I love monograms and initials. I love Halloween. I love the Dollar Store. Ergo, I love this project: a monogram made out of silver skeletons.
It was pretty easy to create.
I grabbed a few of these skeleton garlands from the Dollar Store, took the ropes from around their bony little necks and spray painted them a shiny silver. Once they were dry, I started playing around with them to make a shape.
I painted a piece of wood a glossy black, then laid out my skeleton design.
I used painter’s tape to create a “stencil” for my W. You guys, I have to tell you that I just swear by FrogTape 
Take it outside and spraypaint the exposed wood with the same color silver that you painted the skeletons with.
Peel off the tape and then begin to glue down your skeletons. You cannot use hot glue for this. I ended up keeping my center skeleton’s legs in place with a can of chipotle peppers. You can use whatever. (obviously.)
I popped the board into a frame, and that was that. If you wanted to, you could use the cardboard that comes with a frame, instead of using a board for this project. (It would be easier, actually…. I just had a board that happened to be the same size as the frame.)
The finished project? A fun, quirky, Halloween spin on a traditional monogram.
OK, this project isn’t for everybody… If your initial is an S or a C or something similarly curvy, this might not be the craft for you. But, if you’re a W or an H or something straight and/or angular, this is easy for you.
Speaking of W… 10 years ago today, Handsome Hubby and I got married. (You can read our first love-love lost-love found story HERE.) From the time I was 15 years old I knew HH was the love of my life. I used to write Mrs. W on my folders and books in high school.
Happy Anniversary, HH. You are my better half and wake up each morning, loving you a little more than I did the day before. xoxo
first – Happy Anniversary!!!
second – I can’t support this craft, and I will tell you why. I lurve Bones, the TV show. A few seasons ago there was a silver skeleton that played a pivitol role…. basically a canibal replaced each bone with a bone from one of his victims.
V…. do you eat tiny people?
LOL
Can I call this creepy and adorable at the same time? Love it!
Great idea V! Cute with a hint of creepy. 😉
Happy Anniversary.
<3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
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Happy Anniversary! <3
Bummer… I just passed up a fresh set of black glitter skulls at the £shop today because I thought I had enough of them in my planned decorations.. couldn’t you have posted this yesterday?
Now I have to go all the way back into town. Well, thank you very much! Hrmph.
What a fun idea for Halloween, jumping on the Monogram trend bandwagon at the same time! Happy 10th Anniversary! 🙂
Stop it! This is just too amazing! What a clever idea! So elegant yet creepy at the same time. Only you could style a skeleton and make them fancy enough for your gorgeous mantel! Kind of in love with this one Vivienne 🙂
Amy*
This is SO cute!!