Mercury Glass DIY

There have been a lot of mercury glass

items in all of the major designer retailers

like Pottery Barn and Ballard Designs.

There was one such item in a Ballard Design mag

I was perusing that I coveted...but not at their price tag.

Photo courtesy of Ballard Designs

Price tag- $29-$39 each

I have seen tutorials all over blogland,

but with so many I had no idea which one to choose.

So I read about thirty to get a general consensus,

which was to spray light layers of water and spray paint

on the INSIDE of said item, then blot parts off

and repeating until you achieve the desired effect...

and they all agree to use only one product and one product only,

Krylon Looking Glass Spray Paint.

Here is what I started with, a .50 glass garage sale vase.

And here is what I ended up with...

Love it, but who doesn't love a good before and after?

Halloween Apothecary Jars

I started my Halloween decor.

Most of it is silly because I have small children,

and don't want to scare them.

Here is one that scared one and grossed the other two out...

LOVE IT!

There are my leftover gourds and pumpkins...

and yes, those are

FINGERS!!!!

I couldn't resist.

I bought them for $1 at the dollar tree,

and used an apothecary jar I already had.

The black netting is the bag the fingers came in,

cut to shreds and laid in the bottom as filler.

For our Halloween party, 

I plan on adding more jars and making a

"mad scientist" lab area.

The jars will be filled with things like:

gummy teeth, chocolate eyeballs

and more.

These three jars cost me about $2 to fill.

See? You can decorate and have fun for cheap.

Stay tuned for more...

Getting the Halloween Itch...

I have already been thinking about

HALLOWEEN

for a few weeks now.

Last year, I bought up as many cute costumes

as I could find for my little ones 

while they were 90% off at K-Mart, 

so I know I have plenty, I just havent gotten them out yet.

In the meantime, I thought I'd play

with my photo editing software

and post pictures of last year's costumes.

ENJOY!

Wait, what is a picture of

Judy Garland doing in here...

Just joking, that's me as Dorothy.

Ethan went as Dracula~

Owen went as Yoda~

The perfect size, he was.

Happy, he was not.

Baby Estella was a pretty little ladybug~

Snug as a ladybug in a rug!

Super Scary Ethan~

Can't wait for this year!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!