Have you guys ever seen this fun magazine?
The Lowes Creative Ideas magazines are fabulous!!!
(You can subscribe to receive these printed publications or emails for free HERE)
I was recently asked to be a part of the Lowes Creators & Influencers Network. That means each month I get to share a fun idea based on a certain theme made with items you can find at Lowes- I am so excited to be a part of this! Being a part of this network also means I get to host a monthly GIVEAWAY from prizes (such as gift cards) from Lowes just for my readers! YIPEE!!!
The theme for this month is “Trick or Treat” and in this month’s edition of the Creative Ideas Magazine, I found this cute idea for a silhouette painted on wood.
Using the silhouette idea and the “Trick or Treat” theme, here is the idea I came up with:
Here is how I did it…
1. I found an image of the witches shoes on a doormat on Shopko.com. Using that image and my vinyl cutter, I made some vinyl to go on a piece of wood- any scrap piece of wood will do.
2. Next I painted the wood directly on top of the vinyl and let it dry.
3. Lastly I simply peeled off the vinyl stickers so the wood is seen. This picture doesn’t do a good job at showing how cool the grain on the wood looks coming through the paint- I love this look!
I love how it turned out!
THE GIVEAWAY
The kind people at Lowes would like to offer 1 Somewhat Simple reader a $50 gift card to their store!
To enter, comment on my blog about how you’ve decorated your house for Halloween. To enter a second time, head on over to Facebook and “Like” the Lowe’s Creative Ideas fan page – www.facebook.com/lowescreativeideas! (No need to tell them I sent you, just a “like” will do and simply let me know that you’ve done so!)
I will pick the winner and announce their name on my sidebar on November 1st.
AND NOW FOR THE LINK PARTY
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We’ve got spooky webs and skeletons and lots of dollar store fun! Along with a few cute DIY crafts of course!
Thank you do much for hosting Stephanie!!
I have a small collection of pumpkins that I have acquired for Halloween decorating. I also created a fall wreath that’s on my door. Love it! Congrats on working with Lowes on this!
At last count my husband said we had 30 pumpkins, some fresh some painted, some glass, some wooden, but my favorite are the paper bats flying on invisible thread!
I like the lowe’s creative fb page! I love their free magazine!
For the first time I was able to decorate a mantel for the holidays- crows, pennant banner, the whole 9 yards.
I like low’s Creative FB page! Thanks!
We decorated pumpkins, bats, & witches for the window. First year my 4 kids under 5 actually are “getting” Halloween!!
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
We have bats, a witch, a light up pumpkin….spooky!!
So far, and let’s face it, probably all that will end up going up….we have some painted wooden pumpkins, two craft pumpkins (one monster and one princess), two real pumpkins (that we need to carve still!) and one tiny ghost (made from a milk chug container). I feel like October snuck up on us but at least we have some pumpkins!
We did a halloween tablescape, ent. center, pumpkins, pretty much every bare space in my house has some sort of halloween decor:) Your sign turned out super cute!!
BTW, I tried to like the Lowe’s page but it’s not allowing me to subscribe…
Thanks for hosting!
Fantastic Giveaway! I have decorated with my Slouchy Pumpkins inside and real pumpkin outside.
I like Lowe’s Creative Ideas on FB.
We’re pretty simple with decorations around here – a few pumpkins, an old haunted house thing and some decorated foam shapes from the dollar store.
I liked the Lowes facebook page.
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Thanks for the PARTY!
Just a few pumpkins this year.
Thanks so much for da parrrty! Yur witchy sign is heeee–larious!
We have decorated with jack o lanterns! The kids love seeing them lit up on the porch!
I ‘like’ Lowe’s FB page
I decorated my home for Halloween with a bale of hay on the front porch with pumpkins, a scarecrow and corn stalks! Can’t wait for the neighborhood kids to come by and see it!!
I LIKE their Facebook page!
I like to take the simple and practical root when decorating for Halloween: get some pumpkins and put them on the porch. They keep well out there in the cold and we eat them one by one as fall passes. Decoration that puts itself away! Score!
I like to add orange lights to our gas wood stove to give it the look of a real fire. It is so cozy looking.
