Covered in Glitter and Screaming

Making a BoJack costume is easy*: horse head mask, blue sweater with Xs and lines drawn on, gray sports coat, jeans, red converse. Princess Carolyn  looks simple, but took a bit more effort. The hardest part was finding a dress with the right cut in the right color. *I know the mane and face colors aren't exact, if this were going to be a con costume instead of just Halloween we'd put more effort into making it accurate. Costume base: green sheath dress (aimed for teal, but everything I found had the wrong cut or more embellishments) Then I used the Cricut to make a bunch of fish out of heat transfer vinyl and ironed them on. Add on a yellow cardigan (minus the cuffs) and red pumps, and we have the basics. The necklace was made out of craft foam painted gold with a dot of red glitter glue in the center. Bubblegum pink spray for the hair, pink clip-on ears, and cat makeup. I wish I'd taken more pictures of the hair and make...

I can't remember exactly where I saw this the first time, but it was probably Pinterest when I was looking for something else. Paper hydrangeas! I didn't really have a reason to try this Cricut project out until my friend and co-worker (who loves flowers and crafts and pink shiny paper) announced she was getting married. Making a few flowers for decoration was the perfect excuse. I followed this tutorial  for assembly, and I won't be mad if you leave this post and do the same. Her photos are a bit more clear on the steps, and she's got the blossom/leaf template available for download. NOTE: this isn't a difficult project, but it is fairly time consuming. Supplies paper (any kind or color, printer paper is fine) colored pencil, marker, or paint for the center (I used a chartreuse colored pencil) floral wire, as thin as you can find floral tape needlenose or round-tipped pliers hot glue gun Process 1. Get a template, cut out all the blossoms...