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Nightmare Before Christmas Yard Decoration Project Part 1: Sally
Happy Labor Day everyone. Recently I spoke of a ginormous project I had undertaken and how it was taking up more time than expected. What it will eventually be is several large plywood cutouts of various characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas. So, rather than wait however long it’s going to take until this project is complete, I’m just going to show you each character as I complete it. The first of these is Sally the rag doll.
Wednesday Weirdness
Good evening everyone! Man, have I been busy. If you are a friend on Facebook or follow on Twitter you may have seen a hint of the project I’ve taken on recently. Needless to say it’s the most ambitious Scarydad project so far! It’s also very time consuming. Because it’s taking up so much of my time and current estimates are at least another week before it’s done, I’m going to post it in three parts. I’ll begin when I finish the first part. Paint takes a really long time to dry sometimes.
In the meantime enjoy your weekly dose of weirdness!
SD
Wednesday Weirdness
First signs of Halloween
I was in a Walgreens today and saw the first signs of eventual October. I don’t think you people realize how happy this makes me. It means several things.
First, that I’m that much closer to the end of another deadly summer of sweating and heat and murderous hatred for the world and everything in it.
Second, that frickin’ HALLOWEEN is looming and that means projects and parties and scary movies and dark beers and cigars and caramel apples and candy and costumes and makeup and renaissance festivals and turkey legs and outdoor concerts and pumpkins and pumpkin spiced coffee and pumpkin pie and new season of Walking Dead and the scents of latex and paint and plywood and Charlie Brown and Jack o’ Lanterns and ghosts and goblins and witches and devils and so much more!
Third, that I’m that much closer to meeting my little Spawn of Scarydad Part 2!!!
It’s going to be an awesome season. Projects will resume shortly!!!
Wednesday Weirdness
Wednesday Weirdness
Interview with Heather Gleason: My Eclectic Mind
I’ve probably mentioned before that it’s really hot where I live. Halloween, outside of the regular fun it brings, also means that we can go outside and play again. It’s the harvest and the promise of holidays, cold air, wood smoke, and festivals. It’s not just a day or a month; it’s a feeling. Unfortunately, that feeling is seasonal and, for me anyway, gone all too quickly.
So, I spend my time looking for things that keep that feeling alive. I scour the internet looking for stuff that truly defines the meaning and the spirit of my favorite time of year. A while back I was doing some scouring and I came across an artist who captures both the meaning and the spirit perfectly. When I saw Heather Gleason’s art I immediately felt a cool northerly breeze and caught the scent of caramel and cinnamon and burning leaves…
Wednesday Weirdness
Guest Interview: Amber from Southern Gothica
Tonight we have a guest post from Victoria over at The Autodidact in the Attic. Victoria likes all kinds of really cool stuff and she scours the internet for said cool stuff and talks about it on her site. When you’re done reading this post and buying dolls from Amber, click the links above and below and check it out.
So, without further ado, here’s the interview with Amber at Southern Gothica by V. L. Craven:
There are loads of talented gothy-types out there, but occasionally, you come across someone who’s extra-talented and a little extra-gothy, as well. Amber, who runs Southern Gothica on Etsy, is one such person. She hand-sews 10″ rag dolls of all of your favourite characters–from classics like Frankenstein’s Bride and the Mummy to sure-to-please goths like bats, Wednesday Addams & Eddie Munster to pop icons like Eric Draven from The Crow, the members of Dethklok and Severus Snape. As soon as I came across her shop I had to contact this person and request an interview. Happily, she agreed to answer some questions: