Haunted Humpday #8

Hello ghoulies and ghosties!

Welcome back to our eighth 

before I forget, I'd like to announce

the winner of last week's giveaway

Lucky #13

Christi Conley

You've won a ghost ball ornament!

speaking of giveaways...

I won a skeleton wand last week from the 

amazing Kim at Tabitha Lenox

It's fantastic!

her artwork is just incredible

as is her imagination and generosity.

Look at this!!!!

As if that wasn't enough, she sent ALL this too.

Stickers and napkins and ribbon, oh my!

Thank you Kim:)

Last week I had a couple of book recommendations..

This week I have another

but it's a different kind of book.

 

It's full of delicious, creepy cupcakes.

including:

marzipan beetles

undead gingerbread

and mutant ears!

There's even a recipe for

shattered glass!

We just made these.

Don't feel like getting the book?

you can also find the recipe online.

I used regular white cake mix

 and white frosting.

Then I heated raspberry preserves

for 'blood'

Let's make a little Halloween art!

you'll need a 6x4 inch canvas,

empty box or piece of cardboard.

some spooky scrap book paper

Halloween tree stickers

A small frozen Charlotte from Lisa Kettell's artfire shop

white tissue paper

white glue

glitter (of course)

cover the canvas in the scrapbook paper

using white glue.

add the stickers

rub white glue on the frozen Charlotte

cover her with tissue paper

glue her to the canvas

drip several drops of glue over her

smooth it out

sprinkle glitter on her.

I had just finished this

but it fell off of my desk

and Magnus promptly stepped on it.

I used a little box, so it dented in the corner.

Here he is trying to look cute and apologetic.

okay....

gather round again...

This story isn't about our house or a neighbor.

It's about a friend of my aunt.

This woman was happily married

until one day her husband passed away.

She lost her job very soon after

 and had to start over at a new place.

things seemed to be getting worse everyday.

she was miserable and lonely.

Books became her only companions

since she began to loathe the company

of strangers.

after finding a certain book at a yard sale

she became very interested in the occult.

believing she had finally found the right lifestyle

for herself

she began practicing

depraved and abusive rituals.

this went on for about a year.

a new place to live 

new 'friends'

and a better job convinced her that she was

on the right path.

Her sister would call her from Coloroado

and beg her to stop with all the evil deeds.

But a conscience wasn't

something she had anymore. 

one night after returning to her

home, she heard a strange noise

outside.

someone breathing heavily at the window...

not seeing anything outside

she continued getting ready for bed.

suddenly she heard a loud slam against the ceiling.

she thought maybe someone was in the attic....

as she turned to go have a look

something caught her attention.

At the high windows in her living room

she saw a face!

those windows were at least ten feet off the ground,

intended to bring in light with out the need for curtains.

It was a face..the face of a goat.

She recognized the odd pupils immediately.

She ran to the bedroom to hide

but when she got in there it was trying to peer

in at her through the curtains.

It was on it hind legs..and it appeared to be

around nine feet tall. 

It circled the house, slamming against it

occasionally

and unbelievably...calling her name.

She  began praying

and she didn't stop

until she saw the sunrise and the creature disappeared.

Getting rid of all her books and tools

was not a problem

for her after that.

The giveaway for this week is this shot glass.

Let me know if you are playing along in Magaly's 

All Hallow's Grim

So Good So Dark blog party 

and you will double your chances

at winning.

Don't forget that this weekend is the full moon

and we're taking a trip to the bayou!!

Lot's of spooky fun

food and prizes!!!

Have a haunting humpday!