The Sprinkle on Top

Anyone who knows me knows that behind my sweet exterior crawls an inner darkness. How else do you explain the novels I've written like " The Harvest ", my love of scary movies, or the countless times I've hidden at the end of a dark hallway crouched like the Grudge girl to welcome Justin home. And you better believe that Evie will find me hiding in her closet scratching on the wooden doors more than once. So it's no surprise that Halloween is one of my absolute favorite holidays. Over the past 5 years Justin and I have slowly collected Halloween decorations - a lot of which are homemade and cost very little. Unfortunately I've had to get rid of a lot of them over the years as we moved 3 different times and certain (sad) decisions had to be made about what got to come along to each new home. But having to start my stores of haunted paraphernalia over again just gives me an excuse to Pinterest new ideas and nerd out making them. Shadow Monsters ...

I've always been into creepy, scary costumes - the more sickening the better to celebrate Halloween with. Many people have come to expect horrifying costumes from me and Justin and we don't like to disappoint. The longer we've been married, however, the simpler are costumes have become and (sadly) the more fun instead of scary. Now that we have a baby girl, she (of course) will be included in all of our costume mania even this year. No matter how intense our costumes have been, we've never purchased costumes. What a waste. Everything we've done has been piecemealed together in order to keep us in our small budget.  Take a look at some creepy (and not so creepy) costumes that have made our Halloweens extra haunted and memorable. Maybe you'll find some inspiration for your own costume this year.  Zipper Face (2011) The "Zipper Face" idea came from Reddit.com in 2011 and almost won me the "Scariest Costume" prize at a Halloween Par...