Bunny Snakes

During the 13 days of Creepmas I discovered the wonderful world of snakes with hats.  The only thing more adorable than snakes in Santa hats, are snakes with bunny ears.  I found these two cuties at earthables.com.

 

And this cuddly bunny snake at lostateminor.com.
 

 

Still in the spirit of Easter, this beautiful picture found at snakebuddies.net,

which has a lot of other great stuff on snakes. 

And just because they are awesome, bunny-like marine snails. 

This picture is from wonderfuloflife.com

 

Santa Snakes & Snails and Cat O' Nine Tails

I got a good deal on this snail awhile back and thought I'd zombify him.  I still haven't figured out what I can do to make him more zombie like, so I haven't change a thing.  Yes, this is exactly how he looked when I found him, minus the santa hat. 

He's still out from Halloween, and my husband, not the Halloween enthusiast, asked me when he's going to get put away.  So I did what I always do around this time when I can't let go of something Halloweeny yet, I gave him a holiday makeover.  Years before Creepmas was a thing, I found throwing on a santa hat on something will buy me at least another month.

I had to make a hat for him and I was trying to decide what to make.  A big hat that covers his head with holes for his eyestalks, a little one slung back behind his eyestalks, maybe a teeny tiny one between his eyestalks.  Snail fashion is complicated.  So I thought WWGD.  What would Gary (from SpongeBob) do? Not thinking, I google, "gary santa hat".  To my surprise a ton of images of snakes in santa hats popped up.  Are there a lot of snakes named Gary? Anyway, a lot of them weren't just any old snakes, they were ball pythons.  I adore ball pythons. So that's how I found all these awesome pictures:

 

mypetpython.com

ball-pythons.net

styx-leagon.deviantart.com

By the way I did google, "gary snail santa hat" and I found this. 

 

 

Sorry Gary, but the whole "hats on both eyestalks" thing just doesn't work for me. 

 

 

And here are some more snails in santa hats:

survivorsucks.yuku.com

tackyraccoons.com

 

If you know how to knit there are free patterns to make these guys at mochimochiland.com.

 

Lots of Christmas themed snail stickers at zazzle.com, wish there were some that said Creepmas. 

Also I promised a cat o' nine tails. I think this one would make a great gift for Krampus.  Bet nobody ever thinks to give him something. 

kangaroowhips.com

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

I call this one Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, partly because I like the book, but mostly because it’s a catchy title, and for me conjures up images, albeit misplaced, of Eve being tempted by a serpent in the Garden of Eden.

I still think they could have come up with a better story than a talking snake. Why not a cuddly bunny or a baby panda? Who can resist a baby panda? A lot of the women I know, and more than a few of the men for that matter, would run away screaming if they came across a snake, let alone stop to chitchat. Although as much as I love snakes and bunnies I'm not sure how I'd feel if either one of them started talking to me. Then again this necklace wouldn’t work with a baby panda…unless I did it in black and white…

Back to the subject at hand, the vines and flowers were all done freehand, but I found how to create Russian leaves here. If seeing the actual bead work step by step works better for you, here is another good tutorial. I love Russian leaves. Do yourself a favor and google images, they come in so many beautiful flavors.

This has all been an elaborate intro for my next post, because for a year and half I’ve sat on the leftover green beads from this project. Whatever could it be? I'll give you a hint it's not Kermit the Frog, other than that you’ll just have to wait and see.