Halloween Card

Equipped with construction paper, crafting papers, glue, scissors, and a Sharpie, I made a Halloween card for my sister:The inside features Edward Gorey's morbid poem "The Gashlycrumb Tinies":On the back of the card, I sketched a silhouette of my Little Witch!

Little Witches

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays (in large part because it occurs right after my birthday)! When I'm not planning my costume or watching "The Nightmare Before Christmas," I like to make ghoulish crafts.

These "little witches" were inspired by a Martha Stewart craft; I changed most of the materials to add my own special touch. Rather than carving or painting a face, I opted to leave my witches unadorned.
Each witch is more or less made with the following:
- A small pumpkin (each cost $0.75 at my local pumpkin patch) to form the head
- A plastic Solo cup, brushed with several layers of black acrylic paint to form the body
- A small rectangle of black felt, pinned onto the cup to form the cape
- A rectangle of very stiff black felt, cut into a circle and a triangle to form the hat
- A thin wooden dowel, broken and painted to form the broom handle
- Raffia, bundled and attached with twin to form the broom

A witch in detail...spooky!

Homemade Fridge Magnets

I took it upon myself to spruce up my parents' refrigerator. I rotated out old photos and replaced their mishmash of magnets with homemade magnets. At Michaels, I picked up some heavy-duty square magnets and business card magnets, both of which were already treated with adhesive.

With Martha Stewart brand "Pegboard" crafting paper, I cut out and applied decorative paper to each of the magnets.I left some of the magnets plain and also created strawberry magnets. Using 3D Martha Stewart patches (also adhesive-backed) intended for scrapbooking, I put together the following: