Filexd under: Art,Fashion,Food & Candy,kitchen,Recipes — Tags: Art, cake, chocolate, contest, melted, movies, skeletons, skull, tshirt — jane @ 10:16 pm

For some reason I keep getting distracted by creepy skull cakes. Every single one I find is better than the last one. Well, at least that’s what I think. I promise this will be the last one for a long time. Unless, of course, I find a better one. I think that’s impossible, though. This has to be the best one. This particular one is based on a T-Shirt design on the Threadless.com website called “Bitter Teeth“. The t-shirt has a graphic of a melting chocolate skull on it. It was made by Chloe Bird for a yearly contest on Threadcakes.com. Basically you submit a picture of a cake you made that turns the t-shirt graphic into an edible cake. It’s apparently a very popular contest, but since I can’t bake a cake to save my soul, I’d never heard of it. Don’t judge me. Anyway, this Bitter Teeth cake is just amazing and it’s completely edible! If you go to the detail page on Threadcakes.com about this cake she takes you through the whole process of making the cake with pictures and descriptions. This girl has a hell of a lot more patience than I do. Very impressive and I think it’s just a coincidence that it happens to look just like a certain melted face from a popular movie. A hundred points if you can guess what it is. The hundred points won’t get you anything, but you’ll have bragging rights. Not sure anybody would care though.

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Filexd under: Accessories,Apparel,Fashion,TV/Movies — Tags: Academy Awards, acting, actor, actress, blue, box office, carpet, critics, movies, oscars, red, Scary Jane, skeletons, skull — jane @ 1:04 am

I was sitting around in my office today feeling pretty lazy and just thinking about stuff. Nothing important, just daydreaming. I started to think about the Oscar awards and how I would dress if I ever went. I know, but stranger things have popped into my head. I was wondering what I would wear when I walked down the blue carpet (aka the red carpet, but they changed it in honor of me!) Not sure what I would be doing there that would get me that privilege. Let’s say I was nominated for, I don’t know, costume design? no… screenplay? nah… Oh screw it, let’s just say best actress for the new goth interpretation of Bridget Jones’ Diary. Not that much of a stretch. I was a theater geek in high school after all. Angel and Spike would have to play the Colin Firth and Hugh Grant characters. I’m such a huge star that I can call the shots. Anyway, I’m a shoe-in for the Oscar, so there I would be walking the blue carpet. What to wear? Well, I know what purse I’d be carrying. This Skull Clutch from Butler and Wilson. So awesome. It sells for a hefty $755.00. Now, let’s say the movie was a critical success, but maybe not a box office success. I could then carry this more reasonable Skull Clutch from The Artful Bag. Still very cute, but a little cheaper at $328.00. Okay, so now let’s say the movie totally bombed and the only reason I got nominated in the first place was because I slept with all the voters. This little Skull Clutch might be the more economical choice at $24.00. Definitely the ugly choice, but still a skull clutch. Isn’t it nice to know the odd things that float around in my head? Now, if I could only figure out what to wear.

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Filexd under: Books,Fairy Tales,News/Articles,Office — Tags: black, calendar, costume, Halloween, horoscope, horror, monsters, ogre, review, skull, vampires, witches, zombies — jane @ 12:28 pm

I’ve never been much of a believer in fortune telling, horoscopes etc., but I do find it fun. In college I became obsessed with tarot cards and learning how to read them. Strangely it was not because I wanted to really tell people their fortunes. I just wanted to know how to do it and what the cards supposedly meant. Now I look at it as a fun parlor trick that I pull out for our Halloween parties. I have a fantastic outfit that I wear and everyone seems to love it. I, of course, go way overboard and predict all sorts of weird things. What’s funny is when one thing I predicted actually happens. I just came back from a little vacation to visit Scary Hubby’s family in Philly and as usual we went to lots of bookstores. You know I have to check out the competition. Anyway, we ended up in Barnes and Noble and as I was looking through the bargain books I found this little book called Horrorscopes: A Little Book of Misfortunes. I didn’t have time to look at it, but it had a skull on the cover so I went ahead and bought it thinking it would give me something to read on the plane. This little book is just so fun. It has a twisted horoscope for every day of the year. The book is not for any particular year, so it even has Feb. 29th. The horoscopes can range anywhere from predicting a zombie apocalypse to preparing for impending horrors like your transformation into an ogre. It also lists dark days, unlucky numbers, evil omens and gruesome gift ideas. Such a riot. I highly recommend this book if you have a dark sense of humor or if you just need to discover the horrible fate that awaits you.

