Blogwatch - 27/10/13 - Halloween Crafts

It's Halloween really soon! So this week I'm sharing some of my fav Halloween tutorials from some awesome bloggers I've just discovered. I hope these crafts get you in the Halloween spirit!

I love these black cat nails by Beauty by Arielle. They look really effective and simple to do.

These cute spider cupcakes by HollyDays look too cute to eat. They're perfect for all year round too.

These pom pom spiders by A Pinch of Joy are a fun and easy craft to do. I love the spiders cute googly eyes.

I think these pumpkin balloons by The Celebration Shop are a genius idea.

This Halloween centerpiece by Lil Luna is so simple and striking. A perfect decoration for a Halloween dinner or buffet table.

I want to eat all these adorable spider cookies by Cake Whizz, they look so delicious.

Perfect Pumpkins

I love pumpkins, seeing them always makes me feel cosey. To me they represent the time of year where I can wear big wooly jumpers, silly bear hats and warm scarves. Here are some lovely Pumpkins that I found on etsy.

1. Pumpkin Crochet Pattern 2. Halloween Decorations 3. Pumpkin Ornament Dolls 4. Pumpkin Lace Dress 5. Pumpkin Lip Balm 6. Burlap Pumpkin 7. Vintage Pumpkin Cards

Which are your favorite? I'm so tempted by the Vintage Pumpkin cards.

Easy pumpkin cupcake toppers

I've tried and failed at pumpkin cupcakes so many times this year! The last batch turned out pretty good but I forgot to write down my ingredients and now it's long forgotten!

However, one good thing that came out of having to decorate so many failed cupcakes is my quick and easy cupcake toppers!

 

What you will need (for 6 cupcake toppers):
200g Ready made royal icing
Black & green mini cake icers
Icing sugar
Orange food colouring (concentrated gels are the more effective)

Method:

1. Mix some orange food colouring into the royal icing, adding a little at a time until you get a nice bright orange.
2. Divide the royal icing into 6 even pieces. Roll each piece into a little ball, if the icing is a bit sticky you can dust your hands with icing sugar.
3. Squash each little ball slightly. With the blunt side of a clean, dry knife mark the little indents along the sides of each pumpkin.
4. Add a little blob of green icing on the top of each pumpkin. Allow to dry.
5. With the black icing draw little smiley faces on. Try and leave the pumpkins on their side for a while so the black dosn't drip while it's drying.
6. Once the black icing is dry the pumpkins are ready to use!! They look great on cupcakes, or stacked up on a bigger cake.

 

And the winner is...

Well, the Halloween giveaway ended on Wednesday and I'm pleased to say the lovely Alex from Alex & Arthur was the lucky winner.

But don't worry if you missed out, there are loads more pumpkins available in the shop.

Halloweeeeeen!

I had a busy day painting today but still managed to find time to decorate our front window and carve a pumpkin (and scoff most of the sweets I had bought for trick-or-treaters)! Here's some pics of our halloween decorations and sweets.

Happy Halloween everyone!! 

 And a couple of pics of us PonyChops girls celebrating halloween in style at the weekend:

I was a zombie Lady Gaga and Ginge was a zombie Mcdonalds employee

Creepy Angler Pumpkin

Just wanted to share this creepy pumpkin I found whilst browsing Deviant Art. It's by HighBornTalon (who, by the way has some very impressive cake decorating skills, check out this Alien cake)

It's inspired me to attempt my own pumpkin carving, pics of it to come!!