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…
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…
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…