Pfatt Marketplace Update!

Today is the day that Pfatt Marketplace updates.  I have three frightful characters listed on my page this  month.  You've seen them all here before in recent posts.  This scary spook is available only at A Piece of Lisa on Pfatt Marketplace.

Spooky Time Spirit

 

The other two spooks are listed in my etsy shop, A Piece of Lisa, as well as on Pfatt Marketplace. 

 

Frank 'n Jack

 

Trick or Troll

 

I hope you will go have a look around.  You will also find the work of four of the artists participating in the Witches of Giggleswick Blog Hop (that begins on Friday!  Don't forget to come back on Friday!!).



 

LeeAnn Kress of Charmed Confections

 

Cindy Conrad of Pywackit Primitives (or as she is known on Pfatt, The Pixie's Thimble)

 

Joyce Tenay of Ragpatch Primitives

 

Jody Johnson of Sweet Bear Creek Whims

 

 

Now I'm off to work.  I will be starting on Christmas this week.

Lisa





One Last Spook

Since today is Halloween I thought I would celebrate by showing you one last spook from my 2012 Halloween collection.  This one is perhaps my favorite.  OK.  I know.  I say that alot.  She's at least in my top ten.  I LOVE HER!

Meet Jackie Sparkle:

 

 

My pumpkin head witches were popular this year.  I made several versions of this one:

 

 

They were never exactly alike, of course, but they were similar---dressed in striped stockings and a black tulle dress.  One day when I was making one, I thought, why not change it up a bit?  And Jackie Sparkle was born.

 

 

I dressed her in an orange body suit with black polka dots.  Her skirt is made from dozens of pieces of orange glittered tulle.  I used black crepe paper for her collar.  Her hat is made from paper covered in black velvet and trimmed with a little strip of tulle to match her skirt.  To add a bit more sparkle, I covered her boots in black glitter and trimmed them with chenille.  She is carrying a baton with a black glittered cat head on the end. 

 

 

Jackie Sparkle is off to a Halloween party tonight.   I think she will be the Belle of the Ball, don't you?

 

It's been fun sharing my whimsical Halloween characters with you. I hope you have enjoyed them.  To see more of my work, visit my etsy shop or my Pfatt Marketplace page. 

 

Have a safe and fun and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Don't let the goblins get ya!

Lisa











Pumpkin Heads

More Halloween today.  I'm going to show you a collection of Pumpkin Heads.  All of them are made in much the same way.....polymer clay over an armature.  It's the details that set them apart.

Jack-O-Boo

 

Spooky Time Jack

 

A little story about these two guys.  I sculpted them completely, baked the clay, and was going to start doing all the fun stuff, and I realized that the pumpkin heads I had made were much too small.  Luckily, I always bake the heads separately, so they were not already attached.  A problem easily solved by making two new pumpkin heads. 

 

So I had two random heads lying around, and I couldn't let those go to waste, so I sculpted two more figures in a better proportion to those heads.  Here is the end result of that 'mistake':

 

Jack 'n Bat

 

Witch Jack

(She happens to be my favorite of these four!)



 

This is just a little lesson in turning a mistake into something wonderful.  Sometimes you do have to do a little extra work (making new heads for the big boys) to get it right, but in the end it is worth the effort.

 

Now, back to work.....less than a month until my first local craft show!  YIKES!!  I've got so much to do.....

 

Thanks again for stopping by!

Lisa

 

For more details and more photos of these four Pumpkin Heads, go to my etsy shop.