Send a free Dia de los Muertos e-card featuring Patrick's paintings!
Below is a picture of some sculptures he has been making for our upcoming events. They are about 4 feet high and he has four of them. Yuppers, these went over real nice when our neighbor came over the other day to ask about our tile floor. He was like, "Um, nice dead people you have in your living room..."
Nah, he didn't really say that, but his expression kinda did. We don't know what we are going to do with these yet - use them in one of our gallery exhibits, or at a fiesta, or heck, just sell them? They sure are fun to have around the house - except one night when I got up in the middle of the night for a drink of water. The lady scared the bejesus out of me! I hadn't seen that Patrick finished her clothes, so I thought she was a real midget - only dead.
Here are the events we will be at this year. There are only two - we are just too swamped with other projects:
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Desert Botanical Garden: Oct 27-28.
- Vision Gallery: Exhibit Oct 22-Nov 3. Fiesta on November 3rd.
- Oh! I also have a book signing at the Mesa Arts Center, I'll check on the date and post it here.
I'm surprised I didn't post about Dia de los Muertos sooner! Every day I get at least 3-4 emails asking for info. So here are some links for you:
Crafty Chica Dia de los Muertos Podcast!
Next is my favorite. It is dead.azcentral.com - it is a web site for The Arizona Republic and AzCentral that Patrick and I helped put together. Patrick did all the illustrations and I wrote many of the stories.
- The history of Dia de los Muertos.
- Glossary of terms associated with the celebration.
- Food and recipes.
- Photos.
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Videos.
- How to build an ofrenda (an altar).
CRAFT PROJECTS:
- Egg shakers, sugar skulls, paper flowers, reverse glass painting.
- Cigar box shrine, white chocolate sugar skulls, felt banner.
- Funky Fantasy Skulls.
- Bleach Pen Skull Banners.
- Clay Pin.
Steve Irwin Altar
- Plaster of Paris Skulls.
- Calaca Charm Bracelet.
SHOPPING:
- MexicanSugarSkull.com
- Day of the Dead Wedding decorations.
- Rubber stamps and more rubber stamps!
- home decor items from Mexico.
OK, that should be enough to keep you busy for a while! Look for more projects daily!
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Thanks so much for posting these! I was just talking to a friend last night about Day of the Dead, and she was asking a ton of questions. I said, "You know, I just need to send you the link to Crafty Chica and the interview she did on CraftyPod." It's great to see all these resources, and I'm looking forward to introducing this tradition into our family.
ReplyDeleteAnd can I say that I love you even more for making a Steve Irwin altar!
Thanks so much for all this great stuff, and congrats on all the exciting things happening in your life! :)