I was really sad that I had not found the time to make any thing for Halloween or Fall/Thanksgiving. Then The Frilly and Funkie blog had the theme of Something Wicked! I really wanted to participate in this challenge! It would force me to make at least one Halloween project. I even had the base for what I wanted to do. Well, I finally made the time and made this:
I had gotten the paper mache witch's hat at Michael's last year on sale. I had plans to do something with it this summer. Well, that didn't happen! I always plan to do Fall and Halloween things in the summer but it rarely happens. Anyway, I thought this was my chance to use the hat. I painted it with black gesso and used Peeled Paint Distress Glitter on the edge of the brim. I glued black feathers and glittered leaves as a hat band and then used a black and an orange die cut cat that I had from another sale package from Michael's. The little purple glittered spider is also from the same package of die cuts. I found some little skulls in my stash and glued that in front of the cat. Using an awl, I poked a hole in the point of the hat and inserted a black wire with a glittered star on it. Here you can see some details.
This is about as spooky as I get! I love Halloween but not the way Halloween is now. I don't like the gore and horror that has become so prevalent now. I like the vintage Halloween of cute Jack-o-lanterns, cute little witches, black cats to go with them, and cute little ghosts out on the prowl . So I do a lot of my own things for Halloween since I love to include it in my Fall decorating.
I'm so happy that I decided to use this hat for the challenge. I'm heading over to the Frilly and Funkie blog now to post it. Check the other entries. They are always great!
Thanks again for stopping by today. I hope you enjoy your Halloween!
This is so fun!! I love all your non-beading artwork. I was just visiting your exploding box post as well and it is great!! What a fun project. The 'ZIA' work is so beautiful.
ReplyDeletewhat a cute hat! I agree that I like the vintage halloween vs. the gore. All the things I have in the house to decorate for my girls was the vintage type including a sweet ceramic jack-o-lantern light.
ReplyDeleteLove this hat...especially the kitty! Hate the gore of season! Most of my Halloween decorations are handmade ceramics that my Mom painted YEARS ago...many have tiny little lights inside. I get such pleasure unwrapping them in September!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, Maryanne! I absolutely LOVE your wonderfully wicked hat!!!! It has so many spooktacular details and looks amazing! I am with you about the gore and guts on Halloween. No thank you!!!! We like the cute pumpkins and witches, etc, just like you! And I want to thank you so much for sharing how you made this awesome hat with all of us. Hope your November is good so far! Hugs to you, my friend!
ReplyDeleteYour hat is fabulous and fun - I love the orange cat, I think black and orange look so good together, and I love the glitter and feathers too, it's just great. I hope you enjoyed Halloween, it all came round rather quickly.
ReplyDeleteAside from the spider (ahem), I love it! <|:)
ReplyDeleteThis is so sweet and fun! I am particularly smitten with that top springy star ~ it gave me a big ol' smile as I pictured it bouncing around as the witch moves through her day. It is hard to be scared of someone with bouncy things on their hat!
ReplyDeleteLoving this clever hat! Thank you so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Jenny x
ReplyDeleteSO nice! Thanks for the idea on Halloween! Unfortunately, this one has passed, but nothing interferes to do such a marvelous hat for the next one. The cat is a funny thing! Its fur's standing so high.
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