Saturday, October 6, 2012

Falling for Halloween! Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Falling for Halloween Blog Hop. Thank you for joining us to enjoy all the wonderful crafty inspiration for the fall and Halloween season!  You should have arrived here from Maria's Stamp, Cut, Create! blog. If you missed the beginning of the hop, please go to Maria's blog to start so you don't miss any of the projects.

Read to the end of the post to win BLOG CANDY!  :)

Last year I saw a wonderful project that inspired me, in one of the Northridge publications; the Simply Handmade Sewing issue in 2011, look on page 18 for the witch hat by Brianne Neville! There's a tutorial in that issue, but it's a fairly easy project to recreate!

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I bought my paper mache witch hat form at Michael's, it was very inexpensive. You just need to cut a bunch of circles from your favorite Halloween cardstocks. (I cut mine with a cricut at about 2 inches or so)

Distress the edges with ink or scrape them, then layer them on the hat and bling it up or dress it up with paper "roses" and tulle. It was really easy!  I did paint my hat brim black first, though Brianne did not for hers, so it's up to you to paint or not. 

This sweet little hat is probably my favorite Halloween decoration in the house right now. :)  I hope you are inspired to make your own!

Thanks for stopping by for the Blog Hop! Please stop by Paulette's blog next!
(keep going for the BLOG CANDY!)

Here is a list of everyone in the Blog Hop! Don't miss any of them! :)

Blog Candy Time! :)  Yeah, all you need to do to win this Tattered Angels Nature Graceful Journey set is leave a comment on today's blog post. If you leave a comment on tomorrow's blog post as well, you get TWO entries in the drawing! I will draw the lucky winner on Monday!

41 comments:

  1. WOW, Michele! That witches hat is fabulous! Thanks for sharing this. I will have to make one for myself!

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  2. that is the cutest stinking witch hat ! Awesome job Michele ! Hmmm I may need to go hunt down one of those paper mache hats at M's and try my hand at my own. Thanks for the inspiration !

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  3. How wonderful is that hat!! I think I know what my next project is.

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  4. So cute! I love the patterns and roses! Thanks for a chance to win.

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  5. I love the papers you chose and how you draped the tulle. Gorgeous project!!

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  6. This is so cute! I love that its made out of circles but turns out so intricate!

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  7. So cute! Love the patterns of the papers.

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  8. You Halloween hat decor is awesome! I love the tulle and the dimensional flowers you created! Great for a centerpiece-- oh, I want to make one!

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  9. Love your hat! I wish my flowers would look as good as yours

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  10. The flowers on the hat such a fun idea.

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  11. Wow, love the hat! Such a great decoration idea! The tulle and the flowers finish it off nicely.

    l_pirelli at yahoo dot com

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  12. Gorgeous hat!!!!

    rhaun64@gmaildotcom

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  13. Wonderful holiday decoration Michele!

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  14. Wow! Love the hat.

    tderosa142 at gmail dot com

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  15. That hat is wwaayy too nice to be for a witch. :)
    It's so cute!
    waidc@bellsouth.net

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  16. That hat is terrific!!! The work and time that went into it really shows!!
    toledoslp@aol.com

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  17. that hat is beautiful.

    Beth
    baby.cowgirl88 at yahoo dot com

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  18. Michelle,this is the cutest idea! Loving the details on this!! :) Beautifully done!!!

    scrapluv45@yahoo.com

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  19. Your hat is gorgeous! I saw those at Michael's but didn't get one because I didn't know what to do with it. Now I may have to go back and get one!

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  20. Amazing!Gorgeous!and so STUNNING!Love it! New Follower!
    Migdalia

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  21. Wonderful and darling hat! Love the colors, the roses, the tulle! Great decor - I can see why it's your favorite!

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  22. Adorable witchy hat! I love how the paper roses just dress it up! Thanks for the reminder that paper creations aren't just cards and scrapbook pages!

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  23. Gtreat witches hat!! LOVE the flowers and tulle

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  24. Love this hat, and your directions are so simple that it totally inspires me to recreate! I think I have a foam cone somewhere-that way I use up what I have.
    kidshomelove at yahoo.com

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  25. Super cute hat, love the color combination and the black tulle. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  26. Oh my gosh that is super cute!! That would be a fun project to do with my girls or students too. I like that you used purple with the orange. :)

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  27. Love your witches hat - great job!

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  28. that witches hat is really nice like the papers

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  29. This is really. My dgd's who are teens would love this. I'll have to make one!!

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  30. Lovely hat! I love that you can change the feel just by mixing up your paper choices. Thank you!
    -D

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  31. That is so cute. I have never seen it before.

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  32. Super cute! I love this because you can showcase the beautiful papers that are available.

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  33. Wow!! I love this. I will be scrap lifting this too!!!

    TFS

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  34. I love love that hat!! I haven't the courage to do one of those project yet. I'm afraid I would get about half of the circles on and give up.lol tfs

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  35. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS HAT! Halloween is my favorite holiday. I think I may have to make a witch's hat. Thanks for the inspitation!
    Margo (go-go on the Cricut mb)

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  36. Love the hat!!! So many papers to choose from and yoiu can use them all on this project!

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  37. Wow your witch hat is gorgous and and I love the tulle.

    marg0006 at verizon dot net

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  38. Adorable - I just bought a hat too and this is a perfect idea for decorating it. Love it. Great job.

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