Friday, October 27, 2006

More Halloween projects done

I finished my ghouls and a fake body for the porch. I started a Silent Hill hospital theme last year and I have pictures in my MSN group. I will be updating with this year's pictures soon.
http://groups.msn.com/LavenderFrost

I have also written a short story for Halloween, but I still need to go over it again. So, I have been busy with Halloween projects and decorating. And in the evenings I relax with my cross stitching.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Halloween is coming



And it's time for some Halloween crafts. This week I started making a few little trick or treating ghouls out of clay. They still need some finishing touches. I also decorated a small artificial pumpkin with wire and beads. And on the gory side, I tried using spray paint to make an old hose look like intestines, but I don't think it's working. And I think I sprayed way too much at once and it will probably never dry.

I have some more crafting ideas for this Halloween yet.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

A busy Thanksgiving weekend

Well, I have nothing to post about, but I thought I should post why I have nothing to post about. It was a very busy weekend with putting laminate flooring in our living room. We have a lot of stuff and furniture, so more time was spent moving things out of the way than actually putting the flooring in. I still have to finish putting the room back in order. But the room looks much nicer now, and after seeing all the dust under the carpet and underlay, I don't know if I ever want carpet again.

We also rearranged the yard a bit. We moved the little stone wall that I started building around the vegetable garden, and we moved our apple tree. I hope it lives.

We also had supper at my parents', visited with friends a bit, and watched a movie.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Fall Leaves are Finished


Well, I finally finished playing Empire Earth the other day. Now that that's out of my system, I can get back to work.

I spent about 11 hours on the fall leaves picture. I'm afraid the scan didn't pick up the metallic sheen on it, which is more noticable from an angle. The metallic paints are very transparent, just as I thought, so it was a good thing I painted it in acrylics first. I might try to do something with them alone one of these days. But for now I think I want to spend some time just working on my drawing skills.