So I have these great friends (shout-out to Christie and John Mazur) that love Halloween more than any other holiday...as you'll see! They wanted to throw a neighborhood Halloween party for some close friends and I couldn't wait to help!
Here is Christie and I just before the guest arrived...quickly taking a shot between lighting candles, setting out food and all the hectic last minute details. :)
I got her this sign as a thank you gift for hosting...how perfect for our party!
So, let me tell you all about this party starting with the front yard!
FRONT YARD
First of all they were recently on the news for their yard decor! :)
John is a business owner and Christi is from Canada, so they have an opinion about Obamacare. So, for the 2nd year in a row, they incorporated politics into their decorations which I think is hysterical! I've included the link to their news report and you will see that they don't take themselves that seriously and would never mean to offend anyone, they are just having fun!
On a quick side note, when I first met Christie a year ago she said she wasn't that creative. She had worked for years in a professional setting and didn't consider herself that crafty. WELL, apparently she's modest and humble, because I would say that she's one of the most creative people I know now and I'm super honored to have met her so we can spend hours imagining, creating, planning and crafting!
So when you walk up to her front porch you'll notice two huge skeleton wreaths! She made these amazing wreaths from a bag of bones and hot glue!
Then she used her Christmas trees and wrapped them in bloody ribbon and added some bats and ravens!
INSIDE
These ghouls are scary! She bought Styrofoam heads and adhered cheesecloth! We twisted in hooks at the top of their head and hung them with fishing line. And, big event planning secret, buy a ton of command hooks! They were used everywhere!
She had this large wall that I thought we should take advantage of, so we hung more command hooks and stretched spider webs across. Then we hung larger hooks and hung the spiders! So much fun!
Isn't this a beautiful foyer table?
Gross and awesome stick-ons!
The prize table! Now she outdid herself on these! She bought floppy skeletons and hot glued all the joints together and painted/made clothes for them. First is the Funniest Costume Award, then The Best Couple Award, then the Oscar goes to....The Most Creative Award!
The food table! Due to the lighting, you can't see all the cheesecloth, spider webs and spiders hanging from her chandelier, but it was impressive! I also love the creepy cloth over the windows and the wanted posters covering her existing art!
Perfect way to add spook to your wall dishes!
Wanted Posters!
Probably the most popular food/drink dish hands down! She filled 100 of these needles with Jell-O shots!
I made these yummy spider eggs :)
She made this delicious spider dip!
What? Who hasn't had bat poop before?
I made these vampire cookies for our dessert!
I just thought this detail was perfect!
Ok, so this candy corn martini had me taking me heels off pretty early into the night! :)
I made these crab Backbone Roll-Ups!
Witches hats and broom sticks!
Don't you want to "rest" in this restroom?
More gory details!
The wine bar!
Another table for food!
Not sure why, but I fell in love with this...it's not so obviously Halloween but perfectly spooky!
BACKYARD!
So, they just had this fireplace finished the day before the party! Amazing! And it was her hubby John's idea to hang the ghoul and her idea for the banner...see, let the ideas flow and see what happens!
Cheap and easy centerpieces...empty wine bottles, spooky labels, white taper candles and spray on blood!
Now this skinny swimmer stole the night along with the 12 pumpkins that lined the back of the pool! Beautiful!
Her hubby gets this vodka in a skull every year and he keeps the empty bottles. This year he filled them with oil and made them into tiki torches! Brilliant!
So Christie and I wanted a place to take good photos of all the couple's costumes. So, easy peasy...a white sheet, some spooky lace and some tombstones.
Now let the costume parade commence....
Our lovely Hostess and Host for the evening...
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| 50 Shades of Grey |
Ok, some background here. You all know that I host Wine Down at my home every Friday afternoon for the neighborhood moms and their kids. So this summer a fellow male neighbor (shout out to Bill Laughlin) started hosting Kill-A-Keg for the men in our neighborhood and it was a huge success! So he and I joined forces and had a great summer combining the two at our neighborhood pool. Once the pool closed, we started First Fridays at our neighborhood clubhouse on the first Fridays of every month for an adults only social. Hence the costume! :) My hubby was a good sport wearing this...but, in a typical male fashion, he took it off shortly thereafter! LOL!
I wish you could see the wine cork earring and bracelet I made, they tied it all together!
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| Wine Down, Kill-A-Keg and our First Friday's Baby |
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| This couple always gets made fun of for their tiny, battery operated car. So they made a joke out of it! |
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| Clowning Around! |
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| Progressive's Flo and Mayhem |
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| Mourning Woman and Mid Evil Princess |
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| Duck Dynasty |
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| Pirate and Pimp |
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| Monk and his Mid Evil Princess |
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| Pirates! |
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| Kris Kardashian and Bruce Jenner |
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| Ref and Hockey Player |
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| Roaring 20's |
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| Heidi HO and Pimp |
Background....below you will see a girl scout. What's funny about this is that she truly is a Girl Scout Leader! And, the King of Kill-A-Keg parties in our neighborhood....Bill Laughlin!
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| Girl Scout and Beer Keg |
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| Black Eyed Peas |
Well, that was a super fun night! So happy I could share it with all of you! A big thank you to Christie & John Mazur for hosting and letting me be apart of the process as well as post these photos!
Now, remember, the day after Halloween, run to your party stores and buy all that crap for next year 75% off! :)
Now, remember, the day after Halloween, run to your party stores and buy all that crap for next year 75% off! :)
