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Two parts today–

I found this tea-for-one set at a 2nd hand store when I took a donation in to drop it off. I had to walk through the store, back to the room where you leave your donations. I spied it by the door, sitting pretty on a shelf close by. Being that it was orange with black trim…my Halloween-active mind went into action. Of course the first thing I thought of was a jack-o-lantern, and the possibilities of turning it into just that for the month of October. So I bought it for $1.99!! And my trusty little box of paints came out when I got it home. I washed and dried the pieces and then set out to turn it into a pumpkin decoration. With my newspaper covering the work bench and my brushes readied, I turned the tea cup section upside down and got my black gloss ceramic paints out and then filled my paint brush to where I could ‘drizzle’ the black gloss along the bottom edge, having the paint overrun and creep down the sides. I then put that aside to allow it to dry, while beginning on the tea pot section. Taking the paint brush I drew a primitive couple of eyes and nose. And putting that aside to dry. Once all that was thoroughly dried, I then turned the cup right side up and etched with the paint brush a jack-o-lantern mouth. Allowed time for it all to dry completely overnight. This is the end result. And no, I don’t have a kiln, so being that it’s painted with toxic paints, it will not be used for anything but decoration. The following two larger photos show where it’s placed. On the same table with my orange webbing, bead-filled apothecary jars and my alien skull; day time photo and night time photos, with light in the skull illuminated for y’all….

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That very day, on the same shelf this tea-for-one was displayed, I picked up a ceramic witch too. It was chipped at a few parts, but being that I have a lot of craft supplies at home [also used to fill nail holes in the wall when hanging pictures are moved], I have this huge box of plaster. And with this plaster I knew I could repair the chipped areas of the witch and mix up some matching paint to make it look as good as new. Now, mind you, I am a shop-a-holic- when it comes to Halloween things. I’ve even searched on ebay. And the exact piece that was at the 2nd hand store that I bought for $2.00 sells for nearly $40 sometimes when the bidding goes wild [as I've realized that some bidders go berserk! LOL, but there is one of the same as I type this on ebay search under ceramic halloween witches, the beginning bid is $12] In any case, I will show you this now, in the 2nd part of the Show n Tell…


There were a few places that were chipped, but repairable. I filled in the chips with plaster, let it dry, and then painted with the closest match of paint I could mix together. After that was all dried, I then coated the entire piece with the clear cover that has ‘sparkles’ mixed in [if you enlarge the left photo you can see the 'sparkles'. This is the end result...

~...end Show N Tell
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And finally, the Halloween Treats:

All righty then, for today’s trick or treaters, I’ve started using this new ‘treat’ for the week. I’m handing them out for commentors to my blog who leave ME treats this month with their kind words. Don’t be dismayed, I plan on handing them out daily. Only take them if your name appears for the day—

So, check back often, you’re name may show up here!
To begin my traditional fun, as I love Halloween, today the trick ‘r’ treaters are:

Katherine
EarthMommy
Michelle
Elizabeth
Jho

And the treat this week will be:

When your name appears above, if you’d like to save this, click on it to enlarge…you’ll then be able to grab the treat and run! Happy October, Happy Halloween.

{ September 19, 2008 @ 5:00 am } · { AWARD, Crafts, HALLOWEEN, Holidays, Home, Show-N-Tell, Witches }
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Another Halloween Craft I just finished this week! It was fun. It took about two weeks to work on it…and she’ll be propped up for display in October. Bud is making her a primitive looking broom which will be added shortly. But, I couldn’t wait to show you —

She’s made from Halloween black and orange cotton print. The black is flying witches, bats, spider webs, along with a silhouetted cityscape. The pattern called for a round styrofoam ball [for the clown pattern, but I wasn't making a 'clown' so, I used a styrofoam egg instead. The body, so it can be propped up is a scrap piece of 2x4 wood. The styrofoam is covered with a pea green scrap of T-shirt, and the 'wart' on her nose that I added as extra [not on the pattern directions] is a straight pin glued through the nose, into the styrofoam.

