Late last year, I put out a Kbatz
Krafts survey for my work at HorrorAddicts.net, asking if the
community not only enjoyed my Halloween crafts, but wanted to
continue to see spooky DIY, goth sewing, and vintage upcycle crafts
year round. When everyone said YES PLEASE, I kind of didn't know what
to do. This January, I though a craft per month theme around a
holiday, season, or event would be a good way to start. Masquerade
Masks! DIY Flower Pens!
Then of course, you know, 2020 went to
shit. I was in the middle of organizing my craft space and fixing up
my basement with some Dark Shadows inspirations.
So I went with it, deep diving into one project after another. From
hot glue guns and a needle and thread to paint brushes and power
tools, I documented everything at HorrorAddicts.net,
doubling my content with DIY articles and step by step How-tos as
well as Videos both standalone and 3, 4, or 5 part vlogs. This has
been the most productive I've been since having had Lyme Disease, and
while it's somewhat disappointing that this creative energy didn't
manifest in the form of fiction and the completion of a novel like in
those days of old; I strove on in my quirky, crafty endeavors if for
nothing else but to keep me occupied from watching the rage inducing,
scream worthy, and sob despairing news.
Here
then is a rundown of this year's Kbatz Krafts to date – because
most of them are Halloween (which begins on August, honestly) and I
do still have a few tricks up my hand sewn sleeve for November and
December. Blogger had to go and change it's format and be a dunce, of
course because 2020, so if the pictures and videos don't work here,
please click on the links for the spooky scoop.
Upgrading
Masquerade Masks
Gothic
Alterations & Thrift
Finds
Strolling
Through the Pine Barrens Tours
Goth
Parasol Upgrade
DIY
Flower Pens
Silver
& Black Spider Ball Topiaries
Gothic
Dark Shadows Mock Sconces
Decorating
Like Dark Shadows Basement Series
How
to Do Your Own Gothic Gallery Wall
The
Unfinished Purple Modern Regency Sewing
Drab
to Glam Lampshade Trimmings
DIY
Halloween Repairs Video Series
How
~not~ to Make Mystical Glowing Orbs
Halloween
Thrift Haul aka “Haulloween” and Trip
2
Halloween
T-Shirt Pillows and Masks
Halloween
3D Canvas Art
Love
is Love Rainbow Skeleton Wreath
His
and Hers 3D Skeleton Frames
Mini
Macabre Bone Wreath
Pot
O' Bones Tower
Halloween
Cat Shelter
This
smorgasbord also led me to the equally technologically troublesome
Instagram
and a new Kbatz
Krafts
Facebook Page.
Neither is the best resource, but I wanted to be able to have photos
of my work somewhat organized and easy to find. I don't know that the
masses are looking for any of it, but perchance you may also be
inspired into discovering your own artful peace of mind. Or at least
you can laugh at my admittedly totally crappy camera angles and cheap
trash. I look at something and see not what it is, but what it should
be.
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