have i mentioned my love for halloween? well, i also love mod podge - craft glue that comes in a cute little white & orange container. if the trapp candle company came out with a mod podge scent, i would so buy it. every time i open a jar of it, it brings back memories of life at the chi-omega house at the university of oklahoma (go sooners!). for some reason, it was a tradition to make each other "boards" for special occasions: big sis/little sis, initiation, birthdays, etc. boards were simply large wooden shapes that we would paint and decoupage with party pix and magazine cut outs. we all had them hanging on our walls. some of my sorority sisters found board making to be a time-consuming nuisance. my bff mckenna and i, however, found it to be an excellent study-hall-avoidance method. we even made a little competition out of who could create the most inventive board. (on second thought, maybe that was just me.) anyway, we may not have made 4.0's every semester, but we sure created some cool boards....
it's been years since i've decoupaged anything, and i'd forgotten how therapeutically messy it is! my two year old ruthie and i had such a fun morning working on our halloween canvas. i'd had this book filled with vintage halloween ads and images for years. each halloween i get it out and drool a little bit over the pages. i adore vintage graphics, and when the vintage graphics happen to be HALLOWEEN themed, i really get a kick out of them! i decided i needed to put them on display, and you'll never guess where i found the perfect canvas on sale . yep....hobby lobby! first, i spray- painted the canvas background a deep purple. then i tore out some of my favorite pages from my book and used yummy mod podge to glue them onto the canvas. i covered the final product with acrylic gloss spray. when the project was complete, i hung it in our entryway in place of the family picture that usually occupies that space. i love the way it turned out! a bright halloween welcome to enjoy throughout this magical month of october!
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