Pumpkin Pie Ornaments for the Decorated Thanksgiving Tree

Welcome back, 

thank you for "staying tuned"

for the follow-up to my

previous post here.

Today I'm showing you my 

Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Tree Ornaments.

I spent a whole dollar for a 6 pack of 5 inch foil pie tins

similar to these (mine weren't the deep kind,

nor did they come with lids).

I scoured our local super-center fabrics section and

decided on two fabrics that I

thought came close in color to pumpkin pie and

pie crust.

I like the little pattern on the pumpkin fabric, 

it gives it some interest.

I traced around the foil tin and cut it

a bit smaller in dimension.

I scrunched up a single plastic shopping bag

you know the ones...

I have a seemingly  endless supply of them...

and why waste fiber-fil when you can use

something that costs nothing.

Then ran a line of hot glue around the foil

tin and laid the "pumpkin" fabric in place.

Now for the crust.

After some trial and error, I found this to be

the easiest (and maybe the laziest, because 

there was no sewing involved).

Nevertheless, I cut a long narrow piece of

the pie crust colored fabric.

Twist two fuzzy stick pipe cleaners together

and roll them up into the fabric.

Shaped it into a long zig zag

and hot glue it around the edge of the foil tin.

There, all finished.

Mmmm....  I'm getting hungry already,

I can't wait for that Thanksgiving pumpkin pie.

Why do we only make it once a year????

Check back soon, 

I'll show you the Decorated Thanksgiving Tree

in my next post.

And I've added a little extra something

to this particular tree.

Until then,

Hugs,

My Handcrafted Ornaments for the Thanksgiving Tree

When Halloween is over

some like to go

straight to Christmas.

But for me it's still a little early.

It's no wonder people complain of 

getting sick of hearing Christmas music 

when they start the day

after Halloween.

I like to observe Thanksgiving.

Fall leaf garlands and burlap

that gave way to Halloween decor

have gone back on my tree.

What says Thanksgiving more than
turkey and pumpkin pie!

Then there are pilgrims, cornucopias...

oh...and I saw these 
Indian corn on Pinterest
aren't they the cutest!?

Adorable

Let me show you what I've been working

on to add the Thanksgiving element

to my office tree.

First I went to the Dollar Store and

purchased a package of paper party plates.

There were several with a turkey theme.

I chose this one....

I love everything about this turkey,

the shape, size, colors.

So, I just cut them out,

 punched a hole,

inserted a wire hanger 

and voile....instant tree ornament

...and 8 for $1.19 

what a deal!

Next...Cornucopias.

They had to have some texture,

that woven look.

Oh... I know!

 one of those round placemats

I cut it into wedges like a pie.

Then to prevent fraying of the cut threads,

 I ran a line of hot glue along the edges.

I planned to curl the wedge into a cone.

But to get the narrow end to turn up like

a cornucopia I first applied another

line of hot glue and laid down a

piece of wire so it would be able to

hold it's shape.

So here's one after it's been rolled into

a cone, the seam along the top secured with

more hot glue 

and then shaped with the narrow end turned up.

A piece of foil leaf wire 

and a little glittered pumpkin

are just the finishing touches.

I love how they turned out!!

Perfect little tree ornaments for the 

Thanksgiving Season.

In my next post 

I'll share my

pumpkin pie ornaments.

Stay tuned....

Update:  See my next post here

to see how I made the pumpkin pie ornaments.

Hugs,

BettyJean

A Thank You Favor

I came up with this idea

for a little thank you favor

when the folks

 in my office recently

went above and beyond 

to celebrate my birthday.

Not one person neglected to wish

me a Happy Birthday.

Showering me with cards, flowers,

home baked goodies and

they even took up a collection

for a very generous gift.

To say thank you I typed up my

thank you message,

punched a hole in the corner and 

tied a little bow

of  1/8 " green ribbon.

Notice the play on words
in the line that says

it "Mint" (meant) alot....

