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Black Magic Cocktails: Bring on the Spook

Here’s a spooooky twist for your Halloween cocktail bar: black vodka and Black Magic Cocktails! There are several brands of black vodka out there but Blavod is a popular one. Add the dark vodka twist to any of your traditional vodka drink favorites!

Black Magic quickly becomes Black Widow… oooh so creepy. You can be sure we’ll be serving up a healthy dose of this neat vodka find at our Halloween event… can’t find black vodka at your local liquor store? Add a dash of the darkest grape or blackberry juice you can get your hands on, guests might even enjoy the infusion in their favorite drink! Read on for great recipes from Martha… Read more »

A Tissue Papered Halloween!

Halloween is almost here! If you’re a last-minute decorator (like myself) life will be much easier this year with these simple tissue paper solutions that are crafty and easy! From garland to place cards to sprucing up standard paper lanterns… tissue paper + scissors = quick & clever.

Martha Stewart features these decorating DIYs to try with your little ones or to make yourself before a big event. I’m really loving the bat-winged pumpkin place cards and the {Booo!} paper lanterns!

Follow the jump for the How-To! Read more »

Dexter Was Here: A Spin on the Halloween Party

This is so creepy. And yet the ideas captured by Amy Lau in her dining room refashion based off of the Showtime Dexter series is incredibly creative! It would be a very cool and unexpected twist on the standard annual Halloween party theme!

The overall look kind of gives me the heeby jeebies, but you have to admit that it’s pretty genius. If you’re ready to recreate for yourself, here’s a little inspiration board I pulled together with help from This Next.

Follow the jump for more pics and where to track down these gorey finds. Read more »