Previously, I blogged about a cool Skull snowflake craft I had found.  I decided to try it out myself!

When completely folded, the the skullflake is very thick and hard to cut.  It's best to only cut the very simple designs through the entire thickness.  The picture shown above still has a few more cutouts to be done along the edge.

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If you are looking for a little bit of Halloween spirit this Christmas season, try making some of these Skull Snowflakes!

I found this on Skull-a-day, which is a great blog where you can find, well, a Skull a day.  It was created by Crafty Lady Abby, so check out her blog for a tutorial (click on... Read More

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Finally had a chance to work some more on my paper mache pulp skull. So far, I'd say I have maybe 2 hours of work into this project.

Here I've added some strip paper mache:

I only did 2 layers and in the future I will probably use 4 or more for strength. The reason for the strip mache is to have a strong st... Read More

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I have been experimenting with paper mache pulp lately and really like the results. There are 2 ways I have been using pulp: 1) As a sculpting medium where I place it on an armature and sculpt with it. I also made a miniature pulp pumpkin without an armature (just a solid ball of pulped newspaper) that worked out great. 2) by casting in a mold. I took an old plastic Skull head that was kind of dorky and cut it in half. I then lubed it with dish soap and pressed the pulped paper into it. This... Read More

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