I can't believe it's the last day in October!! It seems like yesterday that it was sweltering hot outside...and now the weather is dipping into the 50's at night and Thanksgiving is just three weeks away. Say what?!!
Over the weekend I made some Halloween cookie treats for the kids at church. I was excited to finally put to use some of the Halloween shaped cookie cutters that I recently purchased, and make some new designs that I had never done before. The kids had a little party on Sunday and it made my heart happy to contribute to their fun-filled morning and put together cookie bags for them!
Aren't those witch legs cute!? I got the idea from Sweet Sugarbelle. She is a creative cookie queen! I often visit her site for cookie inspiration.
I also made pumpkins, spider webs, giant candy corns...
And little "lollipops"....
Naturally, Ilah was trying to nab a cookie while I was trying to take pictures....
I made A LOT more cookies then what's pictured on this platter....
I packaged them in cellophane bags and stapled scrapbook paper {that I purchased from Hobby Lobby} over the tops to make them extra cute : )
I can't wait to get going on all the ideas that I have for Christmas cookies!!!
above: A sculpture of Edgar Allan Poe by Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studio.
Few historic figures conjure up the macabre as well as the 19th century author, poet and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe. A heavy drinker, Poe was preoccupied with death, decomposition and premature burial (possibly because of his wife's early demise) and is best known for his Gothic style of fiction. Tim Burton and Edward Gorey are a just two of the well known personalities whose work is inspired by The Master of the Macabre.
above: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
His poem "The Raven" and his tale of insanity, "The Tell Tale Heart," are two of his best known darkly romantic works and have inspired many to create art, films, housewares, jewelry and other writings as an homage to Poe.
1953 animated version of The Tell Tale Heart narrated by James Mason:
And Poe's The Raven narrated by Christopher Walken:
Artists and designers have been inspired by Poe's work for centuries. To start with, here's a look some early renderings for publications of The Raven by famous historic artists Édouard Manet, Gustave Dore and John Tenniel:
Manet: above: One of the many lavish illustrations by Édouard Manet for Stéphane Mallarmé's translation, Le Corbeau (1875).
Dore: above: "The Raven" was published independently with lavish woodcuts by Gustave Doré in 1884
Tenniel: above: in 1858 "The Raven" appeared in a British Poe anthology with illustrations by John Tenniel, the Alice in Wonderland illustrator.
Jump forward to today and here are a few contemporary "Poe" pieces from various artists, illustrators, sculptors and art studios.
A watercolor of Edgar Allan Poe by goth musician and artist Marilyn Manson:
The following works are from Deviant Art and many can be purchased as prints.
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