Feeling Fall....

The leaves are starting to turn, the nights are getting very cool and thought are turning to autumn decor and Halloween decorations!  Yeah Halloween decorations!.......did I mention Halloween decorations?
I made this "Boo Bannner" with vintage reproductions of postcards and copies of vintage pictures.  It's made of chipboard and embellished with black glittery letters, decorative papers, ribbon, silk flowers and leaves and brads.  I like the vintagy feel with the splashes of color.

This shot of the "Boo" banner is small b/c I had to shoot it so far away.  Each pennant is 8 inches long and  6 inches wide at the top so it stretches out about pretty far.

                                                  Mantel decorating...................

I found these 3 little guys posing on the mantel......

Well, actually I made all of them.  Their heads have been sculpted from paper clay.  The bodies painted with acrylics.

I just finished making this crow..... I call him "Frank".  He sings jazz and loves to read Poe (hence the framed picture of Edgar Allen Poe he's clutching).

How about these "boo blocks?!?!?  I made them from repurposed blocks which I bought at TJ Maxx (they spelled out "Cherish" so I have 4 more to play with) for a steal.  I painted them black and cut black and cream scrapbooking papers for the sides and glued them on.  The fronts are Photoshopped with elements from my own collection as well as elements from Tumble Fish Studio's Odd Magic kit.  Lastly, I sprayed the the entire block with matt clear  spray.

Have you been decorating for fall?  How about Halloween?  :-)

A Day of Crafting!

Hey, I haven't posted in a while, I've had computer problems.....I had two laptops come down with a bad virus to the point that they wouldn't even work. I'm seriously considering getting a Mac!

Today, my good friend Tracey from Glitterbug Studios came to visit me for a day of crafting!

This is the pumpkinman I made........his name is Angus. You can check out Tracey's pumpkinman at her blog. She went with a black/white theme and it's pretty darn cute!

First we started by covering my dining room table with every imaginable art/craft supply from our stashes!

Here's Tracey with the plain muslin dolls we started out with. We bought them at the Pat Catans. They're 12 inches tall and bendable......the dolls not Tracey.

The head started out as a plain old plastic pumpkin, you know the kid you get at the dollar store. I then covered it with Rigid Wrap (I got this idea from the current Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine). It's a roll of fabric covered with plaster that you can cut into strips, dip in water and smooth onto just about any surface. After the rigid wrapped pumpkin dries hard you can add a nose and cheeks with Creative Paperclay.

We took a break to have chocolate mousse........with chocolate sticks.

I took a break to try to create a mummy costume........not really, just kidding!So here is Angus sitting on a wonderful stack of black and orange books with a cute tag and ribbon that Tracey made for me. I think he likes it perched up on that pile of books.

Look at Tracey's pumpkinman.....he's actually a white pumpkin/gourdman. She has a such a creative mind! We're laughing because my husband took the picture and said, "ok, smile you little freaks"! Well, we had a great time and we're already planning on making more and having a giveaway....maybe even as soon as next Saturday so stay tuned!