Salty Halloween Pirate Mirror

Halloween has been in full

swing here for a while.

As many of you know we are 

building a new house, and 

most of the Halloween 

decor boxes were already 

taken to storage.  

(You may not believe that 

if you see my house all 

decorated!)

But Beaulah and I decided we 

had to decorate to be happy 

while we pack endless boxes!

It has really lifted my mood 

to have the house decorated 

and it opened the way to 

having the house ready 

for all of the last parties 

we want to have in this 

Haunted House.

In the thrift store pile was 

this old frame - that I had 

no place for in the new house.

The pirate skeleton was also 

being tossed!  

Then I decided - since I wasn't 

busy at all - haha - that I 

wanted a Halloween Craft 

Project.  

We had the pirate skeleton 

for years and only used him 

once.  He is undersized and 

had a peg leg and I just didn't 

like him much.  

So I got out my bread knife 

and sawed his lower body 

off - ZZZZ  - and then took 

his eye patch off and gouged 

a hole - trying to sound 

Halloweenish here!  

Then I stripped him of 

his headband and he was 

ready to be transformed 

with some gold paint. 

I didn't have to do 

anything to the mirror.  

A crystal knob that I had 

around the house became 

his eye - my favorite part!!!

Then I glued his headband 

back on.  I tried him without 

and he just wasn't the same. 

And we are in love with him. 

My three year old 

granddaughter was oohing 

and aahing over the 

Halloween decor in the 

living room.  I took her 

back in and pointed him out.  

She said with eyes wide open, 

"OH!  I didn't see that!" 

Now instead of the thrift 

pile he will have a place 

in our Halloween home 

for years to come.

I will be posting with 

Metamorphosis Monday

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