I want to have a Halloween party and include carving those foam pumpkins you can get at craft stores or dollar stores. Would I need to buy specific carving utensils or would something like plastic knives cut through the foam just as well? It would save a lot of money if I could just get a package of plastic knives instead of trying to get enough ( Read more... )

As is traditional with me, I do my best to make the costumes my family wears on Halloween. Last year, my daughter won a costume contest, so that felt pretty good. :)

( Here we go with this year's costumes: )

September/October are my big crafting months in order to prepare for Halloween. And as I know you guys know, crafting begets crafting. I made this little jet pack for my son to play with. I was going to install LED lights (with color phasing) with iridescent fabrics to simulate flames but the LED's are taking another week to get here (with the ( Read more... )

What are you guys working on? I'm always curious to see other people's work spaces. Could we start a "workspace" tag so we can see how people organize their environment? I need ideas b/c my paints are getting OUT OF HAND. Its nuts ( Read more... )

Dollar Store Inspired. I'm using them to tie back our 'mourning curtains' on our porch (we have a mourning theme for Halloween going). The curtains are landscaping cloth that have been attached to a piece of pvc and zip tied to the top of our iron filigree column thinger-muh-bobs ( Read more... )

Of course, I'm most known for my Tree of Life Pendants that I've shared on here a few times now.

But, I'm also very crafty in general. I recently did a Halloween swap on Craftster and one of the items I made was a version of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased from the movie, Beetlejuice. I absolutely love how it came out and thought I'd share ( Read more... )

Hi there everyone! I posted the 2nd part of Halloween crafts on my blog with goods and a decoration, check it out :D


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Hi people!
I decided to give my own contribution to the Halloween craftiness with some stuff I made time (and time) ago but never published properly. Here is a little preview of what is going to come:


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I'm most known for my Tree of Life pendants and one of my most popular has been something a little different; my Halloween Moon tree. This bare-branches piece features an orange moon peaking out from behind black wire trunk and branches. Recently, I made two additional versions - one in silver with a white moon and one in silver with a blue moon. ( Read more... )