Adora, the interior designer

I had a blast putting up new wallpaper and a new floor this week.
I had an accident with the old ones that included blood splatter by some reason.

The checker floor and the shocking pink wallpaper is a classic.
Actually my pretty sister Iva Insane 's teen room looked/looks exactly like this.

But this is not a room I'd like to live in - especially if you consider the hight of the roof!

I have put up wallpapers in the livingroom as well, but there is an ugly floor in there so far so it will take some time before I have decorated the whole house..

I'm shocked how fun this was! Gonna do a total remake of the house.

Busy with birthday baking

Phuh, this week is Autumn holiday week for school kids so I've had the kids at home almost every day this week <3
Been a good mum and made them bake, watched Lego StarWars movie, painted and play games with them all week. It's been very nice, but GOD it left me drained. I can't wait until Monday when they start school again!
Tomorrow is TeeBee's Birthday party for the relatives so I have a LOT to do.
I've done a few things so far...(but the stupid video didn't want to be uploaded...)

V-log: Blood pressure

Am I really alive?

Halloween 2011: My look

Friday TeeBee had his usual Halloween Birthday party.
After the 5 minutes fast decoring (that actually turned out very good!) I did all over the place the party started.
I looked like this:

I'm quite satisfied with how the look turned out!

The dress I bought at Vanilla in Camden, London.

We left a note on the door for the guests:

"Ring the bell, count to 30 then enter. If you dare...."

It was just to give their kids a scary walk.

We put scary music on as we heard the bell and went hiding in the kitchen.

As they entered there was a fake man sleeping on the bench just inside the door.

They went through the slaughter drapery, went face to face with the ghost and a witches pot with smoke.

Entered the living room with the smashed witches legs under the table, sneak up to the lady with the black bag over her head.

Then we went out and TeeBee declared: Welcome to my party!!!

We had a fab evening and Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline and Corpse Bride was rolling on the telly.

V-log: Sunday Goth

In the intriguing tale of the life of Adora, we have reached the "Sunday Goth".
Many have wondered, but few have the facts.
There once was a time when people who found out were never found with a body temperature ever again, but you might take the chance.
I can't guarantee your safety though...

Halloween 2011: Cakes

The superfast Cut off Finger cookie.

This was a total cheat on my side: chocolate covered finger cookies rolled into a piece of marzipan. An almond splint for a nail and some red food color.

Press in a few lines on the finger and you are done!

Crunchy and nice.

Halloween 2011: Broken doll

This years outfit was kind of "Dead Doll". It was for TeeBee 's Halloween Birthday party tonight. 

When I got the kids from school looking like this their classmates were stunned, and some a bit scared.

Giving them nightmares like a true Goth should!

;)

Halloween 2011: Cheat bake

I'm ashamed I didn't make the chocolate dipped marengue myself but okay, shoot me, I bought them. I'm Martha Stewart ashamed....

I put on some nonstop as eyes and painted with black food coloring. Glued them on with icing.

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

Plastic bats, needle and a thread right through them. A hook at the end  (I used hooks from a curtain hanger, but you can just bend some steel wire).

I hang mine in the lamp. Looooooove my bats< 3

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

Damn this phone program only posting one of my pictures!
This was also supposed to show with the jars.

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

Cut out some red paper in a blood drippy way and put it under our letterbox.

Had some left over so I put it under the light switch.

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

Cut out some red paper in a blood drippy way and put it under our letterbox.

Had some left over so I put it under the light switch.

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

Collected the kids snakes and spiders and put in different jars.
Added some flies on top.

They will all get label tags on them later  when I'm in front of my computer.

This can be made SO much better with adding colored water in the jars as well, but I'm not as dedicated this year and it's supposed to be fast crafting.

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

I had two chairs standing against a wall,kind of boring...
Put over a white sheet, covered the painting with paper and me and TeeBee went wild.
Happened to have a witches pot and one of my lovely sister Iva Insane hair dressers head laying around and together they made a good match!
Hang the bloody nightgown that you have all made of course after watching my YouTube video Bloody Nightgown. *right?* on the new bench.
It looks OK.

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

I was fortunate to have a dress hanger torso.
Put on a skirt, jacket, balloon on top with a pillow case over it and a rope around the neck.
Placed shoes at bottom and ta-daa I had someone to hang!


I will make a real hang man knot later, but I won't dare to do it now in case I get any ideas....

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

The wicked witch of the.... crushed on the floor.

I've seen many wonderful versions of this - all better than mine, but I'm in a hurry!

Stockings of choise, I like striped.

A pair of shoes.

A pair of buckles on a stretch band.

Filling (a real chopped of leg/shirt/pillow filling, towel...)

I filled mine with newspaper (that's why she's got so ugly legs).

Put the parts together and squeeze them under something to make it look like she got smashed!

I cut out a puddle of blood in red paper.Dark red velvet would have been better but I was out of stock.

I've seen people who dressed their table "legs" in stockings and put a shoe at the end. That's super cool!

In Sweden we don't celebrate Halloween like in US for example.  Often we just put a light on lost loved ones graves and had a bit of still evening.

But people here are catching up and we start to have Halloween parties a bit more like in the US, but it is still a bit "new".

Me and my friends have celebrated, or at least had scary masquerades for about 20 years, but it was not common back then and people looked very strange at us when we went out like scary clowns, ninjas,Death, Wednesday Addams, zombies,vampires and mummys. They stared more then usual *haha*

This year I will not attend a real Halloween party, just TeeBee 's Halloween Birthday party. But I'll try to make it cool.

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

An old lamp, a balloon on top, a white sheet, 2 "eyes " cut out of black fabric, 1 needle to pinch in the sheet.
Done!

Halloween 2011: Fast decor

2 black garbage bags and a shower curtain hang -flexible -thingy makes a cool entrance in under 5 minutes.

I just cut the bag open long sides, folded one end over the thingy put some tape on and dragged a scissor down and up as it was in place.

And now it looks like a slaughter house or a ghost house.

Took me longer to write this text then to make the curtain!

Best part: totally movable and reusable! 

Halloween 2011: Vampire Bite cupcakes by DolceLuna

Here's another crazy cupcake idea! These were made by DolceLuna. Thank's for sharing!

I just love the blood comng out of those holes! Sweet!

Here are a few more on the same theme.

This is made of red velvet cake

(anyone have the best recipe with beetroot? I will not eat that much food color)

Cut off the top, dig a hole, fill with red jam, put top on, decorate!

TeeBee baking

Friday TeeBee will have his Halloween Birthday party for our friends and their kids.

Today is TeeBee 's day at home so I made him work! He had to bake his own Birthday cake the poor child.
I'm such a evil Goth mum!
The cake turned out fab. Gonna make my kids work more often!