What to expect coming up

I have a few things I really want to do now and I wanted to let you guys know what to expect to see coming up.

First of all Halloween which is my favorite holiday of the year is next month so you can expect to see lots of little diys for Halloween. Also if you are looking for some diy's to jumpstart your Halloween holiday check out my posts from last year.

Halloween Costume Ideas

DIY Shrunken Heads (these last a really long time as I accidentally forgot to take one down that I had hanging up outside until this summer)

Halloween Decorations




DIY Labyrinth Masquerade Mask




Halloween Costumes Part I

Happy Halloween which starts with the Nightmare before Christmas themed birthday cake my sister made for my boyfriend- goes through my vacation photos in Vegas and ends with all the Halloween costumes I made for my family.




This year I have less commission pieces (I'll be making a cute purple kitty costume, a mermade costume and two Greek costumes. (Acutally now that I think about it that is a lot of work)

However I fully entend to make time to make a Witch's Hat Facinator DIY and a Bar Wench Apron DIY So keep your eyes out for those because you'll see them here first.

My Heart's a Tart Facinator (tutorial)

Start by making your flowers- I made some circle roses out of different fabrics. To see how I made them check out my Be My Valentine Bustier tutorial.



Cut two equally-sized heart shapes out of your felt.



Cut a much larger heart shape out of your tulle.



Pick out the headband you want to use- I am using an elastic one because it works well for this project.



Plug in your glue gun and begin to heat it up.



Cut your organza into a strip of your desired length. Burn the edges and make a bow out of it.



Take one of your felt hearts and glue the tip of your tulle to the tip of your felt so that they join together at their points. Then place your bow on top.



Glue down your flowers where you want them placed on your facinator.



Turn your heart over and place glue all over the back side.



Place your headband carefully down on your hot glue.



Cover with your second heart and let dry. Once dry clean up any edges on your felt and you are done!