Frida Kahlo, Creepy Fortune Tellers, and Lizzie Borden!!!

I was inspired by this peek into Frida's Closet, to create a new shadow box.  I chose to put her in her studio with some of her beloved pets.

There is no clear line from Frida to Lizzie, but they both happened this month.  I may have overindulged in the blood splatter but after watching the series with Christina Ricci and loving the high camp factor I was inspired.

From Frida and Lizzie, I moved to a creepy fortune teller.  I was sifting through the spare doll parts (Doesn't everybody have a drawer full of spare parts?) and I ran across a particularly lovely head.  I gave her a bandana and some silver hoop earrings and a miniature Ouija board.  And then I encased her in a "crystal" ball.

I started a new shadow box thinking I was going to do something along the lines of a Victorian parlor with a mourning skeleton.  But midway through making the skeleton's dress she decided she was a witch.  So I switched gears and went with Miss Witch's parlor.

 So here she is all ready to be a proper Victorian lady in mourning when the compulsion hits and this happens

Once she went there I had to create a creepy home for her.  

Need a love spell, your fortune told?  Step right in she's just waiting to welcome you.

   I'm kind of obsessed with all things vintage and antique.  I'm especially in love with the 20's and the Victorian era and giving them a Gothic twist.  My latest 20's / Gothic mash-up was inspired when I got this Art Deco style clock case.  I just knew it had to become a vampire flapper's boudoir complete with a skull chandelier.

 

This clock case seemed to call out for a Victorian vampire tea party.  I love the idea of the traditional lawn party being held at night in the cemetery by a very proper looking lady who just happens to be a vampire.  She's even carrying a black parasol in case those moonbeams become too bright.