Have you noticed?.... all of the hearts and candy and boxes of chocolates have officially hit the shelves. It's Valentine season. Ugh... all of those pink hearts are just not my thing. But, chocolate? OK - I like chocolate. So... why not make my kind of Valentine..... … [Read more...]
This is Halloween
Happy Halloween All! I'm ending this Halloween season with a tour of the Halloween Dinner Party I hosted this weekend. Luckily I found a few moments to photograph the table and some of the projects I worked on in preparation for the party. … [Read more...]
Rest In Chocolate Peace
I needed to come up with an easy Halloween dessert to make for a party. I looked through all of my cookie cutters and cake pans and other miscellaneous gadgets, and happened upon a bag of Halloween themed cookie cutters. I already had a cookie recipe planned for the party, so I … [Read more...]
Arterial Motives
There is something about antique bottles at this time of the year. I guess people just find them spooky. Any good witch knows that apothecary bottles are not scary at all... but actually little treasures... Alas, it's Halloween season, and the masses are calling! This year, … [Read more...]
Preservation of the Dead
The embalming process is intended to temporarily preserve the body of someone who has passed. The process involves injecting embalming fluid into blood vessels. Because of the equally popular practice, for those of us still on earth, of pumping booze into our bloodstream, it … [Read more...]
Cold Feet
For those of you that read my Skeleton Hand Place Card and Napkin Holder post only to run out to buy the hands and find that they were all sold out... you may have found skeleton feet instead. No fear... Snatch those feet up.... I have yet another Halloween Seating Card idea up … [Read more...]
A Guessing Game for the Dearly Departed
Great conversation can make all the difference in any successful dinner party. I like to use seating cards to ever so carefully craft the perfect seating arrangement to ensure intriguing story telling, witty conversation, and boisterous laughter... all integral ingredients for … [Read more...]
Drink Up Witches
Planning a Halloween bash? Or maybe a Gothic Dinner Party? Or perhaps you're just a year round spooky soul like myself who doesn't need an excuse break open a special bottle of wine? Regardless of the reason.... I have put together a must-have list of 20 gothic, macabre, … [Read more...]
