I didn't go all out for Halloween this year - I threw my first Halloween party in five years! - but I did go, like, maybe 50% out. Here's some spooky stuff:
Every flat surface in the house was littered with plastic spiders, bugs, snakes, vampire teeth, and dead rose petals.
I only got to do one dead bouquet this year, but I kind of loved it.
1. There were also googly eyes on everything
2. Hammers are scary. What?
Funny story about the "formaldehyde" these eyeballs are soaking in: I didn't have any food coloring, but I remembered that the ammonia test kit for my aquarium turns water greenish yellow (as long as there's no ammonia). So I did that. But apparently the tester drops were detecting the living hell out of something in these painted foam eyeballs, because it just kept getting greener and greener and GREENER. So I bought food coloring.
ALL THE GOOGLY EYES
The mother of all creepy-crawlies: this aquarium full of spiders. I covered the wall behind it and nearby furniture with spiders, too. Escapees. Mwahaha.
Frank here doesn't make a great disco ball, but he tried.
Where did I even GET a glitter skull? Why do I have this?
Family photo wall, from top left: Edith from Crimson Peak, some random internet witch, Sweeney Todd from the film version of the musical with Johnny Depp, Rupert Giles from one of the Buffy Halloween episiodes, and Igor from Young Frankenstein.
Other frames around the house were filled with spooky old Victorian homes (including the one from Practical Magic), and creepy graveyard angel statues.
"Bleeding" white taper candles made by dripping red wax all over them. I only burned myself like six times.
Booze & candy bar, with a ouija board drawn on a chalkboard I made for the kitchen, and paper bats flying around and up to the ceiling.
I re-painted the chalkboard labels on these canisters and added some more to the new canisters so they'd all match. They're labeled with spell ingredients from Macbeth.
Danger noodle ftw.
It me! I was a witch. My friend Laurie insisted on getting a photo of me from above for some reason, which is why this looks like a selfie. I think she liked the hat. It is a pretty cool hat.
← that's a tattoo on my shoulder, not a visible bra strap
Every witch needs her black cat, right? I have two. This one is Rabi.
Stay spooky, friends. KTHXBAI.
I love love love that pic of you. In fact...you're going on my wall of suspects LOL I'm also pissed I was sick and missed the party. *pouty face*
ReplyDeleteAW, thank you! Hee. Wall of suspects. I wish I had a shot of my hair - I did a big messy boofy Victorian hairdo like Aunt Fanny in Practical Magic. :)
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