There’s no denying that Halloween is becoming more and more prominent each year in Australia, and I’m a firm believer in the “if you can beat them, join them!” mentality… just so long as I don’t break the bank on decorations that are only going to be up for a week or so! Which makes these spider webs from Jessica Jones, made using bin bags, absolutely perfect. Minimal layout, and when you’re ready to take the down you don’t have [...]

Queen of the cake pops, Bakerella has created these beautiful new eyeball cake pops, just in time for Halloween. Spooky, and delicious at the same time, I can’t believe someone hasn’t done this already as cake pops are the perfect size and shape for creating edible eyeballs! A tip I learned after creating my own cake pops (these awesome Elmo ones for my youngest’s second birthday) is to keep an eye on the size of your ball, you’d be surprised [...]

One last minute Halloween tutorial before October is over! This time something sweet for parties, or if you just want to make something to celebrate at home, or they’re perfect for creepy birthday parties, super simple and very effective, I give you spider cupcakes! . You will need Cupcakes – There are a million and one cupcake/sponge recipes online, so I’m going to assume everyone’s google-fu is up to scratch on this one My basic one is 1 egg=50g of [...]

ALLITERATION FTW!!! Continuing the Halloween specials, I give you a super cute trick or treating bag, guaranteed to last from year to year no matter what outfit you’re pairing it with I would like to stand up in my own defence before I get into this one, yes, I quilt, but I am a crazy/scrap quilter, I have a phobia of seam matching and precise measurements, so my methods (and finished product!) probably make seasoned quilters and patchworkers shake in [...]

A nice easy one to ease me slowly back into the tutorials! Continuing our Halloween crafts, I give you a pair of less than frightening monsters, some may even dare to call them cute! They’re entirely hand sewn and the fun fur is very forgiving, so they make a great project for beginners or for the young sewer. Make them in a variety of colours and spread them around the house for some fluffy Halloween decorations, put a bell or [...]

Halloween is on its way, and what better way to mark it than with some needlecraft, here’s a few of the free embroidery patterns that I’ve found online that celebrate the night of ghouls and ghosties! Click on the pictures to get to the patterns! Quixotic Pixels has some beautiful (and very cute!) embroidery patterns to decorate trick or treat bags or Halloween decorations. I’m hoping to find the time to make a wall hanging featuring these before the month [...]