Paper clay Snowman Ornaments...

How cute are these handmade paper clay snowman ornaments!

 

 

Thanks again Mom! :)

Paper Clay Black Cat and a Lisa Kettell Contest...

This is my entry into Lisa Kettells Blog Hop Contest! You can enter too by going to http://www.Faerieenchantment.blogspot.com.

 

Thanks to my super talented and crafty mother, I made this amazing cat character.  It was her idea to make homemade paper clay and make something cool from it. She made a pumpkin, and it is REALLY neat ( I will get a picture and post later).  I'm pretty proud of this cat. It is the first paper clay character I have ever made using an armature. I hadn't even made an armature before this. It was so fun! I have pictures to show you from the beginning to the finished character.

 

I used three styrofoam balls to make the body and head. The arms and legs are wire wrapped in recycled phone book pages and masking tape.
 

 

Here he is after I applied the paper clay and let it dry over night.

 

This is him all painted. I didn't like the curved whiskers so I repainted them.

 

And here he is all FINISHED!  I'm very proud! :)

 

 

And now he hangs on my Halloween tree.

Spiders Everywhere...

I wanted to share one of my favorite decorations this year. I simply tied orange and black netting ribbon to a green ivy that I already had draped over my mirror. Then I hung a few felt cat and pumpkin heads from it (I made these ten years or so ago). A already had a bag of Pom Pom spiders in my stash and I attached them here and there all over the netting. I think it looks spooky.

 

 

See the big spider in the background of the mirror above the mantle of my fireplace? I found him this year at target for $15. He also has orange lights but he's not plugged in.  I don't know why I decorate so much with spiders since they scare me so. Ewwwww!