Witch Krafting with Kat

A really simple but fun little project to do. Perfect for a rainy afternoon. You don't need much in the way of materials just a shrine kit, some sharpie pens, scissors, pva glue. I bought this little Halloween Shrine kit from  http://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk . They do a great range of Halloween themed wooden shapes perfect for craft projects and card making. The shrine is very easy to put together as it is a straight forward box shape and already cut to slot together. I cut and glued some paper onto the large back panel, the part I wanted inside my shrine. The paper I used was bought at The Range. I glued paper on the underneath of the top for a ceiling, and bottom for a floor. I didn't bother papering the sides as I liked the look of the wood. Plus once the front is added these parts will not really show. I then glued it altogether and left it to dry for an hour. The front of my shrine I decorated using sharpie pens. I drew on bricks and shaded it in wit...

Halloween is my favourite time of the year so I always get very excited, like a witch in a broom shop, when I see Halloween items creeping into both on line and high Street stores. One of the first to get their lines in are 'TK Maxx' and their sister shops 'Homesense' which are already getting in Halloween lines on line and in stores across the country. I do find that TK Maxx and Homesense do a great range of quality Halloween items ranging from ornaments, tableware to fun tea towels. So far I am loving the range of Skull themed ornaments but I am hoping they might do some Witchy items too. Last year they did a beautiful range of Witch dolls.  Below are some of the items already available on TK Maxx online shop. Please note these items were available as I write this posting, I recommend ordering as soon a possible as they sell out quite quickly. Please visit their website for shop locations. TK Maxx do on line ordering which you can collect in store. https://www.tk...

I have seen a lot of wonderful tutorials on You Tube on making little fairy houses out of plastic drinks bottles and air dry clay and I keep meaning to have a go and finally I got round to It! The best online tutorials I have seen are done by a YouTube vlogger called Creative Mom. It was her videos that inspired me to have a go. Please visit her tutorials as they are very informative, easy to follow and fabulous. https://youtu.be/rToLsZ2M1-Y If you have problems with link copy and paste onto Google search or look for Creative Mom on YouTube. This project is so much fun to do I highly recommend giving it a go!  It would a great School holiday project for your children, grandchildren or just a lovely project to do yourself on a rainy day!  Making a bottle house with Kat(me) First of all I gathered some supplies to create the basis of my house, in my case some water bottles which I cut down to a size I preferred and cardboard witches hat which had been l...