Starting this thread just to give people a heads up on our next months project get they creativity flowing
For the month of
AUGUST- CREEPY CANDLE HOLDER / OR LIGHT
this is about being creative and seeing what everyone comes up with its not a contest just to have fun. maybe even doing something you never tried before share ideas post up in progress or finished projects this will be fun
the months to come list are
SEPT- PAPER MACHE / CLAY
OCT- WITCH ITEMS/ SPELL BOOKS
NOV- PUMPKINS
DEC- DAY OF THE DEAD
here is some ideas of things I have done in past to help get juice flowing
my Alice in wonderland light no creepy buy just some ideas to get the creativity flowing
Barnacles, I saw a lot of good lamp globes and vases at the restore a week or so ago, but had my hands full of spindles and paint.... Guess another trip is in order..
OK, I saw these on Pinterest and fell in love. Such a great bit of whimsy and creepy all in one so of course I have to see if I can duplicate this but in black!
Saki Girl,
Thank you for hosting these crafting parties each month!
I know you have expressed that you are not rigid about any rules, and you just want some sharing and fun. So I hope it's OK if I share a few candle or lighting related things as a warm-up to whatever it is I a actually going to do for this month. LOL
Here's an idea I got off pinterest. I scored a bag full of old plastic Christmas candoliers at a yard sale for a $1. I turned them into creepy Halloween candles with hot glue and spray paint. Easy! Love this idea.
Here's another recent project.
I am not as much a crafter or prop builder as I am into tinkering. (Where I take found objects and marry them together into creepy decor.)
I took a flea market find candle stand, added a bit more grunge to it, with a clearance-sale-score sprig of spanish moss, and an LED candle with some added hot glue drips and a tad of antiquing.
Perfect in my Witches Kitchen.
I just read a post from Wolfbeard regarding veins made from "red" hot glue that got me thinking. What do you have in YOUR bottles and jars? What items have you used for display and what do they represent? (eg, instant rice for dried maggot larva, corn flakes for scabs, etc.)
This is a thread for everyone to post pictures (preferably) and maybe even a brief tutorial as how to create what they've made.
I'm not a big prop builder so i normally stick to crafts, but i'm not even good at that, but hey.
Theres pictures of the Skull Candle i made and just two pages of a...
I used to paint. The other night I had a weird dream about some monster dolls that had elements that made them look great in blacklight. I might eventually try to make them but I thought I'd start with painting them. First though, I started with an old friend. This is just a work in progress. I...
