Because I promised, and I've had people ask for them...

Here are some pics from this year's Halloween party...a month later.

The Hosts

 

The BF and I as El Dia de Los Muertos couple.

Other Clever Costumes

Wilma and Fred

Sushi - Her gloves are the wasabi

Zoro

And the winner of the Best Costume Award - Buddy the Elf

The Food

The food table - a slightly different set-up than last year

Bone Breadsticks and Bloody Marinara Sauce

A classic - Dirt Pudding

Veggie Pizza Graveyard

Mummy Dogs

String Cheese Witches Fingers

Ghost of Monte Cristo Sandwiches

And just to be fair to the holidays, I'll have Christmas pics coming soon.

Here's a peak at what's to come.

Halloween Weekend Arrives

The Friday before Halloween has finally arrived and I still have so much to get done.  Today I'll be finishing last touches around and outside the house.  I'm going to start cooking some of the food for the big party, because trying to do it all tomorrow would just be insane.  On top of party prep, I still have a house that needs to be cleaned top to bottom...having a dog makes it virtually impossible to clean ahead of time.  But in the end, it's all worth it when I'm finally able to get suited up in my costume and everyone begins to arrive in theirs.  I'm really looking forward to another magical Halloween night!

A few pics of costumes from last year's Halloween party...

The BF and I as Adam and Eve

Apollo Creed and Clubber Lane (Mr. T) from Rocky

Zombie Couple

Happy Halloween!

Tricks and Treats

Every year we throw a big Halloween party.  One of the things that takes the most time getting ready is putting together the food menu.  Last year I was very ambitious, and most everything I made was from scratch.  This year I'm making it a little bit easier on myself, but it's still going to be a lot of work.  I'll e posting lots of pictures once it all comes together, but until then....

Here are some pictures from last year's Halloween food table.

This was everything minus the witches fingers breadsticks and ghost loaded potato bites (which I'll show below.)

Witches Fingers Breadsticks and Bloody Marinara

Ghost Loaded Potato Bites

Puppy Chow Mix

Spider's Web Nest Taco Dip and Black Tortilla Chips

Candy Apple Bites, Red Velvet Skull Cupcakes and, of course, candy.

Witches Brew with Floating Eyeballs

Front window Halloween Decor

This was another project, but very simple.  I collected an assortment of (discounted) craft pumpkins from Michaels (two large w/ black glitter, two large with orange glitter, and three small white).  I used a sharpie to write BOO on the white pumpkins like so:

And then I arranged them all in the window (we only have one front window as we live in a row home in Baltimore, but the good news is we get a lot of foot traffic in front of the house admiring the display) with some orange lights I had leftover from last year.

We also have the front door and entryway decorated with some sticky window decals of blood drips and splatters and a sign that lights up and says BEWARE, but my camera (also known as my blackberry...I know, I know, it's sad) is not the greatest.

Last Year:

 Blood drips and splatters, orange lights, and spider webbing with spiders in it.  That was the best I could do last year as I didn't live in this house and came up to do all of the decorating and cooking the night before our annual Halloween party.

Halloween Banners

I love Halloween, so you'll probably see a lot of Halloween things from me over the next month and a half.  I already started decorating this past weekend, and I even finished my first Halloween craft.  

I started with the idea to make a Halloween banner, and went to Michael's to pick up a few necessities: assorted paper, glue stick, suede string, and a few Halloween-themed add-ons (spiders, bats, and skull).

I cut the paper into pennant-sized pieces, and cut coordinating paper into rectangles for making the letters, which I free-handed because stencils are way expensive.

(Addi Roo was not much help!)

I wanted to use the skull as a spacer between my words, but it was originally brown so I painted it with some purple glitter paint.

Lastly, I attached the suede string and bats and spiders with a glue gun and had the BF hang it.

The end result: "Happy Haunting" banner that spans the living room.

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