Great-Looking , Last-Minute Pumpkin Design
THIS has to be the most Fashionable Pumpkin Design I ever saw: a genuine LOUIS VUITTON pumpkin, complete with vintage luggage tag.
Sweet Paul has a winner! At sweetpaul.typepad.com he inspired all fashion lovers to pay homage to their favorite fashion brand, be that LV, Chanel or Gucci. Or, perhaps you’d [...]
Halloween Costume Accessories for Kids ~ ‘How-to’ Video
Today I want to share with you 3 very fundamental costume accessories that can be used in a wide range of Halloween costumes.
‘How to Make Some Great Halloween Costumes for Kids’: This video offers 3 inexpensive and easy accessory ideas for children Halloween costumes to make yourself.
SIMPLE TUTU
For elf, ballerina or princess costume: here’s [...]
Costumed Pets go Trick-or-Treating: Funny Halloween video
At FineCraftGuild, we usually only post free craft tutorials & other valuable craft information. However, THIS video, is just so funny ~ and Halloween is all about having fun ~ that I just had to share it with you. 2 costumed dogs go trick-or-treating. This is what happens when they reach [...]
How to Photograph Pumpkins
When it comes to photographing pumpkins there certainly are some tricks of the Pro.
I thought to share some with you here so you too can create lovely, original photos of both your own pumpkin creations as well as of some of the lavish displays by others.
1. Tell a Story. Creating a series of photos from [...]
5 Little Pumpkins
Went to my first parent-teacher meeting at my Italian school. Mama mia…. that was interesting!! It’s a group meeting, not a one-on-one, and many people talk at the same time…. The Italian language has something called ‘overlap’, where responding person starts talking before the first-talking person is finished. It felt like a friendly family gathering.. [...]
Fall Balcony: Halloween Display
This weekend we visited some friends who live in a lovely apartment building downtown Rome. While this is great for catching Saturday night shows and not spending too much time on gardening, it reminded me that high risers need balcony gardening Halloween displays rather than curbside display Halloween ideas.
In our country home here, we’re [...]
Halloween Costume Inspiration: Woman with Pet Peacocks
Some people are just … inspirational.
I have looked at many Halloween costumes for women now, and I have to say that these handmade versions of peacock costumes for a woman and her pet are just inspirational.
I hope you agree. Look at the details here: she adjusted the pet design to be of a soft stretchy [...]
Halloween Craft Essentials
Going with Last Minute Spontaneity or Planning Ahead ?
That’s always the dilemma, isn’t it? This is one of those blog posts that I wished I completed a long time ago, but didn’t. I’m posting it now, incomplete, and PROMISE to add Halloween goodies, ‘just perfect solutions’ and good old craft basics to this post, OVER [...]
More Pumpkin Carving Designs - w Free Stencils
OK. All inspired by our pumpkin carving ideas??
Free Pumpkin Carving Designs
If you prefer to carve your pumpkin with a free online pattern, here are several free stencils by FineCraftGuild.com that you can use to make both very easy and very complicated Halloween pumpkin carving designs.
For easier designs, try the images on the top row. [...]
Pumpkin Carving Designs ~ Free
Need some good pumpkin carving designs? Here are a dozen carved pumpkin pictures for inspirational Halloween ideas, and some of the best pumpkin patterns from FineCraftGuild.com.
Great Pumpkin Carving Designs
These 12 fantastic pumpkin carving designs are so simple that you won’t need a downloadable pattern for them. Just copy the designs you see here with a [...]
Halloween Pancakes
By now I have my whole family in the fold, and we are all coming up with crafty ideas for the holidays. Ha ha…
This morning, we experimented with Halloween pancakes. What a joy it was to make these. Without any toys and tools other than a knife and a bit of Nutella, we [...]
How to Make a Belly Dancer Dress
Oh, will I ever stop with posting Halloween costume ideas???@!! No. I won’t. I love dressing up for the occasion, i.e. Halloween.
And better still, if you ever are going to take belly dancing classes, you’ll have your costume ready for the first class as this is a pro belly dancing dress.
What You’ll Need
A. [...]
