Salem Witch Homes

As Halloween approaches, I can not help but to get very excited and all I want to do is pull out all of my decorations.  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I have been visiting all of the lovely blogs that are having a Practical Magic Blog Party given by Frosted Petunias.

Well I was totally inspired and all I want to do is make something Practical Magic and watch the movie.  My husband preceded to tell me that he has never seen the movie.  So tomorrow we are going to watch it as a family.

As you are watching the movie do indulge yourself with the Owen sister's house.  It is a work of art and was actually only a display house and not a real one.  It was also put on top of a sacred burial ground, so out of respect they didn't make it permanent.

If you ever visit Salem, Massachusetts, you can see some beautiful historic witch houses yourself.  Oh how I would love to have lived in these!  As with the Salem Witch Trials, most people know how these poor innocent people were persecuted and killed.  I myself have never been before but my eyes light up at the beautiful houses and the historic places that one day I hope to visit.  The pic above is of Rebecca Nurse's home, who was hanged for supposedly being a witch.

 The picture above and below is of the Corwin House of Salem, Massachusetts, built ca. 1660 or as some people call it "The House of Seven Gables".

The pic above and the last 3 are of the Witch House of Salem built in 1635.

Some of these houses are supposedly haunted and with such a rich history of sorrow, I bet there is a ghost hanging around.  Now just to go and visit and enjoy the ghosts of the past and learn some history too.

Don't forget and go by and visit the Practical Magic Blog parties going on and have a blast.

Love,

Kelli 

Back From My Long Lost Slumber!

     I'm finally back.  Can you believe it?  I can't?  Long story short, is my computer hit the bucket and we could not afford to buy another one for a while.  My wonderful darling husband of mine bought me a brand new Dell Laptop. 

 
      I thought I would start out with my 2010 Halloween pics since I love Halloween and I didn't get to post them for the Halloween season.  Above is my cute munchkins.  The skeleton ghoul is my son Joey.  He really loved the blood he could pump through his rib cage.  The scary dragon is my daughter Abi.  Her favorite movie is "How to Train Your Dragon".  So she had to be one of the scary mean dragons in the movie.

     Above in the center is my 3 year old niece Leah.  She was a cute kitty cat. 

     For my last pic it is the great and powerful Headless Horseman.  Every year on my parents street, one of the neighbors dresses up his horse and himself and goes prancing up and down not saying a single word.  He is my favorite.

     Well I hope everybody is having a great year and I hope to post at least once a week and post what I am making or what I find for my ghoulish self.

Love,

Kelli

Halloween Giveaway!!

Artistic Halloween Queens are having a wonderful giveaway.  You can pop right over there and enter your spooky self right now.  You can enter through October 15, 2010.  They are giving away not 1 but 31 Halloween prizes from some fabulous artist!!

A Practical Magic Blog Party Given By Justina & Anna

Oh my goodness!!  I am so excited about this blog party given by Justina and Anna of Bohemian Magic.   It is a blog party for the love of Practical Magic the movie or the book or even both.  Please click on the picture above and get signed up to participate in the wonderful party.  Even if you don't participate you could add it to your favorites and go and see every bodies posts on the day of the party.

Please come by and visit me cause I will also have a Practical Magic giveaway on my blog.  Also go and check out this website completely dedicated to Practical Magic.

Love,

Kelli

Halloween is Coming!!

Hi everybody, I hope that blog world is doing great.  I just wanted to show everyone what I have been doing lately.  Here I made a Pumpkin candy container.  Mr. Pumpkin Face is made out of polymer clay and baked, sanded and painted with acrylic paints and sealed.

Here is the back of Mr. Pumpkin Face.

My second creation is my first jointed doll.  I know blog world has been doing alot of Alice in Wonderland pieces lately.  I just had to do my rendition next.  Here is Alice!!  She is made out of air dry clay and so is Cheshire Cat.  I sanded and then painted them with acrylic paints and sealed and signed.  I made the toadstool out of polymer clay and baked.  It is also painted with acrylic paints too. 

 Her dress is made of cloth and painted and sanded too.

 Look at what came in the mail for me.  I found this wonderful book on Amazon for only 13 dollars.  I have been doing alot of research lately on Halloween vintage decorations.  This book is Halloween in America by Stuart Schneider.

I got this book to give me inspiration for my new creations and also I would love to start collecting these wonderful creations for myself.

Please let me know what you think about my new creations, I just made.  I would love to have suggestions or comments on how to improve, change, or ideas for my future creations.

Love,

Kelli 

My New Creations

Hi everybody, I know it has been a long time. I just wanted to share with you some of the dolls I have made.

Here at the top is Jackie.  He is made out of polymer clay and I sewed his clothes.  I have alot to improve but I think he is really cute.

Here is a up close picture of Jackie.  Look closely  and see his arms and hands are made of the vines he was grown from.  He is ready for Halloween and he loves to eat lots of candies and scare the local teenagers.  He wouldn't dare scare a little child.  He just gives them candy and hugs!

