Halloween Inspiration Volume II

Another post dedicated to Halloween. This time I have a few photos of projects. The first is of a small plaque that my mom gave me a few years ago. This inspired me to try glittering decoupaged images. Isn't she just the cutest witch ever? I love the ribbon ties and the sweet innocence.

She inspired me to do this plaque that is hanging on my family tree. Don't worry. I'll post it another time. You can't really see the glitter because it is white, but if you look closely, you'll see the stripe on each petal. Very light and pretty.

And I was totally inspired by Elsie Flannigan's skeletons last year so I bought up all the discounted Provo Craft wood skeletons at Michaels and made a few of these beautiful ballerinas. Many of them have found apartments around the country, but here are two that still live at home.

My mom had the great idea of tying a fuzzy yarn around her neck to she'd be warm in the freezing cold Chicago Halloween. My Arizona babies will be fine without such climatic precautions, however.

You may be able to see the doodled buttons on them. I learned this from Adrienne Looman who is about to publish her book on doodling. What she does is she puts a bit of runner tape on a scrap paper, temporarily adheres her buttons, doodles with paint pens and removes them from the paper when she is ready to use them. Genius. I drew the eyes and shoes on with plain jane markers. The skirt is tulle sewn on ribbon and glued to the hips. Quite easy, yet oh so stylish. If only we could all wear tulle skirts...

And finally, I have my cat that was made using Provo Craft precut wood with DCWV paper decoupaged on. I painted her black before decoupaging. The stripes, eyes and nose were made with the same paper. I drilled a hole with a hand drill and tied a ribbon for hanging. If you've seen her before, she has a few sisters who have found homes around the country too.