Starshine Salon

Halloween at Merchant Square!

My space at Merchant Square (#74) looks like a Halloween party! The Halloween tree is up, with reproduction vintage Halloween die cuts, vintage masks and vintage orange and black honeycomb tissue bells.  I also made some cute Halloween banners!

 

I made more witch hats and little pumpkins:

 

And these little white pumpkins with stamped phrases sewn on:

 

And, for those who like a muted color scheme, some autumn pumpkins:

 

Merchant Square is having a big sale all weekend, and the first flea market of the fall this Saturday, October 1st.  It will be a great time, and worth the trip!  If you go, be sure to stop by the Starshine Salon!

Starshine Wishes,

Karen

Witch Hats!

 
 
I just finished a batch of witch hats, and not one of them is black.  I love these!

 

 

This one has a pink ruffle:

 
 
There's one with orange netting:

 
These are now at The White Porch in Globe, but I will be making a batch for Merchant Square in Chandler and for the Chandler Briar Patch Marketplace.

Paper Pumpkin

 
This pumpkin is so easy to make with a long paper fastener.  This is twenty 3/4" strips of heavy paper with holes punched in each end and threaded onto the paper fastener.  I just delivered a bunch of goodies to CraftFusion in Chandler, including some of these 3" brass fasteners.  I also included some sheet music, more vintage greeting cards and die cuts, some wonderful vintage Christmas stickers and the prettiest ombre orange ribbon. 

I think this method will make some beautiful Christmas ornaments, too!

Starshine Wishes,

Karen