eek~DO YOU LIKE?

on a scale of 1-10

1- hating it go back to the old header!

10 -loving it and its great for the season!

or any other number 1-10?
PLEASE BE NICE THOUGH! 

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW {SHRIEK} Halloween header?

shall i keep it (during the holiday) or go back?

Halloween Cupcake Liner Topiary

Here is my Halloween CupCake liner Topiary Tree. (If you remember my Fire Cracker Topiary its pretty much made the same.) I know I know, some of you have been giving me a hard time ;) ON Halloween crafts, but this is how I GET AROUND A holiday... "CRAFTOMANIAC CRAZED" for Holiday Crafts...... I am only trying to inspire and give you all a good head start. WINKS! REMEMBER I HAVE A craft disorder.

supplies needed. I did paint the terra cota pot~ Wicker White

HOW TO:
You will start by folding up the cupcake liner's and adding some hot glue to the bottom. Then using another dowel I would place the cupcake liner on the ball and push down on it with the dowel. You don't want to burn your fingers.

I started hot gluing the cupcake liner's to the base {FIRST} onto the styrofoam ball. It was easy with it wedged between my knees holding it in place.

then after most of the bottom and middle is filled in, I started with the very top, filling it in everywhere until I was done.

I stuck styrofoam down in the pot and then stuck the dowel and topiary ball down into it.

I added shredded crinkle paper to fill in the pot.

then I hot glued a large orange button to the center of the bow.

When you are all done, you can look and see if any spots need to be filled in. You will fill in spots that may look bare or that show styrofoam. YOU will want it real full looking.

and ALL DONE! I vow to never make one again.... it was time consuming and I even took a break making it. ;) (well will see anyway)

THANKS SO  MUCH FOR LOOKING!

I am linking up with All Things Related for Anything Related HERE Sugar Bee Craft Edition for Take a Look Tuesday HERE Get Your Craft On Tuesday at Todays Creative Blog HERE Tute in Tuesday at Oops I Craft Pants HERE Creative Share Blog Hop at Trendy Treehouse HERE and Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts HERE Seven Thirty Three for Sugar and Spice and everything nice Party HERE  Strut Your Stuff with Somewhat Simple HERE Fireflies and Jellybeans for Show Off Your Stuff HERE and a Crafy Soiree at Yesterday On Tuesday HERE and This Blessed Nest for Fall Festival HERE and Funky Junk Interiors for SNS HERE and Between Naps on The Porch for Met. Monday HERE and Blue Cricket Design for Show and Tell HERE .

CRAFT-O-MANIAC MONDAY LINK PARTY

WELCOME EVERYONE TO ANOTHER FUN CRAFT-O-MANIAC MONDAY. Please link up only TWO PROJECTS~ Crafts, DIY Projects, or Recipes, Tutorials too. PLEASE "NO" Giveaways!

Please link back to Craft-O-Maniac or grab my CraftOManiac Monday button to add to your post. I enjoy these link parties, let the fun begin.

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT Talents

HI GUYS~ THANKS SOOOOOOO MUCH FOR YOUR ENDEARING AND Sweet Congrats to me on BABY # 4. Your messages mean so much, really and truly thank you.

For now on I am going to do CraftOManiac Monday features on Sunday, properly titled- "Sunday Spotlight Talents!" GET READY TO LINK UP TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER CRAFT-O-MANIAC MONDAY!

HERE OUR SOME GREAT SPOTLIGHTS!
Darling hand made and painted wood pumpkins at You Craft Me Up HERE.

Subway art is all over blog land and I need to make one pronto. I LOVE Night Owl Crafts rendition of her "BACK TO SCHOOL" subway art. Love the white on orange too. You can find it HERE.

Darling Mummy Treat Containers at Michelles Cozy Cottage HERE.

DELICTABLE Banana, Nutella, and White Chocolate Cupcakes made at Langed Fadchen Faules Madchen HERE. I know is your mouth watering?

Beautifully created PAISLEY rug at MLE'S ABC'S HERE

very CUTE thrifted Craft Shelf makeover at The Thriftress HERE.

THANK GALS!

I interrupt this program {blog} for a very important announcement~

THIS IS ME AND GUESS WHAT I AM???????????????????????????????????????????

YEP PREGGERS! NOW THERE IS NO BETTER CRAFT TO BE MADE THEN A CHILD!!!

