Halloween Chocolate Making Adventures

Here are the chocolates I made for a Halloween party last weekend.

White chocolate vampire fangs

Milk chocolate skull and crossbones

Milk chocolate space invaders

For anyone interested in making their own chocolate shapes here are some quick instructions.

You will need:
- A double boiler or two bowls (one has to fit inside the other)
- Chocolate (used a white nestles cooking chocolate and Ikea milk chocolate)
- Chocolate colouring for funky colours
- Moulds (either speciality chocolate moulds or silicon ice cube trays)

1. Melt the chocolate using the double boiler. (Hot water in the bottom level and the chocolate in the top. Do not get water in the chocolate or it will go gluggy and gross).

2. If you are using white chocolate, once it is melted you can mix in the colouring.

3. Pour the melted chocolate into the mould.

4. Remove any air bubbles by gently tapping the mould (This is easier with a speciality chocolate mould as they are clear and you can see when there are no more bubbles).

5. Place in the fridge to set.

6. Once set carefully remove the chocolate from the moulds.

7. Eat

Tips:
If you are doing multiple colours (like the vampire fangs) it is a good idea to let each colour set before you add in the next one or they can mix together.

You can find numerous interesting silicon moulds these days. I found the space invaders at a home wares store, the fangs at Borders and the skulls at Mombasa.

-Ky

My Creative Space

I actually finished this dress a few weeks ago but only managed to take a photo today.

Also on the agenda today is making some chocolate for a halloween party I am attending tomorrow. Vampire teeth, space invaders and skull and crossbones.

Head over here for more creative spaces.

- Ky

Treasury Tuesday

One lonesome little treasury this week. Help us say thank you by clicking on the curators name to check out their store. You can also click on the image if you wish to go to the treasury page on Etsy.

Spiders, Spiders Everywhere! curated by SandraLeigh who apparently loves spiders and also making jewelry. She is currenlty having a 10% off sale in her Etsy store.

I'm quite partial to this pair:

Howlite Skull, Bloody Ruby Necklace on Leather Cord---Sterling Silver---

...but she does a heap of other non skull themed pieces as well.

- Ky

Treasury Tuesday

Lots of halloweeny goodnes in this weeks treasuries. Thank you to everyone who has included us in their treasuries, help us say thank you by clicking on the curators name to check out their store. You can also click on the image if you wish to go to the treasury page on Etsy.

I missed this treasury last week, which was created in honour of talk like a pirate day. Arhhhh!!! curated by kittd stop by her shoppe to see all of the fine handcrafted treasures she be makin'.

DarknessOnTheEdgeOfBacon curated by MABjewelry who creates beautiful, one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry and is a fellow member of teambacon.

Halloween also curated by kittd, who has been a very busy kitty indeed.

Purple Passion curated by willowandelm who designs unique and original digital electronic invitations and is a fellow member of Etsy DUST (Down.Under.Street.Team).

Superstition curated by OrganicsJewelry who creates Silver & gemstone jewelry inspired by the shapes, colours & textures of nature. Also a fellow member of Etsy DUST.

8 Bit magic curated by MyFairyBabies who seems to be on vacation at the moment.

- Ky

Treasury Tuesday

Yay three treasuries again this week. Thank you to everyone who has included us in their treasuries, help us say thank you by clicking on the curators name to check out their store. You can also click on the image if you wish to go to the treasury page on Etsy.

First up we have a cute Halloween themed treasury curated by pocketcarnival. Pocketcarnival is located in Melbourne and she handmakes bags, purses, cards and cute art.

A cheery little treasury by MyOliviaJewelry. My Olivia creates and sells jewelry made using a variety of materials including metal, wire, gemstones, crystals, glass beads, and anything else she can incorporate into her work.

We seem to have made it into another football themed threasury, this one is curated by silverypear. Silverypear appears to be an Etsy buyer rather than a seller.

- Ky

Fabic Friday (on Monday) - New fabric part 4

A bit late with last weeks Fabric Friday post since it is now Monday (where did the weekend go?). We listed lots of new fabrics last week, here is a quick recap.

Echino - Camera by Kokka, this is a beautiful Cotton/Linen blend (Cotton 45% Linen 55%) is perfect for making bags and other structured items.

Echino - Glasses by Kokka available in green or black. This fabric is also a cotton linen blend (Cotton 45% Linen 55%).

Paseo de los Muertos (Dance of the Dead) by Alexander Henry. Dancing skeletons just in time for Halloween and the Day of the Dead.

Tattoo by Alexander Henry, this design is an oldie but we have always loved it, it was just reprinted so we had to order it in.

Last of all we have Punctuation by American Jane for Moda. These fabrics are printed in Japan so the base cloth and print quality are of an extremely high standard.

Alphabet Panel available in Red, Green and Black.

Cute little Daisy Floral available in Red, Green and Blue.

Larger Floral also available in Red, Green and Blue

All of these fabrics and more can be found in our shop. We ship internationally and have free shipping for Australia Orders over $50.

- Ky and Cloud

Fabric Friday: New fabric part 2

We have listed some very cool fabrics this week, first up we have lots of super cute gnome fabric from Michael Miller.

Gnomeville Panel

Gnomeville Polka Dots in Black, Moss and Red

Gnomeville Gnoming Around

Gnome-Some Traveller

Just in time for Halloween we have the the Haunted Mansion range by Sanae for Moda. We don't stock much Moda fabric as a rule but we couldn't pass up these great stripe and wallpaper prints.

Spider Stripe in Black

Spider Wallpaper in Black, Green and Purple

Forest Stripe in Purple and Black

In other Halloween news, we are expecting a new shipment of Alexander Henry fabric to arrive in the next week or so with the long awaited Ghastlies designs included, Yay :-)

We still have heaps of fabric to be listed so stay tuned.

- Ky

Fabric Friday: Puebla

For those of you that love to celebrate Halloween & the Day of the Dead we have in stock Puebla by Alexander Henry. This design is super bright and colourful  - just like a sugar skull should be. The skulls are approximately 7.5cm / 3in high so they really make a statement.

This fabric would make excellent bunting or a festive Halloween table runner.

Ky & Cloud