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Oooh I just love Halloween, and it’s all starting to come together! Today I’m at the Drees Design Center sharing spooky ideas for Halloween, including striped cocktails made with Blavod Black Vodka. You can find it at The Party Source.

How does a ghoul keep track of her drink at her Halloween party? By using her own Spider Wine Charm. Click here for directions, then add a simple sturdy wire loop.

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I love Summer Genetti, Pastry Chef at The Cincinnatian Hotel’s Palace Restaurant. She shared her recipe for white chocolate fudge, which she has turned into gravestones for Halloween.

White Chocolate Fudge Gravestones

1 ounce unsalted butter
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1+2/3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
1+1/2 cups white chocolate
4 ounces miniature marshmallows
1/4-1/2 cup crushed oreos
1/2 cup melted dark chocolate
4 toothpicks (for writing) [Read more →]

Here are the basic directions to make the large long-legged spider shown, but use different bead colors, sizes and wire gauges to make an endless array of spiders. In the coming weeks, I plan to show all kinds of

I’ve discovered a delicious new DOLE

This is my new favorite DOLE

How to garnish your Crystal Head vodka?

I’m loving my new Packit! It’s one of those products that makes me say “why didn’t I think of that”!

Did you skip breakfast today? Whether you