Sumo’s Sweet Stuff * Pink Hippo Party * More The M...

Hello and welcome to a tour of my Halloween mantel. We are a little behind but things are coming together nicely. I didn't really know how I wanted to decorate this year, so I just pulled out my stuff and started arranging. I have an assortment of things collected and made over the years and a couple of new very quick DIY projects displayed. This photo  shows some new things. I left the chevron panel from the fall mantel in place and added a "Beware" pennant banner cut with my Silhouette (pennants) and Slice (letters- Spookey Alley). I also covered the red books that were already there with Halloween scrapbook paper and labeled them with stickers to make some very quick DIY Halloween spell books. Here's a secret- the paper doesn't fully cover the backs of the books, but you can't tell because of the way they are arranged. Full shot of mantel:

Today I'm sharing our take on potted severed Halloween hands. This outdoor Halloween decor was inspired by another project I found a couple of years ago. We made ours last year and put them in the place of my plants that are usually by the front door, along with the spooky potted trees.   I ran out of time for posting these last year and I'm about to do the same this year. I'm off my normal posting schedule this week because we've been on vacation. But we are back and Halloween is on! I decided to take things a step further than the zombie hands project . I bought some hands and severed fingers from the Dollar Tree and then took acrylic paint and painted them to look like bloody, rotted, decaying flesh. I also attached some small pieces of spooky cloth with glue. The hubby attached some dowel rods to them for planting so they would stick up further out of the pots.         These were a fun project to do . Sharing here: T...

  We've been a little slow to get our spook on again this year, but until we get something together, here are 10 ghost theme treat and project ideas to start you off.     Ghost cupcakes via Midget Momma     Ghost favor bags at craft-o-maniac     Glittered ghost cones     Chocolate ghost suckers     Framed ghost decor     tissue paper ghosts     Strawberry ghosts   Hanging ghosts     Ghost cloche     DIY Ghost globes   Have a great week!   Check out these other Halloween ideas: Decorating with ravens and crows Googly eye crafts Five witch crafts      

Hello and welcome to my table! I hope you aren't afraid of spiders. Quite a few made their way onto the table, but maybe the crows will pick them off before they get to you. I started my Halloween tablescape with a black and white polka dot runner and then covered it with some creepy cloth from the Dollar Store. I took a black craft pumpkin, some spiders, and crows and created a centerpiece. It's perched on top of a crystal bowl that I turned upside down for a stand. I'll share a little more about it in the next post.   I used white placemats, black plates, and glasses all from the Dollar Tree. I used the white greek key salad plate on top of the black ones The napkins were thrifted and I made the napkin rings a couple of years ago.       I also made some spider hurricane vases just by taking my plain clear vases from the Dollar Tree, some black cardstock, and my spider punch. I attached the spiders with glue dots so I can easily remove...

I really wanted to do a spider theme decoration for Halloween this year, along with birds, but I'm not sure if I've pulled off either yet. So far it's all about skeletons. Nonetheless, here are ten fabulous spider projects to incorporate into your Halloween decor. Beaded spider by Craftily Ever After at Tatertots and Jello       Spider Web Canvas by Delicate Construction   Glitter spiders by Wobisobi Spider web doily pillow by Crap I've Made Spider pumpkin by A Pumpkin and A Princess       Glittered spiderweb hurricanes by Martha Stewart   Stamped spider hurricane by Martha Stewart     Spider magnets for the door by Delia Creates     Webbed chandelier by BHG     Spider wreath by Just Crafty Enough