Costume Time!

My costume was pretty last minute this year…. Although, it turned out great! I was a blonde Mary Poppins. If you’re in need of any last minute costumes, my coworkers and myself, whipped up some pretty good ones that were almost effortless to make but ended up looking point on. 

Items you will need to become Mary Poppins:

Black Skirt

White Blouse

Thigh High Socks or Nylons

Red Bow Tie

Top Hat (add red flowers)

Umbrella

Black Purse

Black Heels or Combat Booties

Red Lips and Nail Polish 

Pumpkin Carving

My pumpkin went for a different look this year. After carving my pumpkin I painted it black with acrylic paint. It turned out great, even better when it's lit up! You can use any type of black paint to do this craft along with your amazing carving skills of course! However, you can even print a face out and use transfer paper to trace on your pumpkins face so that it’s easier to carve. To do this, use the same technique as used for my signage tutorials. 

Enjoy Guys! 

P.S Don't forget to try my Pumpkin Seed Recipe! Under Homemade Treats . 

Crow Silhouette Painting

This week I wanted to make something spooky and festive for Halloween, but I also wanted to be able to use this piece all year long. So, I was looking on Pinterest and I seen a crow silhouette painting that I just had to have, so I decided to make it!

Items you will need to make the crow silhouette painting:

Thin piece of wood

Tracing paper

Transfer paper

 Pencil

Sander

Black/dark aqua blue/brown acrylic paints

Thin and thick paintbrushes

Varnish

**All of these tools can be purchased at any craft or hardware store.

Step 1: Once you have found a thin piece of wood use the sander to sand it down to make sure it’s completely smooth. Next use a thick paintbrush and paint the entire piece of wood dark aqua blue.

Step 2: Once the paint is dry, dip your thick paintbrush into the brown acrylic paint. Dab the brown paint on the edges and corners of the piece of wood to give it a dark vintage look. Over coat the brown dabs with black paint and keep blending the colors together for an even spookier look.

Step 3: Now choose a set of crows that you’ve seen on the Internet or draw a set of you’re own. I found a set of crows online and then enlarged the photo as big as I wanted it to be. Then I used tracing paper and traced the crows from the computer screen onto the tracing paper. Once this step is completed, you can now use your transfer paper and place it onto the piece of wood with the crow pattern on top. Use a pencil and trace the crows onto the piece of wood. The transfer paper transfers  the crow pattern onto the piece of wood.

Step 4: Once the crow outline is on the piece of wood use a small paintbrush and paint the crows in with the black paint. Once the crows are painted and totally dry use your large paintbrush to paint a coat of varnish onto the painting. This allows the painting to look shiny and sealed! Once the varnish is dried you are all done your crow silhouette painting.

Any questions let me know guys!

Enjoy J