So, earlier this week I referred to a craft I’d made using puff paint and someone (Nick) pointed out that I hadn’t blogged about it before. So here it is! One day I realized my laptop case is TARDIS blue so I whipped out a ruler, a sharpie and some silver puff paint. And voila!
It's (say it with me now) bigger on the inside!
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Since it’s National Best Friend Day I thought I would compile the list of best, best friends I’ve been mulling over for a while. This is actually 2 lists, TV/movies and Books. Also, this list is in no way conclusive and I know I’ve left a ton out. Tell me who in the comments!
TV/Movie
Harry, Ron, and Hermione
Chandler and Joey
Chuck and Morgan
Doogie and Vinnie
Will and Grace
Lorelai and Sookie
Dan and Casey
Matt and Danny
Liz and Jack
Troy and Abed
Any characters played by Nick Frost and Simon Pegg
Buffy and Willow
Shawn and Gus
Gilligan and the Skipper
Leslie and Ann
Norm and Cliff
Bert and Ernie
Han Solo and Chewbacca
Richie and The Fonz
Laverne and Shirley
Lucy and Ethel
Ando and Hiro
Buzz and Woody
Books
Harry, Ron, and Hermione
Katniss and Gale
Anne Shirley and Diana Barry
Stephanie and Lula
Percy and Grover
Holmes and Watson
Scout and Dill
Frodo and Sam
Tom and Huck
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So The Dollar Tree already has Halloween stuff out! Normally I am in the camp that is flabbergasted by Halloween things in August or Christmas things out in October, but this time I was just excited since I’ve slowly been acquiring Halloween decorations all year long (Tuesday Morning always has Halloween things in their clearance section, I always treat myself to 1 thing when I’m there!). My obsession with this holiday is growing rapidly. BUT, I don’t like super scary things, I’m more a fan of cute spooky or Dia De Los Muertos (not technically Halloween, but I don’t feel bad lumping them together).
So when I saw this door knocker, I wasn’t in love.
But I thought it had potential AND it was only $1, so I brought it home. I decided to turn the creepy skull into a more friendly sugar skull or calavera.
I started off by taking out the knocker part and painted it with 2 coats of white paint, for a nice sugar skull look.
I was going to use markers for the details but I couldn’t find them (I think sharpies would work really well)! However, when I was rummaging through my craft closet I found my trusty puff fabric paint, which is great for detail work (I used it for my awesome TARDIS laptop cover.
I always start with details around the eyes. 
And then just went crazy! That’s my favorite part of calaveras, you can’t have too much going on.
I ended up with this
You can’t really tell in the photo, but I filled the eye and nose sockets with black glitter. And the knocker now says Bienvenidos (what could be more fitting?)
I’m so much happier with this now. Also, I REALLY can’t wait for Halloween!
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