DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

    During Halloween season, when images of ghosts and goblins start to inhabit our consciousness, it is important to remember that people are not the only ones who have been known to return to our world of perception as spirits, apparitions, phantoms or poltergeists. Dogs, cats, sheep, horses, and cattle have been known to haunt human beings throughout the history of folklore.     Typically, parasychologists consider ghostly animals as those creatures whose deaths were unusually emotional in some way, and that their new identity of a ghost is a curse that never allows them to est. Sometimes they are harmless, although frightening. However if they appear colored dark black than usually they represent a premonition that something dire is about to happen. In Trucker lore, the image of a black dog is usually the ultimate sign of dread and bad luck.     In East Anglia generally, whenever someone was o their death bed, people would say th...

How to Speed up the Aging Process - A Little Rusting Technique!! I seen a rusting recipe on Pinterest - and wanted to try it on some ornament hooks. My tree is going to be more rustic this year, and the silver hooks are not going to work - so another Pinterest idea got put into action. Here is what I did.... I bought some cool ornament hooks at the $ Store. I checked out the link to the rusting recipe from a blog called Lipstick and Laundry. You need to check out what she rusted -  CLICK HERE TO SEE! I cut the recipe in half and used a yogurt container. I stirred the concoction with all disposable utensils JUST IN CASE. Once you put your metal in it will foam up - so make sure you have a big enough container.  I used 1 cup peroxide, 1/8 cup white vinegar and 1 tablespoon salt. The ornament hooks took one hour to rust. I have some bells rusting - I will leave them for 24 hours. I didn't want to chance dumpi...

Statue commemorating the wine horse festival      Caravaca de la Cruz  in Murcia,Spain is the fifth most holiest site for Catholics and is surrounded by fascinating legends.     Caravaca de la Cruz is situated just a short distance from the city of Murcia in the Province of Murcia, Spain and is a fascinating place to visit. It is a site of great importance in the Catholic Church and has a long and varied history. Caravaca de la Cruz is the fifth holiest city in the world for Catholics after Santiago de Compostela, Rome, Jerusalem and Santo Toribio de Liébana. The town celebrates an Annus Sanctus every seven years, the most recent being in 2010, a time of jubilee and when plenary, solemn and universal indulgences are granted to all those who make the pilgrimage. Legend of the 'Vera Cruz'     There is a legend of how the town came to get its name. According to the legend, during the time of Muslim oc...

Homemade Suckers Every year all the girls in the family get together to make Homemade Suckers. This year was no different. We got together last week and made Cherry, Cinnamon and Butterscotch Suckers, and they turned out delish! We use molds my mom got 20+ years ago and since then we’ve bought a few more, but they are such a handy thing to have around because the kids not only love helping make the suckers, but they love eating them too. And I would be lying if I said I didn’t like them cuz they are so good! I decided to make a tag to go with them as well. Here is the recipe so you can make them too… Homemade Suckers By  Lil' Luna Cuisine:   American Course:   Treat Skill Level:   Easy Use this recipe to make some old-fashioned hard-candy suckers that are perfect for the holidays. INGREDIENTS   Print This Recipe 1 cup   sugar 1/2 cup   water 1/3 cup   cornsyrup 1/4 tsp   flavoring 1/4 t...

    Tinku , an Andean tradition, began as a form of ritualistic combat. It is native to the northern region of Potosí in Bolivia. In the language of  Quechua , the word  “tinku”  means encounter. In the language of Aymara it means  “physical attack".  During this ritual, men and women from different communities will meet and begin the festivities by drinking and dancing. The women will then form circles and begin chanting while the men proceed to fight each other; rarely the women will join in the fighting as well. Large tinkus are held in Potosí during the first few weeks of May.     Because of the rhythmic way the men throw their fists at each other, and because they stand in a crouched stance going in circles around each other, a dance was formed. This dance, the Festive Tinku, simulates the traditional combat, bearing a warlike rhythm. The differences between the Andean tradition and the dance are the costumes, ...

     San Isidro  is the patron saint of the peasants and laborers and is also the patron saint of Madrid. Tradition has it that on May 15th the people of Madrid are to make a pilgrimage to San Isidro's meadow to celebrate his day and to drink the holy water of his fountain in his hermitage's patio. Madrid's biggest  "fiesta"  is celebrated yearly starting on the Friday before the 15th and running until the following Sunday, 9 days of Saintly jubilee throughout the Comunity of Madrid.     You can visit the church of the same name on calle Toledo - built over the site where the miracle purportedly took place - about two blocks from the Plaza Mayor. The church holds a small museum with exhibits including the famous well along with a small collection of archaeological findings excavated in the region of Madrid.     Like most in Spain, this Madrid festival has largely lost its religious character. ...

DIY Masquerade Mask: Ice Queen 18th of December, 2012  ∞   Art & Design I love doing these, the l ast one I did of these  was well over two years ago and I’ve been itching to get back to making more since then. My plan is to more make more of these but showing how to make them from scratch. Today I will be doing a Snow Queen themed mask. What I used: Glue Gun Super Glue (if you can use something like bostick) Rhinestones (and lots of them!) Silver Nail Varnish Glitter Nail Varnish A cast of your face But what if I don’t have a face cast? I realise that a  face cast   isn’t something everyone has or nessesarily want’s to have done. If you don’t have a face cast you can get  full sized masquerade masks  and use that instead. Speaking of which I really should show how to do a super basic face mask that you could make these on…I’ll have to work on that. I hope you like the video :)