How To: Halloween Shadow Lanterns

Every year I love to experiment with new craft projects for Halloween. Something fun, creepy, and of course easy to make. This week I’ve been making Halloween Shadow Lanterns, you can hang them up,  cluster them on a table, or set them out down your houses side-walk. To light them you can use either real candles or to be extra safe around kids, with electric votives.

Here is how to make your Halloween Shadow Lanterns.
What you will need for three lanterns:
Black Construction Paper – 12 sheets
Tissue Paper – Multiple Colors
Halloween Laser Cut Shapes – bats, spiders, webs etc…
Elmers White Glue
Spray Adhesive
Painters Tape
Whole Punch
Metal Ruler
X-Acto Knife
Bone Folder
Black Floral Wire
Rubberized Cutting Board with Ruler Grid

Treasury Thursday: Autumn Jewels

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How To: Harvest Flowers For You

These beautiful red and orange perennials grow in huge bunches around our home. There lavish flower display is so beautiful, that I couldn’t help cutting back a few choice branches to create this flower arrangement.

To start out you will need your cut flowers, scissors for trimming, a paper bag, raffia ribbon, and a large glass jar I used an old honey jar.

 

Than open your paper bag and roll it down two or three times until it is just a few inches taller then your jar. Next trim your oasis plant foam to fit into the jar.

When placing my flowers into the jar I start with the straightest stems, putting them into the center, and then place the curved branches around the outside.

Now put your water into the jar, since you are going to have to move the jar about, make sure there is at least an inch between the top of the jar and your water line. Then place the jar into the paper bag, and lightly squeeze together the paper bag under the fold line.

Wrap the raffia around 2-3 times so that it is nice and full, and then tie it into a bow. And that is all that it takes to make a beautiful rustic flower arrangement.

Macro Sugar Photography By: Jessica Farber Robinson