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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Costume ideas inspired by Johnny Depp

Tuesday Feature: Johnny Depp

Guys, are you having a hard time deciding what to be for Halloween? Ladies, are you having difficulty convincing your man to dress up? Well, convince him he could pull off a Johnny Depp character!

I think it would be so much fun if a group of buddies all dressed up as Mr Depp; each personifying him from a different movie.

Johnny Depp has played in some very interesting roles over the years and is, in my opinion, one of the best character actors out there.

Here's a little Johnny inspiration for this Halloween!

Sweeney Todd

The Libertine

Wade "Cry Baby" Walker

Mort Rainey in Secret Window

Sands in Once Upon a Time Mexico

The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland

John Dillinger in Dillinger

Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean

Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow

Inspector Frederick Abberline in From Hell

Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Edward Scissorhands

Donnie Brasco

Dr Parnassus in Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Don Juan DeMarco - WOWZA!!!

Willy Wonka in the Chocolate Factory

Roux in Chocolat

George Jung in Blow

Sam in Benny and Joon

Detective Tom Hanson in 21 Jump Street

When was the last time Johnny Depp played an average Joe? Has he ever? I can't think of any roles save his first in 21 Jump Street!

What is your favourite Depp movie/character?

What has your favourite Halloween costume been?

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

T - 3: Turkey Weekend Countdown! part deux

Okay, now that we have some ideas about how to decorate the exterior of our homes for Thanksgiving from the previous post here, how are you going to decorate the interior?

Again, Better Homes and Gardens is a fabulous resource. It literally has hundreds of Fall decor ideas and tips.

Here are some of my favourites (some will also look fabulous on your front porch as well)...

"Mumpkins"

Hollow out a large gourd and paint it gold to make a gilded gourd vase.

This is my absolute favourite! I just adore the yellow sunflowers and daisies paired with the pumpkins! It makes me think of childhood, storybooks, and hay rides :)

Your Thanksgiving decor doesn't have to be complicated. Simple bouquets of autumn-coloured roses are quite stunning.

More simple seasonal bouquets.

I love the look of this tower display with Fall foliage, flowers and fruit! To get a similar look follow these easy instructions:

* Start with a bamboo vase filled with gravel or other weight for balance.

*Insert mums with short stems into a ring of dampened florist's foam and rest the ring over sugar maple leaves in the top of the vase.

*Fit a pumpkin in the center of the foam ring, top with another ring of mums, and crown with a smaller pumpkin.

*Use a long pick to secure the pumpkins together.

Baskets filled with nuts, autumn-coloured fruits, squash, and foliage are both easy to make and easy on the eyes! Throw in a cloth napkin, a bow, or glue some acorns and pinecones on and you have a fabulous Thanksgiving decoration just like the baskets above and below :)

For a more involved DIY Fall basket project, you could try something like this.

What You Need

*12-inch square basket

*11-inch round basket
*9-inch round basket
*Floral foam for artificial arrangements
*Glue gun and hotmelt adhesive
*10 to 12 juice oranges, whole
*Cloves
*Kumquats
*Pinecones in assorted sizes from 1 to 6 inches *Wooden floral picks
*Assorted greenery
*Seeded eucalyptus
*Small pillar candle and holder

How to Make It

1. Choose three baskets that will stack with the largest on the bottom to the smallest on top.

2. Cut blocks of floral foam to fill each basket.

3. For the center of the largest basket, cut a circular piece of foam the size of the medium-size basket bottom and an inch higher than the largest basket's sides.

4. Place the foam in the large basket then glue it to the bottom of the medium-size basket. This will raise the medium size basket higher than the outside edge of the largest basket. Repeat for the small basket.

5. Stud the oranges with cloves in a variety of patterns.

6. Insert floral picks into the studded oranges and kumquats.

7. Wire floral picks to the pinecones.

8. Fill the baskets with oranges, kumquats, pinecones, greenery, and seeded eucalyptus.

9. Nestle a small pillar candle in the top basket.

These are very cool veggie candle holders. To see a tutorial on how to make them click here.

Stay tuned for more Turkey Weekend Countdown posts... tomorrow we'll be taking a look at some really fabulous Thanksgiving table setting ideas, more creative uses for pumpkins for All-Things-Creative Wednesdays, and much more!

Images via Better Homes and Gardens.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

FFFFOUND!

Tuesday Feature: Website

FFFFOUND! is the site I visit to get my daily aesthetic fix.

In the words of FFFFOUND! it "is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user's tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!"
Below are some of the images I ffffound!