I’ve spent the last two days in my craft room making spiders. Seriously. My Black Widow Spiders are, item for item, my top seller in my Etsy shop Old Raven. They sell sporadically all year round, and I’ve mailed these little beauties off all over the world, too, wondering (with a little chuckle) if some… Continue reading Halloween and Remembering Mom
So in Part 2 I left off with ‘decorating the dungeon’, sounds kind of Martha Stewart, doesn’t it? The final areas are the ‘book shelves’ and the ‘counter tops’. We’ll take it from the top down. Remember my box (or two) of Halloween goodies, well, I just started digging through until I came across… Continue reading Halloween Apothecary Cabinet – Bats – Part 3
Progress is being made – I’ve got the “bat” paper all the way around now. I’m glad I decided to do the back on this piece, which I don’t normally do, but this paper is just too wonderful. I love the color of it, just looking at it makes me feel like I’m outside in… Continue reading Halloween Apothecary Cabinet – Bats – Part 2
Yep, this is the time of year I really get rolling on making Halloween items for my shop (Old Raven on Etsy). This project is an Apothecary Cabinet. Actually, it starts life as an unfinished, un-assembled product by Kaisercraft – this is how it looks when you buy it: This “kit” has pre-cut MDF for… Continue reading Halloween Apothecary Cabinet – Bats – Part 1
I am having SO MUCH FUN with these paper mache coffins! This is my latest (check out my post featuring the BONE COLLECTOR if you missed my first coffin) and this one’s a candy dish. Or, if you prefer the “trick” side instead of the “treat” side of Halloween, then fill this baby up with… Continue reading Halloween Coffin Candy Dish
This is the time of year I start working on Halloween projects for my shop (Old Raven on Etsy) and I’ve been keeping an eye out for something new to add to my Halloween selection of home and office decor. I also joined a FB group called ‘Tim Holtz Addicts’, which I definitely qualify for… Continue reading The Bone Collector
Last winter I had big plans to take an old dress form and upcycle it with evergreen boughs, tinsel, lights, beads and more and then put it on my front porch as my Christmas decoration for the season. But first I had bought a large 15″ paper mache mannequin from Hobby Lobby thinking I would… Continue reading Mannequin Makeover
