Mardi Gras Masks!

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Mardi Gras is tomorrow, and who doesn’t love Mardi Gras? It’s Halloween for grown ups! A holiday to celebrate partying! You can’t go out for Mardi Gras with out three key ingredients 1)A willingness to have fun 2) A bunch of fun beads and, most importantly, 3)Your Mardi Gras Mask (what happens on Bourbon Street may stay there, but the local bar doesn’t always follow the same rules!).

About.com:How To has a great article by Lorain Blanken with step by step instructions on how to make several different types of eye-catching. face hiding, Mardi Gras Masks perfect for wearing while you are up to your most wild debauchery!

Gryffindor Bed Canopy


Ofenjen at sewhooked had a predicament. Her daughter needed a Harry Potter inspired bedroom, and in order to have that, she needed a four poster bed with the school colors draped luxuriously around. Her daughter’s bedroom posed two small problems. There was a ceiling fan in it, and it was too small for a four poster bed anyway. Ofenjen did what any self respecting crafter would do…

She created her own version of a Gryffindor Bed Canopy using lightweight (and inexpensive) PVC pipe that she could affix to her daughter’s wall. Beautiful!

Katamari Computer Monitor Cat Bed

Inez Hernandez submitted this Computer Monitor Cat Bed to us and I am just in love with it. She used a few basic crafty skills, namely; spray painting, modge podge, some feathers and rhinestones, and of course, a little fleece for her kitty to sleep on! This is one creative way to re-use an old monitor and spoil a well deserving kitty at the same time. The cat’s name is “Katamuri”, so Inez used characters from the Katamari Damacy video game to personalize her kitty’s new suite.