Whew. There were times when I wasn’t sure I was going to make it. I’ve had this ridiculously awful cough, a drink a jar of cough syrup a day, give yourself a headache from all the hacking, try not to…
Gothic Prom Dress Tree Skirt
That’s what it looks like, right? Because that was what I was totally going for. I had planned on doing a simple simple tree skirt, using some more of that neverending stash of black wool, and some ornate black lace…
Halloween Tree Skirt
Last year at about 4 pm on Halloween, I realized that I had forgotten to put something together for Atticus to put his treats in. Utter nonsense, of course, the little guy was eight months old and immobile, and he…
Stuffed Spiderweb Ornament
This ornament is really just a variation of one I’ve done before. Whenever I sit down to start designing ornaments, I always start by thinking of different mediums I could use to create a theme, and embroidery is just so…
Mummy Ball
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…
Atti’s Halloween costume
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…
2009 Year of Pleasures #41
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…
Edgar Allen Poe Signs
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…