Pinspirationin the form of this cute patoot halloween wreath encouraged me to gather the materials and craft a little last night. I found this on Heidi’s blog Vacuuming in heels & pearls.
Isn’t this the cutest?
We were watching the first of the presidential debates (and had made a pact not to stop the dvr every five seconds to argue with the tv), and I settled in to do this (slightly tedious, but totally simple) bit of crafting. Turns out, it was a very helpful thing to have some little task to occupy my hands while I was listening and trying to avoid anxiety over the future…yikes! I think it’ll all be ok (right??) but at least I have this sweet Halloween wreath in the mean time. I think there’s something healthy feeling about making something with your hands, and it’s why I love cooking or crafting so much. It feels solid and real in a world filled with confusing, exciting, buzzing technology and ideas. Don’t get me wrong, I love those things too, and love living in this age, but really the iPhone is pretty much just magic to most of us, right?
technology is magic.
Most of us could not make an iPhone. Everyone can cut bats out of construction paper. It’s a happy moment from some simple, recycled materials.
I did a simple search for my own bat template, and found one I like here. For my book pages, I was looking around (not wanting to buy a book to cut up…), and realized I had a leftover white elephant gift from one of Stages’ Christmas parties from a few years ago. Here’s the kicker, I brought the dollar store romance novel to the party, and then I walked away with it at the end of the game! I still don’t know how that worked out, I wanted the eggies.
But, how perfect for the Halloween wreath is Dark Temptation, and let’s be honest…I upcycled here.
Materials for some light reading and crafting
(it’s available on kindle, in case you just want to read and don’t want to punch craft circles from the pages). A little book report, because I know you’re dying to know – and since I didn’t read it, by “book report” I mean “back-cover-synopsis”:
On desolate Blackheath Moor, made treacherous by swirling mist ghostly cries, a young woman finds refuge in a mystical churchyard – and in the arms of a handsome stranger.
Oh I bet she finds more than refuge there… ooh! Anyway, I punched out pages with my 2.5″ scallop circle punch, and was ready to hot glue them and go! Here’s the frightening result, what do you think?!
Shadowy bats fly across a grey wreath-scape
And while we were crafting and debating, the dutch oven was up to its goodness cooking dinner: California Chicken and cous cous, with tomatoes, green pepper, avacado and onion, chive, olives and BACON (just bits, but still!) So I end this post with a pic of the bacon-infused goodness. Do you decorate for Halloween? What do you like to decorate for this time of year?
Like an open California club!
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