The Vintage Paper Pumpkin

Remember that darling little paper pumpkin I posted about last week and the template I created to help you make one of your own? I happened to be browsing Etsy the other day looking at white pumpkins when I was hit upside the head with a Shazam! moment. The thoughts went something like this: vintage, pumpkin, book pages, white.

vintage halloween paper pumpkin

With that in mind I gathered a selection of decorative pages, passages from an old book and a couple of old postcards with some handwriting and came up with my own vintage style version of this pumpkin. A new template that comes with all the pumpkin shapes you'll need to create the pumpkin shown can be found in the Le Charmed Life Boutique. Of course it will be up to you to add a stem, some curly vines at the top and a tag if you so desire. Be creative!

Paper Pumpkin Tutorial

I found this beautiful, dimensional paper pumpkin that I think looks fantastic as a place setting for the fall holidays. This pumpkin was put together by Kelly of Notable Nest who was guest featured on the See Vanessa Craft blog.

paper pumpkin tutorial

Since this tutorial does not include a template I have created one for you.  Call it the Virgoan perfectionism in me that thinks it's nice for those not so talented in the drawing department to have something to work from. The finished pumpkin will stand about 1 1/8" high by 2 1/8" in diameter.

pumpkin template - click for larger image

I recommend cutting 8 to 10 papers to 3" wide by 2" high and folding them in half. Take 2 or 3 of your papers at a time, lay the straight side of the template on the fold and cut. Follow the paper pumpkin tutorial beginning at step 3. Enjoy!

Printable Tombstone Place Cards

Printable parties have gained popularity in the digital age of DYI so as a designer I feel it's my duty to offer my take on this for your holiday pleasure. I think I'll make a whole series that includes favor bags, boxes and other paper projects

tombstone place cards on Etsy

First up are these printable tombstone place cards. The beauty of these is that they print out on a single sheet of paper and in one piece making their assembly fast and easy.

halloween favor bag on Etsy

Customize these by typing your verbiage in your favorite word processor. Print on clear labels and adhere to the tombstone. Look how cute these are together! What a fun party.

Happy Halloween!

Wishing Rich Charles a very Happy Birthday today. To the rest of you, may you have a safe, scary, happy, candy profitable (or whatever your Halloween pleasure today), holiday.

image courtesy of brothersoft.com

Witch Dress Halloween Inspiration

I went searching the internet for a witch dress that would inspire this month's paper dress project. My search turned up a plethora of women's witch dresses that might have been cute if they didn't make the wearer look like a porn star.

victorian witch costume

There is still creativity left, you just have to look for it in the children's section. How about this adorable little number? Victorian Witch! Even the title of the costume inspires and provides the perfect Halloween inspiration for October's dress.

The Intrigue of Vampireology

Do you love vampires or hate vampires? What is Vampireology all about anyway? Those devastatingly handsome relics who smoothly seduce their female victims as if by magic. With a face and charisma like that so what if he's 400 years old! Oooh! I love it!

getting into the Halloween spirit with Vampireology

I got dragged to Barnes and Noble by my dad last weekend who was on the hunt for Sudoku puzzles. He happened to mention that this was a good time to buy calendars so guess where I ended up?

opening up to the first page

You'da thunk I would have found something pretty (which I did) but opted for Vampireology instead. Haha! Believe it or not I happen to love vampire movies and am sort of intrigued by the culture and dark romance of it all. I just had to know more so into the cart went the calendar.