Today's post is a Halloween chocolate and orange cake, with a chocolate orange buttercream, a chocolate drip and sweet meringue ghosts to add extra spookiness to the ensemble! Talk about spook-tacular, right?! 👻 This cake combines some of the trendiest techniques out there for decorating layer cakes, like stripes and drips, and the chocolate orange flavor is a combo made in Halloween heaven. Or hell 🤷♀️
Hi! This is Dorangela, from Two Prince Bakery Theater . I am so excited to be visiting today with a fun project. Were in that spooky time of the year and one of my favorite holidays, Halloween! This year I had the pleasure to style a table to be featured in the Fall Issue of Bird's Party Magazine , and f or my party I decided to do " Voodoo Down by the Bayou ", and these eyeball jelly shots were one of the fun details of that party!
If you're looking for quick ideas to spruce up your Halloween candy or desserts table, then look no more! With the use of a few Halloween paper printables , you can craft the most cute and fun candy cones in minutes! The fun cones can be be used as a table centerpiece, spooky party favors or or to give away to trick or treaters ! :)
Halloween = Candy, right? So about some gorgeous eye candy?! :) These next two tables I'm about to show are from a fabulous, gorgeous blog Sandra Downie Event Designs . Sandra herself found me via my fan page on Facebook and got in touch because she wanted to showcase my kid's birthday Party in The Garden over at her amazing blog, The White Library . Imagine to my double delight when I come across her stunning photos, events and party inspirations!!
I created a spooky Witches' Cupboard for the Halloween shoot I styled for Bird's Party Magazine Fall Edition , along with a wicked DIY Potion Station (read drinks station) complete with black cauldron, tasty "poison", wicked spells , wings of bat and eye of newt ! ;) Check out some of the details below, and hope you feel inspired to re-create you very own, wicked potion station! Oh, and the complete Halloween Collection with over 30 printable templates is still HALF PRICE until tomorrow only!!
As promised, today we bring you another whimsical take on Halloween !! This time inspired but one cute, and not so scary little mouse! ;) This fun take on a Halloween Party was sent in by the talented Crissy from Crissy's Crafts Blog, who styled the entire party with the help of her little girl! Here's Crissy's styling tips in her own words...
I (Crissy) love that this is an expensive gift idea, and you don't even have to be crafty to make it! And of course, using the super cute Halloween printables from Bird's Party helps a LOT! :) Here's are the easy steps to making your witch's brew party drinks or favors - great as teacher gifts or for neighbors too!
This sophisticated and very grown-up Spellbinding Halloween Cocktail Party was styled by our fabulously talented contributor, Dorangela from Two Prince Bakery Theater. The whole New Orleans, Cajun-inspired colors and party details really add a touch of mystery to this party, and with the addition of glitzy skulls, ornate desserts, spirits and potion bottles; it also injects a bit of sparkle and glam to the festivities - perfect for a spooky but super fun All Hallows' Eve bash! ;)
I love kitsch, whimsical and colorful Halloween party decorations, but last year I decided to try my hand at a more demure styling for Birds' Party Magazine - Black and White Halloween ! But since the bling-lover in me could not sit still, I added a pinch of sparkle here and there! ;)
Centerpieces for your Halloween table do not have to be complicated, nor expensive. But they CAn be edible! ;) With the use of a few party printables and materials you probably already have around the home, you can create a super sweet and very practical centerpiece, that also doubles as a Candy Party Favor Holder ! ;)
Following from last week's Halloween cocktail post , today I'm sharing the DIY for these easy but oh-so spooky bloody cocktail glasses. They really look so fun and befitting of a creepy Halloween soiree, but they 're also super simple to make with just two ingredients!
If you still don't know what to do for Halloween fear not (no pun intended hehe) because you'll find some great inspiring ideas right here! Let's kick things off with this spooktacular orange and black, Halloween Inspiration Board , which includes a fabulous Bat Piñata from Martha Stewart !
Okay, so black electrical tape has become one of my fav go-to crafty materials lately. You may have seen the striped boxes I create for my office here ? Well, I was so inspired, that I decided to spook-up my Halloween party balloons using black electrical tape! They are perfect as party decorations, but also make fun photo booths or even as part of a funky costume.
Who says Halloween is all about the sweet stuff?! I'm not too keen on candy myself (I know, shock horror!), so I was thrilled to be able to style something different for Halloween this year - A Chilling Chili Halloween Buffet! I love working with YUM Food and Fun for Kids Magazine , and my Halloween Chili Bar is now in their October Issue - The article is 8 pages long with easy ideas and recipes on re-creating this chili bar for Halloween!
These printable Trick or Treat tags can be printed on white cardstock and used just as they are to adorn Halloween party favors, candy jars, as cakes toppers and more! But you know me, always looking for new ways to use printables, so how about using heat-transfer paper to customize your own muslin favor bags and BOO your neighbors and friends in style this Haloween?! :)
I love to bake, but sometimes we all just need some quick ideas to jazz up store-bought sweets, right?! These NO-BAKE Halloween sweet treats were made entirely using shop-bought ingredients. They are such fun, really easy and super quick to make - And you don't even have to be a Bakerela to do it! ;) Get the full details below:
Ever thought how to go about planning and creating the perfect Halloween Party or Soiree? Well, fear not, because we've put together a fun and easy Halloween Party Checklist to help your Halloween Bash go down with a fabulous Eeeeek!! ;)
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Man, I love a good party photo booth, don't you?! Especially if it's easy to put together ;) Don't get me wrong, I totally adore those beautifully crafted DIY photo booths full of intricate paper flowers or balloon backdrops we see all over Pinterest . But in reality, for my own party photo booths, I tend to go less OTT and opt for a more low-key version.
Have you ever been tempted to go monochrome for Halloween? I did last year , and totally loved it! Monochrome is sleek, is chic and is one of the Fall color trends for 2013. What's not to love?! I think this palette is really easy to pull together (think mummies, spiders, bats, crows...) and really helps to add an air of grown-up sophistication to Halloween festivities. Check out some inspiring ideas I've been pinning: