{"id":3697,"date":"2011-10-05T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T18:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frykitty.com\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2011-10-05T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T18:53:28","slug":"a-month-of-spookdays-birds-nest-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=3697","title":{"rendered":"A Month of Spookdays: Bird&#8217;s Nest Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Bird's Nest Ghost by frykitty, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/frykitty\/6214088206\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6035\/6214088206_f73ba829f4.jpg\" alt=\"Bird's Nest Ghost\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My fabulous in-laws sent me <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0307452824\/?tag=httpalittlehu-20\">Home, Paper, Scissors<\/a><\/em>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/alittlehut.blogspot.com\/\">Patricia Zapata<\/a>, for my birthday. Of course the first thing I thought when I was looking through the book is: &#8216;how can I make this spooky?&#8217; (Doesn&#8217;t every0ne think that?) The first project in the book (the one on the cover) is Bird&#8217;s Nest Bowls. She used plastic wrap, which I didn&#8217;t have. I use Glad Press N Seal, and it didn&#8217;t release quite as nicely, but that&#8217;s okay.\u00a0 I also left more spaces in my ghost than she leaves on her bowls, because I wanted plenty of light to shine through.\u00a0 There is a zen quality to Zapata&#8217;s work, and, at least on this project, carries through to the process. I felt like a very calm <a href=\"http:\/\/saulbass.tv\/\">Saul Bass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bird's Nest Ghost in progress by frykitty, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/frykitty\/6214088174\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6234\/6214088174_dbaf6f1803_m.jpg\" alt=\"Bird's Nest Ghost in progress\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Linkies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeling Lazy? Peanut-Butter Fingers has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbfingers.com\/2010\/10\/07\/two-ingredient-pumpkin-spice-cookies\/\">two-ingredient pumpkin spice cookies<\/a>for you. Mmm.<\/li>\n<li>Cute Food for Kids has their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cutefoodforkids.com\/2011\/09\/41-cutest-halloween-food-ideas.html\">41 cutest Halloween food ideas<\/a>, and they are, indeed, seriously cute.<\/li>\n<li>Tablespoon shows you how to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tablespoon.com\/recipes\/frightfully-easy-ghost-cookies-recipe\/1\/\">frightfully easy ghost cookies<\/a>, basically coated nutter-butters.<\/li>\n<li>My facebook friend <a href=\"http:\/\/uponamidnightdreary.com\/\">Dahlia Jane<\/a> posted these mostly-wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zuzafun.com\/halloween-cakes\">Halloween cakes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, another makeup tutorial, though all you&#8217;ll really learn from it is that it&#8217;s fun to watch this artist work:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gT8Q8Ut3zLw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"420\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gT8Q8Ut3zLw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My fabulous in-laws sent me Home, Paper, Scissors, by Patricia Zapata, for my birthday. Of course the first thing I thought when I was looking through the book is: &#8216;how can I make this spooky?&#8217; (Doesn&#8217;t every0ne think that?) The first project in the book (the one on the cover) is Bird&#8217;s Nest Bowls. 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