Albion Gould
makes & travels
Having Halloween in spring is such a weird thing to me. It’s hard to feel properly spooky with pink flowers coming up everywhere. I decided, though, that candy corn was the perfect theme for a spring Halloween. It’s bright, fun, and so very more-ish. No need to comment if you feel any other way! I …
While a handful of Halloween decorations have popped up in stores, there isn’t nearly what I had hoped for. I haven’t seen a single fake pumpkin anywhere and so much of my Halloween crafting involves those. I’ll be better prepared next year! I’ve managed to cobble together a few random supplies, though, and have been …
I have been missing Halloween in the worst way this year. I grew up with Halloween being an actual season–decorations, costumes, and neighborhood trick or treating. No one celebrates Halloween quite like North America. The United States took Irish traditions, massively commercialized them, and made them into something much bigger (and I love it!). Thanks …
I’m still in full on candy corn crazy mode and have been looking around the house for absolutely anything that could become candy corn. While sorting through a box of craft supplies, I came across a pair of canvas sneakers that I had bought ages ago for a potential project but never did. With a …
Halloween is celebrated around the world as a festival to honor the dead and celebrate ancestors. It is celebrated on 31 October and is well known as a day to trick or treat, dress up in costumes, and carve pumpkins. There are similar holidays in cultures around the world and they take place throughout the …
Cat ears headbands are still all the rage with my kids–they’re not just for Halloween anymore! Alice recently surprised me with a super cute pom pom cat ears headband DIY that she made herself. The only thing she wasn’t thrilled with was that she only had small rainbow pom poms and she wanted bigger black …
