Monday, October 31, 2011

.... A Zombie portrait.


When I was clearing out the storage room in my basement last year, I came across my wedding portrait that had been in a box ever since we had moved to Utah from California.  I looked at it and thought, what in the world am I going to do with this?  And then I had a brilliant idea  ... at least I thought it was brilliant.  I wanted to have us painted into Zombies.  Since I am divorced,  I knew I would not be hanging that wedding portrait up again the way it was, but since I am a little into Halloween, I thought it was a great idea.  (One of my girls said, "Mom, that is epic!")

I talked to an artist friend of mine about doing it for me.  He currently makes his living painting portraits of fallen soldiers so I knew I couldn't just ask him to do it for nothing.  I told him my idea was to just dirty up our clothes, grey up our faces with dark circles around our eyes and make our cheeks look sunken.  He could  maybe make my ex's eyes red ... easy peasy.  But when Layne got to thinking about it he said, "I know once I get started, I won't be able to stop.  I could spend a day and a half on it and I really can't take that kind of time."  He said, "Maybe I can just do a little bit this year and then little bit more next year.  It can be a work in progress."

Well ... we worked out a trade.  He finished it all in the next few days.  It is my new favorite Halloween decoration.  (He did change my ex enough that it doesn't look like him anymore ... phew.)






Kay, I know it is a little gruesome, but "epic" none the less.  I LOVE it.  It gets a really great response hanging right there in my entry way too.  And I think whether you are divorced or not ... it is pretty classic for Halloween.  Layne said his kids want him to paint them all as Zombies in a family portrait now.

When my kids were little I didn't even have a hint of anything spooky or scary at our house.  Maaaaaybe just a hint of a spider .... but now .... I lean much more toward the spooky.




(The cute is being overtaken ... a little bit at a time.)





Happy Halloween!



13 comments:

  1. LOL what a great thing to do with the X picture...that might be a good business venture, I can imagine there are a few out there that might just love to do this with their picture! Love all your decorations too. Happy Halloween ;D

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  2. NO WAY!!!! peeps, this is seriously so awesome. so creative and so genious. (and if im really going to be honest, i think the new guy looks way better ;) la ya, happy halloween!

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  3. hahaha. paige...that's funny! i love the new spooky stuff. but mostly i love the dog w/ the mask. :)

    great job layne!!! and mama for thinking of it! next year....THE DRESS!!!

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  4. Yowzer, who knew sweet
    Polly Dove had an inner
    scary girl!!! I love your
    sense of humor AND your
    love of Halloween! I'm too
    wimpy for scary decor {but
    I do enjoy seeing it in other's
    homes} although we do have
    a pretty frightening skeleton.
    Sadly, he didn't make an
    appearance this year; first
    time in about ten years. Boo!
    xx Suzanne

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  5. OMGNESS! You are way too fun! I love all you Halloween decor. Thanks for stopping by LIGHT today. It's great to meet new bloggers.

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  6. You had a huge lightbulb turn on over your head didn't you?! What a great idea!! Your friend did an amazing job!

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  7. LOVE everything!!!! Were you this extreme when I came over to your house when I was in high School???

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  8. I was just out to dinner with a big group of girls for a friends birthday. Someone was talking about how they cut up an old wedding dress for Halloween and it reminded me that I needed to check out this post. Soooo awesome...Seriously!!! Everyone passed my phone around to check it out and was dying! One friends husband is a divorce lawyer, she said Layne should advertise in his office! Hilarious!

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  9. Another great post Polly...love the painting...you will get so much use out of it now! lol

    SMOOCHES! :)

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  10. Polly I loved it. I couldn't stop laughing. The artist did a great job. And I loved how decorated your house is for Halloween.

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