A Monster on my Desk

It's all about quick & easy Halloween

decorations on my blog this week.

Today, we're using this:

A blah, empty tissue box.

See what happens when we add some

paper & cardboard cut-outs...

We made a scary monster!

Add some candy and situate it on

a table or desk.

Won't it be fun to see if kids and adults

dare to put their hand inside?

Enjoy your day!

Costume Party

We're getting ready for Halloween,

and all this week we're making

easy blah to TADA! decorations.

blah: stuffed animals picked up from

different parts of the house

Why not dress them up

for Halloween too?

Meet COW-nt Dracula

Here's Bear the Bandit...

And the Chick Witch!

These costumes were made with an

old black t-shirt and felt scraps.

TADA!

Easy Halloween Decorations

Hi Everyone & happy Monday!

Do you celebrate Halloween?

I like the grandeur of Halloween.

I participate by handing out treats to

costumed kids in our apartment

building and watching the Village

Halloween Parade in New York City.

With Halloween around the corner,

I'm sharing some easy decorating

ideas that go from blah to TADA!

blah: empty soda & iced tea bottles

Add some labels printed from the

Martha Stewart website.

Glue on the labels and add

some ghoulish green liquid

{water & food color}.

Line these up on a window sill, shelf or mantle.

Or use them on pitchers and carafes

for your party drinks...just how

Martha Stewart does it.

TADA!

Larger than Life

Since we're on the topic of recycling boxes,

I thought this was a good time to share

some super cool sculptures. They

are store window displays at the

Nike shop in Soho, New York City.

Standing at least 6 feet tall, this

creature is one big basketball fanatic.

Here's the back view -- see how he's

spinning the ball?

Can you believe that this is made

entirely out of shoe boxes?

Here's another one made of

black & white shoe boxes.

They were created by talented artist

Christophe Roberts...which he started

because he had so many Nike

shoe boxes in his closet.

Check-out this video on how he puts

sculptures like these together.

Awesome right?

Have an enjoyable weekend!

Collapsible Box

Hi there! Thanks for dropping in today.

Yesterday, I turned a blah produce sack

into a TADA! container.

Today, I have another idea using the

same produce sack.

Trim the sack to a rectangle and

remove any labels.

Cut it into 4 smaller rectangles.

Put them side by side to form a cube.

Then pin the meeting edges together.

Connect the pinned edges using

a sewing machine or hand-stitching.

With a big needle & yarn, I made a

blanket stitch on the tops & edges.

If you have an extra sack, make a

square for the bottom

{use a plastic bag or a piece of

cloth as an alternative} and

stitch this to the sides.

Remove the pins and TADA!

you just made a cute

collapsible box!

Use it for pencils, pens & markers...

...and other art materials.

Have a colorful day!

A Sack that doesn't Suck

If you've visited my blog before, you know

how many times I've recycled produce sacks.

I've turned them into flowers, hairpieces and

even garden lights.

What do you know? I have a few more

to transform from blah to TADA!

Step 1: Cut into a rectangle & remove

the plastic labels.

Step 2: Tape the edges with printed or solid-colored

packing tape. You might need to reinforce

the stickiness-factor with hot glue.

Step 3: Gather the edges so that the flat sack

lifts up to become a box. Attach the meeting

edges with hot glue.

Use binder clips to keep the edges in place

as the glue dries.

Remove the binder clips and TADA!

you've got a box!

I'll use it as a station for garlic...

...or for those nifty coffee pods.

Or a place where snacks can hang out

until they're gobbled up by the family.

TADA!

Food to Go

All this week, I'm recycling different kinds of boxes.

I like to order in every now and then.

I have a habit of keeping the

plastic food containers;

there's even a designated shelf

in my pantry for these.

Sometimes, I feel they're a blah because the shapes

and sizes vary, they don't stack very well.

But I still keep most of them anyway.

When you have a party, they're

very handy to store left-overs.

You can keep some in the fridge,

some in the freezer or send some

to your guests so they don't

have to cook the next day.

You can also give one to your doorman

or someone who helps you out

everyday.

Just add a fork {also collected from

too much take-out}, a napkin

and why not add a drink, too?

TADA!

Won't this idea be TADA!

for the coming holidays like

Thanksgiving & Christmas?