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Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Friday, October 31, 2014
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween little bots! Just wanted to say a quick Happy Halloween and I'm not dead but I look it! after two weeks of packing, moving, and unpacking I'm officially moved into my new place! Its soooo much bigger and has a ton more light, no more dark caverns lift for me.
I will be back to my regular schedule of updates this coming Monday. in the mean time enjoy this impromptu photos of me using temporary tattoos for this months Loot Create.
Happy Halloween!
See you on the other side
I will be back to my regular schedule of updates this coming Monday. in the mean time enjoy this impromptu photos of me using temporary tattoos for this months Loot Create.
See you on the other side
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Party Wednesday: Last Minute Halloween Party
So you
waited until the last possible second to throw a Halloween party. You have less than a day to throw something together
to make this a decent party. I have
included quick decorating, food, and costume ideas for you to do in a few
hours. But let’s face the facts, you are
just going to sit around and watch scary films, drink beer, and hand out candy
to trick-or-treaters.
Décor
We have to keep this quick so run
down to the store (target, Wal-Mart, some place) and buy up all the spider webbing/cobwebs
you can find. Also buy cheese cloth, black
table cloth, black construction paper, black paint, and a lot of pumpkins.
When you
get home, string up the spider cobwebs all around your house, place the table
cloth on the table (duh) and down the middle of the table make a runner out of
the cheese cloth. If you have extra
cheese cloth you can hang them around your house as well.
http://www.marthastewart.com/853609/decrepit-dwelling?czone=holiday%2Fhalloween-center%2Fhalloween-center-decor&gallery=275513&slide=853609¢er=276965
With the
pumpkins if you don’t have time to carve them out you can always paint faces on
them or paint them entirely black. It is
also good to have pumpkins ranging in different sizes so you can stack them on
top of each other for a center piece.
Have a lamp
shade, well with that construction paper you can cut out and tape on bats,
cats, what ever scares you on to your lamp shade.
Now you
yourself need to be in costume, but what do you wear? Well if you have an expansive closet and some
imagination you can figure something out.
If not then here are some easy quick examples that will help you for
2013:
The Bum
Sexy Ghost
Miley Cyrus
Zombie
Food
Pizza
Mummies
Spider Dip
Crispy Candy Corn
Drink
Pumpkin Ale
Hard Cider
Pumpkin Pie Spice Punch
http://www.hgtv.com/entertaining/pumpkin-spice-halloween-punch-recipe/index.html
This is
just for the last minute blog… I mean last minute Halloween party. Chances are you and your buddies are going to
sit around and drink so why not look like you put some effort into your house
for them. Like always I would love to
hear from you if you have any suggestions on what I should do for the next
Party Wednesday; or have pics you would like to share just send them my
way. See you Friday for some ranting or
whatever.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Party Wednesday: 50’s Halloween Party
I just want to bring back some good old family
Halloween. Back to when times were
simpler and the decorations were cheesy.
Let’s step back in time, grab your poodle skirts and sweater vests and
swing back in time.
Décor
I just wanted to keep it simple and
feel like you have walked threw your parents or grandparents house. Halloween back in this period wasn’t as big
as it is today. People were more likely
to dress up than to go all out on decorating, but it is important to decorate
for this theme.
Using paper
cut outs of black cats, pumpkins, and witches.
I would tape them all around the room you are hosting in, you can never
have enough. You can also make a daisy
chain of paper pumpkins or bats along the walls as well.
How can you go wrong with carved pumpkins? I say buy a lot since your décor is very
minimal and place them outside, on a window sill, floor, table, you name it
there is a carved pumpkin.
Next step is a game section.
You can do pin the tail on the cat (really fun when you are drunk), some
ring toss, or you can do a bobbing for apples.
Just be sure to have some towels lying around incase your guests get a
little to wet.
For your table you can either do a simple black or orange
table cloth or you can go a little bit chees…err….festive with a pumpkin or
more themed table cloth. For your
centerpiece pile on those carved pumpkins or add more paper craft black cats or
skulls.
Flatware use Halloween themed paper plates, cups, and black
plastic utensils.
Top off the evening with some vintage Halloween music. I found a site that has a YouTube links to
various 1950’s Halloween songs: http://my50syear.blogspot.com/2011/10/14-october-1957-halloween-songs.html#/
And how can we forget about the appropriate costumes to wear
to our 1950’s Halloween party:
For the girls:
For Boys:
Food
Mummy Wraps
Dead Man (Rumaki)
Black Cat Cheese Ball
Candy Apples
Big Bowl of candy from the 50’s
Drink
Apple Pie Martini
Tom Collins
Sinner (Gin and Sin)
Big Mac Daddy
http://www.in-the-spirit.co.uk/cocktails/view_cocktail.php?id=31
With this
party you should return to your youth or your parent’s youth of joy and whimsy
with out the entire scary adult world to hinder you. I just want to take a moment and say THIS IS
MY 100 POST HERE! I have been posting
since January and it has been an interesting experience thus far. Thank you readers or bots that come to my
page regularly. You all have helped me
get up to a little over 1300 views as of now; lets see if we can break 1800
before the end of the year.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Party Wednesday: Witches’ Coven
With the surprising rise of witches back on TV
(Witches of Eastend and American Horror Story: Coven) I just thought it would
be appropriate to celebrate. Let’s turn
that lively home into a dead/ haunted one and invite your coven over for
dinner.
Décor
For the décor I wanted a more
elegant setting, like the head witch has invited the coven over for
dinner. The main colors are going to be
black, white and accents of red.
