Recycled Jack O'Lantern Magic

Where have I been, you ask? I have been trying to remove labels from my food jars so I could make these darling Jack O'Lanterns!



All I can say is some of the adhesives used on food jars do not want to release the labels. Hot water and elbow grease is my preferred method of removal, but geesh! It takes a heck of a lot of work. It's almost scary...



This is the simple shape face. Darling, isn't he?




The paper I used to cover the jars is also recycled from a kitchen item I received from last Christmas! I saved it because it was these huge pieces of perfect orange and finally I found the perfect use!

And the black paper pieces are scraps from another project! I love it!



I'm going to place my pumpkin spice tea lights in them and place them in the window so maybe we'll get a few trick or treaters this year...

This recycling trick is a real treat!

Happy Halloween!!!

Busyness Cards

Today I made some little busyness cards. I made them out of things I had around the house... I reused some paper that had gone through the printer and came out with only a page number and some tags that I rescued from from a friend's "trash" -- she had decided to go with white tags and didn't need these.

So I printed my logo and info and came up with a new line that I LOVE: "Saving the world, one art project at a time."

I can't think of a more relevant sentence to describe my busyness.

And then I sent the pieces through my stickermaker, adhered them, and voila! Busyness cards.