What came next, I sewed from the pattern cut-outs her sleeves, and jumper; made her hair from curled lavender yarn. Also, I made a pattern and cut out and sewed/glued a witch’s hat with black material. Then, propped her up to see how it was going to work/look from another vantage view. After that, some orange and black Halloween ribbon was cut and gathered for her ankle cuff. Also, I drew my own witch’s boot pattern with a scrap piece of paper and stitched, stuffed and glued the boot to her clothespin leg. Added was a miniature orange and black polka-dotted bow that I made.

Since there was such a visible seam showing for her nose, I decided to get a doll’s pair of glasses from the craft shop. Off I went to purchase that. Came home and added this to her face after I glued on black eyes…getting it so it would be in proportion to the glass lens and nose structure. I then took a long piece of ribbon cut from the spool to make a hat brim to hide the seams of connecting the brim with the crown of the hat. Added a streaming bow. I then cut a thin strip of orange felt for her mouth and glued. Added a different -black and jack-o-lantern ribbon ruffle for the collar.

The ruffle on the sleeves, the black felt gloved hands…along with the last effect of a primitive broom that will be added when Bud is finished with getting the handle and broom bristles tied and glued…she’ll be done. Ready for the ghouls, goblins and tricksters! She’ll cast a spell on you, to be sure. I’m now preparing to use the other yard of Halloween print I bought a couple of weeks ago, to begin a ghoulish ‘clown’ creature to add to my collection for the Spirit of Halloween….

News Flash: Kelli, I found ‘em, I found ‘em!!! I remember asking you where you bought those wonderful acryllic beads that were shaped like pumpkins a few Show n Tell Fridays ago…, days afterward you told us where to find them, but I couldn’t find any in our store here in our town….but, I was shopping for a skeleton head, small, to work on my next project this week, and with all the autumn flowers and fall decorations at the craft store, there they were! Callin’ me….”Anni. Anni. Look down…here we are”. And they also had acorn beads too! I thought of you right away ’cause I know you collect acorns. So, I bought both kinds; acorns and pumpkins. LOL I just love the colors. I think the yellow are the prettiest tho…so ‘lemony yellow’! :::doin’ a happy dance here’:::

~…end Show n Tell
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I just found out in my comments from yesterday that Kristine Kate passed this adorable award to me! Thank you so much. Your thoughtfulness and generosity is so appreciated. Stop by and visit with her sometime, she’s such a sweetie!!

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And these two are from Mary. I love ‘em. Thank you so much dear friend! You know you always make my day brighter. Always!!! Mary’s blog is filled with love and inspiration. Stop by and say hi!!

{ July 19, 2008 @ 10:04 am } · { Bones, HALLOWEEN, Home, MOVIES, PHOTO HUNT, Witches }
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Next week “Hanging“

Shoot me!!! Shoot me now!!!

I take a trip to Michael’s Craft Shop for a hurricane lamp chimney. I find that; have it in my cart. But…I spied something else. And it wasn’t on my list of things to buy! Yet…

So, I get it home, and by that time I’ve forgotten the reason I went to Michael’s in the first place, excited? You betch’ur sweet patootie. I begin to unwrap ‘em There are three items! Small items!!

What IS this? Do you have a guess yet? Something I live for!…[hint]

It’s a passion of mine! See anything yet? What IS it? Give up?! Do ya? Huh, huh, huh?

Scroll down a bit!….What I bought is revealed. Kinda like lettin’ the “Cat out of the bag”!

Like, uh….I really, really need these! Ya, right! Golly, but they were cute! Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil dudes!!!! Irresistible, huh?

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So, getting out of Michael’s, next door in the strip mall is Ross. I love that store too. I like to go in there and look for the blown glass dolphins for my collection [obsessions]. I put the Halloween skeletons in the trunk along with my lamp chimney, lock ‘er up, and walk back to Ross’s. Yummy store. Especially for knick knacks. Oh boy…did I say shoot me? Well, yep, you guessed it. They were just putting out fiber optic witches. I picked up two…identical. I got twin witches now for Halloween for the low low price of….well, I’m not tellin’!! And then, for a good price [$3 a piece], I picked up a couple of Jack O Lantern covered dishes. Glass, good for candy, candy, candy!!!

Hoooo boy. Fun, fun, fun! And it’s only July for crying up a crutch. School supplies haven’t even reached the shelves in our area yet!!! Me? Complaining? Not on your life!

~…end Photo Hunt
↓[scroll below my Movie 'review' below for commenting]↓
OR – Click HERE to skip the movie review, and comment!

