Bitch, Make Your Own Valentines Day!

LOVE!

Black wire heart, I need to make more! I Love how they look hand drawn.

Valentines made 5....? Years ago...?

I've been adding to the collection for the last few years...

LOVE with Arrows Pillow I made last summer:

Took a stencil, used some sharpies (silver/gold), freehanded some Arrows...

A plain cotton drop cloth pillow case is now *BAM* Fab!

I've been hunting for non-traditional Valentine crafts on Pinterest: 

^Pinterest^  I remember Painting on Rocks when I was a kid, craft paint, markers, nail polish!

http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2014/01/black-white-gold-valentines-mantel.html

Love it!^^ Black/White/Gold is a Fave right now!!!

ALL the colors! Not just Red & Pink!

Think Unicorn, Channel that inner Unicorn!!!

Throwback to some of my past Heart Themed Mani/Pedis....

Pro Tip: black n white mani ^^ lower left... 

Take yer good ole polish strips, cut into shapes (Hearts) and stick em on! 

Throw some top coat on it, DONE.

I used the hounds tooth & love letter patterns by Sally Hansen

No worries if you can't paint steady for nail art, hey! ;-) 

Do it, Quick and Easy!

LOVE this^^ Pinterest You Have My Heart! XOXOXOXO!!!

I still have a bunch of crafting to do! 

And crafts to place & arrange before Saturday!

I have Feathers...

Flowers, Hearts, 

Gold and Silver Disc Sequins...

SEQUINS!  

I don't know if I'll get to it all cuz IT JUST WONT STOP SNOWING!

Winter 2015 = foot of snow after foot of snow!

Shoveling Shoveling Shoveling..... *Sigh*

Love Yourself 

Love Others

Love Crafting

LOVE MAKING SOMETHING!!!

XOXO

~JM

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Bitch, Make Your Own Xmas Stockings!

Two years ago, Hubby & I had our first Xmas living together...

And we were going to need STOCKINGS!

I got crafty & here's what happened:

Cute & functional!

Paper from everytime I buy a breakable item or handbag.... 

Packing tape (life!) & scissors...

I cut a stocking shape out x 4...

Took packing tape & lined the insides of the pieces to strengthen the paper ;-) 

Unless a Stocking/Piñata hybrid is what you need... Could be fun, just sayin...

Decided if folded over is good or...... 

Dug thru some odds n ends to dec them out....

First I will stitch them together w/reg black thread... Just like fabric...

Added initials, layered some paper under... Wavy blue tissue paper & sheet music! Yum!

^^The Past...

^^The Present.... Packed with... Presents... ;-D

Fun, Practical, Crafty! 

More Holiday Crafts-ibitionist Posts to Come!!! 

Until Then... MAKE SOMETHING!!!

XOXO

~JM

Glam Witches Lair DIY Halloween

This year we went ALL out TWICE!!!

Once for our towns Pumpkin Fest...

(above photo collage by our friend Nikki)

And a Second time on Halloween!

First, P-Fest!

We had the Nooks n Crannies all decked out!

Pumpkin Charli, Pumpkin Vignette, Skeleton, Sugar Skull Jack O' Lantern (won "very cool pumpkin" ribbon)...

Bats in the Lampshade! Classic! 

Come & sit for a Spell..... ;-D

Our Living Room, & My Studio had Lots to look at...

Bat Wall (bat wall post here), Headless Woman, Ominous Crows, Spider Wall, Pumpkin Tree, Wigs, Makeup, Hats, Glow Sticks...

CANDY...

I spray painted this plastic tub matte black & primed it by rubbing my chalk eraser on it...

Now it can be drawn/written on or labeled whatever I want... It is now my minion.... >;-)

Don't forget the GLITTER!

Giving guests the option to get their Glam on.... 

$ Store Face Paints,Glow Sticks, Glitter Nail Polishes & Hair Sprays...

So many Spiders... The pkg of 150 Spiders from Target went a LONG WAY!

