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The title of this post pretty much sums it up. I am obsessed with re-doing my Christmas tree and all of its ornaments. This year we got the usual green one, but NEXT year I’m at least going to get it sprayed with that fake snow to make it white. I bought some kitschy glitter ornaments and plan to keep it up. No more boring old red balls! We’re going retro funky-style. I don’t think my husband will ever go for a pink tree, but maybe we can work out a happy medium. Like if we ever have a daughter, she’s definitely getting a little in her room.

Sources: Kiki’s List and Pinterest

Fool a loved on this holiday with one of these hand-painted fake designer boxes.  Your choice of “Not Chanel,” “Tiphoney,” or “Bvllshit.” Just visit our Facebook page and find out how to win one!

 Here they are. My 2012 Pop Culture Halloween ideas:

Honey BooBoo and mom – My favorite character(s) of 2012. Get a blonde curly wig, a super fluffy pink pageant dress with a sash and tiara. Speak in a southern accent and yell phrases like, “You better redneckcognize!” and “I’d holla for a dolla.”

Potato Jesus - though someone already dressed up as this brilliant botched fresco, it’s still hilarious. Just follow the guy’s lead above and you’re guaranteed some laughs.

Zombie Steve Jobs – Too soon? Easy costume though. Black turtleneck, light jeans and some zombie makeup. Wave around your iPhone throughout the night.

FLO, Mayhem or Jimmy Dean Sunshine guy – Pretty self-explanatory

Hunger Games victim- Wear a t-shirt with blood stains all over it, some cargo pants and boots and this Mockingjay pin with an arrow through your head. Done.

Mmmagic Mike - Even better if you travel as a group. Cuffs, vest, bow tie, rip-away pants, thrusting. Bonus points if you carry boombox (or whatever the 2012 equivalent is) blaring “It’s Raining Men.”


50 Shades of The Grey
- Yep I said that right. A mash-up of both movies 50 Shades of Grey and The Grey. Slap on a sexy wolf costume, throw in some whips and chains and handcuffs. Boom.

Gangnam dude- Now you have the excuse to do the dance alllll niiiiight long. Sunglasses, suit, bizarre neon yellow sidekick. Oppan Gangnam style.

Oh, and don’t forget to scream at women’s butts.

Speaking of butts,

The Kardashian sisters- tight slutty matching outfits from Sears. Stuff the back of your pants. Wear long dark wigs. Have a tall friend.

The Bachelor- Perfect for single guys looking to pick up ladies on Halloween. A nice suit and a bouquet of red roses to hand out. Occasionally propose.

Big Bird- Who know Big Bird would be so popular this year? Even more topical if he carries a cardboard sign.

Felix Baumgartner- Wear a Red Bull sponsored astronaut suit. Jump off things.

Chia Obama/Romney- I saved the best for last. Buy an Obama or Romney mask. Spray paint the face orange and paint the hair green. You can, but I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary, buy a green wig too. Wear a suit.

Whew!  There you have it.

This made me crack up.

via whatshouldwecallme

As Gawker put it, we may as well give up because the best costume idea of the year has already been claimed by Beast Jesus. Or  Afro Jesus, Potato Jesus, or Botched Fresco Jesus. Whatever you want to call it. Not up to speed on what the heck I’m talking about, or want to relive the hilarity? Read all about it here. Tragic, yet quite funny. I wish i’d thought of it!

I saw this terrarium cemetery “cemetarium” on Pinterest and thought it was such a cute idea for a Halloween decoration. It’s so natural and organic with the moss and rocks, then adding your own little creepy scene amidst it just makes it all the more interesting. I think the one below with the bones buried underground is especially clever.

Buy your own here: Twig Terrariums

Make your own here: LBrandtTerraria

I designed these invitations last year with an “adult” Halloween party in mind. Adult being in quotes because really who’s going to be acting mature at this type of party? It’s pretty much if Animal House threw a haunted party. I even included the fraternity letters “Beta Omega Omega” and a TPed drunken mummy.

The other version is straight up traffic-cone-on your-head-drunk-times. It could be interpreted as a drunken witch hat, but really it’s whatever you want it to be.

Both versions are in my Etsy shop here. Check them out and throw a haunted house party!

Click and save the image below to your desktop, then print away for your very own “Death’s Doorknocker” sign.

So I realize Halloween isn’t for a while, however anyone planning party may want to think about sending out invitations. I got to thinking about how funny and freaky it would be to receive a bloody envelope in the mail. So I got out some of my fake blood from Halloween and made bloody fingerprinted cards. Paint works too, as well as super dark red fingernail polish, but good ole fashioned  fake blood always works like a charm.

FREE PRINTABLES
Below are 5×7 printable invitations. Just click on the image, save it to your desktop and print on 8.5×11 paper. I also included a sheet of faux bloody prints to use portions of for any paper you may want to bloody.

 

 

 

This weekend was my birthday so my husband and I decided to throw a party on our roof deck. We decided to instead of just drinking beer (not that there’s anything wrong with that), we’d also make it a blind beer-tasting event. We ended up with about a total of 37 beers and wrapped each one in brown bags tied with strings (bakers twine leftover from our wedding actually) and numbered each one 1-37. We made a big sheet listing the beer numbers and had everyone taste as many as they could and rate them 1-5. We tallied up the votes and averaged them up and the winner was…drum roll…

This cute guy! A white ale. Best-tasting, and frankly one of the best designed labels out there too. The guest who brought the winning beer received a beer boot as a prize.

If you’re thinking of holding a beer-tasting event, this website has some great tips. In hindsight, I would probably recommend keeping the tasting beers to about 10-15. 37 was a lot to keep up with. We also had a pour-back bowl to pour out any beer you were tasting that you didn’t like. All in all though, a super fun event! And it didn’t hurt that we had great weather and an awesome deck to have it on:

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