Tuesday, September 27, 2011

No Calorie Candy Corn

So I was pursing Pinterest the other day (who am I kidding, everyday) and found this tutorial on making old glass bottles or jars into cute Halloween decorations!


So I was all stoked to do this went to the dollar store and picked out my vases and then headed over to the craft store to pick up the paint. Then I just kept thinking about how pretty my brand new vases were, and how I would have to store them somewhere, and how I was about to pay for three cans of spray paint and not use that much of it, and then I just kept thinking and thinking and thinking about how I don't really need candy corn bottles.

I just LOVE candy corn - a lot.

So I started thinking - in a more linear fashion this time - and thought if I could use scrapbook paper I could change the paper out every season.

So with my vases, a few sheets of colored paper and my paper shredder - this is what I came up with!

18 comments:

  1. Fellow scrapbooker popping in to say hi! That's such a cute idea. Now I can have my candy corn without eating the whole bag!

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  2. love the idea!

    hi, am a new follower via GFC. hope you'll have the time to follow back. many thanks! :)

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  3. Hi, I am a new GFC follower from the Welcome Wednesday Blog Hop. I would love it if you would follow me at Horseshoes:

    http://www.cdnhorseshoes.com/

    Tania

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  4. Thanks for the follow - following you back!

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  5. Hi! New follower from the Wacky Wednesday blog hop! I hope you'll follow back! Thanks! Through the Eyes of a Tiger

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  6. Cute idea! I might do this. I love you version, and I have tons of scrap paper.

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  7. Hey I"m a new follower from Welcome wednesday would love to see you follo at http://imamomnotaprofessional.blogspot.com/
    thanks!

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  8. Love this post! New follower from the blog hop!

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  9. Great ideas on your blog! Love how you salvaged your dd super sparkly shoes! Way to Go, MOM! Following you back! Thanks a bunch! http://www.gbedwright.blogspot.com/

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  10. Hey Amanda, great to have you following! Love the glass jar candy corn! Great idea!!!

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  11. Very cool alternative! Thanks for stopping by :) Following back!

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  12. Hi Amanda,

    Thank for stopping by and following me. I'm here to return the favor. :)

    I LOVE ME A CRAFTY BLOGGER! :) I'm so happy to follow you back - seeing others' work and everything they do is so INTERESTING to me! I'm off to check out some of your posts!

    I hope you have a great day!

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  13. those are SUPER cute!!

    following back from the hop!

    wm

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  14. Beautiful blog and such lovely pictures! I'll be back! Newest follower! Come visit!
    Jessica
    www.barefootbysea.blogspot.com

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  15. Following you back from the hop!

    Debs Dealz
    http://www.debsdealz.blogspot.com

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  16. Hi this is Nicole from Colie’s Kitchen I just discovered your blog and wanted to drop by and say hi. I am now a new follower. I would love to have you stop by Colie’s Kitchen if you get a chance. www.colieskitchen.com

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  17. I love autumn colours and oranges and browns go so nicely with Halloween too. We are getting more into the habit if celebrating Halloween in the UK now. Great fun.

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  18. I love scrapbooking, I haven't done it in a while, but I did a lot of that when I was in high school. I love doing stuff like that and making collages. I like this project (of course I prefer the real candy, but...). Yeah you can do Christmas, St. Patty's Day, Valentines Day, 4th of July will be really cool. Cute blog!

    I'm Sarah, I'm a new follower from the Blog Hop I'm following through GFC and Pinterest (which I am also addicted to). I would love for you to come follow back http://skylarinc.blogspot.com/. I also liked your FB page.

    Thanks:)

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