Ideas For Gifts
I have been playing with porcelain a lot lately — more of that to come. For this Halloween inspired necklace I made a ball of porcelain and then pressed it into a Cuttlebug Halloween embossing folder. I bisqued it to cone 06 and then glazed it with black glaze from Duncan. I covered a necklace finding in black enamel paint and then glued it to the back using E-6000 glue. I made the necklace part out of what else? Tee-shirt yarn!
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Since Halloween is fast approaching, why not use this opportunity to can up some ghost chilis. Those chili peppers are touted as the hottest in the world and can be ordered online but they can be pricey so to read about my method to make freezer canned ghost chili jelly on a budget, cheating never hurt anyone. Jump on over to Phoenix New Times Chow Bella: Ghost Chili Jelly
I love cupcakes – but really who doesn’t? I had a special day with my daughter and we worked on Halloween cupcakes together. I tried to snap pictures before they were quickly gobbled up. All were made using Butter crème icing and a Standard White Cake. These are some of the outcome.
Bad Kitty
This cupcake was made by cutting the cat out of black fondant on the Cricut Cake using the Happy Hauntings Cartridge. Around the cat I scattered candy bones. It is frosted in white butter creme icing.
Mummy
This cupcake, The Mummy, is made by using a flat 406 frosting tip with white butter creme icing in a bag, piped on over top of gummy eye balls.
Orange Hairy Cyclops
This cyclops cupcake is made by frosting it first in white butter creme icing. Next adding on a gummy eye ball. Finally dyeing shredded coconut orange and adding it on top of the frosting.
Creepy Creature
This creepy cupcake is made by frosting it first in white butter creme icing. Next, I added sour patch strings for the hair, black licorice for the eyes, white frosting for the whites of the eyes and a gummy candy mouth.
Witches Brew
This cupcake was made by cutting the witches cauldron out of black fondant on the Cricut Cake using the Happy Hauntings Cartridge. At the opening of the cauldron, I inserted green sour patch candies . It is frosted in white butter creme icing.
Toxic Octopus
This cupcake is frosted in white butter creme icing. Next I added eight, blue sour patch candy strings for tentacles. On top of the eight legs I plopped a full sized marshmallow that I decorated with gummy candy and black licorice.
Cute Pumpkin
This cupcake is first frosted in white butter creme icing. Next, I dyed shredded coconut bright orange and adding it on top of the frosting. Finally I added in a green sour patch candy string as the pumpkin stem.
As the Halloween fever continues I am making a lot of food goodies to celebrate the season too. This is an easy goody that I made using green (spinach) and orange (tomato) soft tortillas.
Here’s how to make them:
1. Start by laying the round tortillas out on a clean counter top.
2. Next, pull out the Halloween cookie-cutters. Wash and dry them as they can get dusty while being stored.
3. Press the cookie-cutters into the tortillas and shift back and forth a little bit, ensuring that they are cutting all the way through. If you are using plastic cutters, as I did you may need to flip them over and assist with the cutting a bit by pressing your finger over the yet uncut areas.
4. When all of your shapes are cut out, place them on a pizza pan or a cookie sheet and bake in the oven on 350 degrees for about 8 to 12 minutes, depending on your oven.
5. Take them out of the oven, allow to cool and serve with dip or salsa.
NOTE: To store just place them into a plastic zip lock back.
To serve them on I made a spider webbed black serving plate. I bought the black plate at the dollar store and cut a spider web out of white vinyl on my Cricut, using the Happy Hauntings Cartridge.
Pumpkin season only comes around once a year, so you have to make as many goodies as you can out of it. Why not go over the top with decadence? This layered cake is pumpkin chocolate chip with a pumpkin, cinnamon, and cream cheese frosting. There is really nothing else to say except copy down this recipe and make it asap. It is pretty rich, though, so this is an eating event to take on with a buddy or two. For the recipe jump on over to Phoenix New Times Chow Bella Blog: Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Layer Cake .
