I love this idea from Mollie of Wild Olive for creating holiday cards that have a touch of handmade, but are time efficient. She stitched the design for the card, photographed it, added text in a photo editor and then had them printed as postcards (which has the bonus of cutting down on postage). This […]
Images from the Masked Marvelous event in Queen, NY. Halloween… aka “the maker’s holiday.” We hope you’ve had another fun time planning costumes, props, food and party favors this year, and that you’re having a fun weekend unleashing your creations on family, friends, and hapless neighborhood children. We always get a kick out of seeing […]
I used plastic greenery from the craft store hot-glued to a latex bald cap and then used a light brown cream make-up to color my head pseudo-terra cotta color. My beard was colored first with spray-on temp hair color, then sprigs of greenery were attached with spirit gum. The styrofoam head-form was a godsend. I thought to ask for it at the costume shop as an afterthought, as I was checking out. They sold one to me for $1.99. I figured I would just stuff the bald cap with newspaper and build a crude stand for that. But the build turned out to be very finicky, fragile, and time-consuming, and it really needed the consistent shape and solid foundation. I don’t know if it would have been successful without the head-form. The costume was a big success and I got lots of compliments on it, so it was worth the many hours of work and all the frustration. I managed to get the wig back of the head-form after an evening of partying and it now sits on the console cabinet in my living room as a curious art object.
Oh my! I am totally crushing on this delightfully spooky monster lunch sack tutorial on Whip Up! A must-have for any kid or grownup who packs a lunch, in my opinion. It’s especially perfect with Halloween around the corner, but who doesn’t need some gnashing teeth protecting their treats year-round?
I’m not sure how we missed this last year, but Gina Provenzano over at Shelterpop wrote up this easy and entertaining how-to on making your pumpkins a little bit sexier than you might have thought possible. Just use old stockings! I’m definitely gonna buy a few extra pumpkins and, er, try this on for size… […]
Pam of Gingerbread Snowflakes (aka Diane Gilleland‘s mom) celebrates 90 days until Christmas with this tutorial on how to make Matryoshka/Russian nesting dolls from gourds.
Shawnee of Life With Monkey shares a simple pattern and instructions for sewing up cute Day of the Dead skulls. It would be fun to whip up a whole batch and then get friends together to decorate them all!
