Halloween Desserts

Try these fun desserts for Halloween:

Haunted Halloween Layer Cake

This cake uses chocolate ganache and orange frosting. It is vegan and can be made gluten free.

White Chocolate Ghosts

These white ghosts are made with white chocolate chips. They would be great to make with children.

Homemade Candy Corn

Make homemade candy corn instead of getting the store bought candy. You can use any extract you want - vanilla, mint, lemon, etc.

What desserts do you like to make for Halloween?

Halloween Makeup

I posted ideas for Halloween costumes yesterday. These makeup looks you can wear without a costume just for fun for Halloween or use them with a costume.

Candy Corn Makeup



This video shows you how to do candy corn inspired eye makeup.

Orange and Black Makeup



This tutorial shows you how to do orange and black makeup. It could work for a Jack-o'-lantern costume, but it'd also be good just to wear on Halloween.

Goth Makeup




Black/goth makeup is perfect for Halloween or to use with a scary costume. This video shows how to use dark makeup.

Halloween Nail Art

For ideas on what to do with your nails, click here to read my Squidoo article.

Do you dress up for Halloween?

Halloween Costume Ideas

Here are some costume ideas for Halloween. I wrote these articles on the website Squidoo. Click on the link to see the full tutorial on how to get the costume.

Skeleton or Sugar Skull Costume

A skeleton costume can be scary or you can make it prettier by being a sugar skull (pictured above). Use face paint or makeup to do a skeleton look on your face. Wear a skeleton costume or black and white clothes.

Peacock Costume

A peacock costume is beautiful and lets you be glamorous. Stick to turquoise, blue, gold and brown colors. If you don't want to buy a peacock costume, you can use a turquoise dress you already have and add peacock feathers to it. There are a lot of peacock accessories you can find such as peacock fans and masks. For makeup, you can use peacock false eye lashes or just dramatic lashes and turquoise and gold makeup.


Dorothy (Wizard of Oz)

Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz is a fun character costume to be. Dorothy wears a blue and white checkered dress over a plain white shirt and glitter, ruby shoes. You can either buy a Dorothy costume or make one yourself. For makeup, use neutral colors and a bright red lip. Put your hair in pigtails or braids with blue ribbons. You can be creative with your nails and make them match Dorothy's outfit like in the photo.

Pumpkin/Jack-O-Lantern




You could be something classic like a pumpkin/jack-o-lantern. Wear an orange outfit or a pumpkin costume. You could wear orange and black makeup or use face paint like in the photo above to look like an actual jack-o-lantern. Paint jack-o-lanterns on your nails or use orange nail polish.

For more Halloween ideas, check the archives or go to my Squidoo here where I have more ideas for costumes. What are you going to be for Halloween?

Halloween Pumpkins

Here are some ideas on how to decorate your pumpkins this year for Halloween.



Try making a scary pumpkin like this leg eating pumpkin. This person used hummingbird syrup as blood.



Use sequins on your pumpkins. To make them stand out more, use a white pumpkin.

Melt crayons for a unique looking pumpkin. See more melted crayon pumpkins here.

Use chalkboard paint on your pumpkin and then draw on it or let children draw on it.

Use pumpkins to make an animal like this black cat pumpkin. Find instructions on how to make this pumpkin here.

You can see more ideas from last year here.

How do you like to decorate your pumpkins?

Halloween Decorations

Try these decorations for Halloween:

Wriggling Snake Wreath

Make this snake wreath to hang on your door for Halloween. To make the wreath, you need vinyl snakes, wire and black paint.

Eerie Candlestick Display

This eerie candlestick display inspired by Dracula is perfect for the inside of your home.

Ghostly Antiqued Mirror

Make a mirror look spooky with spray paint and acetone.

How do you decorate your home for Halloween?

Halloween Crafts

Try these fun crafts to celebrate Halloween:

Spider Web

Make a crafty spider web with a dolly, embroidery hoop, spray paint, black ribbon and a fake spider.

Candy Corn String



 Make these easy candy corn craft by using string or yarn in yellow, orange and white.

Glitter Slime Monsters



Make these fun monsters by putting homemade glitter slime in baby food jars and giving them faces. See the link for the full tutorial.

What crafts do you like to make for Halloween?

Halloween Items in My Shop

You can see all Halloween items in my shop in the Autumn and Halloween section. Here are some of them:

Halloween Bat Greeting Card



Pumpkin Harvest Greeting Card



Rounded Iridescent Jack-O-Lantern Halloween Greeting Card



 Get 10% off any item in the "Autumn and Halloween" section if you enter the coupon code "PUMPKINS" at checkout.

Do you shop for Halloween? Keep checking back for more of the Halloween special on my blog!

Halloween Special 2012

I'm doing a Halloween series for the next week on my blog. I'll be posting Halloween ideas and inspiration. Here's the schedule:

10/24 - Halloween Items in My Shop
10/25 - Crafts
10/26 - Decorations
10/27 - Pumpkins
10/28 - Costumes
10/29 - Makeup
10/30 - Desserts
10/31 - Halloween or Personal Photos

To see past Halloween specials for even more ideas, click on the Halloween label. What are your plans for Halloween?

The Daily Love Quotes

I'm signed up for this newsletter called Daily Love where you get inspiring quotes every day. Here are some quotes I liked:

 "Happy people continuously change; and because they change they become more and more happy; and then more and more change is possible."
- Osho

"I am realistic - I expect miracles."
- Wayne Dyer

  "Go to your fears, sit with them, stare at them. Your fears are your friend, their only job is to show you undeveloped parts of yourself that you need to cultivate to live a happy life. The more you do the things you're most afraid of doing the more life opens up. Embrace your fears and your fears will embrace you."
- Jackson Kiddard, author

"Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it."
- Bill Cosby

"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."
- John Ruskin

"There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go."
- Richard Bach

Are there any newsletters you're subscribed to that you find inspiring?

Top Rated Seller on EBay

I became a top rated seller on EBay! I've been using EBay for a while now and it feels good that I became a top rated seller. eBay's Top Rated sellers consistently receive highest buyer's rating, ship items quickly and have earned a track record of good service.

 

You can see my EBay profile and buy from me here. Here's some items I've sold recently:

Light Green Frog Sculpture


Philosophy Take a Deep Breath Sample


Butter London Lippy - Snog


Harrisville Designs Friendly Loom Easy Weaver


Dell Keyboard Model SK-8110



Do you use EBay?

Random Inspiration

These are some random photos that inspire me:

What inspires you?

Autism Awareness Journal and Reach for the Stars Card

These are some updated photos in my shop:

Autism Awareness Journal



Reach for the Stars Greeting Card



I'm also putting new photos I take on my Flickr and Facebook.

Horse Photography Inspiration

I find horses to be really inspiring animals. Here are some horse related photos from my Pinterest:

What inspires you?

Oversized Envelope Journal

I updated the photos for this Oversized Envelope Journal:




Let me know what you think.

Updated Gift Certificates

I updated the photos for gift certificates in my shop. I also changed how the gift certificates work a little bit. I've never sold a gift certificate, but I figured it can't hurt to have some listed in my shop:

10 Dollar Move the Needle Gift Certifcate




20 Dollar Move the Needle Gift Certifcate



30 Dollar Move the Needle Gift Certifcate



Do you purchase gift certificates?

24th Birthday

It's my birthday today! You can see my birthday wishlists here and here. I'm going to be 24 this year which seems old to me. Here's a birthday card from my shop:



What do you like to do for your birthday?