I liked Lowes on FB. Actually I LOVE Lowes!!!!!
My Halloween decor consists of spiderwebs (fake, of course) on my front porch. various pumpkins scattered around the house, a little styrofoam pumpkin that I created, and a framed witch picture I found at the Graphics Fairy! Thanks for hosting the party and doing this giveaway. I LOVE LOWES!!!
Gabby
I “liked” Lowes on FB!!!
thanks so much for StruttYour stuff Thursday there is a lot to look at today
I’ve decorated with faux pumpkins that i’ve carved and use every year. The kids on the street just love them!
We have done a lot to decorate, but one of my favorite things is pickng gourds and pumpkins from my grandmas garden and sticking them all over the house.
I like Lowes on FB!
Our family doesn’t celebrate Halloween, but I’ve decorated beautifully for Fall! One new idea this year was my decoupaged Holly Hobbie pumpkins that I made for my Etsy shop. I took strips of Holly Hobbie-themed flannel and decoupaged them to a lightweight faux pumpkin. Then I cut out a matching HH graphic from printable fabric and put her on front and center. I painted the stem blue and they are just adorable! (I made 3) Thank for the opportunity to win the gift card!
Have a great day,
Sarah
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I decorated our mantel and hearth with standard Halloween fare (Skulls, pumpkins, etc.) and hung up a few cardboard cutouts in the kitchen. Not too crazy (or sppoky!) but enough to give a Halloween feel!
We decorated with carved pumpkins!
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So far, I just have a wreath on the front door. We really need to get on top of decorations!
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We have two kinds of vinyl window cling this year, spooky skeletons, skulls and so forth and the most adorable Winnie the Pooh trick or treat clings. Every year we each carve a pumpkin…and roast the pumpkin seeds…yum!
LOVE the smell my feet sign. Sincerely adorable!! SO DOING THIS!!!
The smell my feet sign is too cute. (unfortunately, I’ll probably have that little ditty running through my head the rest of the afternoon…)
We’re not big halloween decorators, but I do like to decorate for fall! My favorite decoration is our thankful tree, where we can write on paper leaves and hang them on it to share what we are thankful for. The kids just love it.
I “liked” Lowe’s Creative Ideas FB page, too.
Thanks for hosting!
Thanks so much for hosting. AJ@queenofmynest
We don’t decorate for halloween, but I did make a fall burlap wreath for our door and also one for my friend!
I don’t decorate for Halloween, but I do put out some fall arrangements / silk flowers for fall.
I don’t do any Halloween decorating at all. Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
I like Lowe’s Creative Ideas on FB.
Thanks for hosting!
I “liked” the Lowe’s Creative Ideas page!
Thanks for hosting the party.
I’ve decorated my house mostly with pumpkins and fun things for Halloween. Our theme is “kooky not spooky” around here
I like cutesy Halloween and fall decorations…we have lights, pumpkins, and scarecrows!
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Thanks for hosting the party and giveaway!
Thanks for hosting, Steph XO
Fun! We do more “Fall” and less “Halloween”. So far we have some pumpkins and a nice fall centerpiece on the coffee table.
We don’t actually celebrate Halloween- we celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday- which falls on Halloween!
I have a silk flower arrangement in a fake pumpkin that I dig out every year to set on the table.
Since I’ve been decorating homes for Halloween for more than 35 years, I’ve collected my share of “must have” Halloween decorations. I generally edit these decorations from time to time as I add to them. My favorites that I’ve decorated with this year are a vintage style pumpkin-faced wide-eyed figure complete with black and white striped socks carrying a tiny hallowed out pumpkin with a tin handle for trick or treating. I have a favorite Boyd’s jointed teddy bear wearing a witch’s black pointed hat displayed along with a 2″ wooden block that I decoupaged vintage Halloween pictures on all sides. I also have a pumpkin shaped basket for Halloween candy with curly grapevines winding around its handle with two vintage style stuffed goulish figures made from felt and fabric. I fill my favorite country baskets with silk and dried fall arrangements and scatter colorful silk fall leaves around to complete the scene.
I love your website! Not only is it chuck-full of amazing ideas, it’s inspiring as well; thank you!