Funky, Punky, and Plump

Well, it finally happened. The engagement party. A month and half of work, 2 days of non-stop preparation after travelling 1200 miles and it lasted all of 3 hours. (*laugh*) But the happiness on my sister's face made the whole thing more than worth while. :) I was too busy to stop and take pictures so here are a few she sent me. (Thank you, seester!) Eric had drawn the skull images as possible images for their wedding invitations. They went a different route for the invites so I blew them up and put them on a banner for them. As guests approached the house, they were greeted by this little tongue in cheek homage to the ending of " Carrie ." I printed poster images of some of their favorite horror movies... ...and we taped them around my mom's dining room... ...right above her scary wall border. LOL This is an above shot of the coffee table in the living room. A friend and I had spent an evening cutting out pictures of women which I then ...

I revamped my website which can be found ~~~HERE~~~! It's still a work in progress but I am definitely pleased with the results so far. :) I also finally got my FatGirlArt Etsy shop open. Yayayayay! (*dances*) Here's a sneak peek of a few of the goodies! :)

I have been having fun coming up with fun creepy decorations for my sister's horror moved themed engagement party. So when I saw THIS , I figured I could use a similar technique to make a wall plaque. I got about 50 plastic Army guys and arranged them in a glass pie plate: I "baked" them at 350 and kept checking them every 5-10 minutes until they were melted together but still recognizable. These ones took about 35-40 minutes because they were a really hard plastic. This just delights the evil sadistic child in me so I may do this again but in a bigger scale. :) One thing I failed to do was open a window so my kitchen smelled of poisionous plastic fumes until I realized I needed to pop one open. I will take a picture of the whole plaque at the party in a couple weeks. :)

I wish I would have remembered to take a picture of the dolly before I repainted her. But just imagine a cherubic face and a clean dress. :D I got her at a thrift store for only $2.48! She's got to be worth at least $2.50 with my improvements. ;)

Now that the invitations have been sent out and received, I can finally share this with you. :) It's the invitation to my sister's engagement party! (*dances*) I am so happy with the way this turned out! I wanted it to look like a horror movie poster. That is NOT my sister and her fiance in the picture. I tried to zombify them for this but nothing I did looked right. So I found an amazing photograph* online which I played with and tweaked to get a sort of posterized look to it. I even have me as the director and me and my mom as the producers. :) The back of the invitations says: Because they love a good scare And they're fond of a fright Let's celebrate their engagement And start them off right! Please join us for a frighteningly good time at an Engagement Party honoring RAINEE JOHNSON & ERIC BUSCKO Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 7pm (My parents' address) We will have soda, food, munchies and mayhem Feel free to BYOB Bring Your Own Beverage/Beer/Booze/Blood/Brai...