I ran a YUDU workshop one recent Saturday (Click here for the post about it) and decided to take advantage of the screens I had going by printing some decorations for our Halloween party. I cut placemats out of a leftover piece of fabric. I thought leaving the edges raw added to the spirit of the holiday.
Not your typical Halloween decoration, I like this for its subtle reference to Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “The Raven.” I bought an old book and cut butterflies to add interest. Download a PDF of the the pattern for the Raven >>
This pillow case treat bag was made with cut paper stencils and spray paint. The embellishments are hot glued on. They are a foam moon cut on the Cuttlebug and a scrap of fabric stuffed and tied at the neck with thread. Both things, including googly eyes on ghost are applied with tacky glue.
What’s a holiday without a wreath, and what’s Halloween without a mummy. Here is possibly the fastest and easiest wreath to make. Simply wrap white fabric around a wreath form and add spiders. I have to admit, it freaks me out a little bit to think the spiders are crawling out from inside. Ewww! Mission accomplished.
The bats on the glass behind the wreath are from my last YUDU screen printing workshop. Follow this link to see photos from the class >>
Tint white cupcake batter orange and top the white frosting with orange colored coconut and you have a cutie-patootie treat. (A green sour stick serves as the stem.)
Or…if you are really into baking, make the cake batter actual pumpkin not just pumpkin colored. Here’s a recipe >>
This table runner was made using the YUDU, images from the Happy Hauntings cartridge and a painters drop cloth. (The images were cut on the Cricut and burned onto a screen for printing.) Cut the drop cloth down to size. Hem. Screen print with images. Spray with wrinkle release and bunch up. Ironically the wrinkle release does a pretty good job of holding the wrinkles, and it gives the runner a great Halloween effect.
How to make head-on-a-stick marshmallows:
For “hair,” cut off the top of the head to expose sticky marshmallow. Color coconut with food coloring and press into the top.
How to make tortilla chips:
Buy tomato(orange) and spinach(green) tortillas. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters, and bake in 350º oven for 10 minutes or until crisp.
Fast and really easy! Take a black pipe cleaner and cut it into four equal pieces. Twist them all together and glue on a black puffball. Go crazy and add eyes if you want to~either way they are fun crawling all over your Halloween table of goodies! For a Step-By-Step Follow this Link >>
We had a great time Tuesday bringing out the sewing machines and playing with stitches and appliqué. The Eye Lounge on Roosevelt hosted the party and we made simple pouches and got creative.
Participants were shown the joy of setting aside perfectionism for the delight of discovery. We used squares of vinyl as a base for our great ideas. See the results below~
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The Discovery Palette!
