Fall Crafts

Hello!
Today I want to share some new things I made for fall.

Hoje eu quero compartilhar umas coisas novas eu fiz para o outono.

First I made three little  fabric pumpkins. They are just a circle of fabric gathered and filled with polyfill. I hot glued cinnamon sticks for the stems.

Primeiro eu fiz tres aboboras de pano.. Elas foram feitas com um circulo de pano franzido e cheias com polyfill. Eu colei canela em pau com cola quente para as hastes.

I love Clothespin dolls. I decide to make some to put in my cubby shelf. Here is the witch.

Eu adoro bonecas feitas de pregadores de roupa. Eu decidi fazer algumas para colocar na minha prateleira. Aqui esta a bruxa.

 

And here is a fall girl.

E aqui esta uma menina do outono.

And two fall gnomes.

E dois gnomos de outono. 

They are all living together in my cubby shelf.

Eles estao todos morando juntos na minha prateleira.

This is my " Halloween Village". Little boxes from the dollar tree.

Essa 'e minha via Villa de Halloween. Caixas da loja dollar tree.

 

I got four different houses. The trick or treaters  are from my husband's Playmobil collection.

Eu tenho quatro casas diferentes. Os trick or treaters sao da colecao de playmobil do meu marido.

I love how it looks!

Eu amo minha prateleira decorada para o outono!

I have this bear for a while. She used to be some kind of country bear from Boyd's Bears, very cute, but I wanted a witch bear. So, I gave her old outfit for Brenda's dolls and made this new one. She became a witch! I made the hat and the dress. Her costume matches one that Brenda has. I will post pictures another day.

Eu tenho essa ursinha faz um tempinho. Ela era uma ursinha country muito bonitinha, mas eu queria uma ursinha bruxa. Eu dei a roupa velha dela para a Brenda usar nas bonecas dela e fiz uma nova para a ursa. Ela se transformou numa bruxa! Eu fiz o chapeu e o vestido. Essa fantasia de buxa combina com uma que a Brenda tem. Eu vou postar as fotos outro dia.

My husband thinks she looks like a fairy godmother witch. I think she is a cutie.

Meu marido acha que ela parece com uma bruxa fada madrinha. Eu acho que ela 'e lindinha.

One last thing I made. A family Home Evening board. The families at our church have a special evening every week set aside for spiritual family time. This board will help us to get organized with our assignments.

A ultima coisa que fiz. Uma placa para Noite familiar. Em nossa igreja toda semana as familias tem uma noite espiritual com a familia.  Essa placa vai nos ajudar a organizar as nossas designacoes.

 

Have a Happy and safe Halloween!

Ana Paula.

Happy Dance!

Hello!
Here she is, Priscilla from Lizzie Kate's Pair O' Pilgrims!

The fabric I used to finish her is different from the one I used to finish Miles. It's  a golden brown color.

As on Miles, I made some color changes and used less buttons than  the pattern suggested.
The buttons are so cool! The pie button was the first one I got on e-bay. I was able to get the others latter from another e-bay seller getting just the ones I liked. It was way more affordable than getting the button pack .

I think she is so pretty holding her pie, and I am very happy that I finished both pilgrims in time for Thanksgiving.

Also, not being an American born, it was fun doing some research on the real Miles and Priscilla.
Such strong and corageous people!
Anyways, I love to look at them, but had to put these guys away until after Halloween.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Have a great weekend.

Ana Paula.

A Christmas Table runner and Thanksgiving Decor

Hello!
On the weekend I finished a new quilting project. There are lots of tutorials online for this quilt as you go table runner. I used this one. Her blog is great, many tutorials and beautiful pictures. I had made a similar table runner years ago,  but this one turned out a lot better. I am really happy with the results.

I made it to fit on this Ikea  storage trunk that I use as a coffee table.
It was easy to make. I used fabrics from my stash , cotton batting and a muslin back.

No Christmas decor for now, but I have some Thanksgiving decor to share.

 We made this Thankful garland other day. Just a bag of paper leaves from the 99 cents store and twine.

Brenda wrote things that she is thankful for on each leaf. A simple and meaningful craft.

I put my Halloween stuff away and out came other things.

This sweet pilgrim bear is from Bearington bears.

Some Indian corn. I love their colors and variety.

A Cherished Teddies mini plate.

Brenda loves this little Thanksgiving display .

Today I went to her school to teach the kids to make a little craft.

Her class loved to make Tom Turkey, this cute craft from Gooseberry Patch. They have the directions on their blog here . We make this craft with the cousins every Thanksgiving dinner. It is so cute!
One last thing, a gift I am putting together for a friend's girl  who turned ten years old.

Because she likes crafts, I got a cute craft book and some supplies that will help her on her craft adventures. A cool idea for Christmas, don't you think ?
Thanks for stopping by!

Ana Paula.

Slipcovers and fall decor

Hi! Several weeks ago I finally finished the slipcovers for my "new" dinning room chairs.
Well, they were not really new, but had good bones. That's a very good reason to make slipcovers.

I used the directions from this book I got at Joann.

The fabric is also from Joann. It was my first time making slipcovers and I am all excited to make more. :)

Now, a little bit of Fall decor. My friend Jodie gave me this super cute spider.

She made it using the pattern from the 2011 Holiday Crafts magazine.

I was lucky to find this vase with our family initial at Home Goods. The flowers are from Tai Pan Trading. I was looking for sunflowers, but when I found these poppies I changed my mind.

As I said on a previews post, i don't do a lot of Halloween decor, but when I find stuff like this little witch, I can't resist. Sorry for the bad shot.

It was a bargain I found last year at Ross.

And here is my last Cross Stitch Sampler to share.

This is the Autumn Sampler from Janlynn. I got it on e-bay and I love it ! It is my favorite of the three I have. The colors are beautiful.  I posted about the other samples here and here .

Sorry for another bad picture. I just can't get a good one from my framed cross stitch pieces.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy and safe Halloween.

Ana Paula.