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Christmas Craft-A-Long Livestream Tomorrow at 3:00 pm EST!

Hello!!

Tomorrow at 3:00 Let's gather in the parlor by the tree and make some Creepy Christmas Buckeyes! I will also be announcing what the December contest will be during the livestream! The winner will receive one of the Shrunken Head Ornaments from Yesterday's episode, so be sure to tune in!

(Contest is not related to the Craft A-Long, so you don't have to craft along to participate :D )

Things you'll want to have on hand to make your own Buckeye's...

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Tsantsas Elves - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

In this episode we make a bushel of Tsantsas (Shrunken head) ornaments for the Christmas Tree!! One of these will be given away on Sunday's livestream :D

Spiderweb Ornament - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

Hello!!

This is the simple episode I mentioned earlier. The more complicated ornament project comes tomorrow... :D

Craft Along livestream is this Sunday at 3:00PM EST and we'll be making peanut-butter buckeyes (With a twist! ) More to come on that soon :)

Christmas Update!

Hello!!

Next week TWO different ornament episodes are coming! One is very achievable and fun and the other... is a little more complicated.

I'm planning a fun livestream for Sunday December 22nd, where I'll be doing a contest and the winner will receive one of the complicated ornaments :D

I would love to post a teaser photo, but I'd rather keep it under wraps till the episodes come out.

I'm hoping you're all having a wonderful holiday so far and I can't ...

November Episode Update and Favorite Holiday Recipes!

Hello!

The November Episode is still in the works and after chatting yesterday in the livestream, I think we're going to take a little break to be with family and then have the episode finished up and posted later next week :)) 

In the meantime, I thought it would be fun for us all to share some of our favorite recipes in preparation for Thanksgiving!

Above is a video I love so much, with a truly wonderful recipe! I use Myokos butter and add toasted pecans. I ...

Cozy Fireside chat! 6:00 PM EST

Cozy Fireside chat Tomorrow! Sunday the 24th at 6:00 PM EST

Hello!!

Let's cozy up next to a fire tomorrow night to relax and chat about our holiday plans and exciting things that are coming even after Christmas! :))

Oh! and a huge thank you to everyone who pre-ordered your shoes!! I know you will love them and I'm dying to see the outfits you style them with! :D

See you very soon!

-Christine

Creating my new line of shoes with American Duchess! - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

As promised! A full length episode all about the shoes :D I hope you've had a wonderful week!

-Christine

Q&A Request!

Hello!

Tomorrow I'm filming a video where I'll be talking about the shoes I designed with American Duchess and I thought I could turn to you and see if there's anything you would like me to cover? So if you have any questions or suggestions of things I should include, please leave them below :))

This will be a public episode (hopefully coming out later this week). Then just after Thanksgiving, I'll be posting a fun craft video just for you!

Hope you're having a wonderfu...

My collaboration with American Duchess has Launched!!! :D

HELLO!!

Today is finally the day! The three leather-free styles I designed with American Duchess are now available for pre-order!! Any of the styles ordered before Nov 24th are 15% off :D

I hope you love these as much as I do! Also, how neat is the track the captive created for this clip!?!

https://www.americanduchess.com

Much more on this coming soon!

-Christine

Patreon Exclusive! Building a Secret Compartment - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

Hello again!! In this episode I Feature how the secret pathway to the haunted paintings was created!

-Christine

Making a New Haunted Painting - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

Hello!!

In this episode I take another stab at making a haunted (moving eye) painting! I hope you love it and have a Happy Halloween!

-Christine

Clue Movie Night! 6:00 PM EST

2024 Halloween Card + Clue Movie Night this Sunday!!

Goodmorning!!

I wanted to share a digital copy of this year's Halloween Card! If you're in the third tier and up and haven't received yours yet, it should be there shortly :D

This Sunday night at 6:00 PM EST we're doing a CLUE movie night! So get your candlesticks, lead pipes and lengths of rope ready! As an exciting bonus, during this stream I think I should be able to share a sneak peak of the partnership I've hinted at! ... and it is insanely exciting!!

Two new ...

