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 Party and Quilled Spiderwebs
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…
Witch Cameo Softie
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…
Spooky scene dioramas
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…
Sparkly Bat and giveaway!
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…
2009 Year of Pleasure #40
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…
Spooky portraits
It’s become a tradition to put framed family pictures right into our Christmas tree, and I thought doing the same for Halloween would evoke the Haunted Mansion vibe I was going for on one of my trees. I didn’t happen…
Witch’s Broom
One of my favorite ways to get inspiration for holiday decorations is to shop around at all the cute stores, find something great but really expensive, and then go home and use it as a jumping off point to make…
Tombstone Softie
You should have seen the face of my friend from the quilt store when I told her why I was buying gray fabric. For some strange reason she seemed to think it was rather morbid to make a stuffed tombstone.…
Candy Corn Softie
My second pattern collection is for a couple cute Halloween softies. For $2.50 you get the patterns for the candy corn and the tombstone, as well as instructions on how to make them. For today I wanted to point out…