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Filexd under: Apparel,Fashion — Tags: black, clothing, dress, lace, party, pattern, skeletons, skull — jane @ 3:41 pm

Once in awhile I still pop onto Hot Topic just to see what’s new. Sometimes you can get lucky and they have some neat stuff . This time I picked up a little black dress. Every girl can use a little black dress, right? You can dress it up and you can dress it down. Usually they are very simple and all black, but this one has a little kick to it that I just couldn’t resist. It’s not too often that you can find a skull themed outfit without it having a giant skull splattered on the front. I like to be a little more sneaky in my clothing choices. I want someone to have to look closely to see what’s on there. Well, that’s exactly what this little dress does. From far away it just appears to be a normal pattern, but up close you see that it’s actually a skull cameo print. Even the lace at the bottom has skulls woven into it. Love, love, love it! Now I just need an excuse to wear it.

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Filexd under: Art,Food & Candy,Holidays,kitchen — Tags: Art, birthday, blood, cake, red, red velvet, skull, velvet — jane @ 10:14 am

For some time now I’ve been collecting photos of creepy cakes. I recently came across one that I completely love. I can’t seem to find out who made it or where the picture came from originally, but it is beyond awesome. I’ve seen many different skull cakes and loved every single one of them, but this one’s different. This stopped me in my tracks. It is so realistic looking! It’s really a work of art. Could you imagine cutting it open and finding red velvet cake inside? Yummy and bloody! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find me this cake. Or rather find me who made it. I have a big birthday coming in 7 months and I need this cake. No, I won’t tell you which one, so don’t ask!

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Filexd under: Collectibles,Misc.,Office,stationary — Tags: black, computer, envelopes, letters, paper, pen, silver, skeletons, skull, writing — jane @ 10:57 am

These days people write emails or text. They just don’t write letters anymore. It seems to be a lost art form. Once upon a time I just loved stationary. I spent entirely too much time and money in my local Hallmark. Over the years all of that stationary has been packed away and relegated to the attic never to be seen or heard from again. I recently got a bee up my butt and decided I wanted to do some letter writing again. As I was searching online for some cool new stationary, my super intelligent Scary Hubby asked, “What about all of that stationary in the attic?” Dumb ass. He just doesn’t get it. I ended up finding this fantastic black Skull Stationary Set on the Vivre site. Plain black with just the simple white skull. Perfect. It even comes with a silver pen because obviously my usual ink of choice, black, would not show up. One problem. It costs $120. Really?!? For 10 envelopes, a pad of paper and a pen? I mean it’s gorgeous, but I’m not convinced that it costs that much to produce. I know, quality paper… yada, yada, yada, but still not buying it. Literally or figuratively. I guess my search will continue on while Scary Hubby keeps mumbling about the box in the attic.

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Filexd under: Arts/Crafts,Books,Crafts,Decor,Lighting,News/Articles — Tags: baby, body parts, dolls, eye, Friends, garden, head, plant, running, skull, socket, TV — jane @ 5:49 pm

There are times when I see things online that make me want to order one right away and then there are times like this. This Baby Head Plant thing just makes me want to run in the opposite direction screaming. Did you ever see the episode of Friends where Phoebe shows Rachel how she jogs? Well, picture me running away screaming like that. Something about a disembodied baby head with a plant growing out of it’s eye socket just creeps me out. Call me crazy. I love funky and scary stuff, but for some reason when it includes a baby body part that’s just over the line for me. It’s from EarthSeaWarrior on Etsy and sells for $50. I noticed they only had one available, so I thought after this one was sold, at least that would be it. Almost zero chance of me seeing it at someone’s house and having to stupidly run away. I was very wrong. I looked around at their other stuff and found many more. They even have skulls with plants coming out of them. Now that I can get behind. I wish I had seen those first. Then I might have been able to avoid the night of creepy doll heads chasing me and trying to shove a plant in my eye kind of dreams.

