I am away from my craft supplies (and experiencing separation anxiety) while in LA with family. So instead of crafting an elaborate costume, I vowed to spend UNDER FIVE DOLLARS on whatever I made. The result?
RABID MOUSE ATTACK! Careful…he’s a bit foamy.
Total cost: $2.49
Materials:
Mouse ($1.00), Fake blood ($1.49), Black Sharpie, Old shirt, Hotel sewing kit, Elmer’s glue, Cotton balls, Nail polish, White paper
HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone! Have a wonderful night.
I am really impressed with Art of Skulls Dia de Los Muertos inspired designs.
You can see a variety of her work on Flickr and they are available for purchase on her Etsy site.
I love these little skellies (I feel that’s the best word to describe them) from Altered Boxes:
Her work makes me want to delve in more box/diorama/curio cabinet crafts.
The altars set up for Dia de Los Muertos are often intricate, elaborate works of art themselves:
One day, I WILL attend a traditional celebration of this holiday.
Just a few more bits and pieces to celebrate.
Tribute to one of my classic favorites (wish I had made this):
Some more pumpkins:
How fitting when spending Halloween in LA:
French illustrations, 1904:
Meditating zombies is certainly a novel concept. I love it! You’d never peg them for spiritual, introspective types.
Here’s a lovely gallery of (SFW) vintage Halloween pinups. This was an age of glamor, femininity, healthy body shapes, and things left to the imagination.
I much prefer those images over our bony, plastic, chemical filled modern society.
And if anyone loves Vincent Price as much as I do, check out his appearance on The Dating Game.
Priceless…no pun intended.
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Well, these certainly put anything I’ve worn to shame.
My personal favorite:
Check out the 2008 World of Wearable Art costume contest winners.
Any music post seems dreadfully incomplete, due to my incurable music obsession. But here are a few fun things.
I’d first like to share some fantastic vinyl art I found over at LP Cover Lover:
I think any commentary would only detract from the image here, so I’ll just let you absorb it…
Hm. Androgynous sorcery.
I hate to think of what unsavory things Dracula may be whispering to her:
Hooray for the Netherlands…
Soul Dracula is my favorite:
As far as I can tell, THIS is Soul Dracula (don’t miss this video). Could there be more than one disco vampire? For the record, a “disco vampire” image search is completely unspectacular…I tried.
And if you’re on a last minute search for a Halloween Party Soundtrack, have no fear…SheWalksSoftly is here to help:
Digital Meltdown has uploaded an amazing selection.
The Manchester Morgue also specializes in horror soundtracks. Some really rare ones turn up here!
3 Disc Halloween Mix: V/A- One Stop Halloween Music Shop
Some score/soundtrack material: V/A- History of Horror, 2 discs
And some Motown oldies: V/A- There’s a Ghost in My House
I have plenty more Halloween mixes of deathrock, psychobilly, doo-wop, etc (along with countless classical horror scores). I’ll gladly upload them if anyone is still on the lookout for tunes.
I’m sneaking in one more song: Now I’m Feeling Zombified by Alien Sex Fiend. This band is just a delightful carnival of b-movie horror aesthetics.
(I still thank Ronnie for playing ASF albums in their entirety on his radio show many years ago when I was searching everywhere and couldn’t find them in stores).
I leave you with my favorite vintage horror theme song: THE BLOB. It’s just so smooth and catchy! I dare you not to shimmy, tap, snap, bob or twist.
Here is my 2008 roundup of favorite Halloween culinary atrocities from Cake Wrecks. Enjoy the wrong!
Let’s start with some fiercely baffled spiders, shall we?
This poor bastard is…arachnologically wrong, having only six legs (though that may be the least of his worries):
And onto some pumpkins…
The above is actually the Krispy Kreme seasonal donut (for the record, they couldn’t make a Krispy Kreme so ugly that I’d refuse to eat it):
At first I thought the “face” was mold or burnt patches:
More misery…
I’m not sure what’s going on in this cake. There appears to be a small army of cake dolls who’ve been decapitated and had their heads replaced by giant eyeballs…yet they cling tenaciously to their old plastic heads for good measure:
And now some ghosts…
Um, is this even work safe?
I definitely recommend taking the two minutes to watch this incredible stop motion animation of a pumpkin carving itself (stay for the ending, too).
I had this bookmarked from last year, so some of you may have seen it…I just couldn’t resist.
Here’s another one to give you nightmares, kiddies:
This is already my favorite time of year, and injecting a little geekiness just sweetens the deal.
I couldn’t find many robots, which leads me to believe I should tackle the subject matter in my pumpkin carvings next year.
I’m fascinated by the game Portal, but refuse to play because it makes me dizzy and highlights my lack of spacial thinking skills. The plot is wonderful (especially the promised prize of “cake and grief counseling”). I have a special love for the Weighted Companion Cube.
Even non-gamers must admit that this is some fine work:
Yes! The Homestar Runner cast!
Who made these…and why don’t I know them?
(I used to have a really great pumpkin picture of the MST3K bots…but I can’t find it)
I like to call this one Techno Pumpkin:
And although this is not a “geek” design, it’s just too amazing to leave out (I’m haunted by its semi-realistic eyeballs):
You have to see this collection to believe it. Really.
I actually like this one. He’s very happy, dare I say triumphant:
Go see the rest of them and be sure to read the commentary!
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