Carol's Challenge: 'Owl' let you figure it out!

What are your two favorite things in life? Owls and Ben's and I's ability to spew out awesome puns at all time!!! Well I might not be exact on your top two favorite things, however, I'm close enough and that's what is going to make this challenge a hoot! 

November is a perfect month to start digging out the winter and Christmas decoration, which also makes it a perfect time to create something new. Do what you want, create what you may, just make sure you make it owlsome! Your challenge is to dig deep into one of your favorite things, and create a masterpiece to add to your collect of Owl'a! From Food, to Crafts, you get to choose.

If you accept: Challenge Details:
Subject: Owls
Medium: Your Choice
Deadline: 11/11/14

'Owl' sit here and wait for your results!!

Carol's Challenge: Tis' the season to add SCARE! - RESULTS

Alas, thou dost comprehend!  I didn't abide by the timeline rules, but the last week was crazy at both home and work.  I know... what a lame excuse, but I honestly didn't have room for a creative thought in my mind!
 
Ironically, scarecrows kind of creep me out.  I find them unsettling and cryptic, so I knew the first autumnal decoration that I was going to make would have to be a happy and straight forward spin on a scarecrow.
 
Ask any child of the 90's what their favorite movie to watch during October.  I'd say that 99% of them would say Hocus Pocus (if you are asking women, I'd assume men would have a different opinion)!  However, it is a Carlson, and now Miller, tradition to watch it only on Halloween night, but I've been antsy to watch it at least once a week!

So, two days ago, I sat down to tackle this challenge with that movie still on my mind and serving as my inspiration.  I fired up Netflix and dug through my insanely unorganized supplies to find inspiration to create a Binx Scarecrow Cat!

It all started with this sketch.

 

I set out with a pile of felt, a needle and embroidery thread to create life!  No measuring or patterns needed here folks!

 

 

Binx was originally intended to be more scary, but it was hard to execute when stitching everything by hand.  I now have one cute (the yellow eyes make him look a little sinister, right?) hand crafted guard cat who will protect us all by making sure that an idiot virgin doesn't light the black flame candle on All Hallow's Eve.



FALL CHALLENGE: The taste is in the pour

We're back and we're ready for action! The Creative Distance is back and ready to start accepting the creative challenges, and with perfect timing I must say!!! Fall brings amazing reasons to get creative, and winter brings extra time of relaxation to get crafty. So save our blog site and check back each week for new challenges and responses of the challenges we've served. 

Fall is a perfect time for brew masters to launch new lines of ales, porters, apple beers and more! As the temps drop, football starts and we see these new beers, it's hard to not grab a 6 pack of them all to try on Sunday afternoon. Don't hold back any longer! Go grab some new fall beers and give your taste-buds a fall celebration of their own!

To kick off our challenges, if you accept, you challenge is to heighten those taste buds and pour up a cold one.... well six to be exact.  I challenge you to give 6 new brews a try and instagram pics of your challenge!!

Challenge Details:
Medium: New Fall Beers of your choice
Amount: 6 Beers
Report: Instagram photos proving each 6 beers of your choosing!
Time: You have 1 week. Results must be posted 10/1!

What do you say? Are you up for the sip??