This next creation is a white tail deer.  He is made with air dry clay.  This was the first time I have used this medium.  I really like how he turned out. I went and bought some more air dry clay too.  His name is Bucky.  His horns have not come in yet but he doesn't care.  He is just happy laying in the sun. 

My Dad saw Bucky and had to have him.  So Bucky will have a loving home with my parents.  With that said, I have 2 new creations that I am working on.  As soon as I finish I will post my pics.  Any feedback would be awesome.  Let me know what you think.  I know I have alot to improve on, before I start selling my creations.  If you have any suggestions that would be great too.

Love,

Kelli 

A Frosty Winter In Our Neck Of The Woods

Lately we  have been hammered by these winter storms.  Hey I am not complaining at all cause I love snow so much.  We even had a white Christmas this year.  We live right on the North Carolina border with Virginia.  My husband is from Colorado so he has seen plenty of snow.  We haven't had this much snow since I was a little girl and it snowed almost 2 feet.  Even as I am writing this we are getting snow.

    Here is Abi making a turtle.  She has such a wonderful imagination!

Joey made a cool snowman. 

I have been in the making mood lately.  I drew up some sketches of some polymer clay dolls I want to make.  Sorry they aren't more clearer but I drew them up with a pencil and they are not very dark.

Here is another sketch of some creepy dolls except for my valentine bird.  He just plain cute.

Like Mother Like Daughter.  Abi wanted to sketch like Mommy so she drew a vampire.  She is just like her mother.  I really love how his fangs are so big and he is sticking out his tongue.

Last but not least, I made a Turtle from one of Wee Wonderfuls Pattern Cards.  He is made out of felt and hand stitched.  Abi had to sleep with him last night. 

He is a top view of him.  I really like how he turned out.

And finally here is his side view.  She does have some wonderful patterns on her site and blog.  Go and check them out.  I promise you won't be dissappointed.  Until next time!

Kelli

Giveaway Over At BWBA!!!

Hello everybody!! It has been a while and I hope that everybody had a great Halloween and everybody is getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I have alot of plans of some things I want to make and I am going to start them very soon.  I will post pics as soon as I get them started.  I just wanted to let you know about a giveaway over at BWBA.  Alot of wonderful artists are giving away some beautiful ornaments.  So go check it out.  Until next time, Toodles!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

On All Hallows Eve on a night like tonight.  The moon was full and people were full of mischeif.

 Ichabod Crane was riding home through the forest.

To his surprise he was being followed my the Headless HorseMan!!

Ichabod turned around and he was staring in the neck of the horseman.

 

After chasing him through the forest, the horse man raised his hand and threw his pumpkin head at Ichabod.

 

The pumpkin just missed Ichabod and crashed onto the ground.  The spirit of the HeadLess Horseman rose with a shout.  Arggggggggg!!!!

  

To this day nobody knows what happened to Ichabod or his friendly horse.

 

Ok on to other news, I wanted to share some of my homemade decorations with you.  Here is Marley the Ghost who welcomes everyone!!!

Missy the Cat loves to hang out in the local grave yard!

Who is this friendly cat?  She came in the mail just for me.

Amelia of Sweet B Folk Art had a giveaway at  Prim and Whimsy Girls website.  I won this beautiful Black Cat Candy Container.  I have long been a fan of Sweet B Folk Art, so to win this was such a treat.

Here is my cat in the spooky light.

Talk about luck, I also won this month a beautiful pumpkin ornament by the wonderful artist Kristen Beason Designs. 

Here he just fits in so perfect and he has made a friend too.

 

Leona wants you to have a wonderful Halloween and hope to see you soon!!

Love,

Kelli

Ichabod Crane pictures are from the Disney Movie "The Adventures Of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"

The Gift I Made For My Giveaway!!

Hi everybody!! As promised I wanted to post my pictures of my giveaway that I had for Vanessa's Halloween Party. I justed finished him tonight and I am very pleased with the way he turned out. Let me introduce you to Jackie. He was just a normal Jack-A-Lantern till the other night, while sneeking out of the pumpkin patch, he ran into a Vampire. Well this Vampire was not so nice but he did spare Jackie's life and instead gave him eternal life. Now Jackie never has to worry about getting moldy or squishy. He will be handsome forever!!

Please excuse my pics but my camara is on the fritz, so I have to deal with the low lighting for now. Isn't he a cutie!!

Here is the back of Jackie and he looks like an ordinary pumpkin. But when he turns around you get a surprise indeed.

For my giveaway winner Whisperings 13, she will be receiving him next week cause I am mailing him to her Saturday morning. I am thinking of opening an Etsy shop soon and selling my creations. Tell me what you think. I will also be having giveaways from time to time so keep in touch and again thanks for being super blogger friends.

Love,

Kelli