THANKFULNESS

THANKFULNESS

My November blog is going to be a writing of Thankfulness.

I live in an open neighborhood in the Desert where the houses are still semi scattered although they are growing closer together each year, this is because I live in a semi small City that was founded in 1964, and it has grown over the last 40 years, with the exception of a  huge decrease of growth over the last 4 years. This City is in a State that stills holds true for the most part Non Liberal views.  This fact makes me happy.

It is my right to not be Liberal, just as it is others rights to want to be Liberal.

This too, makes me happy.

My State of course is combined with many other States that makes up the United States of America.

This also makes me happy.

And although my Country seems to be tossed to and fro with every Wind of Doctrine, I am still very happy to be a part of it.

Evil abides in every corner as it should.

But Grace and Mercy and Love from our God also abides in every corner.

I am in Gods corner.

This makes me more than happy, this fact makes me Thankful and in awe of his Almighty Presence, and his abiding Longsuffering so no one should perish.

I am blessed beyond measure, in this little corner I live in.

This last 4 years has been a roller coaster.

Death has taken it's toll on many we know and love dearly.

Cancer has struck in our family with no mercy.

Family members have lost their homes.

Finances have been tight.

Loved ones have flew the nest and moved across the Country.

But.................

Death has remained afar for many of our loved ones.

Cancer has spared some of our loved ones.

Family members have managed to keep their homes.

Finances have managed to keep us afloat.

And many of our loved ones still live down the street.

So I am going to choose Thankfulness once again.

I pray you do too.

Ruthy.

DRESS UP A HEAD INSTEAD!

I have a seamstress stand, the ones that you can use to measure for creating and altering dress

 patterns. I do believe I used it twice for that actually. Well, it just stands there hidden in the corner year after year. This year I thought I would drag it out and put a cloak on it, only problem was ..... no head.  I was in Hobby Lobby ( go figure) and there I saw it, a Styrofoam head. My daughter said "grab it and I'll paint a face on it", she will look really awesome"! She's the artist by the way.  Well she got busy, and there it was a few days before Halloween and it never got painted, so my grand daughter and I decided to have a go at it.

It didn't turn out half bad!  So give this one a try sometime for a Halloween decoration! You don't need to be an artist for this one, and in 12 short steps you can have a creepy member in the home!

Gather your Supplies:

A Styrofoam head:
 

Spray paint:

 

 

I used the fleshy yellow first then the shiny gold on top. To be honest,

tan was my first choice but I couldn't get the tip to work, things are made so cheap now days, that paint was only 10 years old......

 

 

 

 

 

Nail Polish ( Red, Pink and White )

We always have those colors in our cabinet right?
 

 

Make up:Rouge, Lip Liner, Pink and White Eye Shadow

Really... just use your own colors

 

 

 

 

 

Fake Eye Lashes and Eye Lash Glue:

 

 Face Art Decos:

 

 I used gold ones but you can use any sparkling ones you can find. They are

usually at Walmart or Walgreens. Get wild with it!

 

Plastic Eyes:

 

 

 you can get these at Hobby Lobby, Walmart, or Michaels. I tried to post cooler looking eyes but I forgot to take a photo first, so this is what the internet brought!

 

A Wig of your choice.

 

Step One:

 Spray paint your Head!


 

 

 

 

 

Step Two:

Add the second coat with the Gold Paint

Don't go heavy with the gold just lightly "Enhance" the face!

 

 

Step Three:

Use your Nail Polish and Paint the cheeks.

You can also out line the cheek first instead of free handing it... I wish I would have.
 

Step Four:

After the nail polish dries, use the eye shadow or cheek powder to blend the cheek color:

 

Step Five:

Get your black craft paint and place it over the lid of both eyes.

A small artist brush, I imagine would work great, I would imagine it because I used my finger.

 

 

 

It should look like the photo below.

If.... you used your finger.

 

 

Step Six:

 

Add some white eye shadow over the top of the black where the brow would be.

Come to think of it... that could have worked as the artist brush. Oh well.

 

Step Seven:

Now place the white nail polish over the top to seal it:

 

 

Step Eight:

Get your red lip liner and draw out the mouth.

If you don't have an 8 year old little girl available... just do it yourself.

 

 

Now it should resemble the photo below.

You can make the mouth as big or small as you like, my grand daughter likes it small as you can see!

I filled it in a little bigger later! Big mouths are my thing.
 

Step Nine

Fill in the mouth area with the lip pencil.
 

 

 

 

 

Now it should resemble the photo below.

She did a pretty good job!

