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Party planning for Halloween night I had to touch the spooky to every surface. I made these martini glasses an instant Halloween hit by cutting spiders out of vinyl on the Cricut using Halloween cartridges and attaching them to the outside of the glasses. I also painted my fingernails black and cut a skeleton head out of white vinyl on the Cricut and made finger nail decals. I am all set for the party!
I have been playing with porcelain a lot lately — more of that to come. For this Halloween inspired necklace I made a ball of porcelain and then pressed it into a Cuttlebug Halloween embossing folder. I bisqued it to cone 06 and then glazed it with black glaze from Duncan. I covered a necklace finding in black enamel paint and then glued it to the back using E-6000 glue. I made the necklace part out of what else? Tee-shirt yarn!
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Since Halloween is fast approaching, why not use this opportunity to can up some ghost chilis. Those chili peppers are touted as the hottest in the world and can be ordered online but they can be pricey so to read about my method to make freezer canned ghost chili jelly on a budget, cheating never hurt anyone. Jump on over to Phoenix New Times Chow Bella: Ghost Chili Jelly
It’s time to start thinking about what to serve the trick-or-treaters in your house before they head out to fill their bags with the sugar. This recipe allows everyone to get involved and will tempt the taste buds of the junior set right along with the more senior members of the house.
For the recipe jump on over to the Phoenix New Times Chow Bella:Â Â Jack O’Lantern Cheeseburger Pie
I created this black bird covered branch in the Halloween Spirit but if the colors were changed it could be used any time of the year as a great decoration.
Directions to make this project:
1. Get a small tree branch from you neighborhood. Lay it out on top of newspaper.
2. Spray paint the entire thing, allowing for drying time in between coats. For this project I used a metallic flat black.
3. Once dry, place the base of the branch into a glass vase. Fill the vase with a weighted item of your choice. For my project I used yellow popcorn kernels.
4. Next, using your Cricut, black card stock and any of the Halloween cartridges cut out birds in all different sizes from 1 inch to 5 inches. The Halloween cartridges include: Happy Hauntings, October 31st and Pumpkin Carving.
5. Peel the birds off of the Cricut sticky mat, place them all over the branch and back them with standard scotch tape to hold them in place.
6. For a final touch and to add a little bling, paint a wing on using glitter.
Happy Halloween and Happy Crafting xoxo Lovely Lula
