Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors

Here is the YouTube to see how it was made:

Making this plant from Little Shop of Horrors has been on my list for a while now. I love how it turned out. The video shows sort of my process. Obviously should have taken more pictures to better describe but hopefully it gives you the idea. Go make one!

UPDATE!!!  Many of you have asked some great questions on my YouTube tutorial of this. When I was building it, I never intended to make a step by step video. But turns out many of you want to make your own and now I wish I gave you better details of my process. I've tried to answer your questions but I think some more pictures might be even better. So I'll post them here and hopefully that helps. Basically, I didn't know what I was doing and solved my problems on the fly. My advice is get started and you'll likely do the same. But I hope this helps. Have fun!

Creepy Candles How To

I've seen lots of tutorials and how to's on how to make candles out of cardboard tubes and hot glue. I've even seen them out of PVC pipe. I decided i'd try and make some myself. I chose to use Paper towel tubes and toilet paper rolls. I also like the look of thick and thin candles so i even went to a shipping supply store (UPS) and got some bigger cardboard tubes. I cut them to various heights and then trimmed the tops to look like a melted candle top. I've attached my How To so feel free to take a look and make some yourself. I lot of them on a mantle just looks amazing! 

Jack-O-Lantern Contest

For Halloween at work, we held a Jack-o-Lantern contest. We gave everyone a small foam pumpkin a couple weeks before halloween and told everyone to decorate it however they wanted. They could go scary or cute or disney or a theme. Then at our Halloween party we had a "pumpkin patch" where we displayed everyones creation and voted for the most creative, scary etc. It was a lot of fun and they were all so different from each other. 

I made mine by starting with arm and finger shapes out of bendable wire. Then I wrapped the wire with tin foil and added up areas where I wanted a thicker arm and elbow and such. then I covered the tin foil with tissue and a maché glue mixture. I carved the pumpkin with a hot wire and then painted everything. I added leaves from some cheap fake flowers. I loved how it turned out and didn't take very long at all. 

I also made the candle inside the pumpkin. See another blog post for how to instructions. http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2015/07/creepy-candles-how-to.html

a dollar door knocker transformed

Halloween is always on my brain and to my delight i've started to notice stores putting out halloween items already. Usually its just a bunch of junk but with a little paint and a dash of imagination you can transform crap into frightful treasures. This is the result of my latest transformation...