October 2, 2016
I can't believe October is finally here! It is, hands down, my favourite month of the year. I love the turning leaves and the chill in the air. I love pumpkin flavoured everything and Halloween decorations. I love dark lipstick and dressing up. It sometimes makes me sad that people in this country don't really do Halloween like they do other holidays - like Christmas - but don't worry, I have enough
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Posted in Halloween, Monthly Goals | Tagged blog update, halloween, october, velvetcave |
October 28, 2015
Did you ever make things out of salt dough as a child? I definitely remember using cookie cutters to make Christmas tree decorations. I've wanted to make something a bit sculptural for a while and salt dough is so much cheaper than shop bought craft clay. It would also be more environmentally friendly (if I hadn't slopped a load of paint over the top) because you're just using salt, flour and water
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Posted in DIY, Halloween | Tagged candle holder, DIY, halloween, halloween decorations, salt dough, skull, tealight holder |
October 10, 2015
I'm clearly not the only blogger to think this, but Halloween is the best! My friends know me as the queen of Halloween and every year, without fail, my blog traffic more than doubles in October. I guess the internet knows that I like Halloween too, huh. It's such an exciting time of year, with Halloween, Bonfire Night and then Christmas in the next three months. I like that it's getting dark early,
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Posted in Halloween | Tagged halloween costume, halloween decoration, halloween food, halloween roundup |
November 2, 2014
On Friday night I had some friends over for halloween and baked a whole load of vegan treats, including these spooky cookies! People are usually sceptical about vegan baking, so luckily they went down well! Obviously you can use this recipe to bake cookies in all shapes and sizes - they don't have to be spooky. I think they were super tasty even if I do say so myself. They're just the right amount
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Posted in Food, Halloween, Vegan | Tagged baking, biscuits, halloween sugar cookies, sugar cookies, vegan baking, vegan sugar cookies |
November 1, 2014
I meant to post about these pumpkins before halloween, but this week I've been spending all my evenings making halloween decorations and cakes, so I haven't had much time for blogging! I had some friends over for halloween yesterday and I had a lot of fun spookifying my flat. Even though halloween is over, these pumpkins would still make some pretty cute autumn themed decorations. I usually like my
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Posted in DIY, Halloween | Tagged decorated pumpkins, decorations, glitter pumpkins, halloween, halloween decorations, pumpkins, stipy pumpkins |
