February 26, 2017

You might have guessed from all the autumnal colours, but I actually visited Blair Atholl back in October. I've been so busy writing about California that all the other small trips I've taken have been neglected on the blog! Blair Atholl is a castle in Scotland close to Pitlochry, with a huge estate. I stayed in a large house close to the castle with a bunch of my Edinburgh friends. The turning leaves,
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Posted in Travel | Tagged blair atholl, halloween, pitlochry, scotland, travel |
November 5, 2016

Shooting some exciting stuff in London!
Autumn leaves in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
James + beer + Halloween vibes in my flat
Halloween weekend on the Blair Atholl estate <3 <3 <3 <3
For the first weekend of October, I zoomed down to London on the train. James was still flat hunting, so we crashed with a friend in south London. I haven't spent a huge amount of time there before,
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Posted in Monthly Recap | Tagged blair atholl, halloween, halloween 2013, monthly recap, monthly review, scotland |
October 26, 2016

I've been thinking for a while about making a snack bowl with a hand coming out of the middle, but it was my Dad who had the genius idea of using a jewellery holder. Seriously, I had been researching ways to mould hands out of clay or pour Plaster of Paris into rubber gloves. This method is 100 times simpler! These hand shaped jewellery holders are really easy to find in charity shops (wash it first,
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Posted in DIY, Halloween | Tagged decorations, DIY, halloween, snack bowl |
October 18, 2016

An essential part of any Halloween party is curating a killer playlist. I often organise the Halloween festivities for my group of friends (duh, nobody else is quite as obsessively spooky as me) so I'm usually in charge of the music. It's annoying having to listen to the same songs every year but I confess to adding some traditional cheesy party tunes. Is it really Halloween if Michael Jackson's
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Posted in Halloween | Tagged halloween, halloween playlist, music |
October 8, 2016

Skull Candle Holders
Vegan Sugar Cookies
Decorated Pumpkins
Alien Costume
The brilliant thing about having blogged for so long is that every time Halloween rolls around, I have an exciting archive full of ideas waiting for me. Costumes, decor, food... you name it, I've probably blogged about it. The DIY bat costume that I shared 3 years ago has long been my most popular post. Looking through
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Posted in Halloween | Tagged DIY, halloween, halloween costume, recipes |