Old Picture Frames: What Can I Do With Them?

I have TONS of old picture frames – TONS. I am pretty set on making sure my frames in each of my rooms match. A lot of times I just spray paint the old frames so that they are all the same color – so that usually works out! However, I have frames with missing glass, latches, and huge chips. There’s a ton of stuff that you can do with these – which brings me to the purpose of this post!

Click on the photo to go to the tutorial.

Contents:

• Misc. Tutorials
• Christmas Tutorials

Misc. Tutorials:

Christmas Tutorials:

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Leaves and Tree Branches: What Can I Do With Them?

I am all raked out.

I’ve recently raked leaves at a park for community service, at my parent’s cottages, at my fiance’s parent’s house, and of course, at our house (which took several hours and basically an entire weekend!)

This weekend, we even went back to my fiance’s parents house to finish up the raking job that we started! There are TOO MANY LEAVES! So what can we do with these leaves, you ask? Sure.. you’ll probably use yard waste recycling, but why not pick out the awesome ones to craft with!? I’m sure while you’re raking, you’ll find some tree branches mixed in along the way, so put them to good use as well! Here are some tutorials:

Leaf Tutorials:

Tree Branch Tutorials:

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

DIY Halloween Pumpkin and Gourd Decoration Tutorials

It’s October 22th – almost a week before Halloween, and the PERFECT time to carve your pumpkins and dry your gourds! You can do so much more than carve a simple face.

When moving into my house past this past May, I noticed that there was something odd growing. I wasn’t sure if it was a weed, so I let it keep growing. Surprisingly, it produced one mini pumpkin (gourd), and I’m attempting to dry it! I looked up ‘how to dry gourds’ on Google, and found so many different results of what to do and not to do. I’m really confused about the whole process. For now, I’m hanging it up in my garage and seeing what happens. Anyone know how to dry gourds for real? I want to keep the seeds, too! Anyways, back to the real post subject.

I’ve collected several tutorials that I thought were interesting ideas for both pumpkins and gourds.

The first section will focus on carved pumpkin and gourds, and the second section is a whole bunch of ideas for no carve solutions.

General Tutorials:

• How To Make Halloween Spooktacular Pumpkins Video: YouTube
• Carving Artificial Pumpkins Tips: Craft Jr.
• Free Pumpkin Stencils for Halloween: Fantasy Jr.
• Scary Pumpkin Stencils: Fantasy Jr.
• Pumpkin Carving Patterns: FamilyE

Contents for Carved Pumpkin and Gourd Tutorials:

• Non-traditional Carving Tutorials

Contents for No Carve Pumpkin and Gourd Tutorials:

• Ribbon Tutorials
• Object Attachment Tutorials
• Painted Tutorials
• Picture Tutorials

• Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos

Carved Pumpkin and Gourd Tutorials:

Non-Traditional Carving Tutorials:

No Carve Pumpkin and Gourd Tutorials:

Ribbon Tutorials:

Object Attachment Tutorials:

• Vinyl Pumpkin Decorating from OhMyCrafts on YouTube

Painted Tutorials:

Picture Tutorials:

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

• 10 Awesome Robot Halloween Pumpkins: Botropolis
• Button Pumpkins and Lady Monster Gourds: Ruffles and Stuff

Am I insane for spending hours to get pictures and links all set up? YES. In general. And NO – because I use my blog as a reference for myself as well. I can reference back to these tutorials and ideas for the rest of my life – without having to search ever again! YES! That’s why, if you  have any awesome tutorials, ideas, or comments for pumpkins or gourds – let me know so I can keep a running list! Thanks so much!

Photo Credit: nep on flickr