For
lighting normal white lighting will be fine but be sure to add black candles,
candle holders, and a fancy black chandler to tie back in the horror feeling.
On a mantel or stand alone shelf, place a
focal point of some black picture frames (they can contain a freighting picture
inside or an old creepy looking photo) with some black candles holders and
black cloth draped over it. The photo I found
has used some black crows and white pumpkins, you can use that as well or in
place of the pumpkins you can add skulls.
I would recommend skulls.
Along book shelf’s,
add some black bottles and clear one with some witch’s ingredients in them.
For the food table,
keep it simple with a black runner with a mesh white runner on top. For the center piece have elaborate
candelabra, or go with a bird cage painted black with a skull and a crow inside.
For the flatware, use black utensils, for the plates find
something unique and creepy and use red cloth napkins.
Don’t forget the goblets!
Food
Green Goddess
Pumpkin Soup
Roasted Crows
(Quails)
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-quail-with-cranberry-orange-pecan-stuffing-10000000258813/
Witches hats
Drink
Witches Brew
Bubbling Brew
Eye of Newt
Hocus Pocus
This should
give your coven something to talk about until the next get together. As always if you have a party idea or would
like to share one of your own themed parties, send it my way and I will put it
up on my blog. Next week is the last
Halloween themed party. Don’t be sad
there will be a party theme each month; just keep an eye out for them. Come back Friday where I will give you my
review on Grand Theft Auto V.
See you on the other side
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Party Wednesday: Zombies
The only thing that generates actual people and not bots to my blog is back! to kick off its return we are doing a party theme every Wednesday in October. To kick it off we are doing the time and true classic of zombies.
I love zombies, and they have been gaining popularity over the past five years (give or take). It is hard to buy a game that doesn't come out with some sort of zombie mode in it. With the popular of The Walking Dead series returning to us in the middle part of this month, what perfect timing it is to do this theme. Get ready to turn you house upside down for a zombie apocalypse.
Decor
Well we are going to need to turn your home into a safe haven/ rundown house that you are using as a hold out, for now. Simple task is to make your house look ransacked, flip up cushions, topple chairs, leave doors and shelf open and empty. Smear some fake blood on your walls or if you are scared that they might stain you can buy blood stickers to place on your wall.
http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Handprint-Clings-Party-Accessory/dp/B001A1VLLK%3FSubscriptionId%3D14H876SFAKFS0EHBYQ02%26tag%3Dpinterest086-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001A1VLLK
Don't forget to board up your windows. This site shows you how to make fake boards using cardboard: http://www.ghoulfriday.com/painting_faux_wooden_boards_cardboard
You can also add some torn up curtains with blood on them and add zombie arms reaching out from behind the curtains and boards.
http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2012/10/happy-halloween-our-zombie-themed-party.html
I think every house should have a safe room. What is a better safe room than the bathroom, but you will need the right door to make you feel safe and secure... The safe house door from Left 4 Dead should do the trick. Spray or print out the safe house symbol and have it pointing to your bathroom door.
http://l4d.gamebanana.com/sprays/41725
If you are supper crafty you can pint your own L4D door or you can get it decal and stick it on your bathroom door.
Decorating your table for food and beverages you don't want to have a supper nice presentation. Have your table cloth or bloody gauze just hanging off one corner of the table.
Use a hurricane lamp to hold it in place.
I saw this old bucket that would be perfect to use to hold napkins and silverware in:
http://www.amazon.com/Shabby-Cottage-Utensil-Silverware-Caddy/dp/B0063JOBCA/ref=sr_1_644?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1320616994&sr=1-644&tag=polyvore006-20
It helps give it that old survivor vibe.
For the rest of the silver wear and plate use mismatching flat wear and plates. For drinks I love the idea of using beakers, test tubes, and large glass bowls to sever in. For a creep factor add brain ice cubes and frozen hands into your drinks.
http://www.amazon.com/Fred-Friends-Brain-Freeze-Cube/dp/B003AQB2XK
http://handfacts.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/your-next-halloween-fun-idea-how-to-make-a-scary-halloween-ice-hand/
Lighting is simple, dim lights, use brown and red bulbs, and use candles and hurricane lamps. Something about low lighting gives off that scare factor.
http://www.squidoo.com/hurricane-lamps?utm_source=google&utm_medium=imgres&utm_campaign=framebuster
The last decoration is yourself and your guest. Have you and your household be the survivors and your guest come as the zombies. Threw out the night one by one the survivors turn into zombies until everyone is is a zombie.
http://www.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/videos/inside-the-walking-dead-zombie-make-up-tips-for-halloween
Food
Meat hand
http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2009/10/27/meat-hand/
Guacamoldy Eyeballs
http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/guacamoldy-eyeballs-recipe-123432
Adams Ribs
http://www.bhg.com/recipe/meat/adams-ribs/
Zombie Head
http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/10/26/zombie-head-cheese/
Fingers and toes
http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/ladies-fingers-mens-toes-recipe
Braiiinz cupcakes
http://technabob.com/blog/2009/10/17/zombie-brain-cupcakes/
Drinks
Zombie punch
http://recipesandremedies.blogspot.com/2012/10/green-grog-zombie-punch-recipe.html
Bloody Brains
http://www.foodnetworktv.com/recipes/bloody-brain-shooter.html
Rich Blood
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/autumn-punch-50400000116270/
This party should scare off some neighbors and maybe some friends as well. As always send me pics of you pulling off amazing themed parties or if you have an idea for a party theme tell me in the comment section below. See you on Friday for a rant or something.
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