Have you ever done one of those diamond art pictures? You know, where you place individual tiny jewels on a sticky mat to create a picture? They are fun to do but they take forever. And then when you are done what are you supposed to do with them? Well, I decided to buy a simple black tray from amazon. I trimmed away the excess sticky paper to fit the tray and then I poured resin over the top. Permanently preserved and now has a use. It turned out great and I'm so glad I did it.
I recently went to the Oogie Boogie Halloween Party at Disneyland and wanted matching shirts to wear for me and my boyfriend. I love Nightmare before Christmas so of course I had to do Jack Skellington. I just got black t-shirts and used a stencil I cut from my silhouette machine. Then I just used bleach. They came out awesome! I would just caution to not use too much bleach or it will eat holes in the shirt. I ended up doing a painted version.
Have you ever been to the Halloween Oogie Boogie Bash at Disneyland? Well technically it takes place at California Adventure. Anyway, it is a lot of fun! My boyfriend and I dressed up as Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin. We got so many compliments and we had the best time. I have found that a small shoulder bag is a great item to bring when doing a Disneyland trip. You can keep a wallet and keys, hand sanitizer and snacks in there. I found this greenish bag at target and immediately saw potential to transform it into a themed Oogie Boogie bag. So here is the before and after. I had bought boogie boogie dice and didnt want to ruin them by putting in a screw so I made a mold and cast some new ones. It was a simple little project. Just mostly sewed some stitching along the edges. Made the dice keychains and ironed on the boogie boogie patch.
This year we settled on doing this witch makeup. I think it turned out pretty good. She's mean and green and has quite the snarl and hairy warts. Her eyes are dead as if she's ready to cast a spell on you. One can only wonder how many children she's ate.
Mummy Makeup
We finally got around to doing a makeup this halloween season. We usually start by searching the internet for inspiration. Mainly pins on Pinterest. We came across this one that we loved. We loved the cartoon style and the bright colors. I had some wigs I got and we knew this would be a fun one. We were short on time but it came together pretty quickly.
I saw this vampire design online somewhere but they were sold out. So I decided to make my own. I modified the image slightly and made some adjustments. Mainly his body in a more creeping stance and his arms too. I really love him. I decided to turn them into T-shirts. I cut out a stencil on my vinyl cutting machine and then just used acrylic paint to fill it in. Then I've always wanted to do a bleach design and thought this might be a good opportunity. So I went for it. I love how it turned out.
I made one of these out of pink insulation foam and I have a different blog post and how to about that one. But hes rough and I wanted to make a better one and one that I can easily make copies of for people that want to rent of purchase him. So this is my process on this version. Turned out great! Hit me up if you want to rent or buy one.
