Pinkoween: Glam Skeleton Plaque

 

Another Pinkoween project like my Glam Pinkoween Ghost. 

Supplies:

• Wood Plaque (Dollar Tree)
• Pink, Black, and White Acrylic Paint
• Small Skeleton (Mine is from a Dollar Tree Garland)
• Hot Glue Tomstones 
• Stand

I had this wood plaque from Dollar Tree in my stash. They seem to always have them in different shapes. The skeleton was part of a garland so I cut one free. 

The edge was beveled and I painted it in black. I think it looks like a frame. 

I used white acrylic paint to cover the center. I didn't even sand the wood because I liked it better if it looked rough. 

Once the white paint was dry, I coated it with white glue. This is my go to crackle technique!

Lightly dry brushed some silver and some white on the skeleton. 

Went over top with pink paint and watched the magic of the crackling work as it peeked through. Love how aged it looks! 

Gotta have more sparkle, right? I mixed some tinsel glitter (Michaels) and Mod Podge and brushed it on the skeleton and plaque. 

You can see the glitter here (along with a little black streak because I had a dirty brush, but it works!). Glued some beaded garland I picked up at Michaels on clearance around the edge as shown. And then using hot glue and tacky glue, glued the skeleton to the plaque. Couldn't resist adding some rhinestones to the eyes and tied a simple bow around the neck. 

To make the tombstones, I used a silicone mold and hot glue and will show how in a future post! 

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Happy September! Vacay Craft Goodies

 

Happy September Creative Peeps! I might just be biased because it's my birthday month, but I get to share it with some amazing friends and my Fairy Granddaughter. It's also officially the start of my favorite crafting times of the year, cooler weather, and fun Fall festivities. 

We had the BEST getaway last week celebrating our anniversary. After what's been a rather chaotic year for Casa Chocolate, it was relaxing and the place we stayed was incredible. 

Mr. Chocolate is the spa person in our house. We defy gender norms that way because they're not my thing. So while Mr. Chocolate went to his massage appointment and enjoyed all of the other amenities, Mrs. Chocolate went exploring and hit three Dollar Trees and a DAISO! 

You can take the Crafty Girl our of her craft room but she'll just come home with more goodies to play with! It was a win-win. 

I was super excited to find the stackable pumpkins in white! OK, yes, I'm probably going to paint them but it was more about them being solid vs have a pumpkin face that I was really happy about. The witch shoes...haven't decided if I'm leaving as-is and using for a tree topper or trying the viral Pottery Barn hacks with black twine that I've seen. 

That bright silver skull tray? 'Nuff said. And some cool napkins and a spider web table runner! Joy! The cauldrons have raised flames which will be perfect to dry emboss with contrasting paint to make them pop. Luckily we drove so there was room for everything. 

BEST find? A 40 sheet Colorbok paper stack not even at the revised $1.50 price. Still $1.25!! Kicking myself for not buying at least two. Blame it on shocked excitement. 

Can't wait to start playing! Hope you all had a great week and there will be a new party up on Thursday. 

BFF Open House: Two Week Party (Aug 21-Sept 1)

 

Happy Friday Eve all! Hope you've all had a good week. So many things going on...Back to School continues for parents, students, and teachers... Summerween and Augtober, as we transition from Summer to Fall...LOTS of home garden harvesting...just tons of things! 

Scheduling this as a two-week party because our busy-ness includes our upcoming 34th Anniversary, so we're getting away next week to celebrate. It'll be nice because Mr. Chocolate is feeling so much better after dealing with the illness that led to his surgery last month, and we have MUCH to be grateful for. 

This week I shared a couple more Halloween projects I made: 

Glam Pinkoween Ghost

Glam Witch Cottage Furniture

Let's take a look at some of the inspiring projects shared at last week's party. 

Steph Creates Things shared a BRILLIANT use for all those candle lids we accumulate from our scented candles and repurposed them into Fall Shelf Decor. 

Artsy Karma shared a beautiful way to repurpose plastic bottles into BEAUTIFUL Flower Lights!

It All Started With Paint shared a perfect gift for a Math Teacher (or student!) with this Math Mason Jar Pencil Holder. 

And even if it's not yet sweater weather where you are (like me) you can get ready for Halloween and Fall with this Upcycled Sweater Vase shared by From the Bay to the Beach! 

Thanks to all who linked up, and can't wait to see what you've been up to! It'll be September when I post my next party so happy early September, which may or may not be my favorite month of the year. 

