Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Scratch the watching horror films, that would freak me out! Well the 8 Lovelies decided to celebrate Halloween on our weekly Tuesday meeting, by serving a fantastic lunch with a fun project following. The hosts were Sarah (above) wearing her amazing and creative witches hat, and Betsy Fry. Thank you ladies for the wonderful lunch!
The table is set amazingly with a white table cloth and an overlay of black, which resembles cobwebs. The iron candle holders are torch like with an ivory candle inside. The black owls are fun whimsical embellished with glitter. Sarah scattered pumpkins throughout, some sprayed in gold and others in orange. She also layered the table settings with a black charger, ivory scalloped dinner plate, white salad bowl and white pumpkin bowls for the soup. So creative and festive!
These fun gifts were placed at each place setting. They are a set of 24 cupcake liners and assorted toppers. The toppers are ghosts and witches. What a great gift! Thank you Betsy.
After our delicious lunch we made it to Sarah's craft room and gathered fabrics, lace, buttons etc...and assembled sachets. We filled them with plastic bags to fill up space and lavender for a sweet aromatic touch. Pictured above you will find the brown sachet that Tina made. She stitched rows of different fabric, making a quilt like swatch and then adding a simple and plain back. Tina embellished the front also with a satin ribbon and an antique brooch. She is always trying to create different textures and shapes for interest.
Sarah's sachet is made with a dark purple fabric with a black and gold scroll design. She took a chiffon ribbon and wrapped it around the sachet tacked it in place and for the final elegant touch added the gold flower charm. The charm was from a bracelet which was broken. This is a great way to upcycle your old tired or vintage jewels. Just lovely!
Laurie made an ivory sachet which was made from an extra piece of fabric that Jenny had. It was covered with iridescent dots covering the entire piece. She also took an ivory satin ribbon and wrapped the little pillow and embellished it with the same gold metal flower. So elegant Laurie. Sachets are perfect for closets, drawers and any other place in need of a sachet.
Sheryl made her sachet using a gold toned fabric that she turned inside out. She added a piece of canvas that was embellished with floral trim and a variety of stitching. Adding the handle makes it versatile to place anywhere. The black flower pin was a punch that completes the sachet. Oh so lovely!
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