Was playing around on the lobes of the small heart. Created 4 miniature skulls, and then ironed them together with a green bead to fill the middle space.

Found this nice skull pattern at http://skulladay.blogspot.com/2007/11/166-fused-bead-skull.html . I adapted it a tiny bit, and also put it in shades of purple.
Half the people I showed it to knew it was a skull, the other half thought it was the Earth. Hm, wonder if it could be used in one of those Rorschach tests?

This morning I'm making 'Rice Krispie Treats' without the Rice Krispies. I'm using MaltoMeal's DinoBites instead. I thought they would be a good choice for making nice cheerful Day of the Dead -type skulls. Lots of fruity flavor, too. I don't have enough molds to do a whole batch at once, so I'm doing half at a time.
DinoBite Treat Skulls
16 ounce bag of marshmallows
a big bag of Dino Bites
about 3 Tablespoons of butter

Melted a little over half of the marshmallows, and 2 Tablespoons butter in the microwave on 30 power for 3 minutes. Stir, then dump in a pan with about 5 cups cereal, mix well. Pushed tightly, with buttered hands into the buttered molds, and now I'm waiting for them to cool so I can make the other half.
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For face molds I have a large skull, large demon, large witch, and 2 small skulls. There was enough mixture for one of each.
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I found the skull molds at http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/
Good prices, and the folks there are very nice.

Good evening!
Three of the contestants were installed in the yard today. Above is Miss Lascaux from France, and Sonja from Iceland. Below is Sadie The Swamp Lady, from Swampland.
I put the ladies out without their sashes, but started making them today.

Here's Heidi, Miss Switzerland.
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She's a 5 foot plastic skeleton. Her hair is a piece of yellow material braided on the ends, and duct taped to the head. Her eyes are blue plastic gemstones glued into the sockets. The sockets and mouth areas were colored in with black permanent marker.
The red sweater is stuffed with plastic grocery bags; the vest is 2 yellow bags, clipped and tied into shape. There is a kerchief on the back of the head that doesn't show from this side.
The bottom is just a dance petticoat with a fleece-like skirt over the top,
It still needs the trim on the vest, but she is basically finished.