New planchette necklace photos

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I recently took some new pics of my planchettes. Really wanted a more 'professional' feel to these pieces. A backdrop to do them justice. :)

 I 'really' like this set-up, it feels a lot more fitting for the style and theme of these planchettes. The brown satin of the backdrop and the black velvet of the display, gorgeous. Like chocolate, lol! :D

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Let me know what you think. Too dark? Just right? :)

Halloween ouija planchette necklaces

For Halloween I was recently inspired to create handcrafted Ouija planchettes from polymer clay.  Being that Spirit boards, communication with spirits, divination, and the paranormal were "all the rage" during the early 1900's, I really wanted to embrace the Victorian-Goth/Steampunk style with my planchette necklaces.

Each of these planchettes is currently available for sale through my Etsy shop:
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I wanted to approach the macabre with a bit of style and elegance, but also with a sense of darkly melancholy beauty.

While each planchette embodies a lot of the same elements, I wanted them to have their own distinct look, too, and not just differences in metal-tone.
Each planchette measures about 3" in length and includes iridescent glass ball gems, and a glass gem in the bottom-center.

Starting with the first one I created:

Since I love silver, I next really wanted to give antiqued silver a bit more play:

I love all the little details included in this one. The thigh bones at the bottom were  perfect. :D

This time I wanted to try a more 'hands on' look. :D   I really like the hand charms ON the planchette rather than just attached to it.  And the sun/moon theme worked out beautifully, too.  I really love the red-copper shade of this one. :)

This one struggled against my idea of the white background, but it finally came through for me and I'm really happy with it. :)

With this one I wanted a add a little more 'pizzazz'. So I included a genuine amethyst crystal point and a pelvis - cause it's cool. :D

Really happy with it! :D


And, with this one, I wanted to go a little different...a bit more light-hearted.  This one is Forest-Witch themed:

I had fun doing this one - got to play with COLORS. :D  I will admit that doing such a small pentacle had it's challenges, but turned out really nicely. :D

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Halloween Skull Makeup 2013

And this last post wraps up the skull makeups I did over Halloween weekend. These next two are the 4th and 5th applications. 

Nov. 1st -All Saint's Day, Full Skull Makeup. 
-Starting out with a few of the progress photos:

This was my set-up at my computer desk where I applied my makeup.

The products I used from Mehron's Paradise water-activated face makeup to NYX and MAC's matte eyeshadows.

 

These next are without my camera's flash:

And here's where I started to take off the makeup:

And lastly, the 5th and final application from Nov. 2nd, 2013:
With each application, of course, some things are bound to be a little different in one way or another...this time, I decided to add fine, hair-line cracks to the teeth...a detail I quite like:

I have a tutorial, or progress, video I'll be working on soon....so once that is finished, I'll post that and then no more skull makeup for a while.:)

Hope you've all enjoyed all of these skull makeup pics, though.:D