Loving you...

...ain't hard to do, baby doll.

So this...is love.

let's be boyfriend and girlfriend

Dia De Los Muertos...

 ...never dies.

Painted cow skulls and pink sugared horns,

Frida portraits surround and adorn;

Bright yellow shrines and red crowns aflame,

Bottle-capped crosses to unblemish the blame.

Sweet, sticky orange and tart, tangy lime;

Hearts made of citrus, forget that there's time.

Benevolent white demons and coffins of black;

Eyes that see everything, but never look back;

Flags of culture and pendants to remember;

Skeleton dogs come out to play this November.

The Most Important Meal of the Day

eat up, chaps!

Let's Get Spooky: Glittered Bunting DIY

All Hallow's Eve is near, so it's time to get spooky!

Now, although the instructions for this DIY are spooky-simple, the process is quite a labor of love...but definitely worth it, my little monsters!

Materials: Cardstock, string, scissors, glitter, Elmer's glue, hot glue gun, tray for catching excess glitter, soundtrack to The Nightmare Before Christmas

First, turn on your Jack-and-Sally music.

Then cut out your letters.  I cut my letters out free hand, but if you're looking for a specific font or don't feel comfortable cutting free hand, download a font you like and trace it onto your cardstock, then cut away!

Next, spread the Elmer's glue (I used my finger) across your first letter.  Be sure to spread thoroughly!  Sprinkle your glitter over the letter.  Shake off excess glitter into the tray (when you've completed the project, pour the excess glitter into its container).  Repeat for each letter.

You'll probably need to go back and touch up any spots that are lacking in the glitter department.  My advice is to use the same color paper as the glitter you're using--that way, if you ARE missing glitter in any spots, it's not obvious.

Finally, use your hot glue gun to attach string to the back of the letters.  Once dry, you are ready to display your masterpiece!

So, monster mashers, time to get

S P O O K Y ! 

Happy Haunting!

Cow Skulls: Series 1

 

Lucia

Zooey

Grenadine

[prints coming soon to Etsy, ya'll]

Glittered Pumpkin DIY

I know it's a Christmas song, but I can't seem to get the lyric "It's the most wonderful time of the year"

outta my head...

because Halloween just might be

the true most wonderful time of the year!

Supplies: Pumpkins + Elmer's glue + glitter + tray

Use a tray (I actually used a box lid)

as your work space so that you can catch

(and save, of course) your excess glitter.

Spread some Elmer's onto your pumpkin.

For my first pumpkin,

I made small glue circles to create a polka dot look.

For the second, I designed a cute skull face.

Glitter away!  Shake off excess glitter into your tray (or in some special cases, box lid).  You might need to gently blow some of the more stubborn pieces of glitter off.

Ta-da!  A cute skull-faced baby pumpkin...

...and a polka dotted cutie (soon-to-be) pie!

Happy Haunting!