I taped my thank you message

to a fun size box of

Junior Mints (get it).

Careful not to 

leave any one out

each was labeled with a name
of a coworker.

I boxed them all up and took them to

work.  

and delivered to each work space.

Just a fun way to say

"Thank You" that

can be used for any occasion.

Hugs,

Little Witch Altered Shoe

Hello, I'm so glad you could stop by today.

I've just put the kettle on to heat for tea.

Let me show you what I've been up to lately.

I started by printing off a copy

of an antique photo of

a little girl in period dress.

I glued her onto a piece of black foam board.

and cut her out with my Exact-o-knife.

She is wearing a hat with a wide brim

so I added a long narrow black cone to the back of her

head to represent a witch's hat.

I fashioned a little broom for her to hold

 from a toothpick and some colored grass

cut from a floral pick.

I stood her up in a little girl's

 black patent leather shoe

purchased at a resale shop.

A glittery pumpkin

and silk leaf are tucked into

the back of the shoe.

I cut the band off a 

plastic bat ring

and hot glued it to a black wire

so that it appears to follow along above

the "little witch".

A little glittery orange tulle

and some black and silver garland

finishes it off.

All set for scaring up a Happy Halloween.

I hear the kettle whistling... time for tea.

Won't you pour a cup and stay awhile to look around.

Please leave a comment so I can return the visit.

Joining the party at Ivy & Elephants
Share Your Cup Thursday
and HomeWorks Creative Party

Hugs,

Betty Jean

Halloween Decorated Tree

As you may know,

in the office where I work

we have a white Christmas tree

that we  I decorate for all occasions

year around.

As always, I purchase some

things to hang on the tree

but I enjoy crafting

many of the decorations myself.

To appeal to  all ages, I decorate

a "friendly" tree, 
no blood and gore, that's just not me,

and, we have a few little ones visit our office
from time to time, so

 for Halloween  we don't want to make things
too scary.

Traditional little jack-o-lantern pumpkin 

treat baskets,

mummy treat baskets

and the paper honeycomb pumpkins

all give a vintage feel 

and remind "grown-up kids"

of their own trick-or-treating days of yesteryear.

Also traditional, 

bats, black cats and witches. 

These are felt which I purchased,

but could easily be handmade cut from

either stiff felt or card stock.

I also hung little green glittered shoes

I purchased on discount after last Christmas season.

Not exactly "witches" shoes but 

I think you get the idea.

 I liked that it added a different color to the 

tree decor getting away from too much

orange and black.

Now for my handmade decorations.

Candy corn,

cut from three colors of craft foam sheets

and glued together, easy peasy!!

Haunted Houses

also hand cut from craft foam sheets 

using a Exacto-knife.

Spiders... these are my favorite...

made from "fuzzy sticks" pipe cleaners,

two sizes of pompoms for their body,

and very tiny pompoms for the eyes 

Use 4 fuzzy sticks for the legs.
Just hold them together side by side with ends even
and give a twist in the center to connect.
Now you have 8 legs.
Then bend each leg, forming sharp corners
for "knees and feet" and
spread the legs out from each other a little.

To form the body and head,
hot glue a larger and smaller pompom together,
use two tiny pompoms for eyes.
Then hot glue the body onto where
the legs are twisted together.

Cute as spiders go, 
don't you agree?!

Spider webs

made from more black "fuzzy sticks"

and purple "glitter sticks" pipe cleaners.

Start out the same as with the spider legs
but using just use 3 pipe cleaners.
Give a twist in the center to connect
and spread out to form 6 spokes
or a pie shape.
Then twist and connect smaller
sections of pipe cleaner between
the spokes and shape.
It doesn't have to be perfect....

it's a spider web.

The tree is topped off with a black hat
and orange glittery tulle bow.

Looove!!
 how the tree lights  shine through the 

sheer fabric of the hat/bow.

Happy Halloween to all.