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From Children's Backpacks:

Dry Ice Effects

When I showed you my Bloody Drink Labels and Sign I mentioned that we were going to have a punch bowl with dry ice. Yesterday we picked some up so that we could experiment with it before the party!

Large Spiderweb

This awesome spiderweb by Sew Woodsy inspired me to make a similar one myself:

Reader Inspired

I thought I would do this Halloween Link Party feature a little differently and share a few links that inspired me to try them for myself!

Muse Lodge shared this awesome bloody window:

Vampire Teeth Placecard Holders

I got the idea for these here at Creepy Cupcakes. If you haven't visited her blog - go now! Carrie Mae always has amazing and inspiring creepy projects to share.

Creepy Mice with Glowing Eyes

I saw an idea for something like this in BHG's Halloween issue and tweaked it a little. All you need is a piece of cardboard cut into the shape of a mouse with a hole for the eye and a battery operated tea light candle with the flame removed (use needle nose pliers).

Bits and Pieces

I added a few quick, little things to our Halloween decor today. I saw this eyeball wreath from A Girl and a Glue Gun a couple of weeks ago. I had all of the stuff on hand and decided to make one to fill a blank wall in the kitchen. I just took a twig wreath that I had picked up at Goodwill for $.75 and jammed the sticks through some leftover squishy eyeballs that I picked up at Target last year, then I just added a Dollar Tree raven.

Forgotten Cemetery

While visiting my in-laws in the country, we discovered an old graveyard surrounded by corn fields. Most of the stones were about 150 years old and many were broken or illegible. I was able to get some pretty cool shots and I thought this would be a good time to share. Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Toy Story Woody Costume

Jeremy decided that he wanted to be Woody from Toy Story for Halloween this year. Everything we had for the costume was black though so it turned out more like Woody's dark side but if you knew my arnory little boy you might say that it is rather fitting. ;)

Embroidery Hoop Art

After making my Embroidery Hoop Birdcage I still had several $.10 Goodwill embroidery hoops leftover. I knew this project from The Graphics Fairy would be the perfect way to use some more of the hoops and fill up a small patch of wall space in the living room.

Potion Jars

I added some more potion bottles to the brewing area! All of the labels are from Love Manor and can be found here.

Embroidery Hoop Birdcage

I decided that our Halloween decor needed a creepy birdcage to house a couple of our crows. I didn't want to spend a bunch of money on one so I decided to make this one out of things we already had around the house!

Spare Parts

We have a box full of old costumes for people who come to our party costume-less. When I saw this picture from The Graphics Fairy I knew it would be a perfect sign for the costume box. So I used photoshop to remove the center image and added the 'Spare Parts' text. I thought it was kind of funny but maybe I just have an odd sense of humor. :)

Here is the printable version in case you share my weird sense of humor:

Abby Sciuto Costume

Since my husband is going to be Gibbs for Halloween, he convinced me to be Abby. I think this may have been his main motivation for choosing his costume. ;)

Leroy Jethro Gibbs Costume

Were you able to guess my husband's Halloween costume from the clue in this post? Well...he is going to be Leroy Jethro Gibbs from NCIS! He will start out the evening in office attire:

Then later in the evening switch to the Gibbs working on his boat in the basement costume:

Bloody Drink Labels

I'm not a big Twilight fan but I loved the bloody labels from Hostess Blog's Twilight Party and I just had to make some for Halloween.

Let The Halloween Decorating Begin!

It's not a whole lot different from our everyday decorating but...I finally started our Halloween decorating!

Freezer Paper Stencil

I have been seeing freezer paper stencil shirts all over the place lately and I decided to try it for our Halloween costumes!

Spooky Photo Effects

I've told you before how much I love Picnik. Well, it just got even better. They now have fun Halloween effects to play around with!

BEFORE:

Turned black and white, added some vampire eyes and a little ghost effect...

200+ Halloween Ideas

Welcome to our month-long Halloween Link Party! I can't wait to see all of your amazing projects. :) You are welcome to link up as many Halloween themed projects as you want, so keep stopping back here to link up your ideas and to find inspiration from others.