Monday, September 10, 2012

HOW TO HAUNT YOUR HOUSE BOOKS 1-3



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HOWTO HAUNT YOUR HOUSE BOOK 1

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HOWTO HAUNT YOUR HOUSE BOOK 2
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HOWTO HAUNT YOUR HOUSE BOOK 3



Halloween is around the corner, green is turning into gold, leaves are falling with the breeze and the grass crunching under your feet.  What a wonderful magical time is Halloween.  This is without a doubt my favorite time of year.  Anything can happen on Halloween.  This one night a year magic fills the air, laughter, joy and dreams have no boundaries.  The veil is thin between our world and the other.  Witch’s ghost and ghouls will rule the night.  And it’s time to make them welcome.  And what better way than with the help of Shawn Mitchell and Lynne Mitchell.  Authors of how to Haunt your House, book 1-3.
 I have been lusting after these books for a very long time.  As I am on a fixed income and have been unable to purchase these books.  But thanks to my best friend, Valerey, I have been able to buy all three.  Last year she gave me her kindle after she bought the new kindle fire.  This enabled me to buy not one but all three of these books on my kindle for $9.00 each.  My best friend always has the coolest gadgets and is always sweet enough to give me the one she replaces.  RE purpose and gifting at its best.  And if you read my blog you know that these are the two things I love most.only going to use theme for these projects you can get away with using the more inexpensive tolls.  Again trust your own judgment and weigh you pros and cons.
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You can spend as much or as little as you wish, that is what is so great about their books.  You get to decide how much you spend.
Some of the projects you will find in these books are very simple and easy to do.  Some examples are using dryer lint and paint to create moss that you can use to decorate tombstones doors and so for.  Detailed techniques on how to cut Styrofoam into various props and how to paint those props for realistic a look.  The books are filled very detailed images so that you can see how to do something.  As I a visual learner this is great for me and it helps me to understand exactly what their saying and how to do it.
One of my favorite projects in the book is sand casting.  As I model with clay I often find myself wanting or needing a mold to create a certain thing.  Mold kits are very expansive and the numbers of molds you can make from a kit are very limited.  Making molds from clay itself does not always turn out very well.  The clay molds are not flexible and I found myself having to re sculpt the thing I was molding to begin with.  In their first book they show you how to do so and molding or stand casting.  I love the way they used hot glue to create the fence tops.  By using sand and a fence pole topper they were able to create a single mold to make as many tops as they need.  The best part is that they are able to reuse the sand for other molds.  A great way to save money and simple enough that everyone has it.  They even show you how to make a flexible hand using this mold technique, hot glue and wire.
The famous monster mud is also included in this book.
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They show you how to create and use this wonderful stuff.  Monster mud is great for creating a concrete or decaying effect.  They show you how to use monster mud to make a Scarecrow and other horrifying things.
Their visual effects section shows you how to use a TV for a ghost affect and how to set it up so that you can scare your guests with your ghostly images.  From lighting to fog that last.  PVC pipe fence  post, statues, poison apples, brain bubblers, Halloween tree, large tombstone cover, bride’s tomb, spooky chandelier, witch’s pantry, bubbling cauldron, cemetery, graves entrance and even a vampire hunter’s kit. These three books offer a wide variety of Halloween fun.  From the simplest to the more elaborate, these books show you all and more.  They are well worth the money and a great addition to any Halloween fends spooky collection.
You can find these books at Amazon .com.  Purchase these as tangible books or in kindle format.  If you do not have a kindle device no need to worry, Amazon offers a free application called kindle for PC.  Just download this free application log in at Amazon by the digital format and select it to be downloaded to the kindle for PC application.  After you purchase you can download these books and read them right from your computer.  This is how I downloaded these books and I love that they are in color right on my laptop
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The authors of these books also have a web site with additional tips and techniques at 
www.howtohauntyourhouse.com.Their site offers hack lab where you can find how to turn store bought props into one of the kind creations or how to build your own.  The library, where you can buy their books tee shirts and other things.  You can also check out from the crypt and see their images and videos of their past Halloween events.  They also have a YouTube channel that you can visit and see the action live.  Printable patterns are also offered under their download section
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Check out these two creative people who have so much talent it turns me green with envy.


You’re never too young to enjoy Halloween!

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