Happy Friday! + Amazing Felt Bags

 

Good Morning all! Before I take a leave from you for the weekend I would like to introduce you to the wonderful work of the felt artist Natalia of MSbluesky from Ukraine. She hand felts bags, coin purses and cases for eyeglasses featuring beautiful designs inspired by nature. The bags are individually designed often in shape of animals or depict scene of a winter night in bright colors. Each bag is a piece of art which is also functional. 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Shivani

5 Best Halloween Treat Ideas

Owl Cupcakes 

Pretzel Chocolate Owls

Candy covered owl cones

Animal Cracker Snack

Owl and Mice Cheese Balls

Whether you are getting ready to throw a Halloween party or gearing up to attend one, no Halloween party is complete without a ghoulish treat. I searched online and picked out some of my favorite treats that can be easily prepared and will be loved by trick or treaters of all ages. The post features chocolate covered pretzel owls, wide-eyed owl cupcakes, wicked ice cream cones, animal crackers, and owl and mice cheese balls which will certainly make a great centerpiece at your Halloween table.

Inspiring DIY Haunted Houses

Haunted House is a perfect way to decorate for Halloween and handmade house is even better for obvious reasons, it's easy on the pocket and a great fun! Think Make Share got together a team of artists who shared diys for fabulous haunted house. These houses are not your ordinary Halloween haunted houses. These miniature houses have haunted chimney, spooky tower, giant spiders, skulls, bats hanging from tree and owl perched on roof. I love textures, patterns and the details in each one of them.

Owl Jack-O-Lanterns To Inspire

Owl carved pumpkin

Owl and bat pumpkin

Owl Jack-o-lantern pumpkin

Awesome owl carved pumpkin

Hedwig the owl

Felt owl and crow pumpkin

Cross-Stitch owl pumpkin

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Halloween is only about a couple of weeks away. It's that time of the year when we decorate our porch for fall by making the spookiest pumpkins on the block. Whether you like to carve your pumpkin or want to stick to an easy ideas of decorating one, I have some great ideas in the post. This post with 7 creative Halloween pumpkin ideas will have something for kids such as a simple felt owl pumpkin to challenging owl carved pumpkin which will be the talk of the trick or treating night. I hope you find something that inspires you to make your own pumpkin this Halloween.

The Crazy Plate Lady: Jacqueline Poirier

Toronto based artist Jacqueline Poirier also known as The Crazy Plate Lady makes amazingly realistic hand-painted plates. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2004 with a Bachelor in Fine Art in drawing and Painting. She has been painting on porcelain and ceramics for about 7 years and is currently the Resident Artist at The Ritz Carlton in Toronto. As a server for TOCA, the hotel's restaurant, Jacqueline created one-of-a-kind, hand-painted charger plates.

Her designs range from animals, food, landscape and characters. The paintings are so detailed that her pizza will make your mouth water and trees so real that they seem to be a part of the background.

She has worked with Facebook, Molson Canadian, Samsung, Celebrity Cruises, Hewlett-Packard, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Her work has been featured on many publications in the US, UK, Australia, Africa, and Malaysia. More of her work can be viewed on her website.