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So Bright, So Vivid!

KarenNYC — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:01:17 +0000

On Saturday, when all of the cool people were going out to celebrate Halloween (sigh) Jeff and I ran into our friend Jane randomly on the street. Her costume was awesome.

Haha, love it! And for those of you that missed out on the whole double rainbow craze, please turn up your volume and see below

That’s about right.

AnnamalSF — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:11:48 +0000

Except no one ever stops by our apartment, so all of the Halloween candy we bought, we ate. Nom.

Happy Halloween!!

AnnamalSF — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:50:15 +0000

Halloween in the City

KarenNYC — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:08:27 +0000

Well, if Anna thinks she’s being a loser for Halloween, then I’m the ultimate loser. I have no plans and no costume; I’m not even going out. I mean I have a valid excuse. I have a game tomorrow and an early call time, but boy do I miss dressing up and having fun on Halloween Instead, this year we dressed Willie up and paraded him around Central Park this morning. He went as a football, appropriately, but his costume was just a wee bit too snug. He didn’t mind though and he looked pretty darn cute

Pop Rocks of Deeeeeaaaaath.

AnnamalSF — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:49:50 +0000

I thought this was a really cute DIY idea by Somewhere Splendid. They took Pop Rocks and filled little corked bottles with them and then made little poisonous looking labels to go on them. I think that you could have more fun with the label names though, like “Tongue Disintegrator” or “Mouth Melter.” Ok maybe not those, but you get the idea.

{via Somewhere Splendid}

The 13 Costumes You’ll See This Halloween

AnnamalSF — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:27:33 +0000

Did they leave out any? I can’t really think of one. But I do hope I see someone dressed as Prince Poppycock out there. Please O please!

This video actually inspired me though. I think next year Randy and I should go as Raggedy Anna and Randy! Yeeeaaaah. But a sexy one of course. But then Randy would have to wear this. Ickth.

Allllll byyyy myyysellllf.

AnnamalSF — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:40:06 +0000

You know the Modern Family Halloween episode this week? (Yes I know I already referenced that show once this week in my posts) Anyway, you know the part where Mitchell the skinny gay guy goes to work in his Spider-man costume and he is pretty much the only one dressed in costume (aside from the 2 dorks), yeah that pretty much happened to me this morning. But instead of being dressed like Spider-man, I’m Emo-Goth girl. Apparently no one dresses up here until the party at 3. So here I sit at my desk, in full goth attire waiting for 3 o’clock.

There have been a few costumes trickling in later today – I guess they found some confidence they obviously didn’t have at 9 this morning. Weenies.

Halloween Epicness

AnnamalSF — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:57:30 +0000

I don’t know if any of you watched Modern Family last night, but I decided that when I grow up and am a mom, I am totally going to be crazy about Halloween like Claire was. I want to be the creepiest house on the block with graves in the yard, faces in my trees and a life-size Michael Myers in my shrubbery.

Whaaaa? Oh yes. I found this guy’s website Dave Lowe Design. He’s a set designer and illustrator. Every Halloween he builds these elaborate props to decorate his house with. They’re amazing! I would LOVE to see this guy’s house one Halloween. Unfortunately he’s in LA. So not this year. Seriously though, here are just a few of his props that he MADE over the last few Halloweens. Click below for Halloween Epicness.

He also has a few less complex project ideas that even us less crafty people can tackle. Like:

The Fed-Ex Box Gravestone

Dripping Head Sack

Dungeon Shackles

More Halloween Party Tips!

AnnamalSF — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:12:29 +0000

The images above are not from my party (I wish). They were an inspiration though for me on how to make a creepy yet stylish and affordable Halloween party setting.

Here are some more tips on how to spice up your Halloween partaaay.

1. Haunted Punch Bowl

Buy some rubber gloves, inside them out (so you don’t get that nasty powder in your punch). Fill them with water, tie the end with a string and hang them up in your freezer so they keep their full hand shape. I suggest making 2 pairs of hands because once you put them in the punch bowl they melt fast!

2. Spooky Decor

Easy Peezy. Get cheap white sheets and drape all of your furniture. Buy a bunch of the fake cob web bags and a bag of plastic spiders to scatter all over the room. For mood lighting, swap out all your lights with black lights and candles. Don’t forget a jack-o-lantern!

3. Bathroom of Horrors

You can’t overlook the bathroom at your party. Everyone’s going to go there at least one time in the evening. They’ll get a fun and freaky surprise when they open the door to a pool of blood in the bathtub and REDRUM scrawled in lipstick on the mirror. I took one of those little fake blood bottles that you get with your makeup kit at Walgreens and squeezed it into the tub water. I also put some on my hands and left some fake bloody hand prints on the tile wall. Don’t worry, it all washes right off with water.

4. Specimen Jars

Take the labels off old pasta jars (nail polish remover works best!) and fill them with water. You can use fake rubber bugs, snakes, appendages, eyeballs, food like cauliflower (for brains), roots or even mushrooms clumped together. Anything that looks gross in a jar. Slap some creepy scientific labels on and you’re done. For an extra creepy effect add a touch of milk and a TINY bit of green or yellow food coloring for a murky liquid look. Below are the labels I made last year. Click on them to print them out. 5. Paranormal Pictures

I replaced a bunch of the pictures in my living room and hallway with these haunted portraits that I grabbed from online and printed out myself. Hang a few on the wall crooked to give it an extra creepy effect in case the demon baby isn’t scary enough for ya.

Voila! Happy Halloween!

Halloween HaHa

AnnamalSF — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:46:27 +0000

{image from Para Abnormal}