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Thursday, October 17, 2013

May Arts:: Halloween Hop

**Busy day on the ol' rusty blog today.**
Please scroll down to see my Lil' Inkers Designs Holiday Release Card
and my project for The Craft's Meow October Release!**



Oooh, I just love when I can dress up a find from the Dollar Store...my kind of decorating! I spotted this styrofoam hanger along the back wall and knew that I could add some drama and dimension with a bit of May Arts Ribbon. Welcome to the May Arts Halloween Hop, where I know you will find a ton of inspiration to use when decorating for the spooky night!



This was super simple to fix up. I carefully pulled the original hanger from the sign and then looped beautiful purple translucent wired ribbon (JN67) to form a hanger. I had extra on each end and created a few bows and stuck them into the sign with straight stick pins. I then added some translucent black wired ribbon (JN10) for added interest and to tie the purple from the hanger into the black of the sign. These ribbons were both in the 7/8" inch width, which is absolutely the perfect width for making bows. Not too big, not too small, perfectly manageable.


You can find the complete list of stops below, or check out the May Arts Blog for more details! Ooh, and the best part?....May Arts is offering three spools from their Halloween Category to one lucky hopper!

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Thursday

Friday


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26 comments:

  1. TracyM #6773October 17, 2013 at 6:20 AM

    WOW - it is marvellous what some delicious ribbon can do - love your spooky sign!!!

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  2. Lisa EltonOctober 17, 2013 at 6:22 AM

    That's styrofoam!?! Great find and you dolled it up really well!!

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  3. Create Beauty with LaurajoOctober 17, 2013 at 7:29 AM

    Amazing how adding some pretty May Arts ribbon can make a dollar store find look like it came from a high end store. Spooktacular!

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  4. Tarnished RoseOctober 17, 2013 at 7:34 AM

    Great redo on the sign. Definitely doesn't look like it came from the Dollar Store.

    Marilyn

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  5. Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)October 17, 2013 at 7:56 AM

    Awesome.... I should send you a picture of our front yard... this would be good.... or for my mom's haunted house-- but it would need more blood.

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  6. RavengirlOctober 17, 2013 at 8:04 AM

    Beautiful! It's a perfectly altered dollar store find!

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  7. Sue DOctober 17, 2013 at 8:45 AM

    The ribbon is the perfect touch!

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  8. AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 12:34 PM

    Looks very elegant. You would never guess that the plaque came from the Dollar Store. Good find. Good decorating.

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  9. IrisOctober 17, 2013 at 12:42 PM

    Love the yummy purple ribbon on your cute wall hanging.

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  10. Amy MartinOctober 17, 2013 at 1:19 PM

    Very spooky sign. I love the purple ribbon. It is so pretty. Great choice.

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  11. KellyOctober 17, 2013 at 4:05 PM

    takes it up a notch. cute idea!

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  12. JudyOctober 17, 2013 at 5:42 PM

    Like you, I love a bargain and when you can turn it into something so pretty as you did, it's just a big old bonus. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Robin B.October 17, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    I love the purple against the black! Thanks for sharing.

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  14. loulouOctober 17, 2013 at 8:30 PM

    Love the purple and black. Great way to dress up your dollar store find.

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  15. Loly BordaOctober 17, 2013 at 8:48 PM

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  16. Loly BordaOctober 17, 2013 at 8:50 PM

    Cool idea! It turned out fabulous! TFS

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  17. by belleOctober 17, 2013 at 8:58 PM

    Great ribbon hanger!!

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  18. Lucy E.October 17, 2013 at 9:18 PM

    Your choice of ribbon is fabulous!

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  19. cghundleyOctober 17, 2013 at 10:02 PM

    Great make over!
    Would make a fun
    decoration.
    Carla from Utah

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  20. Julie ShearerOctober 18, 2013 at 8:46 AM

    Great project , love how easy this was .

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  21. Amy MartinOctober 18, 2013 at 3:01 PM

    I know I already commented here for the hop but I wanted to come over and SAY: HAPPY BIRTHDAY on this post too. Have a wonderful day!!!

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  22. UnknownOctober 18, 2013 at 3:37 PM

    I love signs for holiday decorating - so easy to put up. This one is super cute

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  23. Darlene GabrielOctober 18, 2013 at 7:42 PM

    Happy happy birthday.......enjoy the birthday cards created for your birthday hop:)

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  24. BrendaOctober 18, 2013 at 8:55 PM

    This is just incredible, Karen. You have such a knack for using ribbon and making it work for any project.

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  25. Leslie KileyOctober 19, 2013 at 8:02 AM

    What a fabulous sign! Love all the yummy ribbon!

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  26. LynndaOctober 20, 2013 at 8:12 PM

    Great idea!... Love it... Fabulous! hugs...x

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