A Haunted Library on a Stormy Night: 4K Halloween Ambience - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

Hello!

This is a bonus ambience episode :D Someone here on Patreon suggested I do one of these and it got me thinking of a way to do one that was a bit different. I hope you like it... a new project episode is in the works!

-Christine

Monster House Delay

Well crackers... 

I am super bummed, but I have to pause work on the monster house and save it for 2025 :( 

I've run into a few obstacles that started to stack on each other:  The first was figuring out the eye. It did not want to cooperate, and when I finally got all the kinks worked out, the weather started to turn. In addition, the size of each piece got so big, they needed to be moved outside and completed on the lawn (Where it is currently wet and freezing...

Spiced Cider Livestream! 6:00 PM EST

A Haunted Library - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

In this Episode I give my library a spooky facelift! Livestream is SUNDAY AT 6:00 PM EST and I'll post about that once more tomorrow :))

Until then, I hope you enjoy this! :D

-Christine

September Update!!

Hello!

The first and most exciting announcement is that the 2024 Monster house project is happening!!! This one is by far the most ambitious project I've ever tackled and all of the pieces are coming together super well (so far)! 

With how my timeline is going at the moment, It's looking like this episode should be coming sometime around mid October!

Your September episode will be posted by the 30th and I promise it is one you will love! This episode will feat...

Summer Trip with my Mom to Newport RI - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

Here is the episode featuring the vacation I took with Mom earlier this summer. I'm currently working on this years Halloween projects, and I'm thinking this might be my best ever... I can't wait to share what's in store :)

-Christine

Editing an Area Rug - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

Hello!

The episode featuring the Newport trip with Mom is coming on Tuesday and the roof episodes will be coming towards the end of September :D

My cauldron is already bubbling with projects for fall and I'll be sharing an update on those soon! Until then, I hope you enjoy this project and wish you a lovely Labor Day Weekend...

-Christine

Sunday Watercolor Craft Along!

Sunday Watercolor Craft Along! 3:00 PM EST 8/25

(Morgan and Noelle both mentioned you'll want to grab some watercolor specific paper to print on. Bellow is the message from Morgan :)

(Morgan,

Hello!! Watercolorist here! I'm so excited for this! Pro tip: use 100% cotton watercolor paper if you can! You'll be more successful with your painting. The cotton paper absorbs the watercolor paint extremely well. If you use a paper blend (not 100% cotton), the watercolor will not absorb well and you'll end up with lots of buckling and po...

Strawberry Lemon Bars - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

Hello!!

It took me a second to get this together, but I hope it was worth the wait :))

The recipe is in the video description :D

-Christine

Slight Additional Delay!

Hello!

July's Episode will now "bee" coming Monday!

I wish you could have seen my face yesterday morning... I went to apply my fancy finishing pieces to the dessert I've made, only to realize it had been too many days and the Bars had wilted past the point of being Photo ready!

...I even went so far as to try injecting them with frosting to fluff them back up, but ...

July Episode coming Saturday Morning :D

Hello!

I just wanted to drop this update in case you missed the livestream. An idea to enhance this month's episode grew legs (and wings) and I think this will make an already really exciting baking episode even better! Thank you so much for your patience.

As an additional bonus, In August we will be doing a watercolor craft-along! 

Thank you once again and I hope you are having a wonderful evening :))

-Christine

Lemonade Livestream! 6:00 PM EST

Lemonade Livestream this Sunday at 6:00 PM EST + Update!

Hello!!

This month has been REALLY exciting and I can't wait for you to see what I've been up to! The roof project is nearing completion and in the meantime, I've set up a makeshift Summer Kitchen, which I've already filmed this month's episode in!

That episode will be coming mid next week and the roof episode should be out probably near the end of August.

Some more exciting news is that the Fall Monster House Project will soon be underway! I've already mapped out my ...

Marble Mantle Restoration & Craft Room Painting - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

In this episode I strip 100 years of paint and stains off of a victorian mantle and create an ombre effect on the walls and ceiling of my new craft room!

Cookies & Lemonade Livestream! 6:00 PM EST

Meet Barnabus and catch up with me over a refreshing Summer snack!