My New Halloween Wreath! (AKA, YAY GLOWING SKULLS)

Not since my Eyeball Flower Wreath from last year have so many of you jumped on a craft tutorial, and I am LOVING all your Glowing Skull photos!

 A rainbow of skulls!

I'm dubbing Emily G.'s "the Portal pair":
 
 ("This is a triumph.")

Spooky even with the lights off!

There were several epic quests to round up supplies:

And some forced improvisations when that frame proved elusive:


Meg T. made a mini version!

 Jen H. wins "Most Creepy" with her horrifically fabulous red-lit skull:

I swear I can see eyes in there. [shudder]

She sponged some gold paint on the frame, too, which looks awwwwesome.

Jen made another one with a flickering tea light in the skull, too, and oh dang:

 THAT IS COOL.


But what really got my gears cranking was when a couple of you went the extra EXTRA mile:

 

Darci combined her glowing skull with more dollar store items, and made an epic cobweb wreath.

And look at this prettiness Christina put together!

::drool::

(She tells me she's looking for purple LEDs to put in the skull. Yessss.


So clearly at this point I had to make a wreath, too. HAD TO.

And here's what I came up with:

The wire wreath form and feather boa are from JoAnn's, but the rest - roses, raven, and glittery and light-up spiders - are all from our trusty local Dollar Tree.

I was aiming for something Morticia Addams would approve of. How'd I do?

I really like all the different textures, and how the boa looks kind of scraggly and shredded.
(The skull frame isn't attached to the wreath, btw; it's just hanging there in the middle.)

At night you can't see much inside all that black, but it's still quite dramatic with only the skull lit up:

 Those white spiders are actually clear, and blink different colors:

The slow shutter speed made the colors all turn blue/green, though.

Here's a better idea of the colored lights, taken inside:

 

And one final shot taken inside, just 'cuz I like it:

 It looks like I took the colors out, but I didn't! It's just on a white door. Pretty, right? In a ghostly, spine-tingling, thoroughly unsettling kind of way?

Thanks to everyone who's shared photos so far, and please keep 'em coming over on the Epbot FB page, guys! Makes me happy. :)

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If you're looking for more Halloween crafts, you might like my candy corn resin jewelry, my giant tree cauldron, my Lite Brite Pumpkin, or my Haunted Mansion wreath! 

Or you can go browse ALL my tutorials over on the Craft Page.