DIY is Perfect for a Goth on a Budget

Happy October!!!

If you're like me...you're broke a lot of the time. Sometimes it gets me down but other times it get's me inspired. If I can't afford what I want, I see if I am able to make it myself. I've recently been in a huge DIY mood! There are so many wonderful gothy and Halloween things out there to purchase! Unfortunately purchasing is not in my realm of things I can do right now! So when all else fails, or in this case when you're penniless, Do it Yourself!! Grab your tape, scissors, glue, scraps of material, sewing box, etc and let your creative juices flow!

Here are some DIY projects I've made recently

Paper Candle Lanterns: Drawn, with a flame-less tea light inside

These one's are Print Outs

Made these bottles last year

Printed out labels on the computer, used bottles and jars from home and put water and food coloring in them

And....

My current pride and joy DIY (just made today)

Baby Fester! He only cost me 75 cents to make! Goth on a Budget Score!

Hooray for Fall!

It's the most wonderful time...of the year!!

Not only is fall approaching with it's glorious and gloomy overcast, days, but Halloween stuff is coming to stores! You know what that means! It's that magical time of year that every goth dreams about where you can find all the spooky, creepy home decor items that you love for your every day needs! No one else but us get's that. So here's to all you Halloween loving people and those who love creepy things. This...is OUR time.

Dreaming of Halloween *sigh*

Here are just a few of the things I've found in stores so far. I know it's early yet, but never too early for me when it comes to Halloween.

The first Halloween items spotted this year at Big Lots. I gasped and stopped in my tracks.

Even grocery stores are getting into the spirit. These cuties are found at Safeway.

These carriages are fit for a Halloween Princess! (Safeway)

Fun stuff discovered at Winco

Good old Value Village is can always be expected to be ripe with Halloween Galore!

 

Michael's has some AMAZING things this year.

Joann's has a beautiful selection of Halloween socks!

It's still early yet, there are many stores left to explore and so many that haven't put out there Halloween stuff yet. So I'm quite excited to see what's in store this year for my creepy little heart to jump with glee!

Can't afford all the beautiful creepy, spectacular stuff in stores?

It's ok, I'm right there with ya. There are SO many things I'd love to get this time of year, especially a lot of the lovelies found at Michael's that can get pretty pricey. But alas that's why I take so many photo's, because if I can't have it, at least I can have a picture of it. There are always thrift stores, dollar stores, perhaps a few lingering garage sales and other discount stores where you can find affordable, lovely Halloween items to tickle your dark little heart. And remember...there's always Halloween Clearance!!! So don't fret little Goth on a Budget, there's Halloween fun available for all, you just have to know where to look and keep your eyes open for those diamond in the rough thrift finds!

I'll be back again, with more lovely finds and photos of Harvest and Halloween haunts as well as some of the fun finds I find along the way. Feel free to comment and share any tips on saving money this time of year or stores that are starting to put out their Halloween merchandise. I'd love to hear them!

Halloween Blues & New Hair Color

  I am truly jonesing for Halloween!! *cries* It seems other states have stores that I don't have here that are starting to sell Halloween items early (no fair) lol Alas I must wait until the balmy, awful days of summer end and we roll into the glorious days of autumn.

 

    On the lighter side, I've colored my hair again! Yay! Here's how it looks.

 

Colorful, Creative and still Gothy

I've been experimenting with color again. Just because you like gothy things, doesn't mean you have to be all dark all the time. I love mixing colors along with black.

Also, save money by creating your own unique lip colors with lip gloss and eyeshadow!

Don't be afraid of color in your room either. I recently acquired some green boxes and was finally able to use one of my Halloween Clearance finds to DIY goth them up.

Also obtained some extra mini-drawer storage for my craft desk and of course I had to go through my gothy craft do-dad's and goth that up as well.

Foam stickers are from Rite Aid Dollar section and eyeballs are available at Dollar Tree during Halloween 

Let's Talk Makeup

     When it comes to gothy makeup it's all about transformation. Taking your plane pallete (face) and transforming it into something you cool, creepy, dark, unusual, winged, etc. You get the point. How can you do this and still remain within you budget? Shop smart.
     Makeup brushes are your friend. I never new this so much until this year. I was using regular old eyeshadow applicators, and doing alright with them but I was fortunate enough to receive an awesome makeup brush set for Christmas. But makeup brushes don't have to break your budget. They are awesome tools that you can get for pretty cheap. ELF brand sells makeup brushes in different styles from $1-3. You can also find some decent ones at your local Dollar Tree. As far as eye shadows go, there are many bargain outlets such as Big Lots, Grocery Outlet, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Dollar General (or whatever you may have where you live). Even at your local drug store, don't be afraid to try "cheaper" makeup brands such as NYC or Wet n' Wild.  Basically start collecting an arsenal of brushes and eyeshadow singles and or pallets so you have a variety of choices to play with. As always, Halloween is a great time to snag some of the fantasy makeup that is only available seasonally, great time for goth's to add some awesome colors to their collection. (Halloween Clearance!!)
       If you are a creative person like me, you can start thinking about doing your makeup as drawing, painting and coloring.  Once I did this, applying makeup become so much less intimidating as well as easier and more fun.  Here's my basic go to gothy makeup.

