Feliz Dia De Los Muertos

We had a wonderful Halloween - Hope you all did as well. We had some fun playing dress up last night - especially with the make up part... we had a


 witch

 

with lots of make-up and a funky old broom - this costume was from the thrift store...love those kind!

 

we had

 

FREDDIE KRUGER

 

used some sticky waxy scar stuff for his face. Believe or not, we had the pants and sweater top and just bought the glove & hat from the party store...

 

My oldest daughter wanted something original but still cool so again to the thrift store we headed and my daughter was able to piece up

 

ROSIE THE RIVETER

found the shirt and some DOC MARTENS at the T.S. she had the tank, the shorts & red bandanna

mom helped her with the hair - which I think she totally rocked!!

 

 

All in all not a bad night with some fun & cheap costumes.

 

One holiday down and now the "SEASON" begins...HOLIDAYS

 

ok anyway I also wanted to wish you a splendid weekend and share a fun DIA DE LOS MUERTOS skeleton I made - I learned it in a class this past October.

Using fimo clay to create & sculpt the head

 

 

and hand sewn body and then the pain stakenly drawn then painted in BONES

 

...I am in LOVE with the doll - subtle but to the point 

 

 

and the finishing touch was some fun fabric to make a collar for the skeleton.

I am in LOVE with the doll - subtle but to the point and all handmade!

 

I will be linking my skeleton to the parties in my tab up top.

 

Here's wishing your dearly departed LOVED ones a wonderful day of rest & celebration

in honor of Dia De Los Muertos

 

Love you Mom & Paul and miss you everyday!!!

 

xo

 

 

Happy Halloween

Here's wishing you all a wonderful Halloween - whether dressing up or handing out candy - hope you have a fun & safe night...

 

Wanted to share a fun mixed media WITCH I created using different bits & parts and a wonderful old doll head.

 

vintage alphabet blocks

 A metal lamp shade base (I think?) for the body and a candle saver for the collar and vintage hands holding one of my hand dyed trees in purple.

 

all in all a fun & pieced together Halloween decoration.

 

I am linking this witch up to the weekly parties in my link at the top of the page.

 

Have a fun night.

xo

Mixed media DOLL

I have LOTS of hobbies. Afterall, its healthy right? To stay busy doing things you love? right? yeah that sounds good. At least that's what I tell my sweet hubbster everytime I bring something new home. So I like to visit lots of thrift stores & flea markets and buy little bits of "stuff" things  I know I will use someday. Well here - today I have something I used all those bits on and what transpired is the most amazing, completely magical not spooky at all, and quite the treasure {or so I think}

 

I had a few doll heads just itching to placed onto something and then I found this amazing oil can and oil spout and well they were made for each other. {right?}

then I added some extra bits like the wheels to the sides of the can to act as arms if you will

 

the pocket in the front is a metal piece I added and the knob on the front is another separate piece and that 50 is a nail head that pierces through the knob...and for stability I added a vintage camera wheel. I absolutely loved the way this came out and I gotta tell you that this was a TRUE LABOR of LOVE. Meaning I started this last year and just finished it up this year before last weekends show. So

yeah mixed media or not - it's still a bit tough to "PUT IT TOGETHER"

 

I am pleased to report that this little tin girl SOLD at my show, to a wonderful lady (friend) that I see yearly and she buys  collects my sweet creations.

 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend...

 

I am linking this up to the following parties this week:

 

made with love Monday

creative corner hop

market yourself Monday

craft-o-maniac

masterpiece Monday

make  it pretty Monday

 

 

have a crafty week

xo