Beware the Bite of the Vampire!

From the original Bram Stoker's Dracula to Stephanie Meyers Twilight Saga, I've always been a fan of vampires. These are some wonderful examples of Vampire inspired artwork!

Beware the Bite of the Vampire!

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Halloween creations from CreativeCritters

I figured now would be a good time to showcase some of my Halloween creations. The picture above is my Lighted Glow in the Dark Pumpkin house, which can be found in my Miniature Houses section.  It's appropriate for the entire fall season, and would make a great decoration along with your other Jack O Lanterns!  I've always enjoyed Halloween- dressing up, pretending to be someone or something completely different, allowing my imagination to run wild- it's a holiday that's just perfect for creative people!  And I have certainly been busy creating lately!  In September I came up with the idea for dolls dressed in Halloween costumes.  I've been making handsewn cloth dolls for a few years now (you can find quite a few in my Cloth Doll section), so putting them in fun costumes seemed like a natural progression.  So far I have 3 costume dolls completed and listed.

First there's Katy, wearing her cat costume

Then there's Penelope, who's dressed as a fairy

And my newest addition, Wendy the Witch and her cat Spook.

I've also been making quite a few new sculptures.  I've been on quite a vampire kick lately.  I'm halfway through reading Twilight right now, and the ideas are coming fast and furious.  I haven't seen the movie, so I'm only being influenced by the images in my own head.  These two sculptures were created before I started reading the book.  I've been a fan of vampires since I was a teenager (I do enjoy horror and fantasy- LOL).

This is my Lady Vampire sculpture

And this is titled Embrace of the Vampire.  I must admit to being quite proud of this one.  It took a long time to complete and turned out very nice.

I've also been working on lots of fun new Halloween themed magnets and earrings.

I just listed my Spiderweb magnet with Dangling Spider

These Glow in the Dark Skull earrings are a lot of fun.

These Glow in the Dark Ghost earrings would be a spooky addition to your Halloween costume!

And of course there's a lot more where they came from!  I'm constantly working on new creations, so be sure to stop by often!  With this new blog I'll be able to keep everyone up to date on all my latest creative adventures.  Thanks for stopping by!

-Michelle of CreativeCritters

 

So I know I haven't done many personal posts lately, not because nothing is going on in my life, but because too much is going on. Sometimes I've got so many thoughts in my head, they get all jammed up and don't want to come out (not coherently anyway). I probably should be posting more- writing always helps me deal with things better. Of course one of the main issues in my life is Gramma. She never really fully recovered from her last trip to the hospital this spring. Now she's only able to sit in her chair for a few hours a day, if at all. Other than her usual health issues that she's dealt with for years, there's nothing specifically wrong. Her BP is good, heart, lungs, blood sugar- all are good. She just seems to be sort of fading. She needs a lot more care now. She's most alert late at night, so that's when I talk to her about what's going on in my life. I tell her about my artwork and friends, and what Mother and my brother are up to. I talk about the cats, the garden, something funny I read in the ArtFire forums- anything to make her smile and add a little interest to her life. I wish I could do more for her. No matter what, I always feel like I'm not doing good enough.
On the plus side, there's my artwork. While I haven't sold much this month, I have completed a few projects that's I'm really proud of. There's my Lighted Glow in the Dark Pumpkin House
, which took weeks to complete, but turned out better than I could have hoped. My Embrace of the Vampire sculpture is another one I'm quite proud of. One of those where my muse just guided my hands and made it turn out just right. I've done a few Halloween Costume dolls as well. So far my favorite is probably Wendy the Witch and her Black Cat Spook. I managed to find the perfect fabrics for her dress and cape, as well as for Spook the cat. I think he's even got some Cat Magic in him- he's very soothing to hold. Right now I'm working on another plush World of Warcraft Murloc. And I'm in the planning stages for another lighted house sculpture.
Of course, there's a lot more going on here, but I don't want to make this post too long (can't have my readers getting bored- LOL!). I will try to post more about life in general though. I'm getting more comfortable "talking" online, and it really does help to get some of these things off my chest. Until next post, thanks for reading!
-Michelle of CreativeCritters