Deadly Cherries: headband

Made another darker headband again!!! I actually started from the dark ones, but the colorful was a bigger hit. This one looks great with a bigger hairdo or dread-falls. I'll have to show you someday :D

 It has a hand sculpted skull of a bird, some charms and a fang cameo and is decorated with laces and ribbons. The horns are wider and placed lowers for that more shamanic look. You can find them at my shop Deadly Cherries

Lamp decor :D

I bought two Halloween paper lanterns recently and now one became my lamp :D

Lets not forget bats! They are a must this season :D I use another one as a night lamp as it can actually glow on it's own. As long as the battery allows t :D

I feel down a little bit lately. But my butlers take care of me :)

I also tried to make myself some pumpkin jam. My coworker ( after tasting it) said it should be eatable with chicken. I say "Relatives, get ready for your Christmas gifts of indescribably tasting jams... in cute jars" :D

For my personal notes when making strange jams " add lemon juices and sugar first and only then alter taste with other spices...."

Bat flower pot or anything else you would use it for :D

So here I was, siting with an almost empty pudding container in my hand. And suddenly  a thought came in that it would be perfect size to keep the little plant I got.  My mind started browsing images in my brain's archives and I got an idea that was inspired  by little  coffee cups I've seen and liked a lot. (I would love to own these babies, but have no ideas where to by one.)

 It's very simple way to get your home ready for Halloween without buying decorations from supermarket. It's easy and can fit any size container :) And if you have children ( my friends just continues getting pregnant :D )  it's easy enough to make this with them.

To see the detailed tutorial visit my Cut out and Keep page :)

The wing pattern.

Making the body.

Making the wings :)

While the amount of bat decorations on my walls are growing and already are taking over bathroom the only thing my boyfriend said was:

"I'm not going to stop you".

He doesn't suspect I got an idea for our cat that includes bat wings too >:)

Any way, thanks for taking a look! I hope you'll find it useful ;) 

Gothically yours,

Countess

Home decor: Bats! Bats everywhere!!!

So as I continue to decorate my home in Halloween theme I decided it's time for bats. I bought a thin cardboard that is strong enough to keep them firm but is not to strong to allow me cut out five of them at once. I cut the body and wings separately and glued them together. That way they got a nice springing and it was easy to make  bunch of them. It took me less then 20 minutes. They look nice on any object but for now they are landed on my doors.

Here's my pattern if you want to use it ;)

Check out the detailed tutorial on Cut out and Keep if you are interested ;) 

Decorating my home

While people are complaining about rain and chill weather, I can't stop enjoying Fall. And this Fall I decided to improve my home decor. It's already a year since we moved in so I want to make it really cozy.
Is spotted these pillows at m local super market and decided to get them.

I love the deer pillow the most. I would love the same one with deer gentleman looking to the opposite site. But it's the only version. The pumpkins pillow is just for Fall season. I find it cute :D

Next new decoration is the red hand tree I got after our exhibition. Sculpted the hands and made tree as well as painted it  and glued the leaves.

It looks nice and took a place by window :D

Looks nice from outside too :D

 The plants I started to gather are also "living" by the window". I got purple orchid this week. I always forget to water my plants and I've lost many of them. I hope to be a better host this time. Any on easy caring tricks??

And the last thing that appeared in our home is this antique chair. I don't know how much antique it is, but the arms have bronze metal work and other "golden" parts are just paints. I'm leaving it as it if for now, but I'm thinking on recovering it latter.

For now it will be good at it is.

Framed Pumpkin. Home decor

So, I'm full of ideas as well as bad mood. So I try to chance it away by making something. Here's my last night fruit...or veggie:D
I really wanted some nice orange at home, now I have it. But I want more!! I really like how it looks. It was quite easy. I sculpted the pumpkin from clay and painted it. Everything else was cut out burned to get that old look and glued on framed piece of fabric :)

 Enjoy ;)

Fall season decorations

It's a beautiful Fall in here and I'm enjoying the weather. Halloween is a month and a half away but I want to decorate my home already. So I'm already surfing the net searching for simple tutorials and ideas. I just want this warm spookiness inside my flat.

So first I'll go and search for those tiny pumpkins. They look nice thrown in a big plate and you actually can keep them all year long since they dry up quiet nice.

Next are bats.. On the wall, some on the lamp on the fridge. As for me they would be everywhere!!! :D But lets not over do this.

 Here's some ideas for garland... And not only with bat.

Or you can hang some bats on a tree branch like here...

I had my own bat lamp. I'm thinking on doing it again since kitchen really need a lamp cover.

This was my bedroom lamp.

But this time I'll use Chinese paper  lantern.

I'll leave ones an the wall thought but will add more. 

 I'll make few moss terrarium that would look like mini graveyards

I also want to hang some light garlands by the window that would give soft light and I'm thinking something like that.

You can find that any color you like on Ebay.

I also like these little ghost. They are really easy to make and cost almost nothing.

Tutorial

I wonder what if I would get that bubble light garland in white and would put those ghost on the bubbles... I think it should turn to be a nice ghost garland ;)

Our group of BJD owner are making an exhibition of our dolls in hand made kimono. The dolls will be representing Japanese spirits and demons of old. One of the decoration is a creepy tree with hanging red hands.

 I was sculpting hands for it and this weekend we finished almost all decorations for the stand. The tree turned out pretty wicked so I asked to take it home with me after the event. So I kinda have one. thought I think it might be a problem to maintain it whole since I do believe the kitty will be really interested in those tangling hands...

The event will take place this weekend so there will be some photos of our creations. It turned out really great :D

And I'll be updating with my Fall decorations too ;)