The last few weeks, I haven't been feeling very "nesty." I've been feeling very "workallthetimey" and "onlywanttospendsparetimeplayingwithmydaughtery." However, I do love fall and wanted to bring a little of the season inside so I decorated the top of our piano.
Sidebar: How does Halloween decorating fit in with fall decorating? It feels early to have Halloween stuff out, but I'm all "there's no way I have time to put up fall stuff, add Halloween stuff in October, and remove it again in November."
Anyway, after I decorated, I had this.
Nothing fancy, and probably not to many people's taste, which is fine. Regardless, I love the sparkly BOO but this felt unbalanced with nothing in that color on the right side.
Enter, Radiant Orchid.
I get a little obsessed when Pantone releases their color of year, and I bought a test pot of Radiant Orchid a few months ago with no clue what I'd do with it. So, I painted a piece of scrap wood and two paint stirrers.
Then, I decided I would put ghosts on top of the sticks. I pieced together one ghost.
This is a pair of my daughter's socks that she's outgrown, covered with white tulle. I found some old letter stickers and ripped up a few of them to make the face. Boom.
It's really kind of obnoxious looking though. And also, I didn't want to use up all of E's socks. We might have another kid someday and he or she will have feet.
And after that, I went out for hibachi with T's family. Because they had birthdays. And we were hungry. And I had no clue what I was going to do with my other painted sticks.
After dinner we stopped at Meijer, and I found my solution.
These cute, sparkly little spiders were $3. I glued them and the lone ghost to the sticks, stuck them in the mason jar, and called it a night.
I'm really happy with the final look now! Not perfect, definitely not fancy, but the colors feel more balanced and I smile when I walk past.
Nothing fancy, and probably not to many people's taste, which is fine. Regardless, I love the sparkly BOO but this felt unbalanced with nothing in that color on the right side.
Enter, Radiant Orchid.
I get a little obsessed when Pantone releases their color of year, and I bought a test pot of Radiant Orchid a few months ago with no clue what I'd do with it. So, I painted a piece of scrap wood and two paint stirrers.
Then, I decided I would put ghosts on top of the sticks. I pieced together one ghost.
This is a pair of my daughter's socks that she's outgrown, covered with white tulle. I found some old letter stickers and ripped up a few of them to make the face. Boom.
It's really kind of obnoxious looking though. And also, I didn't want to use up all of E's socks. We might have another kid someday and he or she will have feet.
And after that, I went out for hibachi with T's family. Because they had birthdays. And we were hungry. And I had no clue what I was going to do with my other painted sticks.
After dinner we stopped at Meijer, and I found my solution.
These cute, sparkly little spiders were $3. I glued them and the lone ghost to the sticks, stuck them in the mason jar, and called it a night.
I'm really happy with the final look now! Not perfect, definitely not fancy, but the colors feel more balanced and I smile when I walk past.
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