Friday was opening day of a long awaited Summer Blockbuster, The Dark Knight. It is the 2nd of the ‘new’ Batman. The previews and long wait for its release had me excited to see it. To me, it was good, but only mediocre! Rumor has it that the Academy of Arts and Sciences will more than likely nominate Heath Ledger as the “Joker” posthumously. I must admit he did a ‘bang-up’ job for the character. A bang-up job. By the time we got to the theater at 10:30 a.m. for the 1st showing at 11, it was sold out already so we had to wait another hour to get into the 2nd theater. Guess everyone in town has been waiting as I. Yet, about 15 minutes into the movie, after the bank heist, the joker uses a school bus for his get-away vehicle. It comes plummeting through the bank exterior walls and falls right into place with several other school buses. Right then and there I was asking myself “Why didn’t the driver of the bus behind him radio this into the police dispatcher?” Odd, when all the city was alert of the crime coming down!!! It was good, but not as good as the first in my opinion. Still, all in all it is worth seeing if you enjoyed the first movie with Christian Bale as Batman in Batman Begins. [My rating 3 -maybe 3 1/2 out of 5]

{ July 19, 2008 @ 10:04 am } · { Bones, HALLOWEEN, Home, MOVIES, PHOTO HUNT, Witches }
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Next week “Hanging“

Shoot me!!! Shoot me now!!!

I take a trip to Michael’s Craft Shop for a hurricane lamp chimney. I find that; have it in my cart. But…I spied something else. And it wasn’t on my list of things to buy! Yet…

So, I get it home, and by that time I’ve forgotten the reason I went to Michael’s in the first place, excited? You betch’ur sweet patootie. I begin to unwrap ‘em There are three items! Small items!!

What IS this? Do you have a guess yet? Something I live for!…[hint]

It’s a passion of mine! See anything yet? What IS it? Give up?! Do ya? Huh, huh, huh?

Scroll down a bit!….What I bought is revealed. Kinda like lettin’ the “Cat out of the bag”!

Like, uh….I really, really need these! Ya, right! Golly, but they were cute! Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil dudes!!!! Irresistible, huh?

- – -

So, getting out of Michael’s, next door in the strip mall is Ross. I love that store too. I like to go in there and look for the blown glass dolphins for my collection [obsessions]. I put the Halloween skeletons in the trunk along with my lamp chimney, lock ‘er up, and walk back to Ross’s. Yummy store. Especially for knick knacks. Oh boy…did I say shoot me? Well, yep, you guessed it. They were just putting out fiber optic witches. I picked up two…identical. I got twin witches now for Halloween for the low low price of….well, I’m not tellin’!! And then, for a good price [$3 a piece], I picked up a couple of Jack O Lantern covered dishes. Glass, good for candy, candy, candy!!!

Hoooo boy. Fun, fun, fun! And it’s only July for crying up a crutch. School supplies haven’t even reached the shelves in our area yet!!! Me? Complaining? Not on your life!

~…end Photo Hunt
↓[scroll below my Movie 'review' below for commenting]↓
OR – Click HERE to skip the movie review, and comment!

Friday was opening day of a long awaited Summer Blockbuster, The Dark Knight. It is the 2nd of the ‘new’ Batman. The previews and long wait for its release had me excited to see it. To me, it was good, but only mediocre! Rumor has it that the Academy of Arts and Sciences will more than likely nominate Heath Ledger as the “Joker” posthumously. I must admit he did a ‘bang-up’ job for the character. A bang-up job. By the time we got to the theater at 10:30 a.m. for the 1st showing at 11, it was sold out already so we had to wait another hour to get into the 2nd theater. Guess everyone in town has been waiting as I. Yet, about 15 minutes into the movie, after the bank heist, the joker uses a school bus for his get-away vehicle. It comes plummeting through the bank exterior walls and falls right into place with several other school buses. Right then and there I was asking myself “Why didn’t the driver of the bus behind him radio this into the police dispatcher?” Odd, when all the city was alert of the crime coming down!!! It was good, but not as good as the first in my opinion. Still, all in all it is worth seeing if you enjoyed the first movie with Christian Bale as Batman in Batman Begins. [My rating 3 -maybe 3 1/2 out of 5]

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