Mini Notebook for your Purse

With Halloween over (Happy Halloween!) I find Christmas is on my mind (nevermind Thanksgiving, I guess). In fact, my husband and I have a plan this year to get all of our Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving. So, I decided I needed to get organized. I found tiny composition notebooks at Target (2 for .99). I wanted something to carry around in my purse to write down gift ideas and gifts bought for everyone on our list.

I followed my tutorial on covering notebooks in fabric. This time though, I found it easier to paint the notebooks white to cover up the black and yellow swirled design.

Trim the fabric. This is a great project to use up those fabric scraps!

Trim the head n bond.

Iron the heat n bond to the fabric.

Peel back and iron on the notebook.

Trim the edges.

Iron over it one more time. Nice and slow on the edges. And there you have it- a mini notebook that will fit right into your purse. You could use it for grocery lists, thoughts, phone numbers, anything!

I will like to these parties this week.

Chalkboard Halloween Decor

I bit the chalkboard bullet and decided to create a few things for Halloween using chalkboard spray paint.

The first I made was a chalkboard pumpkin. I got a black pumpkin at Michael's and simply spray painted it. Wrote "eek" on it and it is oh-so-cute!

And the other project, I am sure you have seen all over blogland as a PB knockoff. I took some rocks, spray painted them with the chalkboard paint, added some vampire faces and other assorted words, and yet another spooky creation!

I love Halloween!