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‘A Grimm Evening’ Halloween Theme, Part 2 – The Devil’s in the details!

Miss Party's 'A Grimm Evening' Halloween

This post is a continuation of ‘A Grimm Evening’Halloween Theme, Part 1. In this post you’ll find more details on some of the fun fairy tale elements pictured in the first post and how to reproduce them yourself. 1) The invitations for this party are shown in the first image in this series. A few […]

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‘A Grimm Evening’ Halloween Theme, Part 1 – Twisted fairy tales that don’t end happily ever after!

Miss Party's 'A Grimm Evening' Halloween party

‘A Grimm Evening’ Halloween theme gives you a chance to twist and play on a few of our most famous childhood fairy tales and their beloved characters with a bit of humor thrown in. In truth, many of the Grimm’s tales are pretty scary all by themselves but let’s just see how we might serve […]

Behind the Scenes of ‘A Grimm Evening’ Halloween party!

Carved Halloween pumpkin

Oh my goodness, the ‘Grimm Evening’ Halloween party was a blast! The weather was just perfect (the calm before the storm, perhaps!). A full moon hung overhead and the guests arrived decked to the nines in Halloween costume finery! Ah, but Miss Party is getting ahead of herself… ONCE UPON A TIME, in a land […]

Behind the Scenes of a wickedly fun Halloween party!

Miss Party's "Snow White's 'Reserved' candied apple

Miss Party has been a busy, busy little bee working on the ‘Grimm Evening’ (Twisted Fairy Tales) Halloween party. Everything is looking fabulously horrifying, if she does say so herself. ‘Creeping’ Beauty looks like death warmed over, Hansel and Gretel look much worse for wear after their visit to that nice old woman in the […]

Pumpkin Bread – An old-fashioned recipe for a modern Hostess!

Miss Party's Halloween Jack o' Lantern

This particular pumpkin bread recipe has been a fall favorite for Miss Party for over 25 years! It’s moist and pumpkin-y, and just plain delicious! It’s a fabulous ‘go-to’ recipe that is ridiculously quick and simple to throw together and it makes two loaves at a time which is a big plus for a busy, […]

Behind the Scenes of a spooky Halloween party invitation!

Miss Party's Halloween Invitation

Miss Party has finally gotten around to photographing her Halloween invites for this year’s party and just wanted to throw them up this afternoon to inspire you! The Halloween party’s sub-theme this year is ‘Grimm and Wicked Fairy Tales’. Take a look at the menu for tons more Halloween invitation ideas, Halloween decorating ideas (for […]

Behind the Scenes of a ‘Grimm and Wicked Fairy Tales’ Halloween party invitation!

Miss Party is loving her delightfully creepy invitations for the 2012 Halloween party! The Burton-esque style ‘Grimm and Wicked Fairy Tales’ theme for the 13th(?) annual party has lots to work with and plans are coming along nicely. The last couple of weeks have been all about creating the party invitation which sometimes gets pretty […]

Behind the Scenes of a very creepy Halloween party!

So a final, final, final decision has finally been made on a Halloween theme for this year’s shindig! The pros and cons of all the themes were hashed out for months and as Miss Party previously revealed it had come down to four favorites –’Steampunk Frankenstein‘, ‘Grimm and Twisted Fairy Tales’, Sherlock Holmes/Gothic Victorian England […]

Behind the Scenes of a Halloween Party Theme – Which one to pick?

Halloween scene

Miss Party has been thinking about an upcoming Halloween party that goes beyond most Halloween parties and pretty much crosses the invisible line of a small-scale production with set design, lighting and actors. She just isn’t satisfied with doing a generic ‘Halloween’ theme for this annual party. Where’s the fun in that? To really get […]

Behind the Scenes of Tricks or Treats! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Spirit of Sleepy Hollow Tavern, aka Miss Party

Don’t let the kids have all the fun on Halloween! Whether you’re taking a gang out for the evening or staying home to greet all the little goblins, throw on a costume or a witch’s cape and hat to make it a little more fun for YOU, and them. Plus, seasoned Trick or Treaters know […]

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