Pallet for Home

 My girl wanted a Bee costume this year and it turned out so cute, I had to share.  Plus it only cost me about $8 for the Goodwill Sweatshirt and the black Walmart twin size sheet.  I know it's super last minute, but here's the how to:

 Get a large man's size yellow shirt.  I got a fleece zippered pull-over at Goodwill.  A regular longsleeved t-shirt would work too.

Next rip some strips from the black twin sheet.  I did 6 - 1 1/2 inch strips, 2 - 2 1/2 inch strips, and 2 - 3 1/2 inch strips.  Pull off the extra strings.


Cut out the zipper and neck band.


I used a dress she already had as a pattern.


Remove the sleeves and cut up the seam.  Leave the cuffs on.


Cut down the sleeves to fit your girl.  She wanted them to come to the elbow so that's the length I did here.


Since I cut out the zipper, I used a piece cut from the excess sleeve to cover the hole.  It's wrong side out so you can see it better, but I topstitched it over the hole with the right side on the top to match the rest of the sweatshirt.


Next, use a ruler to mark lines where the bee stripes will go.


I stitched the strips on doing little hand tucks along the way.  Stitch both sides of the strip.  I love the random cute shape of the stripes.


Keep going most of the way down the front of the dress.


 Now let's add the sleeves and sew up the side seams.


I used a piece of the 1 1/2 inch strips to make the neck line, similar to bias tape but I folded the fabric randomly to give it a slight ruffle.  I think I will use this technique again on another shirt neckline.  It turned out so cute!


Here's another close-up.


Now finish the bottom stripes, this time going all the way around.  I did one strip with each width of fabric, gradually getting bigger in width.


The last ruffle only got two stitch lines across the top as I wanted a bigger ruffle for the bottom edge.


Here is the back side.  I didn't mark the back so the top stripe is a little wonky.  Perfectly Imperfect!


For the wings I used some super thick upolstery batting I had from another project.    Regular batting will work, it just won't have the stiffness this batting has.  You could add some interfacing to achieve the same effect.


Cut the shape of the wings.


Cut 2 pieces of white fabric and sandwich it together holding it in place with safety pins.



Stitch the wings in place.  I used a spiral pattern for each section.



Lastly, get a headband and some black pipe cleaners.  I curled them in a spiral and attached them to the head band.  Super easy and cute!



 I safety-pinned her wings in place.  3 across the top, and one in the center bottom.

 Finally I added the text from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven".  You can google the text to find it if you don't have it memorized. I remembered pieces, but not all of it.  Choose a spooky font and place the text over the photo and adjust the opacity.  Perfectly Spooky.

 Have fun  Spook-ify-ing your Photos for a little last minute decor for your Halloween.

Hope everyone has fun plans for today!  We went trunk-or-treating on Saturday and the little man loved it!  He said "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" so it was lots of fun!

 All I did was cut out pumpkins with my Silhouette and taped them on.  I think it would look awesome if they were attached with some foam tape, but I didn't have any.  I am trying to use what I have since I have such a large supply of crafts. (Thus the Stache Party)

 These are the supplies you will need. I had everything I needed on hand, but if you need any of the supplies, they are very inexpensive.


 You will also need some cardstock and letter stickers.  As you can tell, these are scraps and leftovers. :)  Thank goodness I could spell out the word "fall," since they are almost gone!  If you don't have stickers, you could cut out letters or even draw them on.


 The first thing you'll need to do is cut a piece out of the hanger that is approximately 12" long.  You will be bending it into the shape of a pumpkin.


 I started bending at the stem.  I used pliers at first, but then discovered it was easier to do the bending with my hands.


 Next, I took some floral wire and began wrapping it around one of the raw edges of the stem section.


 I wrapped the wire around a whole bunch of times and connected the two raw edges to make one continuous line.  It doesn't have to be pretty, because this will be covered up in the end anyway.  Just make sure the two ends are held together well.


 Put a dab of hot glue on the wire and start wrapping your jute twine.  I found it easier to cut a big piece of twine, instead of trying to fit the whole spool through the opening.


 Just keep wrapping, wrapping, wrapping (I may have seen Nemo too many times...Isaac loves it).  I hot glued every 1/2" OR when the twine started to slide.  I also wrapped the twine loosely but pushed it close together so it was fatter to add some volume.


 Next I cut out some pennants (can be done with Cricut, Silhouette, or by hand) and stuck my "fall" letters to them.  I decided to make the black a little bit bigger to create a nice border.


 I tied a bow and then glued in on to the bottom right corner to balance things out and add some more color.




 I decided to use a piece of twine to hang this on the door knob.  Just take a long piece and loop it through the stem of the pumpkin.  It is better to make it too long than too short - you can always trim!

Tie the twine in a bow around the top of the doorknob.


Isn't it pretty?  I think it adds such a fun touch.  It is so simple and so easy!