Thanksgiving Harvest Pallet Ombre

Am I the only crafty blogger out there scratching their head, wondering what to make for Thanksgiving? For some reason, though I LOVE the holiday itself, I have a hard time coming up with projects about it. So, this year I've decided to start off with some decorations for the house, because I don't really have any for Thanksgiving. Besides the Pilgrim Man, Woman, and Turkey I made last year, of course. :-) But those are small. This project was decidedly bigger. 

I happened to have this rolling kitchen cart that was in fairly rough condition (found it at a yard sale....surprise, surprise) and it has a couple of pallet-type shelves in it. This was one of them. I just painted them in a gradation of Thanksgiving/Harvest-y colors. What do you think?

It's a step in the right direction, I think!!

You gotta love pallets. And, I know the creative world does!! Have you seen my other pallet?crate projects??

Pallet Doggy Bed

Crate Bed

Crate Toy Box

I shared this post at the following funky linky parties:

Show and Tell @Blue Cricket Design
Check Me Out Saturdays
Look What I Made!!!! 

Sundae Scoop

Amazon Rain Giveaway Winner!!!!

Happy Halloween folks!! I hope everyone had a safe and fun night!!

The winner of the Amazon Rain Giveaway is....

#38 which was Deanna G.....

Thanks to all of you for entering. Deanna, I will write you an email to personally let you know you won!!

A Marvelous Mess #37 and Features!!!

We got about 6 inches of snow in Maine last night. I have got my fingers crossed that perhaps it will all be melted before Halloween tomorrow night!!

Here are my fave's from last week:

Sweater Pillows from Turning a House into a Home

Apple Caramel Cream Cups from Will Cook For Smiles. The Phyllo dough totally reminds me of leaves, too!!

6 Tips For Healthy Eating from Whole New Mom. This link will take you to her site and her post will direct you to The Better Mom where her "6 Tips" was a guest post.

And, it's time for the next major holiday on the agenda......

The post I am going to feature on my sidebar is.......

 Guess What's in My Silverware Drawer from I Gotta Create!! Isn't that just hilarious?? I LOVE it. 

Thanks so much to all of you for linking up and if I featured you in this post, feel free to grab a "featured" button, here:

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Hol-ee Football for Doggies

I got a new toy for Buddy and Chloe. Mostly Buddy, but Chloe doesn't know that. 

It's called the JW Pet Hol-ee Football and it looks like this:

Amazingly enough, after about a month, it STILL looks like that. Can you believe it?? This is buddy, the Distressor, we're talking about here. There is one little connection between one of the ovals that was broken and that's it. I think that deserves a round of applause. 

Buddy was very happy with his new toy:

The Hol-ee football is built with a very durable rubber and made for fetching, teething, tossing and tugging. You can also put treats in it. We also happen to own the Hol-ee Roller and that is a huge success in this household as well (tip: put a tennis ball in it....the dogs will flip out!!).

JW Pet makes a variety of fun, durable toys for doggies to chomp away on. They also make plenty of products for cats, birds, fish, and even small animals (like hamsters). You can find their products in just about any pet store....for instance Petco or Petsmart. Walk into the store or buy it online!!

You can also find JW Pet on

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I received the JW Pet Hol-ee Football in compensation for this post. It was written entirely by me and contains my own opinions.

Salt Dough Bat Craft

One more Halloween craft for you. This one is so fun. I love salt dough, don't you?? I decided to make a spooky bat tree with black glittery salt dough and I thought it came how quite nice. Want to make them?

Salt Dough Recipe:

2 cups Flour

1 cup Salt

3/4 to 1 cup water

Other Essentials:

Gold Glitter

Mod Podge (or watered down elmers glue)

Bat Cookie Cutters

fishing line

toothpick

Watered down black paint (or black food coloring)

Paintbrushes

~Mix the salt dough ingredients with the watered down black paint, and if it is too wet/sticky you can add equal amounts of salt and flour to bring it to the right consistency. 

~Knead in the glitter:

~Roll it out to whatever thickness you'd like and then use the cookie cutters to make the bats. Put them on a non-stick cookie sheet. 

(I used other Halloween shapes as well to further decorate my house)

~Poke a hole with the toothpick into each shape, so that you can thread the fishing line through it.
~Bake it at 250 for several hours until hard.
~Find a nice leafless branch.
~Coat the (cooled down) ornaments with mod podge/watered down glue to preserve them.
~String the fishing line through each salt dough ornament and secure the ends with a knot.
~Loop over the branches and make a Bat Tree!!

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