Zombie Love

Show your sweetie that you love their heart...and their braaaaaains! Profess your undead love with these Zombie gifts!


Zombie Valentine's Day Cards
from - ThinkGeek

Zombie Valentine Candy - Needle Felted Gift of Love
from - SheWhoStamps Etsy Store

Anatomical Heart Pencil Holder & Vase
from - NeatoShop

Ten Little Zombies: A Love Story
from - Amazon

Bloodbath Zombie Love Gift Set - Love Spell
from - Bloodbath Etsy Store

Anatomical Heart Necklace
from - Moon Raven Designs Etsy Store

Love at first bite! Happy Valentine's Day!

Bleeding Heart Cocktails

I've got 2 more great cocktail recipes for Valentine's Day! One for your sinister side and one for your sweeter side! Which cocktail looks most tempting to you?!

Bleeding Heart Martini
This martini features a pickled beet that "bleeds" from a wound caused by a cocktail spear

Get the recipe here - Martha Stewart - Bleeding Heart Martini

Bleeding Heart Sparkling Wine Cocktail
This Champagne or Sparkling Wine cocktail has a raspberry, sugar heart that "bleeds" as it dissolves. 
Get the recipe here - go make me - Bleeding Heart Cocktail

Both of these recipes would be great for your Halloween party too!

Bloody Valentine Martini

In anticipation of Valentine's Day, I found the perfect cocktail for you! This Bloody Valentine Martini uses Blood Oranges, Absolute Mandarin Vodka and Campari.

I love the citrusy sweetness of Blood Oranges with that beautiful, deep crimson color! 

This would be a GREAT cocktail for your Halloween party as well!

You can find the recipe here - nommynom - Bloody Valentine Martini

My Latest Victims

I was looking for some furniture at my local thrift store, when I decided to check out the toy section. I came across a few baby dolls that would be perfect for my next victims to be "Zombified". 


I first saw this larger size baby doll, which will be perfect for a more realistic look once painted. Only $1.99 at the thrift store!

 I then saw this guy which is much smaller but so creepy looking on it's own! I think it's one of those Anne Geddes style dolls. I can't wait to paint this one with some darker colors and maybe change the butterfly wings to bat wings!

I'll post pictures of the dolls once I've finished painting and "Zombifying" them! These will be a perfect addition to my Zombie Nursery Halloween scene.

First Annual Amber Dawn of the Dead Halloween party

I wanted to share some of the pictures from my annual Halloween party. This was the first Halloween in my new place and the biggest party I have ever done. It was a large undertaking in which I decorated every room in the house as well as the backyard. It was a lot of hard work but so worth it. I have an incredible group of family and friends who helped with the set up. Fun times had by all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A group of us went as Zombie Disney characters! It was a big hit at the party! I was Zombie Ariel and my boyfriend was as super creepy Zombie Pinocchio. Some of my friends were Zombie Cinderella, Zombie Aladdin & Jasmine and Zombie Incredibles. So much fun!

The awesome costume contest winners, proudly displaying their trophies!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! Happy Haunting!

300 Days!

300 Days Until Halloween!

I'm so excited to start working on some projects for this year. I have some new ideas for some new scenes/rooms for my annual Halloween party. I will have some new tutorials posted soon!

Are you starting on any projects yet?

Zombie Nursery

A new theme room I had for 2012 was the Zombie Nursery. I was given these hideously adorable Zombie Babies as a birthday present from my dad. Not a normal gift from a father to his daughter but a perfect gift for me! I love my Zombie Babies!!

My dad had them shipped to my office...which naturally some of my coworkers a little freaked out! Ha!

 

Buckle up for safety! This was the drive home...I had some fellow drivers giving me some confused looks!

 

I created my own Zombie baby by painting a baby doll I found at a thrift store for $2.00!

 

I also found a rocking horse at the thrift store for $5.00 and painted it dark with blood red eyes, mouth and ears.

 

I found a basic playpen at a garage sale and ripped it up and painted it with bloody hand prints.

 

My babies look right at home in the painted playpen!

 

Rats make the perfect nursery pet.

 

It's feeding time!! Hungry Howie chows down on his favorite snack...braaaaaains!

Zombie babies need Zombie toys! I took some perfectly innocent looking teddy bears, dolls and toys and Zombified them by painting and shredding!

 

Zombie rubber duckies

Bloody alphabet blocks

You can easily create your own haunted nursery scene with old baby toys or items found at garage sales, thift stores or even the dollar store! I can't wait to create more toys and props for my nursery this year! Happy Haunting!

You can adopt your own Zombie Babies here - Spirit Halloween - Zombie Babies