A few weeks ago, I was looking through some of my patterns and came across the pattern for the very first Wood project I did when I was about 14 or 15. My Mom had been shopping at our local Mac's Hobby and Craft store (miss this store) and saw a list of Super Saturday classes the store offered and decided that she wanted the "Trick or Treaters Stop Here" yard sign and signed me up for the next Super Saturday class (which became her monthly ritual for me after the first project turned out so well). I spent all day Saturday Painting the sign and it turned out so cute. Cute enough that it was stolen out of my Parents front yard before Halloween even arrived.
This is what the finished sign looked like and since it was taken, my Mom wanted a new one made, so she bought the pattern, unfinished wood sign and the paints. The original green paints used on the witches hair were sold out, so we used some darker colors and it even looked better. I am not sure what happened to the second sign, possibly years of being out in the weather finally taking its toll. I have kept the patter, thinking one day I might make one for my yard.
And since I am taking a stroll down Memory Lane, here are a few more fall projects I have made over the years (most of the earlier projects my Mom still has and decorates her house with each fall season).
After my Mom got me started with Super Saturday classes at the local craft store each month I then also became very eager to learn how to do new crafts all the time. And here is a bit of how each of the above projects came about.
Witch on the Mantel: A dear sweet woman that my Mom babysat for and I would tend for at nights or on the weekend as needed, knew I loved to work on craft projects and invited me with her on several of her crafting adventures. This witch was one of such adventures.
Scarecrows: I love to sew and my Mom would always have all kinds of sewing projects for me to work on, so one fall she had me make these cute scarecrows.
Pumpkin Patch Sign and Fall Wreath: One of my Church Young Women Leaders would help the Relief Society with their Homemaking nights and was a very crafty person. My Mom would take me along with her to Relief Society night to help her with projects and I would have her sign up for double or additional projects so I could have them for myself.
The Halloween Fence Post and Jack-O-Lantern: These were projects I started (and completed at home) at a Church Super Saturday event.
Black Cat: When I was 18 or 19 I took some Toll Painting classes at the local craft store and this was supposed to be part of a wreath that had a painted moon as the second half of the wreath. The moon broke in my car one day (I didn't really like it anyway), so the cat as always hung alone. This cat is one of my best toll painting projects I believe I had ever done. (now if I would just finish the pilgrim wreath I had also started in this class, which was at least 15 years ago...).
Hurricane Centerpiece. A few years ago I wanted a wreath to go around my candle hurricane and found the wreaths to be out of my price range. So by visiting the local Michael's I purchased a small pumpkin twig garland and a leaf garland and made my own.
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