...eerie...

The job of decorating the teachers' room table for Halloween/Christmas/Valentine's Day/Easter seems to fallen on me...
Not that I mind in the least.
I like coming up with a nice surprise for my coworkers :)

Today I transformed the table into a spooky forest.

The table runner is glued together from pages from a Hammond Innes novel... I really do have some kind of a addiction to crfating with old books.
The dried pine branches were stuck into air-drying clay that I painted black and sprinkled a little glitter onto.

And then those ghosts....

...they came out sooo cool.

I've stuck battery operated tea lights underneath for the glow.

How are they made?

I dipped white cotton fabric into a white glue and water mix, wrung it dry and draped over my models:

two small lego princes, two Bratz dolls and one action man all draped in cling film...
Really.. I got some funny looks when I was walking around with those.. it looked like a fetish gone a little awry :P

After a good 6-7 hours of drying, the ghosts were dry and keep their shape nicely.

And surprisingly easy :)

Any great ideas for a Xmas table?

..is this thing on...

..off to Pinterest then... :)