How to do a basic goth makeup look

Draw a simple winged shape with a black eye pencil or even with your brush dipped in black eye shadow. Then underline your eye with black, you can go half way or continue all the way and close the eye.

Start filling in the upper corner with black then color in any other color you wish and blend in the black from the corner with this color. Be sure to connect your lines from your eyeliner below the eye, up into your wing shape. This gives a more uniform look.

 

And there you have it. Transformation! ~_n

Happy World Goth Day

   Alas I had to work today so I could not enjoy today. :( All I could do today was slap on some eyeliner and put my skeleton hand hair clips in.  No special OOTD, which makes me sad. Now that I'm home, maybe I'll don some dark lipstick and make a video. I hope everyone is having a great WGD!
    An update on Miss Black Friday...she DID get to go on her trip! So Yay for her! She is at Wave Gotik Treffen right now. Thank you to those of you who were able to support her.

Help Black Friday Acheive Her Traveling Dreams!

Miss Black Friday is one of my favorite Youtubers as well as she should be yours, subscribe because she is beautiful, sweet, funny and amazingly awesome! She is one of my Goth idols. She recently made a video seeking help to accomplish a couple of her dreams. She has two dreams; to go to the Goth Festival in Germany (Wave-Gotik-Treffen) and to Bat's Day at Disneyland CA. Bat's Day sounds awesome, I'd love to go! Black Friday not only has the desire to travel but she also wants to meet some of her online friends/fans in Europe as well as America. I think that would be an amazing experience to meet her, and Mr. Owl if he were able to go as well. But alas I am poor so I will not be able to, but I want to support her efforts in trying to raise money to go and wish the best for anyone who get's to meet her. She'll tell you more about it in this video.

Here is some of her info, including her Website, Kickstarter and Patreon

 Donate on her Indiegogo: Get a Goth to Bats Day at Disneyland

Her Website (Blogger)

Black Friday's Patreon

Back to my old Gothy, Thrifty Self!

     So I am back! I have been quite busy these days because I did obtain a job, briefly as it was, graveyard shift that killed me in more ways then one. Let's just say I'd rather spend the night in a real graveyard then do that all over again. So for a while there was really nothing to report, just plain boring me, but I am still looking for work. For now am back to my old self and that makes me much happier.

Yay!

    So I'm back to thrifting, (when I have the money),  going for walks in the park and cemetery hopping as well. Check out my latest Cemetery Walk.

I loved wearing my cape @ the park and cemetery!

 

                    I've been finding a few great finds here and there like this Betsyville purse

Only $2.99! I was shocked!

You can find great deals elsewhere, not just at thriftstores. I've been kind of obsessed with Ever After High and Monster High dolls lately, so when I had some extra cash to treat myself, I went on a thrifty hunt for them. Those dolls can get quite pricey at 20 to 30 bucks a pop. Of course I'M not gonna pay that much so I headed to Tuesday Morning and found great prices on them! I was able to get 2 dolls for the price of one! They have them for $10.99 and $12.99 and places like Ross are also selling them for around the same prices. 

I've also become obsessed with Raven Queen, whom I got for Christmas, I believe she was even bought at a discounted price from Grocery Outlet.

Other places to find cheap or free treasures is at the library. Yep, who'd have thought eh? Some libraries have book and media sales with reasonably priced items as well as sections with books and/or magazines that are free for the taking! I recently picked up a Labyrinth DVD for a buck! I also got this cute little book, cause I love Halloween (and I love Clifford as well, lol)

  It's surprising what you can find for cheap when you really look, and sometimes you just get lucky, like when I found this guy for $1.29 at Goodwill!

My diamond in the rough find. Herman Munster!!

Speaking of Goodwill, this past weekend they had an awesome BOGO sale on all donated items! Here's some stuff I found
 

    I've been quite busy as of late, job hunting and Ugo has moved here so we've been galavanting around. More to come later...

Ugo in the Cemetery

Oops my ignorance and absence!

 

     Unfortunately although I love many things, I can be clueless to their origins, history or any other facts about them. I suppose I should make a practice and being better educated about such things. If it weren't for the myriad of of Instagram posts about Edgar Allen Poe's Birthday this past Monday, January 19th, I would have never known. I am a Poe fan but I did not know this, so now I know. So happy Belated Birthday to the father of insanity and horror!

     Now...about my absence...no excuses really, just nothing to blog about and I have been somewhat otherwise occupied living out of a backpack here and there. But mostly I've been broke. This Goth on a budget is busted. I make do with what I have though, and I continue to decorate my room, and self Gothy.  This is my current bed situation....

     As I've said before, when all else fails and you can't afford it, make it! The 2 pillows on my bed are homemade, the bat one and the skeleton one (behind the Minion). I thrifted this little adorable skeleton Minion for 99 cents and got his fantastic Mad Hatter Blanket for $2.99 (which had a tear but was an easy fix). I received some nice gothy gifts for Christmas as well, including this VERY awesome and lovely bat jewelry box from my Ugo.

 As well as this Raven Queen Doll whom I adore

    I'm currently seeking employment and so hopefully soon my goth budgety situation won't be so dire...but well ya know that thing called life get's in the way and I have a lot of other stuff to take care of. Thrifting and finding great bargains on the goth clothing and things I love will never fade, I just have to take it in strides when I can afford it now.

My most recent hair, for hair chalking purposes