Raven ~ Crow Clipart Image

A lovely raven or crow (do you know which this is? I'd love to post properly..) anyways.. I have been told by a dear friend of mine that this is infact a crow. In her words,  

"A crow. Raven's are in the same family but generally are the size of hawks and have pointed tails where crows have rounded tails. i love both species. Crow's are misunderstood by people and their high intelligence and connectedness to human...s overlooked. Studies have been shown that they can even pick out familiar faces in crowds of people." 

He has quite the collection of shiny objects! Love the watch.. goes very well with these antique pocket watch images.

enjoy!

xoxo~

Abbie

Free Antique Skeleton Images

 

Bat Lampshade Tutorial ~ Halloween Decor

Here is a super quick, and very inexpensive way to dress up your lamps for Halloween. All you'll need standard black construction paper, scissors, tape and the template below.

 Just click on the image below to download and print out the template. (or instead of printing, open the PDF, size it 100% on the screen and lay a thin white piece of paper on your computer screen and trace around the template lightly with a soft pencil... saves ink!)

This design fits a standard small lampshade with a top diameter of 3" and a bottom diameter of 5".

First, place the open bat side of the template (see the arrow above) on the fold of a large sheet of paper (you can make one by taping two 8.5"x11" white sheets together.)  cut around the template but don't cut the folded side! Cut the half bat silhoutte out.  Place the template onto a black piece of standad construction paper.  (9" x 12").  cut around the outside, I used pinking shears to give the bottom edge a jagged look.  Wrap them in a circle and tape closed. Slide over your lampshade.

(Hint: and easy way to cut out the bat is to fold the black shade in half and then cut it out.)

These would be cute with spider images or pumpkins! (You can tape small face pieces to the shade after cutting out the pumpkin shape). Just a thought! You can also use this as a jumping off point for larger shades too.. just need larger paper or fabric.

Enjoy!
xoxo~

Abbie

Tutorial for Halloween Ornaments

These Halloween ornaments are so quick and EASY!! They look great and can be modified any way you'd like! 

To make the ornament you need two identical images (or one image and a fun patterned paper.) Both should be the exact same size.  Excuse my rough drawing below but it is so much easier to show you than to explain it..

 

et.. voila! 

  

I also sewed two antique buttons on and scrunched small ribbon to make a bow. Both sides are identical.. that way when it spins you see the same image.

Above, I wrapped the ornament with 3 yards of wide, vintage seam binding and a few years ago, sold them in my Etsy shop. Everyone loved them!

A bunch of these hanging from a Halloween tree would be fun.. one from each of the images on the collage sheet offered in my last post. You can use this as a way to make any image you love into a hanging ornament. What a fun way to make gift tags for Christmas gifts. Make one using two photos of a grandchild for the gift topper for the grandparents!

Enjoy!

xoxo~

Abbie

1890 Medical Reference Book Images ~ Free PDF Download

Just click on the  image to download the above PDF collage sheet. I put this collage sheet together years ago and used to sell it in my Etsy shop. It is one of my favorites! I have a weakness for antique science things.. one of my all time favorite movies is Young Frankenstein. Love it!! So funny! :)

What I was actually hunting for was the digital skeleton image in the bottom left hand corner and I couldn't find it on my hard drive. I have no real rhyme or reason to my image files so let me tell you.. they are a mess!! Needless to say I had to offer you the entire sheet so that I can give you the image to make the fun Halloween ornaments I'll be showing you tomorrow.

Bwahhhahhhaaha! 

xoxo~

Abbie