Happy Halloween!

Wishing everybody a Safe and Happy Halloween!

Origami Owl Witchy Party

Back a few weeks ago on Saturday, October 4th I had an Origami Owl Jewelry Party. I had already purchased one of these lockets last year and I loved it. I kept my eye out for when the Halloween charms were coming out and wanted to plan it according to that. When they came out I couldn't help but fall in love with the little witch hat and knew I wanted to do a party. I asked a bunch of the girls if they were interested and they were. Then I had to set out to find an Independent Designer. A friend put me in touch with the best person. She was just awesome and so much fun.

I decided to make my party Witch themed, for my love of the little Witch Hat charm. So off to Pinterest I went looking for inspiration for the party.

I started off by making the girls these little party favor witch hats they could pin to their hair with bobby pins.

I also made little witch hat and broom stick candies. These were so easy and fun to make.

Here is my table set up:

I made these Chocolate Cream Cheese frosted Pumpkin Muffins.

Also for food I made a bean dip, veggie tray, and buffalo chicken taquitos. Everybody seemed to really like the taquitos.

For drinks I made Butterbeer and an Apple Cider Sangria. I don't tend to stick to exact recipes I find on pinterest, I end up modifying them a bit. Both came out amazing!

Here are some of us girls with our little hats on:

This is a picture of my purchase from the party. I did end up buying other charms but just made a halloween themed locket.

I had a blast planning and having this party. It was great to get together with the girls and just hang out and look at pretty jewelry. I think I might try and plan a big girl's night out party at least once a year.

Inspirational Adventures

Porcelain Skull

I finally finished the porcelain skull I bought back in August. This was a fun project, but it took me awhile to figure out what I wanted to do to it. I came across this picture on pinterest and that became my inspiration.

This is the unfinished piece right after I purchased it:

I then took it and painted it so that it looked old and worn down. The lighting on this one is a bit more yellow than it really is.

I had then sent out this image as a teaser on Instagram. The lighting is still a bit to yellow, I guess it's a combination of the light that is on above it and my iPhone.

After looking at it for a few days I decided there were parts of it that I didn't like, and when I picked it up some of the jewels fell right off. I pulled them all off and started over gluing them down with hobby glue.

Here is the finished piece with more natural lighting and taken with a better camera. I really like the way this came out.

September Adventures

Oh my goodness! Where did September go? Another month that went by so fast, looking back it is a blur. I have been so busy planning for Halloween and a little party I am having soon. It seems like that is all that is going on in my head. I have a couple of craft projects in the works and don't want to share photos of those until the party is over. I also have a couple of Halloween themed crafts going on that I plan on sharing when I complete them. I tend to start getting excited for Halloween towards the end of August and it goes on until it is over, then I look forward to all the sales.

I started a Halloween Playlist last year on my YouTube channel and have been adding to it quite a bit this year. I am up to 138 songs on the list. If you get a chance check it out and let me know if I am missing anything. 

Come visit me on my Facebook page, I am sharing one song a day counting down to Halloween. Also I tend to share more work in progress pictures on Facebook as I am working on them.

I was able to finally finish another lesson in my LifeBook class. I am way behind with these lessons that I just decided I will finish them as I get a chance to.

I was trying to grow my hair out and grow out the bangs, but the more it grew out the more I hated it and thought it just looked drab. About a week ago I had my cousin cut it and this is the result. I feel like the bangs and choppy layers look best on me.

Remember that porcelain skull I purchased last month. Here is the first step in to what I have planned for it. I really like how it came out. I can't wait to finish it and show you what I have planned next for it.

It has been doing nothing but raining here in Florida. I haven't had a good day to go out and take some photos to complete my photography exercises. There also haven't been any really good sunsets this month. The other morning I noticed the sunrise was beautiful. Here is a picture of that:

I have some exciting things planned for October and can't wait to show everybody!

LifeBook 2014 ~ Week 7 ~ Pop Up Positives

Whew! This one was tough and it took me long enough. Although I really did take my time with it to get it the way I wanted. I don't know what it is but as soon as Summer rolls around I lose my motivation to paint. Now that Fall is closing in I am getting that motivation back and hopefully will be able to finish these up much quicker. This one was a lot of fun, figuring out how the pop ups were going to work.

I thought I would show some progress photos to show how it came along:

Inspirational Adventures