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Filexd under: Accessories,Apparel,Fashion,Jewelry,News/Articles,TV/Movies — Tags: blue, crystal, Denmark, diamonds, England, Great Britain, king, prince, queen, royalty, Scary Jane, skeletons, skull, TV, valet, weddings — jane @ 1:35 pm

Anyone who reads this blog or for that matter just looks at it can guess what my favorite colors are. Dk. Blue and Black have always been my favorite. That’s why my black hair rocks a blue streak on the blog and in real life. It’s my thing. Along with painting my fingernails black and my pinky fingernails blue. A good portion of the world finds me rather odd and abrasive.  I do my own thing and as long as I’m not hurting anyone who cares? That being said there is the odd thing that’s pretty mainstream that I get excited about. I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I watched every moment of the recent royal wedding. Royalty just fascinates me and always has. I think it’s because back in the day my great uncle was the King of Denmark’s personal valet. My Mom grew up playing with the current Queen of Denmark and used to tell all sorts of cool stories. Sadly my Mom did not stay in touch with her, but she followed her life closely and in turn followed all royalty. When Prince William proposed to Kate with Princess Diana’s sapphire ring I was so excited. Not only because sapphires are my favorite stone, but because it was not the boring and expected diamond solitaire the size of a small country. In some ways I would love to have that ring, but it’s not really me. I came across this Gothic Sapphire Crystal Ring though, that would suit me just fine and would not be such a strain on the wallet at $89.95. It’s still my favorite color and surrounded by diamond-like Swarovski crystals, but this one has an edge to it, a skull edge that surrounds the stones! I love it when things look normal until you look closely and see the evil.

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Filexd under: Accessories,Decor,Fairy Tales,Food & Candy,kitchen — Tags: black, chores, cleaning products, dishes, purple, royalty, skeletons, skull — jane @ 1:30 pm

Sometimes I go to my regular haunts (stores) and I just don’t find anything interesting. Once in awhile, like last week, I get lucky. I went into Tuesday Morning even though it was a Thursday and started looking around. If you don’t know what Tuesday Morning is then I feel very sorry for you. It’s basically a Ross/TJ Maxx type store, but has upscale household goods. Anyway, they have great stuff sometimes. I found this fantastic Skull Kitchen Brush. They only had it in purple, orange and green. I would have preferred black or even blue, but I settled for the purple. I only paid $3.99, so I bought a bunch of them. Unfortunately I can only find them online for $7.99. Still a deal if you ask me. Now I’m not the type of girl that exactly likes doing dishes. In fact it’s really Scary Hubby’s chore, but having this little guy to use may just get me to do it once in a while. I have now affectionately named him King Scrubadish since he’s purple and purple is the color of royalty. Plus it kind of looks like he has a crown on. Maybe I should go all crafty on him and bling him up a bit with some rhinestones, so he lives up to his name. Nah, I think King Scrubadish is more of a snob. Better to go naked a la “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.

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Filexd under: Furniture,Misc.,Outdoors — Tags: Art, chair, garden, plastic, skeletons, skull, white — jane @ 12:41 am

You know those stupid white plastic chairs that everyone used to have out on their patios? They started out all pretty and white and then after one rain storm you ended up with a dirt puddle on the seat that was impossible to get clean. The next year you’d buy some more, since they were so cheap, and it would happen again. Year after year you’d do this until it finally got through your thick skull that they were crap. They even tried making them in dark green and other colors thinking that would hide the dirt puddle, but no still gross. A reader sent me the link to this awesome plastic Skull Chair. It’s actual name is “Souviens Toi Que Tu Vas Mourir” (Remember That You Will Die). Not sure how it gets that name. It appears to be a twist on the old crappy plastic chairs. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I looked they do not seem to be for sale or not yet anyway. I would actually buy this, but it would stay nicely inside where no dirt puddles could ever ruin it. I have a feeling this little guy is going to be expensive if it ever hits the market, so I’m not holding my breath. Anyway, this Skull Chair is going to be a part of  “New Wave, the new French domestic landscape” exhibition in the furniture fair in Milan at the Nouvelle Vague at the French Cultural Centrer – Palazzo Delle Stelline – Corso Magento 63 20123 Milan on 12 to 17 April 2011.

*Thanks Scott for the link!

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