anyway, to get ready for the halloween season, i thought i'd make a welcome mat, halloween style.
i began with this little beauty.
ps. i've been wanting to do this project for a while now but never found the perfect mat until now. the mat needs to look so innocent, so perfectly normal.
like this:
and then something terrible happened,
a mean, evil person came in in the middle of the night and put graffiti on my welcome mat.
and changed it to
oh wait, that was me.
super simple project.
but it makes me smile.
things i've learned:
1. i probably should have used a stencil or something...but i wanted it to look like freehanded, graffiti work(but still legible).
2. at least two coats are necessary for this kind of project. the mat soaked up all of the paint the first time-i might even end up doing to do a 3rd coat before i put her in her rightful spot later today.
linking up:
http://todayscreativeblog.net/weekly-link-party/
17 comments:
genious! What a fun door mat!
I made a bathroom mat and put 'bloody footprints' on it... going a little far with my Halloween decor I know, but it sure is a conversation starter!
Coley @
www.whatyoumakeit-coley.blogspot.com
Thanks, Coley! I've actually got a psycho themed bathroom (including a bloody mat but hadn't thought to do bloody footprints! genius!) in the works for my first ever Halloween Party (cue psycho music). Thanks for looking and for having a cute blog yourself! I'm now a follower!
Great idea!! I'd love for you to share it on our Halloween Link Party.
Corie @ Design DNA
That is pretty cool....perfect! I hope you will link up with me here:
http://www.thegingerbreadblog.com/2011/09/sweet-saturday-v7.html
Ha! This is hilarious! What a perfect Halloween mat. And you did just fine without a stencil! It looks perfect that way. Awesome job :)
Bekah
If Work Permits
This Halloween mat is fantastic! What a great idea :) Would love if you would link these up to the Scatter Girls' Fall Front Porch Party going on now: http://scattergirls.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-porch-linky-party.html
ha ha ha!! I like that.. its so simple.. but so so creative.. Superb!!
haha funny!
This is awesome and so simple and clever! Thanks so much for linking your project up to my Terrorific Tuesday blog hop!
ummm this is awesome too! Love it.
Thanks for making me laugh
cute
Love this! The others I've seen you have to line up the letter, use a stencil etc... With the "welcome" already printed it seems a little more "off". Following you on bloglovin.
Very creative and I love your door mat! Thanks for linking to the Open House Party.
Hugs,
Sherry
I love it!
This is so fun! I love this creative idea! Thanks for sharing at Show & Share! Hope to see you back again soon!
So cute! If you get a chance, I'd love to have you link up to my party at http://scrapbookingez.blogspot.com/2011/10/one-stop-thurs-party-anything-goes.html. Thanks for sharing!
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