Halloween
Looking for a creative twist on the typical Halloween party? How about inviting guests to an Eerie Halloween Wedding – complete with skeleton cake toppers, coffin party favors, creepy finger foods (literally!) and of course…the guests of honor – looking a little lot more run down than the usual bride & groom! BHG.com has tons [...]
A Ghoulish Giveaway
Denise from Little Ant Design is hosting a cool & (delightfully) creepy giveaway featuring “changing” ghoulishgallery_thumb.jpgartwork from The Ghoulish Gallery. Head over to her blog for your chance to win a spooky portrait of your choice – just in time for your haunted Halloween! (Hurry – giveaway ends at midnight tonight!)
If you’re in the mood to make some DIY Halloween treats – check out these adorable Halloween cake pops from creative baking guru Bakerella. She’s got tons of decorating ideas for the treats… but I’m especially loving the “mouthless mummies”!
Serve up some fun at your Halloween breakfast or brunch with these clever Make-a-Face Halloween Pancake Molds from Williams-Sonoma! ($19.95/set of 2) …and here are a few yummy-looking, ready-to-eat treats spotted at the WS: Pictured above, clockwise from top left: Miniature Chocolate Skulls by Valerie Confections, which arrive in a coffin-shaped box! ($19.95/set of 6); [...]
Elizabeth Gray from Stampin’ Up! sent over instructions for how to recreate this adorable “Trick or Treat Ensemble“. I’m especially loving the DIY Halloween-themed wrappers on the mini chocolates! (I’m not sure what brand the chocolates in the picture are, but they look about the same size as Hershey’s Nuggets, which come in lots of [...]
Designer Vicki Shields from the creative Three Wheels Turning blog sent over a fun Halloween craft project idea to share with you guys today, and I’m so glad that she did, because while visiting her blog I also discovered her ridiculously cute stationery shop! So you get a double dose of eye candy from Vicki [...]
Martha Stewart Crafts has the cutest new stuff for Halloween this year – not that we’d expect anything less! There are so many great things to choose from that I’ll probably have to do a follow up post soon to fit them all in… but here are a few favorites for today: Pictured above: super [...]
Today over at Simply Stated: check out some easy ways to spook up Halloween cocktails & drinks!
For today’s post over at Simply Stated: Celebrations, I focused on some fun gothic glam Halloween finds… if you know of any cool product finds that go along with this theme, please share them either here and/or over at Celebrations!
Denise Baker from Little Ant Design sent in some pictures of her new Halloween table… and – seriously – how fun is this?! I’m especially loving the bony silver hands that are “holding” the utensils (clever!) and the cool skull & crossbones labels wrapped around the soda bottles… Where does one get those cool modern [...]
Hi, everyone. It’s Amy Belle Isle, from stem parties, and I promise that no paper lanterns were harmed or even used in this guest blog post. (If you’ve seen any parties I’ve done that Jenn has posted, you know how hard that was for me.) In fact, this guest post was almost an entire post [...]
Winner Update: 9/28: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to all 406 of you that entered! And the lucky random winner is…comment # 123 – Jill – who said: “Wow!! They really have some nice stuff. I love the Batty Bat invite. This would be great for my son’s Halloween Party.” Congrats, Jill! [...]
I have to say that Pottery Barn has really stepped up their game over the past year… the feel of the store is a little more contemporary than it used to be – so there’s nice mix of modern & traditional styles. Case in point: check out the new Halloween 2008 collection… it’s fabulous! (You [...]
GlamDish: Autumn Treats
Today over at GlamDish: check out some fall-friendly treats & learn how to make homemade caramel apples!
happy halloween!
{pictured above} Blue Cheese Ricotta Dip and Mummy Dogs from bhg.com, and Pumpkin French 75 and Blackberry Widow cocktails from cocktailtimes.com.
The October 07 issue of Everyday with Rachael Ray has a fantastic article by cooking/entertaining author Erika Lenkert on how to throw a “Heaven & Hell” party (and a very chic one, I might add!). This theme is of course appropriate for Halloween, but definitely not limited to this one occasion – it’s a fun [...]
Martha Stewart has a special Holiday Halloween magazine out right now that has tons of fantastic ideas if you’re looking for some last-minute Halloween inspiration. (The ideas would work just as well next year, so it’s worth picking up and saving for later too!) Added bonus – see Martha decked out as both a “glampire” [...]
I know Halloween is getting close, but there seems to be an endless supply of cool products to highlight! Case in point, a few favorites from Z Gallerie’s Halloween collection… {pictured above} skull and bones dinnerware (individual pieces are each sold in sets of 4. prices range from $39.80 – $51.80 per set of 4); [...]
I’ve been eyeing this cool “Last Meal Flatware” set from Urban Outfitters for a while now…and judging from all the other fantastic skull products that have been popping up around the web (many thanks go Halloween!) – it looks like the “fashionable skulls” trend is just as strong as ever! Here are a few fun [...]
