DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   This is another excellent idea from www.craftysisters-nc.blogspot.com .  Enjoy making a few of these and use them as gift for friends and family. Trick....or Treat Topiaries Here's the project that Nicole received many hot glue burns from. We had so much fun last spring making the Jellybean topiaries and thought it would be fun to make some more for Halloween. We gathered candy corn, gum drops, and jelly beans, and gummy worms for these spooky topiaries. The bulk food section in the grocery store is a great place to find supplies. Candy corn is great too, because who really likes the taste of candy corn? After I eat a few, I tend to get a sick-overly sweet feeling. I just love the spikes the candy corn produce when you glue them to a ball. The unfortunate thing is -when you open the bag at least half of the tips are missing. So, the candy corn ball is fragile. :( Ours have held up if you are careful, and after a while they get stale. We...

   These come form www.cakejournal.com .  Make a couple batches, they won't last very long around and spook or ghoul!! Jack Skellington brownie bites I am thinking out possible treats for our haunted Halloween party. Maybe will these brownie bites be on the menu? Jack Skellington the pumpkin king, is so easy to make. Just cut out a white fondant disc and some black fondant for his eyes and nose and a black gourmet writer (Americolor) for the mouth. I have used a little dab of buttercream to keep the Jack’s in place on top of the brownie bites. I always use this recipe for the brownies. If you use milk chocolate the taste is more mild if your kids don’t like a strong chocolate taste. Happy Caking! Louise Here are the Halloween cookies that we will be enjoying today. “Dead” fingers, green witches finger and then the Halloween cookies decorated with royal icing. I got inspired by the recipe from Martha Stewart for the “dead” and witches fingers. I g...

The History of Loi Krathong Festival    Loi Krathong festival is a Thai tradition which has been conducted for a long time ago. Loi Krathong has been held since the middle of the eleventh to the middle of the twelfth lunar month, which is a great flood season- especially on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month. When the moon shines at night, it makes rivers clear. It is very beautiful scenery which is suitable for floating krathong.    In the past, we called Loi Krathong as Chong Pa Rieng- floating lantern of royal ceremony. It is a Brahman festival to worship Gods- Siva, Vishnu, and Brahma. When Thai people adopted Buddhism, they adapted this ceremony to honor the Buddhas cremated bone- the original Buddha at the second heaven ruler. They floated lantern to worship the foot-print of the Buddha on Nammathanati River beach in India.    Floating krathong along the river was created by Nang Noppamas; the most favorite concubines Sukhothai ki...

Turn glittered stickers into shiny ornaments to hang from a dark, twisted Halloween tree for a creepy centerpiece that will last for years.  This ones also coming from www.marthastewart.com .  Enjoy! Tools and Materials Large branch Oasis Flower pot Decorative moss Acrylic disks in varying sizes Dremel drill Krylon Looking Glass spray Glittering glue Onyx glitter Glitter stickers 28-gauge wire Halloween Ornaments How-To 1. To make the Halloween tree, take any large branch with a lot of limbs and spray-paint it black. 2. Place oasis inside of a flower pot or urn and push branch firmly into oasis. Cover oasis with moss. 3. Drill a hole near the top of an acrylic disk. Peel off protective paper film from one side of disk. 4. Spray Krylon Looking Glass spray onto exposed side of disk. 5. Peel off protective paper film from other side of disk. Brush glittering glue on edge and around front edge, and glitter with Onyx glitter. 6. Adhere glitter s...

   This recipe come from www.cakejournal.com .   My work is having a Halloween party and I'm going to make these for the scary dessert contest with something elese.  I always enter the pumpkin carving contest and I've been undefeated the past 3 years, winning $100 dollars every time.  The company wants me to do a special pumpkin for another contest.  If all goes well I'll be showing some pics.  Happy baking! How to make Halloween dead finger cookies One of my favourite Halloween treats are these dead finger sugar cookies. They are always a big hit! To keep the fingers as thin as possible during baking I roll out the dough thinly so it will keep the shape, as cookie dough tends to spread out. You can paint the almond nails with food colouring gels. I like to keep them natural with just a little dusting of cocoa powder, just like on the photo. This is what I use: Sugar cookie dough (please find recipe below) Pastry brush Plastic wra...

   This diy come from www.craftysisters-nc.blogspot.com .  They looked really cool, even for a guy like me. Good luck on this great Halloween craft! We have a soft spot for anything Halloween, and it's pretty obvious we have a fetish for Witch shoes too! If you have wanted to try your hand at decoupaging there are some great tips you want to take a peek at! This project is pretty simple and unlimited for your imagination! We knew we loved witch shoes... but there's something about those socks that are so funny! You will need some witch shoes cut from 3/4" MDF or pine, a 22" section of 2x4" wood, Mod Podge, scrapbook paper and embellishments. We grabbed our paper from Hobby Lobby and used K&Company , which by far has the cutest Halloween paper that we love! First we drew up some styles we really liked and sized them to fit together. We don't have a clue how to do free printables- but feel free to blow up these pictur...

    The large white church at Portobelo is the Iglesia de San Felipe, which is still in use. It dates from 1814, but its tower wasn’t completed until 1945. It’s famous as the home of the life-sized effigy of the Nazareno of Portobelo, better known as the Black Christ. The effigy, depicting Christ carrying the cross, normally resides on a podium to the left of the altar, but it is brought out to the center of the church for the Black Christ Festival, by far Portobelo’s biggest event. The handsome altar of the church is adorned with gold images depicting various emblems of the crucifixion, including nails, instruments of torture, and the dice the Roman soldiers cast for Christ’s robe. Small wooden carvings ringing the walls depict the stages of the cross.    Behind this church is the recently renovated Iglesia de San Juan de Dios, home to the new Museo del Cristo Negro de Portobelo, which now displays 63 of the robes donated by Panamanians for the ...