I really love papier-mache.   I’m doing some Halloween crafting this year and am making treat containers. The pumpkin with the cat mask in the photo above is my inspiration, or one of them at least.  Being able to flip through a binder of Halloween themed magazine pages for inspiration makes it worth the ordeal of organizing them, let me tell you.

I have cut the eyes out and am using paper clay to build up my features and then I will follow with more layers of newspaper.  I am a little (okay, a lot) unhappy with the oval shaped they have dried into and am trying to talk myself into being okay with it by saying things like “They look homemade!” and “Real pumpkins are shaped funny too!”

Ill let you know how that works out.

Anyway…as much a I love this part of the process, I can tell you that I am really looking forward to the glittering. I don’t glitter as much as I should, really.

Yay! A post about something other than my yard! Last week I attended a wonderful Craft-Tea party at my friend Christina’s house up in Seattle and I had to think of something to bring. My crafting has been pretty much nonexistent of late. I am not sure why, but perhaps Anita Blake Vampire Hunter has something to do with it. I have been carting this Aunt Martha peacock pattern around for years (so long that now it’s a “retired” pattern!) and finally decided to start it.  It’s made me remember how much I love embroidery. It’s one of those things that I keep coming back to, but get lured away from by the temptations of more complex projects like woodworking, or something equally complicated and expensive that I never end up doing. I am planning on making this piece into the skirt of a sundress and it’s actually coming a long quite quickly, which is nice. This project is also an exercise in finishing things, which I am notorious for not doing, so I am extra motivated.