Boo, David

Hello, Weenies! My FAVORITE holiday is quickly approaching and as you all know, I'm a big fan of the DIY aspect of Halloween. It's like I always say, why spend $50 on a ready-to-wear costume when you can spend way more on the supplies to make a way worse version yourself?

In the past I have spend countless hours over a hot sewing machine creating the pieces that would transform me into Yzma, Bellatrix, Zipporah and Stevie Nicks. This year I have a few ideas in mind but it's hard to commit to spending so much time, money and effort on a costume that may not be seen by many people because earth is still closed.

So to test the Halloween DIY murky waters, I embarked on a similar project. For months I have been coming home to a lemon wreath and a lemon doormat that are adorable and honestly still weather-appropriate here in North Carolina, but they don't really spook up the place. 

I needed to get a Halloween doormat, or at the very least a doormat that makes sense year round. But I am also trying to use Amazon less frequently. And when I realized most doormats in the wild (aka Hobby Lobby) were $20, I just wasn't feeling it. I could have cut the price down to $12 with the use of an ever-present 40% off coupon, but that was still money that could and should be spent on beads and raccoon-related fall decor. 

Just when I had resigned to attempt to pass off lemon as a winter fruit like Bath & Body Works keeps doing with their limoncello candles, inspiration struck! I spotted some cute placemats in Bullseye's Playground, the section at the front of Target where everything is $1, $3 or $5. I really want people to start referring to it by its government name so I don't have to explain every time. I spent $6 buying 2 sets and ended up stitching 3 placemats together to create my Halloween doormat.

But anyone could do that. I had to kick it up a notch. So I explored my felt collection to jazz it up a bit.

Believe it or not, no blood was shed in the making of this doormat.

I think it looks pretty cute with my Halloween wreath and hopefully won't scare away any of the delivery people that I hope to be greeting over the next few weeks.

This experience really inspired me and now I am wondering if there is a way to get a plain black doormat and attach a laser to the top of my door frame that I could change season to season. Genius, right? Now I just have to head back to Hobby Lobby for some metalworking supplies.