Your Pretty Little Ghosts!

Oh my I was so excited to get all your pictures of your pretty ghosts. I had such a fun time doing this little project and I am so happy you folks liked it! I hope we can continue this! Anyways, now that I have professed my love for you all and your mad crafty skills, here are pictures of all of the pretty ghosts people made!

Meghan over at Twisted Tree made these pretty ones- I love the glasses: )

Lisa at Good Knits made this cutie. I love the fabric so much!

Barbara from Mephaela made these- check out that lace! And the monocle!

Kara from Sunshine Cupcakes made these ghosties with the help of some friends. I loooove their faces!

Stephanie of Craft Inspiration made these cute ones with her daughter. The made small ones, put them on the top of pencils and are giving them to her daughter's teachers- brilliant!

Jessica from Chloe the Doxie Love made these pretty girls. Look at their cute little mouths!



Be sure to check out these ladies' lovely blogs and say hello!

Thanks again to everyone. I love you all to pieces! Have a fabulous Monday : )

Psst!

Just a reminder that the Virtual Craft Night twitter chat is tonight at 5 pm AZ time. Follow me here. And be sure to tag your tweets with #merrymay! I can't wait to talk to you!

Virtual Craft Night: Ghost DIY

Yay! I am so excited to share this little project with you. It's really quite simple, easy to customize, and a good way to use up scraps.

Here's what you need:
Embroidery Floss
Needles
Fabric (muslin, old sheets, t-shirts, or socks, fabric scraps)
Glue
Pencil/Fabric pen
Plastic grocery bags (or fiberfill, fabric scraps, etc)
Flowers, buttons, ribbon, googly eyes, accessories
Blush and Q-tip (optional)

Got it? Let's do it!
1. Cut a square of fabric. Mine was about 13.5 x 11.5 inches but there is no need to be specific. Your square can be smaller or larger depending on the size of ghost you want to make. Lay out your fabric and put your grocery bag in the center.

2. Gather the fabric around, grasping your little Ghosty around the neck, as you use your pencil to draw on a face.  *you can skip to step 4 if you plan on glueing on trinkets for your ghost's face*

3. Take out your grocery bag and stitch on your ghost's face.

4. Using a Q-tip and some blush, give your ghost pretty cheeks.

Pretty!!

5. Put your "stuffing" back in and tie Little Ghosty's neck tightly with a piece of floss.

6. Finally, decorate! Use ribbons, buttons, flowers, spiders, scary things to decorate and give your ghost  personality.

Congrats! You've made a new friend!

These little cuties could easily be made into angels for Christmas time or little dollies for all year round. I can't wait to see what y'all come up with. Once you finish your new ghost friends send me photos (and links to your blog/website) to merrymayhandmade@gmail.com. I'll be posting all of your fun projects Monday the 25th. And don't forget about our little twitter chat Monday the 18th at 5pm AZ time using the hashtag #merrymay. I'm so excited to get to know you and share ideas! XXOO

Virtual Craft Night Part 1

I'm so so excited that y'all were down to do a virtual craft night! With the help of the amazing Kara of Sunshine Cupcakes, virtual craft night is just about here.

So here's how it will work. On Friday I will post the DIY on how to make these precious little ghosties. That way you'll have plenty of time to gather up supplies and start working. Monday evening (still working on the time- I'm thinking around 5pm AZ time) we will have a live twitter chat (using the hashtag #merrymay). It is easiest, I've found, to have one tab open with your personal twitter home page and another open to the #merrymay search page (if you have any suggestions please share). During this live chat we can get to know each other, discuss and questions or issues we might have, and share ideas and inspiration! Then you will have a week to finish up your little ghost friend and send pictures to me. Monday October 25th I will post all of our creations here on my blog! Grab a badge ( <---) and tell your friends!

Check out this super cute video my sister and I created! I am so excited.