Is anyone else ready for fall & getting excited about Halloween?
Having a 7 year old grandson, I can never have the
decorations up early enough for him. ;)
Last week, I enjoyed some time alone at one of So Cal's best
antique shopping areas, The Orange Circle on Glassell. This little
historic area has been the location for many movies & TV shows
such as 'That Thing You Do' & 'The Ghost Whisperer'.
I'll have to do a post on it next, because if you haven't been there
yet, you're missing a jewel of a little antiquing center. A couple of
my favorites are The Orange Circle Antique Mall, where I had
a booth with a girlfriend for years & Country Roads Antiques.
But one of my very favorites is a TINY little shop that has been there
for 19 years, The Victoria Company. My daughter has been going
there with me since she was a little girl. Donna the owner, is as sweet
as pie & she rolls old school, no computer, no facebook, no blog, no
website, just a hand written receipt & a lovely smile.
I bought several things while I was at The Victoria Co,
two were cute vintage Halloween decoration using
fun vintage images. I have already given those away
as gifts, but I'm going to show you my version
of the decoration...mine has LACE,
of course!!!
Here is my mini tutorial...these are SO fun to make!
Step 1, you need a vintage image that you would like
to use, I've included some at the end of the post that
I've already tinted in Photoshop. I printed these
as 5x7's on a card stock & I ALWAYS
shrink to fit, not crop to fit.
Step 2, I found some fun scrapbook paper that I liked. I love
the paper that is double sided, so you can use the contrasting
side too! After cutting the image out, use it as a pattern & cut
the scrapbook paper out for the back of this project.
Step 3, get out your handy dandy glue gun & glue 3 sides
together, leaving one long side open for the moment.
Step 4, see that box of tissues I have on my work table? Well
it wasn't there because I had a cold, that's our stuffin! Insert
2 pieces of tissue into the open side of your project. I did it
carefully, folding the tissue in half & doing one at a time.
Once it's to your liking, glue down the open side. Any glue that
pushes out on the sides is NO big deal, wait till it's dry & just
peel that off. Step 5, it's at this point that I do a little decoration
that needs to dry. I use Stickles which is a glitter glue with a
point. The way I like to use it is to squeeze a little bit onto a
paper plate & use my finger to dab it on where I want it. In the
picture above I used gold on her dress & black on her hat. I
then used ColorBox Chalk Inkpad to add color to the sides.
I do this to most of my paper decor to add an aged look to
the new card stock. Let dry. So at the end of these steps it
should look kinda like ALICE!
Step 6, add a hanger. As you can see I did 2 different kinds, the fabric
one is much more simple. Just attach a length of fabric to the back
with a glue gun. I used some tea stained, lightweight canvas, but you
could use ribbon, cord, whatever you have handy. Because the
ones I bought had wire hangers, I did those too. I simply added
2 small holes, put in an eyelet, hit it with a hammer to smash it
& put my wire through it, both look nice.
Step 7, this is my favorite part...adding lace & buttons!
The ones I bought had no lace at all, they were completely made
of paper, but since I'm the doiley QUEEN, I had to pull out all
my doileys. I usually made between 4 to 7 layers on this step.
Looking at the first picture in the post, LUCKY STARS, I'll explain.
1st layer is tea stained cutwork lace, 2nd, little balls of threads that
come off your fabric after you stain it, then dry it. 3rd, a piece of
scrapbook paper cut into a scalloped circle about 3" in dia. {I have a
punch I love that makes perfect scalloped circles for me that I
bought at the craft store, it's the pink thing on the table} 4th,
a flower cut out of an old doiley, 5th, more threads, 6th,
a vintage button & 7th, a smaller vintage button.
Are we tired yet?? lol
I glued most of this down with the glue gun & used fabric glue
just for the balls of thread, but the glue gun would work just
fine for all of it. This is where you can let your creativity
go & do as much or as little as you like.
Step 8, the paper crown on top. This accent is really what gives
this project a pop. I had never made one of these before, so it
was new to me & I just made it up as I went along. It's basically 2
folded semi circles attached with hot glue. I took the length of
my 12"x12" scrapbook paper & made two, 2 1/2" wide
strips. I fan folded them at 1/2" back & forth until they were
both done. You are now going to attach these & make a
complete circle, which for me was a little tricky...I just
could have used 1 more hand. ;)
Using the glue gun I attached the right sides of both strips, it looks like
a bracelet at this point. Then, I pushed the paper down flat on a surface
getting the center of each fold to come together into a circle. Holding
it in position with one hand & hot gluing the center with the other hand,
you create the base of your circle. Then take 2 more of the 3" scalloped
circles made from your scrapbook paper & glue 1 on each side.
Now glue your favorite side of the crown half way down onto the back of
your project. I like to use where the 2 halves of the circle come together
as my visual. Once this is done your project looks pretty on both sides.
Step 9, your final step...Glitter it UP!!!
Now that your finished handling it, you can embellish your project
with as much glitter & confetti as you want. I use glitter glue,
applying it with my finger on the areas I want to decorate. I
also used some more of the Stickles to follow the design in
my patterned paper & to put on the edges of the folds on
the crown. I also used it on my finger again, dabbing it
onto the buttons. There's no such thing as...
too much glitter, right!
So, here's my finished product hanging with my great~grandparents
wedding photo. You can tie some lace onto to handle if you like...
or some fun Halloweenie ribbon. I also added some Halloween
labels I found on Pinterest & printed out on card stock. These
Lucky Stars are hangin with my Daddy, when he was a baby.
Too much fun!!!
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial & have fun getting into
the Halloween Spirit. What I LOVE about these,
is I can make them for all the holidays!!!
XOXO
vintagesusie
