Fun Zombie Make Up for Halloween & More

My daughter, Paris, figured out some amazing make up techniques this year.  She did a bunch of Halloween tutorials on her youtube channel... and she did three different looks for her, her sister and her dad.  The end result was crazy awesome!

Abyni as Cruella DeVille

Patrick & Paris as Father of the Zombie Bride

Close Up... Ewwwww!!!!

 And Jaedin as "Edward Cullen" 

(This was my makeup job.  I'm sure Paris would have been more thorough!)

Do you and yours dress up for Halloween?  We had a BLAST with costumes this year!

We even had a bonus night for costumes when the kids went to a friends party:

Dress Up Photo Shoot

Paris aka MsFashionablyChic is my 14 year old daughter.  She does makeup tutorials on her youtube channel and comes up with some super fun looks and effects.  She's studying makeup special effects on her own and has come a long way in a short time.

I've been wanting to do a photo shoot with her for a while with her smoky eye look, so the other day, the lighting hit just right and we were between projects, so I told her to go put on something sparkly and we'd take photos.

I am not claiming to be a professional photographer by any stretch of the imagination, I just really enjoy doing fun, funky and dramatic photoshoots with my girls.  Paris and Abyni both are so incredibly comfortable in front of the camera, so they make great models.  These are some of my favorite shots from the shoot:

It was a super fun day!  We're wanting to do another shoot soon, with a completely and totally different look... any suggestions? 

The Avengers Theme Room: The Bathroom... Part 1

Welcome to our awesome "The Avengers" bathroom!

Inspired by this artwork "The Painted Avengers"

Even though I am the furthest thing from a comic book fan, and generally avoid "super hero" movies, my son took me to see The Avengers and I LOVED it.  The kids all loved it as well, so when we were trying to decide how to decorate the kids/"public" bathroom in the house, it was a no brainer when we suggested "The Avengers" theme.  So, without further ado...

Come on in...

Our bathroom door is black with The Avenger's symbol painted in silver.  That way when we have guests, we can just say, The black Avengers door on the right!:)

Paris decoupaged comics onto the bathroom cabinet doors.

The Black Widow Wall will go here

And here it is!

First Paris decoupaged the comic books onto the wall, then I came along and added the black and white for shading... Here is a close up:

What do you think?  We're going to work on Thor, Iron Man and Loki next!

**Yes, we know that Loki isn't an Avenger, but we like him anyway, so we're putting him in there.  They can all duke it out when we shut the door:)

More Sneak Peeks! In Progress!

Things are SLOW going here.  My husband has been working insanely long hours in the intense heat and its wearing him out.  I'm dealing with physical and emotional issues that have me just drained.  Add to that financial strain, and its really hard to get things done!

SCROLL DOWN FOR NEW HOUSE PICS!

My oldest daughter and her fiance moved out, so we were able to finish unpacking some more, and start using our front room for games and art projects like it was intended!  That was very nice, to get all of that unpacked and set up!

 Paris has gotten back into making artwork as well.  She loves blending several different techniques and mediums:)

 

 The girls and I had fun at the park for a girl's night out...

But at HOME....

Patrick found a bunch of free pallets on Craigslist, then he and the boys took them apart for free lumber!

Which came in handy for lots of building!

We got started on Paris' bunk using free pallets! The cabinet is under her bed for her clothes, then the top part will be built in with doors that she can leave open or closed!

The AVENGERS Bathroom!!!

We got started on the Avengers bathroom... and that is looking AWE-MAZING!

The gray part that you see is actually our bathroom wall leaning up against the living room wall so that Paris can trace the characters on it... the finished product is turning out SO INCREDIBLY COOL!!!

Here's a HINT:

In the Near Future:

We have an "Avon Kick Off Party" scheduled for next weekend (the 8th) to help Paris get her Avon business going... and the week after that, on September 15th, we're having a Big Birthday Bash for Bean the Monkey Puppet Show.  If you're local to us and would like an invite for the Avon party OR if you have a little child who enjoys monkeys or puppets, let me know by facebook message on our fan page, and I'll send you an invite!

Oh, speaking of my AMAZING daughter, who is doing such AWESOME things with our Avenger's Bathroom... here is  http://www.youtube.com/user/msfashionablychic/videos :