My Kitchen Window Today

and the rest of the Halloween decor, a few in, but most outside..

Witch Shoe Swap and Apothecary

The downstairs bath transformed into the Witches' Apothecary in anticipation of our Halloween party!..

Petrified Butterflies and Fur of Werewolf

Moon Dust, Snake Oil, Dehydrated Pumpkins..

Captured Pumpkin!

Vampire Blood, Swamp Fog and Life Renewal Potion

Professor Ravenwing's Dancing Skeletons

These gourds have been out in our shed for about 6 years..the orange one was already painted..I went out and climbed up in the top of the shed , painted them, briwaxed them, and proceeded to drop them and the whole back of the big orange one is cracked!!..YIKES..I won't tell if you won't tell! By the way, if you are trying this and rubbing paint on your gourds, the black one came out EXCELLENT!!! I think it is my favorite color/ look for the gourds to date..very rich..and not necessarily just for Halloween.

EEEEeeeekkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!

Primitive and Rustic Board Shoe swap, Me, Roxana, and Kathy..they came with candy..
Cutest little things, aren't they?..You can get the template here

Halloween Silhouettes

I got into making these silhouettes a few weeks ago to decorate in the house. LOVE them..I found a few templates here and used a few from Martha Stewart's Halloween templates, as well. We are having a Halloween Party this year, and these framed silhouettes add a great touch to the decor.

I also purchased this skeleton from Martha Stewart's line..on sale at Michaels crafts, and cut out the bats to fill up the window.

And these are a few from a set that I made MANY MANY years ago using a few types of paper. You start with something more transparent and cut the elements out of a more opaque paper. The layering of the papers gives you the design element and looks quite awesome in a window. These were also in a magazine, but it has been way too long for me to remember where I saw it!

Halloween Ornament Swap

Have you guessed yet??, that Halloween is my favorite!.. One more swap... this is the Halloween ornament swap I have participated in for several years!!! The tree is FULL!! to say the least..Here are the pictures of this years creations before they were on the tree.

WICKED Banner swap

Another Prim and Rustic board swap

W by me

Ru from NJ
Kathy from OH
Kathi from PA
Kath fron OHTerri from IL

AUTUMN Banner Swap

This is the Autumn banner swap I did with a group of friends from the Delphi Primitive and Rustic board. This is the third banner this group has participated in. We started with SPRING and decided to stick together for all the seasons. We have WINTER to look forward to in a few months to complete our seasons set.

Joanne from CA
Kim from PA (me)

Janine from WI

Teresa from IL

Tracey/Jeanie from TXDarlene from MI

Checkerboard Tabletop & Checkers