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Welcome to week 3 of Monday's Maladies!
"Inflammatory Howl Disease"This disease affects werewolves. Very much like strep throat, the best thing to do is rest your voice. Unfortunately, when a full moon rises, werewolves cannot resist the urge to howl, which leads to a severely sore throat and irritability."Pnemoania"This affects new witches and warlocks. Symptoms are similar to what humans call the 'flu.'There is general stiffness and soreness of the body which leads to loud moaning by the witch or warlock who is ill.
"Cowllergies"This is seasonal and related to hay fever. Those affected will involuntarily conjure a cow with each sneeze.
Although it is not considered dangerous to the witch, it IS dangerous to those nearby as there is no control over where the cow will land. Therefore, one needs to use caution so as not to get squished."Batulism"Similar to Felineicity. This typically affects those witches and warlocks who turn themselves into bats frequently. Since it affects the sinuses and ears, Batulism impairs the sonar used to fly while in bat form. This causes erratic flying and crashes, which are often fatal. Batulism has been known to cross contaminate into vampire clans.
Here is my 'project' for week 3.
It is so easy and fast.....and perfect for Halloween!
Take a couple of cheapo owls you bought at Goodwill for a buck each....
Then spray paint them a glossy black....and add red rhinestones for eyes!
Presto-Changeo.....Hoooooooo's scary now!
Feel free to link up your project!
Welcome to week 2 of Monday's Maladies, a forum in which we define illnesses and diseases contracted by witches and other wicked creatures.
"Feebles"
When a witch contracts Feebles, he or she becomes despondent, and loses self confidence which is a very dangerous condition. If left untreated, it can turn into Alfrightus.
"Alfrightus"
The advanced form of Feebles.
Similar to phobias in humans but in a more extreme form. With Alfrightus, witches fear EVERYTHING, including themselves which can cause suicidal tendancies. Cases do not end in suicide however, due to the affected witch being AFRAID of suicide.
"Hooping Cough"
This affects the young. When a coughing fit occurs, involuntary flipping occurs...thus, the term "Hooping."
Unfortunately, during hooping fits, children end up bonking their heads quite a bit, leading to bruising.
Hooping Cough has been linked to diminished mental capacity so it is considered a very serious disease.
"Salmanella"
A disease contracted only by wizards. Once contracted, a wizard's skin will turn a lovely shade of pink which can lead to depression. There is no known cause and the cure rate is quite low. There have been breakouts at Wizard conventions. When this occurs, the disease is referred to as Salmenella.
"Inflewinza"
Inflewinza actually affects a witch's broomstick. When not properly cleaned and maintained, a broomstick can develop inflewinza.
During this state, the broom can only fly indoors which will lead to disaster because you do not know the broom has contracted the illness until you hop on for a ride.
Fortunately, inflewinza is quite rare due to the fact that brooms can tolerate a fair amount of dirt, debris and neglect.
Welcome to week 2 of Spookify Me Saturday!If you'd like to play along, just link in at the bottom of this post...I hope you do!So on to the project!The last couple of years I've bought a bag of cheap plastic skulls from the local dollar store. You get 10 skulls for a buck. I've used them in lots of little projects.
This time, I decided to turn one into a Halloween tassel.You will need:a plastic skulldowel rod or pencildrillE6000ribbon/muslin/fabric: 4 kinds cut at differing lengths. Cut 4 of each type/color2 types of trimscissorspony beadsspiders, etc.tapestry needleFirst take your skull and drill a hole into the bottom and then another hole into the top. I drilled the top hole where the seam line was and it hangs perfectly.Be careful, plastic is slippery. I held mine against a cushion and went very, very slowly until I got it going.
After you drill your hole, take a blunt pair of kiddie scissors and widen just the bottom hole to a little smaller than the size of your dowel. You want a REALLY tight fit on this.Set the dowel aside and thread a piece of ribbon on a tapestry needle and go thru both holes.Tie a knot and stuff it up into the skull, remember to take the needle off before tying your knot!
Now shove the dowel into the skull and mark it where it sticks out about 2 inches. BTW, soft wood can be cut with kitchen shears or nippers. Cut the dowel and put some E6000 on one end and shove it back up into the skull until it stops. Let it dry. 
Now the fun part!Take your longest ribbon or muslin and simply tie a knot on the dowel. Do this with all 4 pieces.Flatten them down a bit
Repeat with the next longest and flatten again
Move the knots with each change of color
After adding your last color, go around and tweak the ribbons and shift the knots to where they are all uniform. Make sure your knots are tight or dab some glue on and let it dry.
Now add your edging. I used 2 types of bobble trim for mine because I had it in my stash and was too lazy to go buy something better.Cut it a bit longer than you think you'll need....it has to go around all those knots!Use your E6000 and glue it around under the jaw but low to cover all the knots.Top off with another trim, covering up the first trim edge. Put it tight against the jawline to cover up everything. It will give it a more polished look.
Now, take some Halloween colored beads. I used pony beads because I had some on hand. Slip them up onto the ribbons. After that, glue a spider on a ribbon or two...It looks like this now...
Hang it up to completely dry.
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