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Halloween: What's a Glam Witch Cottage Without Furniture?

 

A Glam Witch needs her furniture so I made some to go with the Cottages I shared last week.

Supplies:

• Fairy House Chairs and Tables (Dollar Tree)
• Black Acrylic Paint (Craft Smart Multi-Surface)
• Silver Acrylic Paint (Craft Smart Bright Silver)
• Mini Halloween Decorations (Michaels)
• Misc. Gems
• Acrylic Paint Pens

I was smart and picked up accessories when I purchased my Fairy Houses from Dollar Tree. I've learned the hard way "see it, get it". 

I got the chairs and tables. When I made my Glam Witch Cottages, I thought they'd go well with them even though the scale being a bit off went against my Virgo brain. But I went with it! I mean they can magically be resized to fit, right?

I painted the chairs and tables black with Craft Smart Multi-Surface black paint, then dry brushed the arms and legs with a little silver. I let a little of the original brown show through the tables. 

I had a stash of Halloween miniatures from Michaels I bought last year and didn't use. They were perfect for this! I chose a cloche with a skull and spellbook, and used E6000 to glue atop the tables. 

For the chairs, I used acrylic paint pens to accent the leaves and petals on the chair, and then of course, I had to add a sparkly gem. 

Since I haven't started decorating officially, this is how I plan on displaying as soon as I do! 

Halloween: Glam Pinkoween Ghost

 

This week's party continues here through today. 

Pink has become a core part of Halloween in recent years and is on display EVERYWHERE in craft and home decor stores. I'm even planning to include my pink tabletop tree I used for Valentine's and Easter this year, into my Halloween decor. 

I'd bought some pink glitter HTV (heat transfer vinyl) to use for Valentine's Day, but life got in the way. There's no such thing as wasted craft supplies, though, so I grabbed it for this project. 

Supplies:

• Ornate Frame (Dollar Tree)
• Waverly Chalk Paint (White)
• Decoart Acrylic Paint (White Pearl)
• Vinyl (Doesn't have to be HTV)
• Embellishments

NOTE: I was originally going to do the frame in black but, I ended up not liking it and didn't re-take pics. I used Waverly Chalk paint in white instead. Paint your frame (I picked up a few of these ornate frames from Dollar Tree because...you know!) and set aside. 

Remove the backing and dry brush with paint of choice. I used Deco Art white pearl which I got at Dollar Tree. 

I wanted a simple background. 

I chose a ghost image from Cricut Design Space and cut using the pink glitter HTV (Michaels). You don't need HTV but it's what I had in the right color. You can use regular vinyl. If you do use HTV, remember to mirror your image!

Since I did use the HTV, i needed to heat press it onto the background. I used my Cricut mini press. Once my ghost was pressed down, the fun began! 

Here's the white frame and you can see I let some of the gold peek through. Reassemble, then decorate! 

I grabbed some clear and iridescent gems from my stash, using black rhinestones for the eyes, and then went around the bottom of the ghost with large gems and dotted the background and frams with smaller ones. 

 

The iridescent gems look like dimensional drops on the ghost, and it's hard to see in pics, but they add just a little oomph to the frame. To finish, I added a bow of iridescent tulle. Easy. Peasy. 

Happy Pinkoween! 

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Sundays on Silverado

BFF Open House

 

Happy Friday Eve, all! Our monsoon season seems to be going out like a lion. Living in the desert, we don't follow "traditional" seasons. It's been a mild one but whew, last night was everything by me. Lightning, thunder, rain, wind. I was looking for the Wicked Witch flying by. 

It felt great to be in my craft room this week and started on some Spooky Season projects! This week I shared: 

Dollar Tree Dollhouse to Haunted Mansion 

Dollar Tree Fairy Houses to Glam Witch Cottages

Busy working on a few more things to share. 

OK! Let's take a look at some of the fun ideas shared at last week's party!

Back to school calendars are all over the place so if school hasn't yet started (or even if it has) Creatively Beth has a wonderrful Clay Pot Apple for Teacher project! 

My Thrift Store Addiction shared this beautiful Vintage Headboard to Trellis transformation. 

Press Print Party shared this amazing DIY Coral Reef! Perfect for a Little Mermaid theme or any party celebrating the sea! 

Finally, it's never too early to start thinking of holiday and host/hostess gifts, right? Flour on My Face has you covered with DIY Rosemary Salt. 

Thanks to everyone who linked up and can't wait to see what you've been up to this week! 

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