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…
Monster Embroidery Patterns
This was a major learning experience for me, but through hours of hunting and pecking, I managed to update my personal website for the first time in mumblemumble years, and even put together a few pdf’s for you to download.…
Glittered Candy Ornaments
I initially had this idea for a Christmas tree, but it was an easy swap out for Halloween. This one will be a perfect fit for my kid friendly, colorful, whimsical tree, but I think a cauldron of these would…
Trick and Treat Canvases
This project was one of those that started someplace entirely different and I only ended up here through a series of failures. I wanted to make a caramel apple ornament, and after that misstep, I went back to the drawing…