Lots of appropriate Art in the Kitchen to help brew up some spells n potions...

Great Pumpkin Mug comes out for the Most Sincerest of Keurig Coffee Makers...

(as far as the eye can see!)

And a VooDoo-y Bath...

That spooky piece of art I made years ago sure looks Witch-Tastic here...

B&W Candle Print from my Art School Days flanked by tatty pages from Edgar Allen Poe...

Goat Head, of course... So Witchy! 

After the Pumpkin Fest we enjoyed the decor for a couple of weeks till....

All Hallows' Eve...

Going w/the Glam Witch Theme... 

I played around w/some makeup...

Green eyeshadow for bronzer as well as on my eyes...

A wetted angle brush w/dark n sparkley shaddow for the liner-

To not take away from the Demi false lashes...

Large glitter stuck on with eyelash adhesive...

An overall dusting of glitter for good measure! 

Perfect Witch Glamour!

Charli enjoyed trying on a new look... Meowoof!

And all I needed now was...

The Hat...

I found these pics on Pinterest for Glamming up The Hat!

$3 for the plain witch hat at Target...

I put my Flower Crown from the Pumpkin Fest on it (made from $Store flower arrangement)...

Stuck some feathers I had spray painted copper & silver in there...

Then I made a bow w/some sheer black wired ribbon from Michaels I had lingering from the wedding crafting...

You can see the spider in the Hat details in this pic of my Witchiness w/Mr. Mars...

Black Cats ham it up on Halloween! 

Told Hubby to put a wig on it & set our Witchy Table for Two.

Our Candy Cauldron needed some bubbley foam (tulle)...

& some Fire (tulle w/sticks, & flickering flameless candles)...

& a Witchy Chant to cast the Perfect Candy Loving Spell!

A wee video of the Candy Cauldron...

Ooooooo.... Dark & Spooky Candy Goodness!

No-Carve party Pumpkins!

I went the no-carve route to preserve the pumpkins for further fall decorating...

And to save time...

And to save my wrists... CarpalTtunnel y'know... ;-)

Michaels for the Masks, & Stashes, $ Store for the Glow Sticks (left overs from Pumpkin Fest)...

Wicked.

A Crow, Cat, & a close resemblance to Nick Offerman.....

Totally intentional....

The perfect night watching the ghosts n goblins from the porch w/my Love...

& Candy! 

This Witch Made some Magic, 

You should Make some TOO!

XOXO

~JM

P.S.

Don't forget to pack all your stuff away once Halloween is over...

X-z lol my house is a MESS! The true HORROR of Halloween...

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DIY Halloween Bat Wall

Ran out of festive string lights... Need something to spice up that last wall...

Na-na-nana-na-Naa BAT WALL!

And a little for that corner... Taped to the inside of the lamp shade... 

The Theme for this years Halloween Decor is Glam Witches Lair Btw...

Anyway...

I only had colored construction paper...

So I broke out the matte black spray paint...

I made use of that cotton canvas dropcloth afterwords as a batty wall hanging...

So I started building my design...

I wanted it to look like they were coming from behind my little dollhouse and flowing across towards the front door...

A soft purple light bulb illuminates from behind giving a sense of twilight...

Back to the bats....

Lots and lots of bats.

Scotch tape...

I cut them like paper hearts...

Folded in half and cut angles... my usual kamikaze style... didn't use a template, I wanted them to be all different shapes n sizes to give depth...

There are many helpful templates online to print/use or at least peek at for inspo...

Now to make them look 3-D by folding the wings...

Fold one...

Fold two...

Do the same to the other side!

Lookee it's done, woot!

Get some tape on your fingers, & roll them into little rolls...

Stick em on the bats...

Stick em on the walls!!!

As people walk in they don't notice...

Then they turn around, BOOM! 

There they are! 

Surprise! 

Making this Bat Wall was fun & easy!

I hope it's Making you think about Making one too! 

But...

Whatever you do... MAKE SOMETHING!

XOXO 

~JM

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