In a far away land there once lived an enchanted princess with long beautiful hair.

Her name was..

She had a little friend to keep her company in the forest.

 

Her name was..

Miss Rapunzel and Mushroom Baby loved to have long talks, sing, and dance:)

 Mushroom Baby was very proud of the white spots she grew!

Days were never boring exploring the forest together while making animal friends along the way.

Such a long busy day visiting with Miss Rapunzel and Mushroom Baby. Maybe we will catch a glimpse of them next time in the forest!

See you later:o)

 

As you may know from previous Halloween posts I loooove making costumes for my dolls.

 

Big dolly loves the movie Tangled and asked to be Rapunzel this year. Its the first year she requested a costume. Costume was soo easy!

Supplies:

-1 yard purple fabric for skirt ($2)

-Purple Tee for top($2)

-Yellow yarn for hair( $1.77)

-Bushel of faux flowers($1.50)

-Pink ribbon for trim($2)

First I just sewed  a simple skirt with an elastic band(elastic had on hand). Attached the skirt to tee shirt. Sewed vintage lace on hem of skirt and around neck of tee. Made a faux corset with pink ribbon on tee. Yarn Wig was a big time consuming, but found a super easy tutorial here. Then to finish off the look I hot glued the flowers to wig.

Big dolly loved the way turned out and not too shabby for $10!

 

Little dolly doesn't really seem to care what she wants to be just yet and I thought a little mushroom would be adorable since she such a petite little doll:o)

Supplies:

-1 yard red felt ($2)

-2 squares of white felt(.50)

-1 white tee($3)

-1 pair of white tights($2)

-1 cowgirl hat(free)

-bunches of plastic bags

This was suuuuper easy and found the idea on Family Fun

 

So happy I finally finished these little costumes and under budget.

I hope you enjoyed taking a peek into the magical forest with Miss Rapunzel and Mushroom Baby:)

 

Happy Early Halloween!

 

xo

Georgette



How was your weekend?

This weekend was quite fulfilled.

I haven't seen my husband in about two months. I few quick "goodmornings" or "see you laters".

That's military life.

I hate complaining its just he was gone for half a year for deployment then due to some military cuts and downsizing my husband hasn't really had a break since he's been back. This is our last year in the military and it sure has been the hardest.

 

As soon as he was granted his 3 day weekend he made sure to soak up as much of us as he could. This included pumpkin picking, hayrides, farmers market shopping, and some thrifting.

 

 

 

Found some pyrex mugs to add to my collection.

 

 

I've been saving my pennies for a gorgeous Kitchen Aid mixer, but when I saw this my heart nearly melt.

 

 

I had a wonderful weekend and appreciated every second with my little family. All those crappy months I had being alone practically floated away when I soak in moments like these.

 

dress: vintage thrifted, belt: vintage thrifted, bag: vintage thrifted, sunnies: target

 

How was your weekend?

 

xo

Georgette

 

 

 

 



Halloween Pictures Display

I would have to say that out of all holidays Halloween is our favorite in our home. 

We get to decorate, dress up as someone else, and end the night in a candy coma:)

Believe it or not my husband went on his first trick or treating when he was 18!
When he told me he had never been you better believe I dragged his butt out there!

 

And yes we were the oldest ones.  ;o)

  

 

We already started to decorate the inside of our house with Halloween decor and I thought it would be a cute idea to display our past Halloween pictures. I played with a few options like hanging them on a wide ribbon like x-mas cards display or just putting them in a collage frame, but being the cheapo I am I decided to try to figure out what I could use on hand.

This is what I came up with:



supplies used:

vintage frame free from an estate sale and wrapping paper from the $ section at Target

 

 

 

I did this project when my dollies fell asleep which didn't take too long.

• Just mod podged the gift wrap to the frame.
• Glued a flower felt embellishment I bought for $3 at Hobby Lobby..don't remember what I was saving it for.
• Hot glued twine in the back to hold the photos.
• To jazz up the clothes pins I added a little washi tape.

