I still have loads of Halloween stuff to share, although even I am beginning to run out of steam by this point. We went to our big Halloween party last Saturday, and when I went to Target and saw Halloween everywhere, I actually had to stop and remind myself that the holiday hadn’t actually come […]
[Continue reading...]Mummy Ball
October 22, 2009
We’re getting down to the end here, and we’re starting to reach all those ornaments that are so easy they feel like cheating. I bought that great textured polka dot fabric to replace the binding on my tree skirt, and I had a whole bunch of bias cut binding left over I couldn’t bear to […]
[Continue reading...]Atti’s Halloween costume
October 21, 2009
I was racking my brain trying to come up with an outfit for my little guy this year. He’s not obsessively into anything that would make planning a costume easy. I was in the middle of a phone call with my friend Sara, complaining about this very problem, when the perfect idea hit. I’ve made […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #41
October 20, 2009
I got some SERIOUS bounty from my Halloween Swap partner, Moriah of MLBStudios. The plan was to swap three different versions of loveliness, and then repeat those lovelies for six items. But Moriah went above and beyond. I love the mouth on this little Ms. Ghost, all puckery, she reminds me of Dolores Umbridge. And […]
[Continue reading...]Edgar Allen Poe Signs
October 19, 2009
It’s safe to say that I’m not exactly the world’s foremost expert on the Victorian. Or Gothic. I don’t really even know how those two things are different. Or not. I just had this vision in my head of a Halloween full of crows and Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion. Miss Havisham and Edgar Allen Poe. But […]
[Continue reading...]Halloween Party and Quilled Spiderwebs
October 17, 2009
Today’s the big Halloween party over at A Fanciful Twist, so I’m popping in for a rare weekend appearance to share in the festivities. I’ve been obsessed with spiderwebs this year, and it all started from this project. I still have two more ornaments to share that draw on the simple spider. I just couldn’t […]
[Continue reading...]Witch Cameo Softie
October 16, 2009
I have to confess, I’m particularly proud of this one. When I first started brainstorming Halloween ornament ideas, and I got all confused with which direction I wanted to go, I loved the idea of a black and white Haunted Mansion kind of tree, and the whimsical idea, and for a brief moment I thought […]
[Continue reading...]Spooky scene dioramas
October 15, 2009
The pattern for these guys comes in a package with the pattern for the sparkly bats from yesterday, available here. For $2.50 you get the bat pattern, and the patterns for both Spooky Scene Dioramas, the haunted house, and the graveyard. This was yet another project that started in one place, and then ended up […]
[Continue reading...]Sparkly Bat and giveaway!
October 14, 2009
My next Halloween craft pattern package is a pair of cut out projects. A sparkly bat, and a Spooky scene diorama. I’ve always loved papercutting patterns, ever since 7th grade art class when I first held an exacto knife. I made one for a Christmas nativity project, I made one to hang in my entry […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #40
October 13, 2009
I got this silver tea set from Bear’s grandma. It’s a beautiful set of actual silver, but I can’t bring myself to polish it up. I really don’t have much call for formal tea parties, and the patina on this is just too perfect to change. It looks like something that would be on Miss […]
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