Let us talk about Cocktails

Whether you're trick or treating with your kiddos, staying home watching Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin, or celebrating with friends, fixing yourself a little fun Halloween cocktail is a great way to welcome the witches and ghouls.

Martha Stewart has some great recipes. Here is one that is frighteningly yummy.

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Halloween Sunset Cocktail:

Makes one serving

Ingredients

• 3 ounces tangerine juice
• 1 1/2 ounces white rum
• 3/4 ounce grenadine
• Ice cubes

Directions

1. Combine juice and rum in a tall glass filled with ice. Top with grenadine. Serve.

Cook's Note

This cocktail is beautifully two-toned when first poured; afterward, the ingredients start to mix together into an intense orange color.

Haunted Pup Crawl

This past Saturday my friends and I ventured out to Fells Point in Baltimore Maryland for the Haunted Pub Crawl.  We visited 5 different bars learning along the way the history of Baltimore and the haunted tales past down from generations before.  We sampled specialty brews from crafted in Maryland.  Here are a few instagram photos from the night.

Bertha's Pub

Penny Door - Outside The Horse You Came In On Pub

On a side note we hope that all of you located on the east coast stay safe.  We are expecting power outages and might not be able to post for the next few days, but we'll be back when we can.

Pumpkin Decorating

Bright orange pumpkins fill the field as we drive to the local farm.  I love to fill my home with varying sized pumpkins, squash and gourds.  They truly bring the feel and look of fall.  I thought I would be nice to create a post about decorating these lovely fruits.  Now I'm all for carving, creating spooky pumpkin faces, but why not try your hand at something a little different?

Painted Mini Pumpkins - via

First we have some lovely painted mini pumpkins.  Use a color that matches your home decor and throw in a pop color to add some interest.  Here the blogger used white mini pumpkins and painted them with pink.  Head on over to Michaels for acrylic paint and create your own!

Glitter Pumpkin - via

Next we have glittered pumpkins!  You can either paint your pumpkin a color first and glitter just the top, or have fun and glitter the entire thing!  Choose fun colors, like purple to add a little pop to the plain ol' orange and black theme.  Here they used spray adhesive and glitter, how easy is that!

Bundle up

This week we've introduced our new line of cowls!  We've always loved paring a hint of glamour and color to any outfit with a scarf, cowl or wrap.  Our cowls are made with USA handmade yarn, from wool to silk we have a variety of colors available.  Please visit our shop to see our assortment as we continually add new styles this week.

Steel Blue and Art Yarn Cowl 

On another note we are also having a Pre-Halloween sale!  Visit our Halloween section to save 40% off this week, use coupon code: boo2012

Halloween Part 2

Continuing with our Halloween series we start off with one foot in the grave. No, no we're not putting you in a coffin, but turning you into the walking dead, a skeleton that is.  Probably one of the most popular and "been around forever" costumes.  Skeletons are a probably not what you have in mind as a "sexy" fun costume.  Well we're here to change that and came up with a couple of good ideas (and all of these can be found in your closet or with just a few low cost items). 

We have two styles shown here, one is the over the top Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead costume.  Now this is definitely a fun, funky and "sexy" costume.  We used an fluffy skirt, corset top, bright shoes and a huge flower hair clip.  Pair this outfit with the classic day of the dead make-up, our Skull with Bow Post and Skull hand Necklace and you're set to go!



Skeleton Hand Necklace - $20.00

Our second option it the traditional skeleton outfit. You can choose to purchase pre-made skeleton designed pieces or you can make your own, which is very easy.  Here's how Martha Stewart does it. 

Skull with Bow Post - $20.00 each

Keep an eye out for even more Halloween Costume ideas!

Halloween 2012

Let's talk about how bad I've been at blogging lately.  I've gone through a lot of changes lately, personally and professionally, and it has taken a little toll on getting back into the blog world.  But enough about me, let's talk about Halloween!  I know it's September, and maybe a little soon..but Halloween is right around the corner, and we need to get started on deciding what your going to wear :)

We launched our Halloween styles on September 7th and have a several styles left up for grabs.  Let's talk about different costume designs.  Now I know you can head off to the local store and pick up a $50 outfit, by why not search your own closet for something and just purchase a few small pieces (in the end saving a little moola). 

In our witch costume we put together to ensemble, one with a long flowing skirt and the other with skinny black pants.  Pick out your black pieces and pair them with a bright or edgy shoe.  We also paired the outfit with our mini Witch Necklace, a broom and a mini witch hat.  Talk about a one of a kind outfit!  Here is a makeup tutorial for a "sexy" witch look!



Mini Witch Necklace - $18



 Next is our Robot costume!  Now this one is a fun one, most robots are silver but why not change it up?!  Pick out a single metallic color from your closet and pair it with a matching color wig.  Try out some great make up to bring the look over the top. 

We paired these outfits with our Robot necklace, gloves, and a headband.

Robot Necklace - $20 each

Now aren't these great!  We'll come up with a few other ideas for you and post them before Halloween:)