I think it looks cute with my other frugal Halloween decor.

Just cut out leaf shapes from felt and sewed them into a garland.
Taped some bat silhouettes over my vintage plate wall. (bat silhouettes from Dollar Tree)

 

I thrifted that pot lid holder awhile back and since it doesn't fit under my cabinet for its intended purpose I thought to hang it on the wall to hold my vintage postcards and magazines, but for the holidays I decided to stick past Halloween cards in it to display.

 

That's its! All that's missing are some pumpkins to stick on top, but I'm waiting to take my dolls to the pumpkin patch.

Hope you enjoyed looking at a little piece of my indoor Halloween decor:)

 

xo

Georgette

 

 

 

Prima Ballerina

Halloween is definitely my favorite time of the year. My husband and I look forward to it all year. Sadly though this year didn't have quite as much magic as past years due to my hubby being deployed :(. Once again to distract myself from it all I threw myself into making costumes. My girl has been into dancing lately so I knew the perfect costume.

A ballerina...

As always I was on a super tight budget and here are the deets:

leotard & tights-- $8.50(walmart)

ribbon-- $1(dollar store)

ballet slippers-- $1(dollar store)

tulle --$4.99(hobby lobby)

bag of white feathers-- $1.49(hobby lobby)

elastic-- free on hand

elastic headband-- free on hand

piece of felt-- free on hand

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total: around $18

Not too shabby with all the character it has.

She loves it so much she couldn't stop twirling!

The tutu had minimal sewing..just the ends of the elastic to make the skirt. I used the knot technique for the tulle. I just hand sewed the ribbon onto the slippers which took about 10 minutes.

For the "swan" headpiece I cut two pieces of oblong shaped felt and glued the feathers in place to my liking then hand stitched it to the elastic headband. Kind of how I did it here.

but...there's one little stinker I couldn't forget:)

She tried to twirl and jump like sister too!

This was so much fun and easyyyyy!

They are my everything.

Happy Halloween.

Quick Spooky Pick Me-Up

Ok am I allowed to say it again....I...love....Halloween!  My kitchen was looking a bit drab with just some halloween kitchen towels that I saved from last year. So I thought, hmm....I think this gives me an excuse to go to my beloved dollar store:)

I found this adorable menu sign that lists spooky entrees.

I have made a dozen budget friendly apothecary jars for my craft room, restroom, and I thought why not here? Just toss in some delicious Caramel Apple Kisses. mmm....

I also grabbed a cute black crow and matched  it with a ceramic pumpkin I had from last year.

Ahhh...that's better. Quick Spooky Pick Me-Up! All for under 5 bucks!

~Georgette

Halloween

I am probably the most impatient person in the world for Halloween. Can't help but decorate like 2 weeks before October! MMm Hmm...I said it! I don't care if the neighbors give me dirty looks, I love coming to my spooky house with all my decorated crafts. 

Well this year the hubby and I were at Target scoping all the freshly stocked Halloween items and I came across this...

I thought it was super cute so I discreetly peeked at the price tag....30$. Um... too much for my pocket especially since I wanted 2. So then I thought, hm......I can make that! So then I was off on a mission to my local Dollar Tree.

 I was able to find 2 pots from summer garden supplies, 2 foam flower arranging squares, a bushel of orange sticks in the flower aisle, and a bag of moss.  I also snagged some black spray paint for a buck at Walmart and I already had orange string of lights from last Halloween.

So I just hot glued the squares to the center of the pots ,attached sticks(and later some twisted branches from my  backyard for added flare) to foam squares then spray painted the whole thing. Easy peasy!

 I added a little spray glitter since I'm never pleased and gotta keep adding more, but this is totally optional. Then added the lights. Just waiting for Oct. 1st to plug those babies in! <3 it!



~Georgette