Bloody French Necklace
A day late for Halloween, but this polymer necklace is still a pretty neat project. French artist Delphine Roche de Montgrand created the bloody necklace based on an illustrator’s drawing, the “M.A.” necklace. [via] Link.
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A Carl and Jerry Halloween story
Jeff writes in – Carl and Jerry were Halloween Makers in the grand tradition. This story, from November 1960, explains how they built a very creepily effective severed hand for a seance, magnetically enabled so it can tap out messages by remote control on a glass tabletop. A Carl and Jerry Halloween Story – Link […]
Dia de los Muertos Pet Cemetery
Carla Blackmar of Sparrowpost has a great Dia de los Muertos sugar skull how-to. She decided to pay a gorgeous and hilarious homage to the fallen pets of her childhood: Making candy skulls out of sugar is a Mexican tradition. According to internet sources, each skull is painted with the name of a deceased loved […]
D.I.Y. Vanilla Extract
The Traveler’s Lunchbox has an excellent post detailing how to make your very own vanilla extract. Sounds like a great idea for holiday gifts and avid bakers. [via] Link.
Enter the DIY Halloween contests!
This is it gang, it’s Halloween – We have a MASSIVE DIY HALLOWEEN contest this year! Makers and Crafters, enter our 2nd annual ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere, can enter all or just some of the contests. MAKE, CRAFT, Instructables and Popular Science have teamed up and there’s plenty of time to win! Here’s […]
Etsy costume contest winners
As you may have known, Etsy has also been putting on a Halloween costume contest and they too have had many brilliant entries. But, as with any competition there can only be one (or a few in this case) winner. Etsy costume contest winners – Link.
Halloween and Autumn Picks on Etsy
Etsy’s The Storque features my picks for Halloween and Autumn in their weekly Featured Buyer column. Link.