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.

Halloween Decorations

Regardless of whether or not you plan on having a Halloween Party at your place this year, decorating for Halloween seems to me to be a total must! so here are a few ideas for your Haunted Halloween House this year.


This is my favorite idea for room decor- what says creepy more than an unlived in house? Such an easy thing to do, cover your furniture with white sheets for that creepy ghost house look.


Another look can be the over-lived in. Complete with dusty books, stuffed owls, scientific drawings of rats, ravens and bats and threadbare furnishings and drapes.


Displays of clear jars with snakes, ravens, bats and spiders is always a great way to go.




Centerpieces






Stairways, windows and doors






Lighting





I love this so much, I want it so bad it's not even funny. There's a tutorial on Instructables.com on how to do this from scratch. But I think a simpler way to do it would be to get a werewolf halloween mask- fill it with expanding foam and mount it to a wooden plaque.


After Dracula was written, the fear of Vampires was so strong with the upper class that the fashionable European traveler never left home without one of these- a Vampire Hunting Kit. I plan on making one of these also.


For additional protection, a 'In Case of Zombies' ax may be needed.


And just because you may need an extra hand with all of this work.


And to make sure you don't forget when Halloween is.

Shrunken Head

Today I made Shrunken Heads! I had a lot of fun with this project and hopefully you will too!

You will need some apples and tools that might be similar to these.



Start by pealing your apples.



Then make a face using a small, blunt object. I used the second tool on the left- the little curved end.



Use your skewer to punch a hole through the apple.




Use twine, or ribbon or whatever and slip it through your hole. tie a knot on both ends and set your apples out to dry.



I have no idea what my apples will look like when they are dried out and shrunken but I'll post pictures as they dry out!





I also made a facial mask today- didn't take a picture of it but I love what it did for my skin. Basically just pealed an apple, grated it and then added two tablespoons of honey. I had it on for 10 minutes and my skin is glowing! Love it!

Other things to do with your apples this fall.