Crafty Blogger Link Monday

Ever wonder what we Crafty Bloggers look like? Well here are a few of us.
OK, not really but you know I like to include a fun photo with the links. We aren't sure who these ladies are but it is most like one of them is a relative since the photo was found in my Uncle Joe's things.

Enjoy the creativity that my fellow Crafty Bloggers have to share with you!

The Crochet Dude
I Want My Mummy! Drew has a free Halloween treat bag crochet pattern that is super cute!

The Impatient Crafter
Margot shares next week's Terrorific Tuesday Halloween Themed paper crafted jewelry project. Hooty the Halloween Hoot Owl!

The Swell and Spooky Life
Swelldesigner is giving away a super swell vintage-inspired pumpkin man box in honor of Terrorific Tuesdays!

About Family Crafts
Take a few moments and tell Sherri and all of her visitors what your favorite way to save money is when it comes to craft supplies.

Aileen's Musings
Aileen has a colorful fiber necklace tutorial posted that would make a lovely gift idea, enjoy!

Cathie Filian
Cathie Filian has a tutorial on how to transform plain candles with a few stamping supplies. Great for holiday gift giving and decorating! From the Medieval Lights episode of Creative Juice.

Crafty Princess Diaries
Are you thinking about stocking stuffers for you crafty friends yet? The Crafty Princess has a few ideas for you.

Cross Stitch at About.com
Do You Suffer from Pattern Paralysis? Find out what it is and learn ways to treat it. Be sure to read all the comments and add your own!

Layers Upon Layers
Cyndi has updated her ever-growing list of posts covering different methods to do image transfers.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
Peeking at you this week from Craftside are easy felted eyeballs, a dimensional surface technique tutorial, a creative inspiring exercise from the new book The Creative Entrepreneur and a paper and crystal necklace project from Jenn Mason's latest and greatest book, Altered Paper Jewelry.

Eyeball Paperweights

Are lookin' at me? Yup! I am definitely into the eyeballs. Check out the bowling ball eyeballs.
So these guys are even easier to make. All they are is a dome glass paperweight that you can pop a picture in just like a photo frame. I got the image the the eyeball just by doing a google image search for "eyeball", printed 2 out in the diamiter of the framed area and I was lookin' at yet another fun and easy eyeball Halloween decoration!

Columbus Day Crafty Blogger Links

About Family Crafts
Find out how you can transform ordinary soda pop and beer cans into crafty masterpieces.

Cathie Filian
Cathie's new book Bow Wow WOW! fetching costumes fabulous dog is now avaliable. Have a peek at the 36 different fun costumes and fashion accessories you can make for your pooch.

Crafty Princess Diaries
The Crafty Princess found some cool crochet candy corn to make and enjoy, a great beginner's project!

Cross Stitch at About.com
Stitch a spooky skull with glow-in-the-dark blending filament - if you dare!

Layers Upon Layers
Make a fabric collage, using digital images as your inspiration.

The Impatient Crafter™
In honor of Halloween, Madge has joined Terroriffic Tuesdays. This week she shares a free Crystal Web Collar she created for CYSWCSE Swarovski's DIY brand.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
Halloween crafts are in full swing at Craftside with a GIANT web with a super cute spider from the book Fleece Animals, a papier mache skull with natural rust effects, and a found in the yard decoration inspired by Faux Florals in Glass. But Halloween isn't the only thing happening, there is my finished Crafty Chica Empowerment Guardian and a whole bunch of techniques using Angelina fiber from the creative mind of Susan Stein.

Sweater Surgery Ghost Halloween Decoration

Halloween Ghost made from, what else? A sweater!
All you need to do is make cuts in the sweater where you want the eyes and nose to be and make big runs in the sweater. In this case I sewed up the sleeve openings, cut the pockets and buttons off as well.
I gathered up the neckline with the oh so fancy safety pin and linked it to a bent metal hanger. I unlike Joan Crawford am a big fan of the wire hanger!
Then simply wrapped the edges of the sweater over the soft new curves of the hanger. If you live in a particularly windy area you may want to glue or stitch in place but as yet I haven't had the need. Oh and I did tie the outside bottom corners out to the foliage to make the bottom splay out a bit, but is isn't necessary.
And to see more pictures of the Halloween Back Yard and this GIANT Spider web pop over to Craftside to see how they were made!

Using supplies as an easy and fun Halloween Decoration and Crafty Blogger Links

So I have tons of craft supplies and I am always looking to display them in fun ways because often I simply enjoy them in their "raw" state almost as much as I like making something with them. This is truly the case with yarn. Balls of yarn are be-u-ti-ful!
So I thought I'd gather up a whole bunch of orange yarn and stick it in a round basket, kinda pumpkin like if I do say so myself!

Layers Upon Layers
Be inspired by artist Nicola Dale's amazing book arts!

Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter™
Margot has made the executive decision to split her blog in two. Introducing the brand spanking new The Impatient Crafter™ blog! A new destination for all things crafty!

Crafty Princess Diaries
As crafters we have an advantage over most folks because we can often wear what we make. See what Tim Gunn from Project Runway has to say about what to wear this season and how accessories play a part.

Cross Stitch at About.com
Connie's been having some fun with FurTaStitch floss. See what she's been up to and learn more about stitching with textured flosses.

Cathie Filian
Take a sneak peek at the Emmy Nominated, Halloween craft show, Witch Crafts on DIY Network and check out the complete project list (with instructions) from the series.

Aileen's Musings
Stop by and meet Zoraida the good witch, she's just flown in on Air Broom. She wanted to be here in plenty of time for the Art Muse Contest Aileen is hosting!

About Family Crafts
Want to surprise your neighbors this Halloween? These unique gift ideas will get your entire neighborhood into the Halloween spirit!

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
There are crafty tasty treats this week at Craftside with an inside peek into the book Artisan Chocolates, a recycled book slider idea, design points from Singer Decorative Machine Stitching, eye and soul candy from the new book Knitting Art and a secret square altered art page tutorial.