The sweetest Halloween

 

Happy Halloween guys! 

 I overdone it this year, as I am not very much into Halloween, it's not a traditional holiday in my country, but it started to grow on me, the pumpkin carvings, the candles and the costumes, it creates such an eerie atmosphere and cozy at the same time. Additionally, I wanted to make something sweet for this occasion, so I though a few themed cupcakes will be just the right thing! 

I got inspired from various recipes and photos around the web and I wish I had a fondant to create more funny or scary shapes to decorate the cupcakes, but I didn't have time to make one or order it online, but there is always next year!

 For a first run, I am quite pleased with these cupcakes, the dough was very easy to make, your typical flour, eggs, butter, sugar and with a twist of fresh savor given by the scraped orange peel. I also added a coat of icing, made from powder sugar and a spoon of lemon juice, just to balance out the heavy taste of sugar. Next, I added the chocolate frosting and the strawberry frosting for the brain looking like cupcakes - they were the sweetest! 

For the other decorations I used scraped biscuits, a red pigment to paint and marshmallows.

We decided to carve the pumpkin after I made the cupcakes, needless to say, there were gone in about 10 minutes, so that is why the pumpkin appears faceless in a few photos and two-faced in the others. 

Anyway, I hope you're having a great (and creepy) night and maybe you'll feel inspired with my cupcake ideas!

 

Bonus, here is a photo of my black cat, the "scariest" cat you'll ever see; she is currently in a zen, lazy mood, as always.

In darker tones

 

 How was your Halloween weekend? We played dress up for the occassion and for me it was quite fun - I tell you, the whole costume/makeup process took longer than the actual time we spent out, but it was all good. I opted for a kind of dark fairy or angel if you like - I had wings and I really am sorry I didn't have the chance to make a full photoshoot with that outfit, but maybe I will think of something for later in the year.

 And to keep it all gloomy and yet beautiful, we went in the next evening to Mozart's "Requiem" that took place in - where else - a cemetery. No, we didn't sit among the tombs, but it was dark and candles were lit everywhere, so it was quite an image. This is what I wore that day, my new warm sweater from Pull&Bear in the most gorgeous color ever, paired with a sheer skirt and contrasting shoes. And how could a statement necklace miss from this composition? 

Now we have to regain our will to start a fresh week and hopefully it won't be too gloomy. Or too cold. 

 Happy Monday!

 

Wearing: Pull&Bear sweater, Miniprix.ro skirt, Zaful necklace, no name shoes. 

Happy Halloween!

 

We never celebrated Halloween in a proper way, but this time my boyfriend surprised me with a very sweet evening. I just returned from the city and I found the whole house covered in candle lights and Halloween sweets and pumpkin shaped nuggets and such; with a splash of spooky, yet funny music courtesy of Halloweenradio.net It's so fun! 

 These are very gooey and they taste like bubblegum!

 

   

And we have a black cat now! Muahahaaaaaa  

We are listening to howls and creepy violins right now and we are considering watching a scary movie later on. 

 How are you celebrating?