creepshow

Confession: I can't stop looking at Halloween stuff. Decorations, costumes (for people and pets), food, accessories, pumpkin art...I've got Halloween on the brain. So much Halloween.

Fortunately, I don't really see this as a huge problem. So what if I listen to The Cramps scratch out I Was a Teenage Werewolf over and over? My neighbors probably don't mind. I mean, I listen to them practice their guitar while I'm trying to watch Reno 911, so it only seems fair.

Getting back to it. I'm mini-obsessed with these necklaces by Fable and Fury (from where? Seattle, WA, son!) Actually, I can zero that obsession down to one necklace in particular.

This one. 

zombie girl

But maybe you're not into Night of the Living Dead. I know it's nigh on impossible, but it could happen. Well, there are other perfectly suitable objects of ghastly desire. 

Frankenstein's monster

Bride of Frankenstein

Bela Lugosi as Dracula

See? Lots of possibilities, and even more if you visit the Fable and Fury etsy site,
which I most heartily recommend. Oh, and I almost forgot. 

Tom Waits

Yep.

And just in case you're like, "The Cramps? Who or what exactly are The Cramps?"
As if. Here's a little taste. 

Appetite whetted. 

Eat me: zombie cake

Tonight is bad movie night at Aaron & Megan's. Season of the Witch is on the agenda, and dessert is my department, so I decided to attempt a sweet creep-out chocolate cake. For inspiration, I turned to British baker and cake designer, Lily Vanilli. I've seen a couple of her cakes floating around the internet and like everyone else in the universe, I'm pretty dang impressed.

cake of the recently undead via Lily Vanilli Cake Design

Awesome? Yessir. Now here's my replicant. 

My zombie fingers are made from cookie. I think Lily Vanilli uses marzipan or something fancy. I just sculpted these suckers from dough and baked them resting atop some rolled parchment paper (to keep their graspy-reachy curve intact). I've seen some people use red sugar-glue (confectioner's sugar, red food coloring, and a little water) to stick on the slivered almond nails, but I used chocolate frosting. I mean, this cookie person is crawling up from the depths of their baked grave...there's going to be some chocolate dirt.

Now for a little Season of the Witch teaser.