First, tea stain sheets of music to give it an old look. Boil water, turn off the burner, add one tea bag.

Take a few sheets of music.

Place the sheet music in the tea. It may rip a bit.

Lay the wet sheet music on a baking pan and place it in the oven at 350 for no more than 3 minutes to dry it. You can also hang it out to air dry if this is a bit scary to you.

Here it is all dry.

Tear the sheet music into small strips and have ready an inexpensive dollar store ornament.

Decoupage the sheet music onto the bulb.

Let it air dry and add some ribbon or tulle at the top to hang on the tree.

Just in time for Halloween!

Here's a fabulous Chili and Breadsticks recipe (thanks to my friend Carly) for those days when you feel "chili to the bones"

Chili

1 lb ground beef

1/2 onion chopped

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

2 cans stewed tomatoes, undrained

1 can tomato sauce

1 T chili powder

3/4 tsp ground cumin

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 can kidney beans, undrained

1 can pinto beans, undrained

Topping: shredded cheese, sour cream, fritos, whatever else.

Directions:

In a skillet cook beef and drain. Sauté onions and garlic with meat. Add everything into a crock-pot. Cook on low for 4-6 hours. Serve with toppings.

Bones (breadsticks)

1 C warm water

1 pkg yeast

1 tsp Sugar

2 T oil

1 tsp salt

2 1/2 C flour

Directions:

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar and oil, stirring to mix. Add salt. Add flour and mix until dough forms a ball. Add more flour if sticky. Let dough rise 30-40 minutes. Roll dough out and slice into "bones" with a pizza cutter and transfer to baking sheet. Smother in melted butter and sprinkle with garlic salt and parmesan cheese if you desire. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes until browning.

Stephanie

DIY: Baby Ghost Halloween Costume Tutorial Revealed

To make this costume I used my sister's tutu tutorial found HERE.

Supplies:

one white onsie

5 yards of white tulle

lace (mine was a $2 thrifted lace tablecloth scrap from a previous project which you can see HERE.)

Elastic

tiny bit of black fabric

heat and bond

Instead of tying the tulle onto a ribbon, I decided it best to tie it onto elastic. This allows the the tulle to lay down instead of stick straight out. The elastic is also a little more ideal for a cute little wiggly three month old like mine... slip on, slip off :)

OK Let's get started. Refer to my sister's tutu tutorial for more detailed instructions.

Step 1. Put the white onsie on your super cute baby.

Step 2. Measure around your baby's torso to see how much elastic you will need. Where you measure is where the tutu will be. You can measure lower or higher than I did... whatever you desire. Remember the number that you measured. My baby's torso measured 17 inches. (She is a big baby! :)

Step 4. Take the onsie off and Use Heat and Bond and some black fabric to make a cute ghost face. (Just follow the instructions found on the Heat and Bond package) Be sure to put the ghost face above the mark you made on your baby's onsie.

Here is a little look at my baby girl's official Halloween costume. I just couldn't wait to get pictures up of it. I will post the actual tutorial tonight. Happy Halloween!!!!

You both will be contacted via email by Chris to claim your prize! All others who entered this contest will also be contacted by Chris!

We are thrilled and honored to have been invited as creative guests on U-Create today. We would love for you to go check out our fun and festive tutorial there.

If you like what you see come back and check out these other holiday tutorials that we have done.

DIY: Pearl Ornament

DIY Musical Ornament

DIY: Burlap Garland and Tulle Garland

and

DIY: Stenciled Lace Patterned Ornaments

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