Part Two of the Retro Zombie Ball.......

The food was amazing and sooooo creepy.  Why yes that is guacamole in the skull head.  What else could it be?

The benches looked great although we weren't allowed to use the fog machine.  Something about setting off alarms and fire dept.

The cupcake stand worked!!!  With a few modifications of course.  The chains just added to the vibe even more.

Everyone loved the dip heads, although I now have them staring at me while I type this.

The centerpiece was easy, moss mat from dollar store with little skulls and vase and glitter skull.

The mini coffins were a sacrifice of extreme love.  Both me and my husband was up past midnight folding and taping together.  Just so I could put gummi brains in them.  And various other candy body parts.

I was hoping to have more dead roses in the vases but I only had an hour to set everything up and a lot of teenagers helping me.  Yeah, so I am happy that it got done.

Party dippers.  :)

We did have security to restrain any stray zombie but then it became fun.  And they found reasons to attack and restrain.

The melon brains were too good.  No one knew they were edible until I ripped one open.  Now there could be brain feasting.

The stand held up so well.  It also now sits here staring at me next to the dip heads.  With these words emanating "now whatcha gonna do?"  To which I sigh "I don't know".  Can't throw you away, and don't know who wants you.

Part One of the Retro Zombie Ball

There was dancing!

There was socializing.

There was laughter

Even old school follow the lyrics dancing.Not quite a hundred but it was fun.  I will post more pictures when I get them. A fabulous friend of mine took pictures for me and I am waiting for those.  So until then......

update:  more dancing shots

ok maybe it's not actually dancing but more or a standing in a herd thing.

What can I say they are teenagers.

Security Shirts

Wow had to shake some serious cobwebs off my brain.  I decided I was going to make special security shirts for the Retro Zombie Ball, that is my son's birthday.  I would find some bright colored t-shirts and silkscreen them.  I learned how to do this back in high school.  Yeah, a few decades ago.  So I find some supplies in a thrift store and came up with my design.  So far it's a piece of cake.  I get out the drawing fluid and I'm like hmmmmmmm never used this.  We had to hand cut or use the machine in high school.
That's ok I can fake my way through.  It's a little lumpy but I'll work with it.  I followed the directions (which is a rarity for me) and then apply the screen filler after the other was completely dry.

So I rinse it and what was suppose to be the drawing fluid is suppose to come off.  In theory it worked but not so much with my reality.  So I started scrubbing a little to help it.  Then more than I wanted, started to come off.  This simple project is going south.  So I stop and figure, "well I'll just hand paint the gaps".  I am now on day two of this project and the party is Sunday!  Ok I remained calm and I carried on.

Unbelievable the amount of information I have forgotten.  I finally finished them and now they hang drying and still I am not done.  I still have to heat set them and wash them.  To find out if it really worked.  So I post a picture of them now just in case they dissolve and I burst into tears.

My husband wanted to put a teenager target thingy on it.  I gently reminded him we were not out to get the teenagers, that it was a party for them.  He is the head of the security and needed as there will be over a hundred teenagers there. 

It's funny about 15 years ago I use to bar tend and bounce in a heavy metal bar, that had live music every night.  I am applying all my knowledge into this event.  Just without the alcohol.

Critter Hat

This is my great nephew Jacob.He is six months old.

I made him a critter hat.  It is the same as the cat hats but with round ears.

I thought it was cute.

And he was the perfect model.

I am making a brown one with blue accents right now.  It will be cuter than the one before.

If you can make a hat, you can make one of these.

I would make a tutorial but it would only leave you confused.  Maybe I can find a friend who speaks crochet and she can interpret.   I will work on it..

Sitting here with a sharpie

So I didn't make it to the pumpkin patch, I was sick.  I've been wanting to go but my kids are teenagers and the thought of their mom running around the pumpkin patch calling out for the great pumpkin makes them cringe.  Muaaahahhaahhahaah I am the true horror!   I have often danced in public to much horror of my son.  I am of the mind "learn to not care what people think, it'll make life easier".  He sadly is not.  Although my daughter has skipped through produce with me  a few times.  Or just singing veggie tales theme song.  Although not as much as when she was 4.
I say dare to be silly!
Needless to say I do not have a pumpkin.  yes feel bad for me, it's ok I won't tell anyone.

I did find this awesomely huge plastic barrel (yes, barrel) of cheese puffs.  The first I even ever heard of them was watching Chuck last year.    This is chuck, if you get the chance it is awesome.  http://www.nbc.com/chuck/

So anyway when you put two and two together you get this

This is my Puffolantern. I betcha anyone can do this.  Probably could do it better.

Almost finished Cementary Benches

Why oh why do I wait?  When will I learn?  I fear the answer is never.  Oh well, maybe one day I will have extra help or extra money to buy some help.  Until that day I will press on and pillage the free pile.

Ok so I had my son cut some butt size strips from this wood siding I had pillaged from an house being built in our neighborhood.  The told me I could take as much as I wanted of their scrap pile.  I was as giddy as a school girl back in the 1800's.  I knew this stuff would come in handy.  I had already made a shed from it.  So I stapled a few old pillows I didn't have the heart to get rid of but were just too flat to be of use.  But they will be great for the graves.

.I had bought some astro turf a few month ago and used it to cover the pillows and stapled it underneath.

The creepy hand made their way out of a box and onto the grave.  I drilled two holes and used chopsticks to shove into the hand and then into the holes.I drilled more holes for the grass as well.  I also glued on some fake flies I found at the Dollar Tree Store.  I then staples some black plastic for the skirt and proceeded to rip holes in it.I still need to make the slipcovers look more like a headstone and am working on that tomorrow.  At the party there will be three of these around the dance floor.  Underneath will be red lights and fog (dry ice and fog machine).  This is a 3 chair bench and it looks funny right now because it's only has 2 chairs.  I can't wait for the party to be able to show ya'll the stuff in it's environment.  It kinda looses the feel with all my background clutter.  My house is not big enough to be able to really show something.  At least not the way I see so many blogs stage their photos.  Some of those pics are amazing and make me feel so unworthy. 

I've added new pics

These are my best projects

Hi to all who may read this.  I always focus on crafts and not much of  my personal life.  It's easier to share ideas than anything else.  But today I am doing something different.  Something I may never do again, I'm going to show you a little of my life.  These are truly my best on going project ever!!!

My son Brandon and my daughter Amber.

They are smart, funny, talented, lovable, growing in wisdom (at times) and hopelessly teenagers.

It is truly an on going project and I revel the times we are connected.  I love how our relationship has grown through the years and as they get older we have become more than child/parent. 

So that's the brief glimpse into my world.  I have more crafts coming as long as I don't get caught up in looking at other peoples. ahhahaaha   The longer I read other blogs and their fabulousness, the more I feel inadequate. 

PS  Why yes that is a giant whale tail they are on.  You can find it at the Seattle Center over by the science museum.