Make your own Halloween Cards (simply)

What a nice, unassuming, primitive card. It's got the saltbox house, the soft wooly sheep, picket fence, and delicate painted style. The only thing missing is......

 

the dreaded vampire sheep of Pennsylvania!!!! They show no mercy to another of their brethren.

Here's another nice primitive card:

Aw, isn't that sweet?? Da wittle kitty and da birdie are buddies. He, he, he, he.....

But where is the little red birds partner??!!

See what a little paint can do?? This is an inexpensive way to make Halloween cards....without all the hassle of assembling them yourself. I bought these cards at a local bargain shop for ninety-nine cents for a pack of ten. What a deal!! If you do anything like this, I'd love to see it. These cards I made totally crack me up (especially the sheep). 

I am sharing this post at these linky parties:
 Get Your Craft On
Three Or More @ Gypsy's Corner
Halloween Party: While He Was Napping
Frugalicious Friday

 DIY Fall Festival

Fall Felt Board Craft

Oh, the fun of felt material!! You can do so many things with it. This is my latest fall decor attempt...and it is multipurpose....not only is it decoration, it is interactive. Love it!! Here's what I did:

With a little help from some heat-and-bond and an old dry-erase calendar:

I ironed that felt right onto it. I used some brown for dirt/grass and some blue for the sky. 

Give your dirt a little depth and add some gently rolling hills. Then, I started making the felt characters!! Munchkin was a wake and involved in the process, so of course this wasn't just a fall-themed project....it was a DINOSAUR fall-themed craft. They find their way into a lot of our crafts. :-) We got pumpkins......and, a VOLCANO!!!!

Where would the Great Valley be without Littlefoot and Petrie?? Nowhere. That's right. 

That yellow swirling vortex (thanks hubby for naming it so *aptly*) is actually a round hay bale. You know you see it. Just not necessarily very well. 

(Kinda looks like one of sir pumpkins eyes is getting pulled into the not-a-vortex, but that's beside the point)

Witches are essential. 

A little tangerinish paint for the frame and there you have it!! The perfect interactive fall decoration.

I'm sharing this project at these delicious linky parties:
Three Or More Tuesdays
Get Your Craft On
Halloween Party: While He Was Napping
Frugalicious Friday

 DIY Fall Festival

Eco Store Review

Do you worry about the chemicals in your cleaning supplies and body products?? I do.  I worry about the health of my body and my families bodies and I am concerned about the air that we are breathing when we use harsh products . But, my wallet doesn't have an unending supply of dollar bills....and that is a concern as well. 

I recently got a chance to review EcoSTORE. What an incredibly company!! They provide a large range of household cleaning products as well as body and baby care products too!! Their products are plant and mineral based and **free** of toxic chemicals. Yipee!! To top it all off, their prices are more than comparable to every other "natural" product out there. In fact, they recently reduced much of their prices by 30%. 

The first product I'd like to tell you about is the Orange and Patchouli Body Wash. Of the two ecoSTORE products I received, this one was my favorite. It has such an incredible earthy scent, perfect for Autumn and the coming holiday season. Pair that with the fact that it produces a great lather and cleans wonderfully as well as keeps your skin feeling soft and smooth for the rest of the day. I am thrilled with this body wash.

The other product I received was this wonderful Baby Moisturizer. I have been truly pleased with this product as well, though, I can admit that I am not the one primarily using it. When it is on my skin it is so light and soft. I don't know about you, but when I use a lotion that is light on the skin....it usually doesn't last very long or work very well. This lotion, however, does a really nice job of protecting and moisturizing skin for a much longer period of time. The scent is very light and pleasing as well; a nice combination of eucalyptus, lavender, and geranium.  I won't tell you that it's the best working lotion I've ever used....but, if you take into account that it doesn't contain any harmful chemicals, I think it surpasses the competition.

I was truly pleased with both products (as I am sure you can tell). I definitely recommend them both to you!! Furthermore, I recommend further reading, provided by ecoSTORE on the effect of traditional *harsh* chemical cleaning and beauty products. Here is quick snippet of important info to consider when shopping for products:

• According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers accidental poisonings occur in the home every 30 seconds.
• The National Safety Council has reported that more children under four die of from accidental poisoning than are killed by guns.
• A report by the EPA to Congress determined household cleaners three times more likely to cause cancer than outdoor air pollution.
• Women who work from home and are more frequently exposed to household toxins and poor air quality are 50% more likely to develop cancer.

• Newborn infants have trace levels of toxic chemicals in their bodies, passed on by their mother’s exposure.

Visit ecoSTORE and make a difference in the health of your family!!

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~I received product from Ecostore for the purpose of this review. All opinions expressed in it are my own. I am a woman of my word....if I do not like something, you will know it!! :-)