This is the fifth owl in our owl Christmas ornament series.
Tall brown owl Christmas ornament
We’ll have pieces like this one as well as art prints, pinback buttons, cards, jewellery, and more at our upcoming craft shows. You can also find some of our stuff on our online stores (or just email us and let us know what you’re interested in–we also do custom orders).
These are the third and fourth owls in our owl ornament series:
We’ll be selling our owls and a bunch of other arts and crafts at some upcoming craft shows in Oshawa and Toronto, as well as through our online stores.
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Here is the second owl in our Christmas owl ornament series, with his reindeer pal. These two are spoken for, but we have others available, and we take custom orders. You can also find us and our ornaments at some upcoming craft shows.
Owl ornament and reindeer
Today’s featured craft is the first in a series of owl Christmas ornaments we made for our upcoming craft shows.
We think it’s quite cute:
Red Christmas Owl Ornament
UPDATE: This adorable owl is no longer available, but if you would like a similar piece made custom for you, email us at appleofmyoddeye@gmail.com.
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With the holiday season approaching, we’ve been working on some seasonal art, ornaments, cards, and jewellery for our upcoming shows. We’ll be posting a featured piece from these crafting sessions every day between now and our last show of the year on December 14. Today we have a few progress shots for you:
We figured out to make tiny envelopes with a very simple and adaptable pattern (click and flip through to see the steps):
We’ll be at the Strange and Astounding Show on November 29 and 30 in Oshawa and the Bazaar of the Bizarre: Frostbite Edition 2014 on December 14. If you can’t catch us there and a piece you like isn’t listed on our Etsy, email us at appleofmyoddeye@gmail.com. Even if the piece you want has sold, we do custom orders.
Earlier this week, I went on a two-hour walk through High Park with my mom (we decided that our weekly cardio needed to be something that would take advantage of what nice weather we have left before the Polar Vortex sets in). The trip yielded some beautiful photos, some of which I’ve shared below:
Other than a little cropping, I haven’t edited these yet. I wanted to share them before winter sets in (I’ve already seen snowflakes this morning).
In artist news, I’ll soon be exhibiting at PRINT Gallery in Kensington, and Sean will be directing photography on a feature film in December. We’ll have more info on both those endeavours soon.
Also, Apple of my Odd Eye will be at the Strange and Astounding Show on November 29 and 30 in Oshawa at the Woodview Park Community Centre, 151 Cadillac Avenue. Ash, Devin, and I will be present at the show, so come out and say hi! There will be horror and scifi art, comics, and toys at the show. We’ll be bringing original paintings, prints, cards, buttons, books, jewelry, and more.
-Sarah
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For my final costume this year, I came up with two different looks for two different days (Wednesday and today) with the same basic concept. Wednesday was a little more elf princess, and today is a little more forest sprite/goblin, but the antlers are the centrepiece in both cases:
For some process shots, check out the post on how it was made (this was a way more complicated process than I had planned, and there are a few things I will do differently in the future if I make these again, but the end result works for the costume, and that’s what really matters): https://appleofmyoddeye.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/antlers-an-adventure-in-costuming/
And here are the costumes! I think today’s is better than Wednesday’s, but I do like some things about Wednesday’s makeup. Also, I apologise to any archers who may be offended by how inexpertly I hold that bow; in my defense, it is not designed to be a practical weapon–it’s very much for show!
I’m not the only one who got into the Halloween spirit. Devin dressed up for work today, and Ash was grinning like a Cheshire Cat at The Quilliad‘s launch and costume party last week (Devin went for a creepy costume for the launch as well):
Looking at my family, it’s not hard to see where my costume obsession comes from:
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Our neighbourhood always gets into the Halloween spirit, so I took the time to walk around and capture some of the creative displays of Halloween decorations near our apartment building. I saw everything from cotton spider webs to kid’s drawings on pumpkins. Some displays consist mostly of well-chosen pre-made decorations, but the garbage-bag spider is pretty clever!
Hope you have a great All Hallows Eve!
-Sarah
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So I made antlers this week for Halloween. Despite having planned on making something simple, they became 100x more complicated like all my other projects. The process shots show how crazy I went trying to problem solve along the way:
The end result looks like something between tree branches and antlers, but I’ve decided I’m happy with them. I think if I were to make antlers again, I’d coat them in clay before painting. I’ll be posting full-costume shots tomorrow.
-Sarah
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Hey, everyone.
We’re very into Halloween at Apple of my Odd Eye, and we’ve had a few opportunities to dress up already for The Quilliad‘s fourth issue launch party and for a backyard party. I really got into my costumes (so far) this year and thought I’d share my obsession with you.
Having decided to wear a different costume for each Halloween-themed event I go to this year, I have already spent much of this last week in thrift stores and costume stores assembling my costumes, and several hours on both faces combined. In my opinion, it was worth it–I felt super spooky. So far, it’s corpse/dead bride and Little Red Riding Werewolf down, dryad/forest spirit/elf still to go.
Big thanks to my mom for making the red hood for me and to Devin for dressing up as my corpse groom for The Quilliad‘s launch:
-Sarah
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