My partner and I recently saw Dr. Strange in theaters, and I got my first peek at the trailer for the newest X-Men movie, Logan. As soon as I saw it, I thought: No Country For Old X-Men! The new film has a vibe totally different from other superhero movies. I'm excited to see it! Anyway, this inspiration led to some... computer fun.

​Coming soon to a theater near you...

See you at the cinema!

Warm wishes,

​Alex

I hope you had a Happy Halloween. I had a blast bringing my inner Werewolf -- or should I say, Femwolf -- to life! This was a lot of fun. My one complaint is that the liquid silicone under my faux sideburns removed some of my real sideburns! I'm excited that the shirt will double as a cozy, hipster piece this winter. :-) 

​I just love classic monsters! Last year, Skeleton. This year, Werewolf. Next year, I'm thinking... Mummy! Only 362 days left to get ready...

See you next full moon. *Hooooowl*

Warm wishes,

​Alex

This post is about a “Bottle of Boos” I created for Halloween. This post covers how to drill the hole, frost the glass, and install the lights. To see how I created and affixed the label, see my next post! This project is a part of my larger plan to create a set of potions to display at Halloween. I made two Bottle of Boos. The first bottle was a bit of a failed experiment. I’ll show you both.

First, here is what the finished product looks like.

I used battery operated LED wire lights, which I got at CVS around Christmas time in 2014. I love these particular lights because they have flashing and phasing settings. The phasing setting looks great. The lights pulse, slowly growing brighter, and slowly getting dimmer. I haven’t been able to find any other lights with this setting.

For my first bottle (the quasi-failure) I used battery operated LED wire lights (36 inches, 18 warm white bulbs), which I got at Bed Bath & Beyond. You can find them here.

Before I found lights at Bed Bath and Beyond, I used the Google shopping search engine to search for them. I got good results when I used the following words:

• warm led wire battery
  

I didn’t use a specific number of bulbs or a specific wire length near the end of my search, because there is a lot of variety between the products, and it makes the search overly narrow.

You can also use the following words to narrow your search:

• 3’, 6.5’, 8’, 20’
  
• 36”
  
• 3, 6.5, 8, or 20 ft or feet
  
• 36 in or inch
  
• 12, 18, 20, or 25 bulb
  
• 12, 18, 20, or 25 LED
  
• Battery
  
• Battery operated
  
• Battery powered
  
• Bridal
  
• Clear
  
• Cool
  
• Copper
  
• Fairie
  
• Fairy
  
• LED 
  
• Light
  
• Lite
  
• Micro
  
• Mini
  
• Rice
  
• Silver
  
• String
  
• Submersible
  
• Teardrop
  
• Vase led string
  
• Warm
  
• Waterproof
  
• Wedding
  
• White
  
• Wire
  

Features you might be interested in:

Power

• Battery-operated. AA or AAA batteries are gonna be a lot cheaper than lights powered by those tiny round batteries. I prefer battery-operated lights because the strings are shorter and I can move the bottle anywhere.
  
• Plug-in
  
• Remote controlled
  
• Solar
  

Settings

• Fading / Phasing 
  
• Flashing
  
• Steady off
  
• Steady on
  
• Timer
  

On a side note, I experimented with other frosting paint before I was successful with the Krylon spray paint. The other paint I tried was Martha Stewart Crafts brand Glass Paint in Frost Translucent, which I got here. You apply the paint and bake the glass in the oven. You can see the difference below.

I was inspired by pictures I saw on Pinterest. There are a lot of Bottles of Boos lights out there. I have seen some on Etsy, like this one here.

I also looked up tutorials on how to drill through glass, like this one here.

Try making your own Bottle of Boos and share your results in the comments below!

Warm wishes,

Alex

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