Day 191 - Awesome costume ideas!

October 7th, 2012

10 Cool Costume Ideas 

10. A toilet - very original and there is plenty of storage space for your candy.

9. Yoda Dog - "There is no try, only candy." remember that kids!

 

8.Oscar the grouch, the best looking homeless guy in town!

 7.Mario and Luigi - kick it old school.

6.Hello Kitty!!! Need I say more?

5.Octopus, 6 more arms to carry your candy home with.

4. Shrimp Baby, "I'm not a shrimp, I'm a king prawn okay?"

3.Office Space. "That's my stapler." "I'll burn this place to the ground."

2.Devil pug. I just love pugs okay? He's just so darn cute.

1.Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip, uhuh! uhuh! If you don't know these guys, shame on you.

Day 190 - How to make a pirate hat

October 6th

How to make a pirate hat

You will need:
One square meter of felt
A strip of felt 6 inches wide, at least 2 feet long
Scissors
measuring tape
needle and thread
String
Chalk pencil
Pins

Step 1
Measure your head circumference. Across the forehead and around the back.

Step 2
Using the string and chalk pencil, draw a circle on to felt as close to the edge as possible.

Step 3
Cut a hole in the center of felt.  try to keep this piece whole. It will act as the top of the hat. you want to cut this whole with a half inch seam allowance on the brim.

Step 4
measure and cut the strip. It should be to inches longer then the circumference of your head. Sew the strip and the top of the hat together. So the ends of the strip together. You should have a little beanie now.

Step 5
Sew the brim on to the beanie. You should have a hat that looks like a big sun hat right now.

Step 6
Grab the back of the hat basically where the strip was sewed together. Roll the back add towards the inside of the hat. Sew into place.

Step 7
Roll both sides together. The top of the that should look like a triangle. This is a tricornered pirate hat. Sew into place.Rock with red bandana and pirate gear.

Day 189 - 10 things I love about Halloween

October 5th, 2012 

10 things I love about Halloween                                                                                                                          

10. The Monster Mash . if you don't dance to this one then you got no sense of Halloween.

9. Crazy makeup. You can basically do whatever you want your face in the name of Halloween and it's okay, perfect for the office.

8. Bela Lugosi movies. 1931 Dracula come on doesn't get better than that.

7. 2 words Thriller video.  I know all the move this to this 1. Could there be anything creepier then dancing zombies? I think not.

6. Decorations. I decorate my cubicle, my house, my mom's house etc...

5.Tim Burton, basically all things Tim Burton, Corpse Bride, Alice in Wonderland, Sleepy Hollow, Dark Shadows, Frankenweenie, you get the idea.

4.  the Nightmare before Christmas . Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King come on, do I need to say more?

3. Half priced candy on November first. I love those mini chocolate bar.

2. Halloween specials. It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Scared Shrekless. Garfield Halloween. It always takes me back to when I was a kid. 

1. Costume. It's day of the  year I can wear whatever I want and no 1 will look at me weird. Skulls acceptable huge hair a must, thick crazy make-up superb, top hats why not?

Day 188 - How to make plush pumpkins

October 4th, 2012

How to make plush pumpkins

You will need:
Fabric of your choice
Matching felt
Matching thread
Needle
Polyfill stuffing

        Making a plush pumpkin a simple basically all you have to do is cut out rectangle. The longer the rectangle the fatter the pumpkin. Sew the two ends of the rectangle together  making a cylinder and then use needle and thread to pull the two ends closed, gathering them. Stuff with polyfill. Take a needle and pull the gathered ends into the center of a cylinder. Using a very long thread pumpkin sections on the cylinder always coming back to the center. You should have about 6 sections. Cut a stem from the felt. Sew the pieces together and stuff. Attached to the top of pumpkin. Enjoy the holiday.

Stem suggestions

Day 187 - Last Year's Pumpkins!

October 3rd, 2012

I really love jack Skellington. He is one of my favorite characters of all time. Last year I decided to make a little mister pumpkin head of my own. Here are a few pictures of what I came up with. To do this yourself all you need is a small oval shaped pumpkin. You know more  flat than it is tall. I suggest using a very small knife I've got a quickie cut from pampered Chef. It works really well, very sharp but with a short blade. I just use the picture that I got online as a reference I've been used a marker made a few drawings . That's it that's all I got, hope you enjoy the pumpkins.

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Day 186 - Pirates

October 2nd, 2012

How to dress like a pirate. 

        Here we have a few little stegs excited for Halloween but have no costumes. What are they to do?

        Dress like pirates. To dress like a pirate you need a pirate hat, pirate shirt, sword, sash, patch and a coat. A parrot wouldn't hurt either.

        And with all that on they are ready for night a trick or treating. Oh and don't forget your bag for booty.

Day 185 - HALLOWE'EN

October 1st, 2012

Welcome Crafter's to a Month of All That is Hallowe'en!!!

You can look forward to a month full of spooks, goblins, ghouls, witches, warlocks and vampires galore. Plus the occasional dressed up stuffed penguin. Only problem, my posts are going to be a little shorter, mostly pictures, for the next 6 weeks. Cause I broke my right arm and lo and behold, I'm right handed.  Now, I will keep posting, but as I said, shorter.  Mostly because my best friend is currently typing this and hopefully *ahem* will continue typing for me.  :)  So, you have a lot to look forward to and we'll get starting today with this cute penguin picture, as he is now prepared for Hallowe'en!  Enjoy!

Good Looking Fellow Eh?