Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! My treat for you today is a post chock full of photos of more decorations, candy, and of course, Mystery!

Since my last Halloween post, I've gotten two new decorations, as well as some adorable old cookie cutters that my mom found for me.

Painted by my aunt.

Scarecrow from my mom.

 

I've also made two more apple cider jug ghosts.

  

*narrows eyes* "Another one? Really?"

 

"Hmmm...I guess this one's alright."

The whole group of ghosties.

Oh, and I did some spooky sketches, too.

My favorite Halloween candy when I was younger (and obviously not vegan yet) was Reese's peanut butter cups. But there's nothing to fear, for there's a delicious vegan version that I just recently tried out: Justin's organic dark chocolate peanut butter cups. They are awesome!

Zach and I bought a good amount of vegan Halloween candy – Skittles (original and sour), Jolly Ranchers, Sour Patch Kids, and Swedish Fish – so we will be prepared for the trick-or-treaters tonight! I'm so excited; I love giving out treats and seeing all the cute, creative costumes!

I'm going to be a witch again this Halloween, but little old Mystery decided she didn't want to be my familiar. Instead, she wanted to be the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. 

I found her practicing a couple days ago, sitting up in bed, all snuggled in, just waiting for some noms to be brought to her by an unsuspecting do-gooder who might have believed she was their grandmother.

"My, what few teeth you have!"

"The better to gum you with, my dear!"

Peace. :)

More Halloween Decorations

Hello everyone! I hope you're enjoying getting into the Halloween spirit! 

Just a short post today to show a few decorations I have added to the mix!

My mom gave me this little ghost and pumpkin decoration...

...and I got these two ghosts (and cat) from my aunt.

Since making my first apple cider jug ghost, I have made two more, so our apartment is getting quite spooky!

Second ghost.

Third ghost.

All lit up.

The ghost buddies hanging out together.

Here's a photoset of Mystery, up close & personal, checking out my camera!

Peace. :)

Decorating for Halloween

It felt strange not blogging yesterday, but at the same time, it was also nice to have a bit of a break. Well, it wasn't a complete break from the blog; as you may have noticed, I did do a bit of work on the layout and template to make it a bit more fall-appropriate.

Since yesterday was the first day of October, I felt that I could finally start decorating the apartment for Halloween. Here are some photos of our decorations this year. (Mystery enjoyed getting to inspect the ones she could reach.) 

Zach's scary pumpkin (lights up from the inside)

Plastic spider waiting at the top of the stairs; we take turns hiding him/moving him around during Halloween. I wonder where he'll be found next!

Mystery inspecting the plastic pumpkin...

 

This big pumpkin got hung on the door.

And this little pumpkin got hung on one of the kitchen cabinets.

Mystery inspecting the tubs that will hold vegan Halloween candy...

*sniff sniff*

"Where are the treats?"

This Halloween cat is technically supposed to be a placemat, but I think it'll look cooler on the wall, or maybe the window...

 

Another Halloween cat, holding a tea light.

I also made an adorable ghost decoration today; a couple weeks ago, I saw a photo on Facebook of this cute craft idea. I'll have more empty apple cider jugs by the time Halloween is here, so this little guy will get a few friends soon. (Zach loves apple cider, so once fall rolls around, we get a gallon of it each week with our groceries.)

Just draw on eyes and a mouth and color them in...

...cut out a flap in the back...

 

...and switch on a battery-operated tea light, slipping it into the jug.

Mystery was curious...

I'm planning to get some more tea lights for the others I'll make, hopefully ones that have a lighter-colored "flame," so that they will look more ghostly instead of orange and pumpkin-ish. Either way, it's pretty spooky-cute.

Peace. :)