Heather Thrifty Crafted: BOO sign

This project was so quick and easy, it literally only took me 15 minutes from start to finish.

I was inspired by this photo I saw a half hour ago while looking at inspirations from crafty blogs:

I already have a white frame with three photo spaces, and I have been decorating it each month for holiday themes. (see here for example of what I did in May and the inserts I used for July: http://tweedledo.blogspot.com/2012/05/makeover-for-triple-picture-frame.html)

I had an old 1973 dictionary with wonderful patina that I got from the thrift store for a $1 that I have been using many times for different projects. I used three pages of it to make the letters B-O-O.

Now here it is:

So easy, so quick, so chic...if you only have dictionary or scrapbook paper, and a printer and no other art/craft supplies, you can do this! (Also providing if you have a triple photo frame on hand)

I set my size on the Word Document for 4 x 6, and I used WordArt to put a font in for the letters B-O-O.

The fonts I used were: Carnivalee Freakshow, Dead Letter, and Cracked (I had them in my fontbook for awhile) You can use any font you wish.

Cost of project for me: FREE!

Have you made a Halloween sign of some sort? Please share and let me see! :o)

Thrifty Craft: make banner from old doilies

I have a few vintage doilies, some my grandparents made, some I bought, and some I have no idea when and where or how they came into my house...

and then my mother ships me a box full of fall themed linens and tableclothes, and there were a lot of doilies.

I'm not really much of a doily person anymore, and don't use them around my house.

Then I got inspired by this:

I found the first three photos from blogs on the internet, I don't remember the links...

So of course I made my own. I love that I can move it around the house and hang it anywhere, and use it for any season.

Its currently in the hallway leading to the MPR full of fall time goodness and a few Halloween decorations: