Growing up in a house which was very strict about food waste, using up Halloween trick-or-treat candy was a fine art my mother perfected. Trick or treat candy wasn't something I really cared about as a kid (just not really a lolly or candy kinda gal) I always gave mine to my mum after picking … Continue reading 10 Ways to Use up Trick-or-Treat Candy!
Feeling overwhelmed this spooky season? Wanting things to be a bit more cozy and calm? Here are 10 cosy activities to try out this spooky season! These activities are great for a small gatherings, solo nights or couples evenings. They are designed to get you thinking creatively, have a little fun, do something a little … Continue reading 10 Super Cosy Activities for a Quiet Spooky Season
I think my husband is pretty great and I'd like to think that after we have both shuffled off this mortal coil, we end up haunting a cute little woodland area as groovy bedsheet ghosts. A girl can dream right? Well to help manifest this scenario, I wanted to share a cute and cosy date … Continue reading Cute and Spooky Date Night Idea: Painting Bedsheet Ghosts Figurines
Haunting Finds: Where to Buy Vintage Halloween Decorations for a Spooky and Nostalgic Celebration Halloween is a time for spooky fun and nostalgic chills! Whilst modern decorations are readily available, there's something special about vintage Halloween pieces that evoke a sense of history and charm. With Halloween being my favourite holiday season, I love putting … Continue reading Where to Buy Vintage Halloween Decorations
It's officially spooky season and I'm honestly a little bit in struggle town. At this current point in time I feel like I'm barely keeping my head above water so although I had a massive Halloween sewing project planned (actually I'v been trying to compete it for over 2 years), I've decided to go easy … Continue reading Sewing Cute Retro Halloween Separates; Butterick 6354
It wouldn't be Halloween without a brooch review so this year, we will be taking a look at the newest Lipstick & Chrome x Johanna Parker halloween brooch collection. This collection features some familiar faces and new colour ways of previously released popular designs. Designed by Johanna Parker who is known for her heavily vintage … Continue reading Lipstick & Chrome x Johanna Parker Halloween Brooch Review 2022
Living in Australia, we celebrate our holiday season as the weather heats up meaning that if you wear a holdiay jumper during the holidays, you might expire from heat stroke. Although I find the idea of my holiday season being chilly rather romantic, the reality is I'm reaching for the deodorant and trying to stay … Continue reading Spider Web Bikini from Red Dolly Review
Earlier in the year, I tested out a sewing pattern that produced one of my favourite dresses which I'm embarrassed to say I wear almost weekly. The pattern in question is Simplicity X Lisette 1419 and it contains two dresses with different collar and sleeve options as well as a jacket; on my first attempt, … Continue reading Sewing Pattern Review: Simplicity X Lisette 1419 but Make it Halloween
Might as well be honest, originally this post was entitled 'How to Make a Vintage Bat Fascinator' but after at least two meltdowns and multiple shouts of "I give up on this thing!" and "What have I done wrong now", I knew I had to change it to an attempt type blog rather than a … Continue reading I Tried Making a Vintage Bat Fascinator for Halloween
Vintage Cooking Adventures It's officially the greatest month of the year which means there will be a pumpkin on every flat surface of my house, cinnamon in every cup of tea I drink and spicy candles lit all day long. It's also the month of listening to the Rocky Horror soundtrack, watching Over the Garden … Continue reading Making Halloween Triple Treat Parfait from 1977
We all have that show or film that terrified us as a kid, I have a couple and one of those films is Beetlejuice. I must have been about 3 or 4 years old and I saw Barbara and Adam turn into their scarier version and it frightened me beyond belief and I just avoided … Continue reading That’s a Wrap – Beetlejuice Halloween Shoot
It's officially October which means I get to dress up in all my Halloween inspired outfits. As much as I love all things Halloween, I do still love pastel colours, cuteness and all things aggressively floral. To celebrate the start of October, I thought I'd combine my love for Halloween and also my love for … Continue reading Making a Pink Witches Hat Inspired by The Love Witch
Hands down, Halloween is a magical time of year and I am all about the pumpkins and cute little spooks. I definitely lean more on the 'cute' side of spooky so when I saw that Erstwilder was working with Mimsy I was very excited to see their Halloween collection for 2021. If you're unaware, Mimsy … Continue reading Erstwilder X Mimsy Halloween Collection
So I had this odd idea as I was decorating my home for Easter (it feels so so long ago but here we are). I absolutely love Halloween, its a fun season with cute fall decorations, delicious treats (you had me at cinnamon) and no one feels obliged to buy you a gift. As much … Continue reading Witchy Wednesday: Making a Pastel Pumpkin Door Wreath
It's the spooky season and one of my favourite times of the year. Even though I live in Australia and it's slowly warming up, I love seeing all my overseas friends embrace the fall colours, warm beverages and pumpkin patches (something that's been on my bucket list for 100 years). For most, as the weather … Continue reading Witchy Wednesday – Halloween Themed Skin Care
When we first learned that we would be in charge of Erstwilder's upcoming Halloween collections, we all knew it's time to go all out and embrace our inner witch. We wanted to do justice to the collection and not make it look like we rolled into the discount aisle of the Halloween store so that … Continue reading Witchy Wednesday – Creating Halloween Props for Erstwilder
It's the time of year where I can blast 'The Monster Mash' and dance my little twist dance to it without too many weird looks but with the release of Erstwilder's new Halloween collection... ITS OFFICIALLY SPOOKY SEASON! For your own audio pleasure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOFCQ2bfmHw Ok now that we've estalished that I should never take control … Continue reading Erstwilder In The Shadows Collection Review