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Outdoor Spiderweb & Sleepy Hollow Inn Sign Tutorial. >> This post is a collaboration with PLAID Mod Podge, all opinions are as always, 100% my own.

Outdoor Spiderweb & Sleepy Hollow Inn Sign Tutorial

So. Caravan & Tent Sleeping with BoboKids. Trend gurus predict our future lives will become more and more nomad, visionnaire brands create objects that can follow us everywhere and voila, even children can get acquainted to the idea of being constantly mobile with The Caravan Bed and The Tent Bed by Belgian brand Mathy By Bols, available at BoboKids in London.

Caravan & Tent Sleeping with BoboKids

Made in Belgium from MDF with plywood base, these childrens beds are available in 16 different colours. The perfect hideaway for children to sleep, dream or simply relax. Crafty Project - Halloween Fabric Art. Giveaway winners announced, vote for my Skull Pizza, & more! It's a big day here at Hungry Happenings as there are lots of giveaway winners to announce and lots of reader's pictures to share.

Giveaway winners announced, vote for my Skull Pizza, & more!

First, I wanted to thank all of you who shared pictures of your Halloween edible crafts in my first link party. Above are the reader's images that received the most clicks. I love that Darcy's re-creation of my Portrait of a Monster Dip was the second most clicked through link. Being Darcy doesn't have a blog though, the click didn't get you to the recipe. So, for those of you that tried to click through, go here to see my original post.

Thanks to everyone who joined in on the fun. Now onto the even bigger news. Winner of $70 worth of decorating supplies plus a copy of Hungry Halloween is Trish, from Sweetology. Halloween Decorations - Halloween Decorating Ideas. Home» Parties & Holidays»Holidays»Halloween Food & Party Ideas»Spooky & Fun Halloween Decorations - Page 6 Photo Credit Michael Partenio Mantel Magic Channel greetings from beyond the grave by finding three white pumpkins similar in size that will fit on the width of your mantel.

Halloween Decorations - Halloween Decorating Ideas

If you cannot find white pumpkins for sale, you can spray-paint your pumpkins with white enamel spray paint. Once the paint is dry (about 30 minutes), use a washable marker to draw out the letters B-O-O on the pumpkins, as shown in the photo. Immoral Ivy Use black spray paint to color artificial ivy from the craft store or real ivy from your garden. A recipe excerpted from my cookbook, Hungry Halloween featuring Movie Monster Munchies, Bewitched Buffet, and Dead Man's Diner. As for this recipe, I love spinach and artichoke dip, and when I created this Portrait of a Monster, I decided to use elements from a typical recipe, but made separate layers of artichoke dip and spinach dip so that I'd have a plain off-white background and a bright green surface on which to make the monster's face.

A recipe excerpted from my cookbook, Hungry Halloween featuring Movie Monster Munchies, Bewitched Buffet, and Dead Man's Diner

I crushed up some blue corn tortilla chips which usually look more black than blue, and sprinkled them over a stencil of Frankenstein's monster. This dip was first served to the guests at my monster movie party in 2009, and it made quite a stir. At first no one wanted to disturb my work of art, so they ate just the artichoke dip background. About midway through the party one brave soul dug into the monster's shoulder scooping up all three layers of artichoke dip, spinach dip and crushed tortillas and raved about the flavor. My other guests followed suit, and the monster was soon gobbled up. Ingredients: *To roast garlic: Drizzle some olive oil over peeled garlic cloves. The Lace Outlet: Spooky Hollow. Life Size Jack Skellington WIP. Been here for a while watching everyone else make amazing props, so I decided to start posting some of my builds.

Life Size Jack Skellington WIP

This build kind of kills two birds with one stone. My fiance wanted to have a life size Jack for display during Halloween. And our son's 5th birthday is in October, Nightmare Before Christmas themed of course. All Hallows Eve. Halloween Tricks and Treats. Easy, Do-It-Yourself Ghost : Wacky Archives. Loading ...

Easy, Do-It-Yourself Ghost : Wacky Archives

Today is a good time as any to scare your friends. And here’s a new trick on how to get a few good screams. You simply need the fence you would normally use around your house. This should be easy to shape and stand up on its own. Now simply follow the pictures, shaping is the easy part. Source: uncredited. An older piece of mine. Candlelight. Ever since I started showing this skull lamp with the oil and wick, my inbox flooded with questions about where I bought it, and of course on nearly every post that featured this candle I had questions … but I didn’t know quite what to say because it was something I bought in some interior design store in the Marais District (Paris).

Candlelight

Well of course I couldn’t let this curiosity go unanswered, so in this post we’ll explore some ways you can get this skull oil lamp feeling without having to buy a ticket to France. If you can find something similar on the internet feel free to link of course, I haven’t found any other options. So here is the skull oil lamp that started it all. I like these because you have no dirty oily wax to worry about. Though it is kind of nice to have drippy wax candles, these are just modern alternatives to decorate your space. » {Tutorial} Paper Pumpkins » Whipperberry. Crafting for short attention spans.

Halloween and Fall DIY Projects Photo 1. Zombie Horror Wounds. Black grape vine pumpkin with lights tutorial. I’ve been seeing these really cool black grape vine pumpkins all over the place this but was shocked at the prices.. anywhere from $39 up to over $100 but a pumpkin made of sticks and lights.

Black grape vine pumpkin with lights tutorial

So I set out to make my own. You need a little patience, the steps require drying time so the project takes a few days, but I’m loving the end result and the price can’t be beat. {Glow-in-the Dark} Trick or Treat Pendant. The V Spot: Halloween. Crafty Project - Halloween Fabric Art. 15 Easy + Awesome DIY Halloween Decorations.

Costumes. Haunters Hangout Easy Eyes. Felt Skull Halloween Pillow {Target Knock-Off} Tentacle Pot Pie. Fun Fall Projects...Découpage Pumpkins. That late summer/early fall feeling is beginning at my house!

Fun Fall Projects...Découpage Pumpkins

The cicadas are singing and my ginger lilies are beginning to bloom...always a sign that fall is on the way! And I have also noticed that interest in fall is beginning to pick up around blogland and on Pinterest, too. Haunted Paper Toys. Welcome to the toy shop! Here you'll find a variety of rather unusual paper toys, all free for you to print out and enjoy. The toys include a hearse playset, coffin gift boxes (with occupants), a little cemetery, a few dark gloomy haunted houses, several unusual board games, some horrifying monsters, and quite a few other dark delights. So pick out some toys, print out the pattern pages, and with a few common supplies like scissors and glue you're ready to create all these strange little curiosities. Halloween Decorating DIYs. Pumpkin Totems, Topiaries, and Stacks. Easy Halloween Window Webs. Bat's So Cute!