Yet More Stuff I Found While Looking Around
Duck! Here’s another bunch of random stuff I’ve found whilst trawling the deeps of the intartubes. A few have no attribution, so if you happen to know the source for any of these please leave a note in the comments. (Click to view larger.)
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Wire Trellis This six-foot trellis made from barbed wire is by The Dusty Raven. |
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Chinoiserie Cabinet This antique cabinet is by Thomas Chippendale. In the home of my dreams, this houses my wunderkammer. |
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Skull Combat Boot These are Iron Fist’s “Sugar Hiccup” design, also available as heels. I initially thought the skulls were made of seed beads, but up close they appear to be sequins. If you’ve got a steady hand the design would be reasonably easy to DIY. |
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Monster Matryoshka These gorgeous things are cast resin, hand-painted by Gravlax? (That isn’t a question. The blog name is “Gravlax?”) |
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Crocheted Slug This cute li’l gastropod is by Lesley Stanfield. She also has a snail and caterpillar. |
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Vampire Shoes These are some of the most hilariously over-the-top shoes I’ve ever laid eyes on; extra points for taking “stiletto heel” literally. They’re a custom job by Jitterbug Boy. |
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Lace-back Skull Dress As nearly as I can tell, this is by Premonition Designs. It’s available at Amazon. |
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Maleficent Cupcake These dark chocolate cupcakes with raspberry filling are by Sinister Sweetshop. There’s a recipe at the link, plus a “raven wings” version of the decoration. |
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Ombre Nails There’s a tutorial for this effect at Style Den. |
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Skull Shawl I am heartbroken that there seems to be no pattern or design source for this. The original photo appears to be from a photo shoot done by Russian photographer Dis. |
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Ouija Cake This is a replica of the Parker Brothers’ game board, and since the small print looks hand-lettered I’m going to assume the pictures are also drawn by hand. I like the slightly-3D larger letters and numbers; they appear to be icing or possibly chocolate. They seem to be a little more regular in shape, so they may have been filled in over a template and then placed on the cake when set. Country Living has a free download of the same design which can be printed onto an edible cake topper (or printed on paper to use for non-cake purposes); the rest of the cakes in the slideshow are also worth browsing. Also check out this roundup of ouija cake designs that I found during my search for this cake’s creator. |
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“The Shining” Manicure The artist says that she did this by hand using “a striper brush and a lot of patience.” You can do the same if you are similarly endowed with a small brush and patience. I expect a similar effect could be achieved by gluing down thin printed paper and then embellishing with “blood.” |
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Skull Ear Cuff This is available at eBuy9. Considering the surprisingly low price I question if it looks this good in reality. |
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Vampire Nails I have no bloody–so to speak–idea where these originally came from. Instead I will point you to Tea & Vampires, which has a nice roundup of vampy nail art. |
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Ceramic Skull Vases These are by Pottery Barn, and are lovely if you have the sort of disposable income that will allow you to drop $100 on a vase. Otherwise, I’m thinking this might be fairly DIY-able with an existing vase, a clay skull, and some paint. |
Posted in Whatever | 9 Comments »
September 4th, 2014 at 7:32 am
I don’t get it. Why do ALL these trellis/spiderweb things use barbed wire??!? Having once lived on a farm and strung this crap for cow fences I gotta say this shit is AWFUL to use ( think tetnus booster shots, iodine, band aides and swearing- LOTS of swearing )If you’re going to make one of these things on your own spring for a roll of bailing wire or even bell wire; anything is better than barbed wire, one of man’s most evil inventions.Jeeze!
September 4th, 2014 at 8:06 am
Excuse me, you can’t alert me to the existence of skull combat boots when they aren’t in stock! I guess I will *have to* buy the heels instead. Thank goodness I have gigantor feet, because gigantor and minuscule are the only sizes available.
September 4th, 2014 at 12:12 pm
So many things I neeeeeeddddd!!!
September 4th, 2014 at 12:59 pm
I am most pleased that Maleficent started a DIY trend… My favorite Disney princess.
September 4th, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Check out this gorgeous ouija lamp:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=o5t54klvukn3p3i9n5a67k1la3&topic=199527.0
September 4th, 2014 at 6:08 pm
I feel like that skull jar could be relatively easily DIY’d with a skull-shaped object, a vase, and some paint.
September 5th, 2014 at 6:54 am
I’m in loooove with the Chinoiserie Cabinet!! HOW FREAKIN COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! And hng23, thanks so much for the Ouija lamp link! I have a small collection of these boards and want to try this lamp. Thanks again!
September 5th, 2014 at 8:05 am
That cabinet is just stunning.
September 14th, 2014 at 10:12 am
I have those boots and the matching heels. The soles split on the boots in the first week.