Skeleton Pillows

I went ahead and made those Skeleton Pillows for Cora's Goth room today. I'm not impressed with the quality of my sewing, but...as the saying goes...it will do for now.

I also pulled out some of her accessories...and spread them about the room to get a feel of where I was going with this. That silver birdcage in the background was a charm I found at Michael's.....The shoes, purse and speaker are from her Bratz stuff.....The Twilight book I made....And that little Hello Kitty doll on the night stand is what started this whole thing. I bought it for Cora a few weeks ago, and then she decided she wanted a room to match, lol! I will get a close up picture of her (the Hello Kitty doll) soon for you to see, She's really cute:) She was a cell phone charm that I took apart.

...So.....I was asked about my comfort zone with doing this kind of theme...and I have to say that I have my moments, when I enjoy the darker side of life, too. And actually when I started thinking about it.....the first Room Box, and the only room box, that I've ever completed is a little room box entitled Frankie's Place. I named it after a puppy Chris from Candid Canine made for me...and it's a Halloween Cafe. You can find the link to it here: http://katiesclaycorner.blogspot.com/2008/09/re-vamping-frankies-place.html

And ..With that being said.....I can indulge Cora into one of her fantasies for a little while. Maybe this will keep her from wanting to die her hair strange colors, or from piercing weird places on her body. Or maybe it will backfire and have her wanting more? Who knows, but for now.....we're having fun. :)

Been on a roll today....

And got a little more done on Cora's 'Gothic' Room. I painted the base to the bed black....this will eventually have some black ruffles around the bottom, and maybe some fancy black trim? I was able to rummage up some carpet padding and made a mattress. Then, I put the 'fitted' sheet on the bed, but until I find a piece of material I like, I mean Cora likes, I can't finish making the bed. I can make those skeleton pillows, but I have to sew them by hand....and I hate doing that, it's sooooo boring!! So for now...this is what the bed will look like.

I also painted the chest today.......Looks good in here, huh!

I painted it black......stamped some gold images onto it.....

....painted the inside 'wild iris'...and then put a coat of varnish on it. I also remembered to take the hardware off before I started painted, so I also had to put that back on...

This will be the perfect place for this 'Gothic teen' to store all her treasures!! Wonder what we can make to go in here?

I'm getting there....

I spent the day yesterday, trying to figure out how to go about making the bed for Cora's Gothic room.....And while I was hunting for ideas....I came across this little end table. It was a kit that had been put together...but sat unfinished. So, I painted it black, filed off the edges, coated it with some varnish......and added a gold star stud earring as the handle. I'd like to find a skeleton or something instead of the star...but for now it will do.

And here's where I'm at today. I got the bed frame built......Just needs a mattress. Now, I sat and thought about this issue pretty hard yesterday....and was almost ready to beg one of you for something to use...but then it hit me. Carpet padding! Duh! The bf installs carpet for a living and all I need to go is remember to grab a 3x6 scrap next time one of the vans is here!!

I thinking black satin sheets.....Some skeleton pillows......A fuzzy (black?) fur rug!~ LOL, gotta find something to break up that white floor! That little trunk behind the bed will probably get painted black, too...to match the night stand. Oh......and the wall needs another coat of paint....and I was thinking I might stencil something on the walls!? It's a good start, huh???

Almost forgot the snakes!!

I finally found the head!! It was up under the curtains, which tells me, a certain kitty cat has been stealing my things again in the middle of the night.

I've had a really 'blah' week....which I'll get to in a minute...But first...Let's check out what I did with the headboard for Cora's 'Gothic' room.....

I did use a mold for the face, it was one I bought at Michael's a long time ago. And I went with an idea that Lireal from http://liraeldreams.blogspot.com/ suggested. (When you get a chance, go check out her blog....She's got some neat ideas, amazing stories, and a Beautiful White kitty:) So...I went with the Medusa look, although, I got a little carried away with her hair, and forgot to add in the snakes till I was almost done. I was able to put 2 in there....

.....But they're not very scary looking....Kinda cute, actually....lol
Click on this next picture....and look at her face. I wet the face down, before I baked it...and pushed in some sand around her face. After I baked it, I used a tooth brush to scrub out all of the sand. (Next time, to make my life easier!, I plan on just using a piece of sandpaper to give it texture instead...I had a hard time scrubbing all the sand out of those little holes!!) But it's those little holes that makes it look more like stone.

After I baked the whole thing again....I covered it in black paint and wiped away the excess.

Looking at it now, I think I'd like to add some more paint to the bottom of it, But it will do for now. I'm not completely in love with it...But I think I will be by the time I get done with it.

And Cora likes it, so isn't that all that really matters:)

LOL...Now I get to build a bed frame and dress a bed:)

So....getting back to my personal life, not too much going on here, LOL. Made the mistake of going to the library and have been engrossed in books ever since. Found dollhouse books, polymer clay books, Lots of eye-candy to look at! Even found Angie Scarr's book!! I did manage to pick up a novel, and spent 2 days reading it...couldn't put it down till I finished it. And was rather disappointed in the ending...but it was a good read, so I didn't mind, too much.

Oh...and I've been trying ever so hard to make friends with the strays. They are on the porch every morning to eat....and I find them on the steps quite often during the day....They act as if they live here. LOL. Still trying to figure out how to help them, they can't live under my house forever!! ....That dang on Momma cat was out there the other day getting her groove on with Rufus, and I had to go holler at them. Asked them if the 5 they already had wasn't enough or something!! Good lord! How many cats do they think I'll feed??? So.......that's it....Reading and talking to the cats! I must find a way to get out more, Hahahaha!!!

....so.....

Until Next Time!!

:)