Day of the Dead has passed, but here’s a lovely sugar skull design burned into a wooden coffin-shaped box:
Fine work by Mother Spoon, no?
Tag: craft
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Since I’ve been blogging, every holiday seems to bring many things I wanted to post about (but never got a chance). So here are some quick audio, visual and video links worthy of sharing:
HalloweenShows.net: wonderful selection of Halloween TV shows, cartoons, vintage radio and specials
Halloween Radio (I haven’t personally tested this one out yet)
Careful With That Axe, You Meanie:The Manchester Morgue’s 2010 Halloween mix
Monster Mashup 2010 (Haven’t heard these music compilations yet either, but they could be fun)
Patrick O’Treaty by David Lowe (you can see this fellow go all the way from a concept sketch to a full sculpture on his blog):
Haunted Mansion Concept Art (in case we have other Haunted Mansion fanatics here)
2010 Gallery at PumpkinGutter.com
Extreme Pumpkins 2010 Contest Winners
Chronically Vintage Halloween Countdown: an amazing little array of selections.
Who says pumpkins are the only thing to carve?
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My Paper Crane (a.k.a Heidi Kenney) is one of the most fantastic makers of adorable plush creatures in the art scene today.
Look at these Halloween pillows she made using vintage designs:
I wish I could take these out when autumn rolls around!
A couple more pictures here.
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Look at this incredible knit skeleton by Ben Cuevas!
Yes, I said knit…
This installation is part of the Transcending the Material project.
More pictures here.
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Nope, that’s not a typo in the title. It’s the name on a flickr account that has some of the best pumpkin carvings I’ve seen this year.
I could not find any other information. Neither a website, nor contact option to ask permission to post these photos (which were all rights reserved). But I thought these carvings were too great to pass by, if I was sure to give proper credit.
You’ll find plenty of ghoulish designs, and some not-so-scary pop culture fare for the little ones.
Some of the pumpkins looks like digital designs, rather than something carved and lit.
See more from Pumpken.
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Michael’s! You seductive siren, filled with Halloween craft supplies on clearance BEFORE the holiday itself! I walked in there to get ONE item needed for a handmade Xmas gift…and walked out with two bags of supplies.
I just realized that the treat bags were also in my Target stash…they sell them in both places. Sorry for the repeat.
Those antique style boxes in the background are perfect for vampire hunting kits! The skull treat bags, cupcake decorating kit, boxes, ribbon, tags and decorative textured border tape were all on clearance already! Believe me, I used utmost restraint because there was so much more I could have splurged on for great prices.
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I’m calling this roundup “#1” since there may be others before Halloween rolls around. Here are a few choice Etsy items to celebrate the season.
Skeleton Cameo (definitely on my wish list)
Sterling Silver Skull (love the style on this one)
Now THIS is a Halloween sweater!
And some amazing hand painted heels by taylorsays:
Here’s an actual Victorian collector’s item:
Got any favorite DIY Halloween items? There’s a lot to wade through on Etsy when doing a simple search, so I’d love to see any hand picked favorites.
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I spent a good hour scouring deviantart.com (so you don’t have to!) for Halloween art and crafts. Here are a few of my favorites…
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Eureka! I was doing some searches, trying to find where the Predator pumpkin came from…and am image of a similar style led me to THIS genius.
See more of Ray’s pumpkin carving here.
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