Halloween Inspiration - DIYs & Printables

I love seeing all the creative costumes and ideas that people come up with for Halloween. I also love dressing up and going to a great Halloween party. Living in Australia, Halloween isn't really celebrated as much as in North America so I was thinking about throwing a Halloween party here with a few friends but haven't decided yet because it has already been a busy month for us and will continue to be until Christmas, so we shall see!

So if you've decided to throw a party, here are some of my great ideas and DIYs - the little details and touches - to make your party spooktacular! I was thinking about making some Halloween printables but there are just so many awesome ones already out there so I'm also sharing my favs.

Decorations & Party Treats:

Halloween Creepy Candy Buffet | The Pinning Mama

DIY Hanging Spider Balloons | Studio DIY

Floating Halloween Candles | Tried & True

Spider Infested Chocolate Chip Cookies | Hungry Happenings

Delicious Brains and Eyes - Fun Halloween Themed Treats | Home is Where the Boat is

Decoration Ideas | Sweet Designs

Great 'Line-Up' photo booth idea | Ace Halloween / Smilebooth]

Here's a super quick and easy one, Vinyl Mice Halloween Decorations | Practically Functional

Ghost Caketoppers 2 Ways | The Craftinomicon

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 Printables:

Cute Halloween Cupcake Toppers | Minted Strawberry

Halloween Printable Wall Art | Design Eat Repeat

Free Printable Halloween Treat Packets | Minted Strawberry

Cute Ghouls Party Rounds Halloween Printable | Design is Yay

A few different Halloween printables/labels | OnlineLables.com

Free Printable Halloween Banner and Bats | Liagriffith.com

Halloween Printable | Craft Pond

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Quick DIY T-Shirt Canvas Wall Art

Here's a quick and cheap DIY to repurpose that old favourite tee into something you can hang on your wall. I got the idea from a few blog posts and pins.

What you'll need:

• a canvas
• staple gun or thumbtacks
• iron
• a t-shirt. 

How to:

1. Cut out the front of the shirt. 
2. Iron away all the wrinkles and fold lines. 
3. Position and centre the shirt on to the canvas, take into account the amount of stretch that will occur when stapling (which I missed in one section so the graphic isn't totally straight, but it still looks alright!). 
4. Pull fabric tight over the back and staple or thumbtack
5. Display!

Here's a few posts that inspired me and how-to's: 
DIY T-Shirt Canvas Artwork
Recycled T-Shirt Canvas Art
DIY Canvas Wall Art

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Printable: Thanksgiving Gift Tags

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in North America! (October for Canada and November for the US)

I really miss my mom's Thanksgiving dinners. Since I have been living in Australia, I have missed two Thanksgivings, this year being the third. I miss the food coma and the itis I get from eating too much during this yummy holiday! Maybe I will try cooking my own Thanksgiving dinner this year?.... hmm... yes.. maybe I will, if I can find a turkey that is! 

Well, to celebrate I've made some Thanksgiving themed gift tags. 

Ways to use them:  if you have a small hole punch, punch a hole in them and loop some twine through, then hang/tie the tag to a wine bottle, gift basket, or bag/box of goodies, etc.

Click to download the PDF

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