Friday, October 28, 2011

Last Bits of Halloween Craftiness

I actually made these a while ago and they've been hanging happily above my kitchen sink for a couple of weeks now.  Felt eyeballs!


With yarn optic nerves!


When I finished them (at night) I hung them with regular scotch tape from the window in the kitchen:


It was so nice to be greeted by them the following morning :)


For other decorations, I tried to find just a classic cardboard skeleton to hang on my door like my mom always did when we were kids, but couldn't find a good one anywhere.  THEN I found a link to this awesome shop online where I found not only a great skeleton, but the exact same one my mom had from years ago and various other haunts...



I've also had success with my first use of those weird window/mirror goos.....this little ghostie has done just the trick:

And I can't get over the tissue boxes I found this year....the monster candy corn makes me laugh every single time I see it!!


Finally, I remembered from last year that a local bakery down the street from my office made these amazing Halloween cupcakes, and sure enough when I checked yesterday, they had them again.  I only really cared about the eyeball ones, but the others are cute too.  No nasty sugar frosting either, just some kind of stiff creamy goodness....mmmm....


Happy Halloween!!!!!

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5 comments:

  1. alpakOctober 30, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    So awesome!!! I can't tell how you did the veins in the eyeballs - explain please. And I have to say, I love the mummy cupcake the best. Hahaha, and the tissue box! AND, your retro Halloween decorations! Just like Mom used to do it. Speaking of whom, Mom should do a blog post on her decorations, because they look really nice, including a couple of your pumpkin sachets and some super cool vintage Halloween postcards...

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  2. ipaqOctober 30, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    It's just a red, fine point sharpie. And yes, Mom SHOULD do a blog, I'd love to see her decorations, kind of like I'd love to see YOURS...hmmm?

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  3. ipaqOctober 30, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Ps, you WOULD like the mummy the best...that's the chocolate one :)

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  4. alpakOctober 31, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    Ah, I see - very well done :) I took pictures of my decorations, but they just don't look that awesome (the pics, not the decorations - the decorations ARE awesome...)

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  5. dimetrodonnaNovember 2, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    I love all the decorations. They look very frighteningly fun. Treat wise, I guess I like the mummy cupcake best (cause I'm a mummy too!) Unfortunately, our Halloween decorations have been put away and the pilgrims are now singing on the piano. Remind me next year.

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