{a GIFT from God.} THIS CRAFT-O-MANIAC MAMA IS expecting a one of a kind hand crafted & created gift sometime in late April or May TBC~ YEP' BABY # 4 is on board and I AM ELATED, AND cannot contain my wonderful news. ;)

i just found out so NO OTHER DETAILS TO SHARE AT THE MOMENT.

CraftOManiac Monday will be here soon... SO GET READY! I will feature some of you on Tuesday from last Monday sorry, THE RECENT NEWS has been all the fuss latley. HUGS~

Vintage Halloween Box

hello WONDERFUL PEEPS~ here is MY {VINTAGE} Halloween BOX transformation.

I saw this scrap paper at Roberts Crafts way back in May, and grabbed it because I LOVED IT! I new I WOULD make something with it around Fall.

BEFORE~ I FOUND This box a few weeks ago at Desert Industries for $1.00 dollar original tag $6.99. I am on this BOX KICK YOU KNOW... ;)

HERE IS WHAT I DID~ I started by painting the box all with Acrylic Paint~ base- dark brown with a glaze made of vintage white mixed with water that you rub on with a paper towel and rub off. Lid~ orange mixed with brown and vintage white, and the same vintage white glaze over it.

TIP~ for a more old vintage look, I opened my scissors and ran them along the outside edges of the paper CAREFULLY fraying them and tearing them a tiny bit. LOVE THIS look!

I then used my mod podge, (it is the lustre one and I WANTED the dry dull look) to the backs of the card paper and layed them on the box and smoothed them out with my hand.

DONE~ with the painted glazed frayed cards and mod podged on!

and another~ MY SIS IS FAB. SHE loved it (as did my mom but she watched me make them) she thought I BOUGHT IT! HE!

ONE MORE!

AND FINALLY~ I made two bows for the top, I used distress ink for the creme polka ribbon and distressed the ribbon. Then looped and pinned with a safety pin, then made the other bow and pinned it too. I then hot glued them on and together and hot glued the button on the top.

AFTER~ AND THERE YOU GO!

THANKS SO SO SO MUCH FOR STOPPING IN.
I am linking up with Fingerprints on the Fridge for Feature Yourself Friday HERE and Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home HERE Tatertots and Jello for Weekend Wrap Up Party HERE  Make It 4 Monday At Cottage Instincts HERE and Santas Gift Shoppe for Marketing Monday HERE and Blue Cricket Design for Show and Tell HERE.

YUMMY MUMMY treat Jars~ tea lights/or party favors

Here are my Yummy Mummy's! THEY ARE MUMMY-LICIOUS WITH TREATS IN THEM!

these would ALSO make great halloween decorations or party favors at your next HALLOWEEN PARTY. Or just as treat jars for friends, class mates, neighbors, etc. Fill with any candy you want!

spooky in TINTED BLACK AND WHITE ;)

here is a HOW TO~ use and save those baby food jars small or big. Or you can make large ones out spaghetti, or applesauce jars.

Or you can use them as a nice halloween flicker to light up any spooktacular area and make them TEA LIGHTS TOO!

YES' MR. MUMMY STILL has wet mod podge on him when i took this pic. SORRY!

THANKS FOR LOOKING!
I am linking up with These Creative Juices for Letting The Creative Juices Flow HERE Show and Tell with Blue Cricket Design HERE Creative Share Blog Hop at Trendy Treehouse HERE Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts HERE Sugar and Spice at Seven Thirty Three HERE SomeWhat Simple for Strut Your Stuff Thursday HERE and Fingerprints on the Fridge for Feature Yourself Friday HERE  All About You at Texas Monkey HERE and Be Different Act Normal for Show and Tell Fall edition HERE.

CRAFT-O-MANIAC MONDAY~ linky party!

another CRAFT-O-Maniac MONDAY is HERE!

PLEASE PLEASE LINK UP ONLY TWO ENTRIES. I am still finding 4-8 entries from the same blog. Also, I notice alot who don't link back to my blog (sad face) or ad my button. Please out of respect and as your host LINK BACK. That said I will only choose projects that not only are fab. but who link back to Craft-O-Maniac, or ad my button to the post or on your blog somewhere. Thank you, and we all need to be fair right?

SO let the LINK PARTY FUN BEGIN!

Sodderbug JEWELRY winner is~

The winner of one Costum Sodderbug necklace with chain and Chosen by RANDOM.ORG generator IS.............

# 17~ BRITNEY~ OF UNEXPECTED SURPRISES HERE. WHOO HOO BRIT. CONGRATS. I will need your emial so I CAN give it to Sodderbug so they can contact you.