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Heaven & Hell - Our Halloween Party

Monday, October 31, 2011 -

Hubs and I had a great time entertaining friends this past weekend by hosting our annual Halloween party. This year's theme, as you may remember, was Heaven & Hell.

The hosts for the evening!

Our second floor (living room, kitchen, and dining room) was Heaven. Complete with candle light, cloud seating, and heavenly treats. Champagne punch had people sipping sparkles while holy water kept others in high spirits.

You may recognize the nun? Of course, she is my mother! Yup, mom and dad came and surprised us with two of their good friend, Pete & Debbi. When I say surprised us, that means they drove from Wisconsin for the evening! Thanks for coming mom and dad! You definitely surprised us!

Our first floor and garage was hell for the evening. Spicy treats included jalapeno poppers, buffalo dip, spicy shrimp and other hot candies. In addition, hubs home brewed pumpkin ale and my hard cider were flowing. I have to post photos of hubs pumpkin tap later - it is a treat you won't want to miss!

We have some great friends who came out. Sad to see others didn't make it, but a good time was surely had by all those who did!

Happy Halloween!

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Labels: Buffalo Chicken Dip, Champagne, Halloween, Heaven vs. Hell, Home Brew, Jalapeno, Spy vs. Spy

Halloween Theme...It is Here!

Sunday, September 4, 2011 -

I began this blog back in the day to showcase cooking, events and entertaining myself through every day events. I think every day is a celebration, so when there really is a holiday or celebration, I love to celebrate it a bit more.

Halloween is one of my favorites.

Last year, we had a Tim Burton inspired get together. I personally loved decorating the house with each room having its own movie theme. Hubs and I dressed up as Alice and the Mad Hatter. The year before was a Clue theme, complete with a murder-mystery game. Mr. Green and Mrs. Peacock were our characters that year.

You see, the theme isn't just a theme, it is also the costume.

This year, after going back and forth on a variety of options, hubs and I finally landed on our theme.

Heaven and Hell. The classic battle between good and evil, angels and demons. Evil villians, angelic princesses (of course, my Disney reference of the day) or anything in between. The options for costumes are endless. And I know hubs and I will have a great time transforming our house into a classic heaven vs. hell venue.

Let the fun begin!

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Labels: Clue, Fall, Halloween, Heaven vs. Hell, Tim Burton

Tim Burton Inspired Halloween

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 -

Halloween has come and gone, but the photos from the Tim Burton inspired party will always remind me two things:

we had a great time
hubs and I truly have some amazing friends

As you may recall, I came up with this inspiration a few month's ago and the planning began. Hubby and I spent a little time each day decorating and getting ready for the festivities as every room had a different Tim Burton movie theme. It was a great event, loaded with food, drink, games, and Tim Burton galore! A brief recap:

Food & Drink

Mad Hatter Tea Party - sausage & apple meat pies (think Sweeny Todd), Parmesan wraps, stuffed mushrooms (for the caterpillar of course), chocolate & caramel apples, hummus, and five different delicious cheeses. Though tea was available, we focused more on a variety of wines for drinks.
Corpse Bride - Holy Cow Cupcakes did an amazing job with the red velvet "wedding cake" (delicious!) and there was also a Dracula's Kiss signature drink (black cherry vodka with a Coke product and cherries)
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - a candy buffet, complete with Willy Wonka candy (and wrappers, thank you RN!) Even the wall was likable as pinwheels had a Sweet Tart center.
Edward Scissorhands - backyard bbq style, we had beer a plenty including a basic domestic (for easy beer game play) and hubby's home brewed pumpkin ale. He did a fantastic job, it was some great beer that everyone enjoyed (great job hubs!) Small snack items that you would find at a BBQ as well, including chips, pretzels - the easy grab food.

Costumes
Our guests did a great job dressing in Tim Burton gear. We had Mike TV and Veruca Salt from Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Lydia (two of them to be more accurate!) and Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Peg Bogg (Avon calling!), Helena Bonham Carter and Sweeny Todd and Alice & the Mad Hatter. We also had some other great costumes, including Mario & Luigi, Spiderman, Tink & Peter Pan, a Cheerio and adorable old lady, and a 'parasite host' & broken condom. Creativity and glorious costumes were all around - great job to everyone!

For those who were unable to join us, we did miss you! Here is a photo recap to give you an idea of how the night went (thank you RN & MC for allowing the use of some your photos mixed in with mine!):