 

 

 

Step Ten

Now put the Red Nail Polish over the lips to seal it.

 

 

 

Now the lips should resemble the photo below.

Step Eleven:

Apply the eye lashes and the Eye Decos  with the eye lash glue.

 

 

Now your face should resemble the photo below.

 

 

Step Twelve:

Hot glue the Plastic Eye Balls on.

After your fingers are blistered , place on the Wig.

 

 

I used medium green eyes, but you can use what ever ones you prefer. I also placed mine out to the sides for a creepier look.

I then smoothed out her features a little and brushed her face with the face powder....and widened her lips shhhh don't tell her.

She should now look like the photo below, well kind of ... you know what I mean.

 

 

 

This is what I did with her!

She was at the top of the spiral staircase, the stairs  the "Little Ones" use?

 Really spooky looking at night... not such a good idea, her legs are metal  so it really hurts to stub your toe!

 

 

So I moved her downstairs next to the window!.

 

 

 

She was super cool looking with her broken neck!

 But that brought back some bad memories.... it isn't cool at all to have a broken neck.

 

So I sent her to the Chiropractor !

Here's a close up! She loves the spider, the two are inseparable now.. I shall store them together.

 

 

 

 

Just think, if you started in January you could have a house full of these creepy things by Halloween....

 But.... who would want that?

 

Oh wait..... I can think of one!

 

Till Next Time.....

Creepy Crafting to you all!

 

THE SPOOKY TIME OF YEAR

THE SPOOKY TIME OF YEAR?

I remember when Halloween season was the spooky, scary, weird, time of the year.

People could take this "holiday" (though I never understood it to be that) to extremes in both directions. You know what I'm talking about, the whimsical lite side with the bright colors and glitter, cute spiders and ghosts , funny skeletons and mummy's  ...or take it to the left (no pun intended...maybe a little)  with the gory bloody body parts, evil demons and cloaked weirdo's. To which ever you prefer, it happened once a year for us. 

Is it just me, or does everyday seem to be Halloween anymore?  It doesn't seem to matter where you go, or how you get there, these weird people are everywhere. Sometimes so odd, you could swear there were hidden cameras, or a loved one lurking in the corner, playing a joke on you, only to realize that they are totally serious. You see this activity on Facebook quite often too.  I have to admit, I bite my typing fingers often.  It's a new world we live in,  I for one have been warned of by my Parents who were warned by their Parents lifetimes ago. A time to keep your eyes open to the Truth and only the Truth  and your mind sharp. A time to dig deep to your Faith and Gods Words and put the time in to study so you can show yourself approved when being asked by one of these "weirdo's" what the Hope is that shows in you. To dig even deeper and find some genuine Love for these people of the Halloween season. After all...we can all be Weirdo's can't we?

My mom used to tell me if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all, well, I have to disagree, sometimes the truth isn't nice at all but desperately needed. Wisdom allows you to be able to say it out of Love.

I can't let you go without some cute decorating tips can I?

I do photoshop so if you do it too, try turning some of your family photos into some funny Halloween Photos by morphing their features, I never grow tired of these! I took old wood and painted it black and I display these in the hall with cobb webs and lights!

 

This one is just a down to earth real photo that well.... already looked creepy!

 

 

 

 These are some cute polka dot candles I found at Hobby Lobby!

I made a cute polka dot runner for the dining room table to match...... gotta have some cute too!

 

 

 

My daughter made these little guys out of Styrofoam balls, she found the spider leg
candle stands at...... Hobby Lobby!

 

 

 

 

 

Just a close up of some cobb webbing and spiders

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made some basic pillow cases with cheap black heavy fabric I had on hand, and covered my existing pillows

 Then I covered my furniture with sheets from St. Vincent's..... Yes I washed them even used bleach....mmmm maybe stains could be more creeepy?

 

 

This is a huge mirror in the living room, the extra big spiders are only 5 dollars at Safeway after halloween is over, sometimes 3 dollars if they aren't all sold! The spider webbing allows about 6 weeks of absolutely no mirror cleaning!

 

 

I temporarily inherited "Mike" from my grandson, and I might add he is sporting a pretty cool bowl right now!

 

I covered some lampshades I got at the second hand store for about 79 cents, and replaced them for Halloween, these are easy to do! I will have directions for these in another blog!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I spray painted some candle stick holders I found at the ....let me think ..... oh ya, second hand store... and then melted candle wax on them! These are all simple cheap ways to make your house fun for the kids for the season. Well maybe for the year?

 

This concludes the tour my fellow readers! Hope you enjoyed it!

Try to Have a Normal Season!