Happy Halloween from New York City and your stranded friend Jaimee. I’m so glad I decided to start packing light just in time for this trip. (Ugh.) But I am safe, and grateful to be. I’m spending the days wandering around upper Manhattan with dazed New Yorkers, who are suddenly not in a hurry, and [...]
I love that when a friend or a reader finds a piece of Halloween/pumpkin brilliance floating out there in the Internet ether, they think of me. “Jaimee Rose will love this,” they say to themselves. And yes, yes, I DO! Casey Hagarty spotted these loves outside Design*Lab in Mesa. Those are masks from Target, I [...]
I’ve been saving my favorites for October — there are enchantments and sweaters and leaves all wrapped up in just that very word. Today is October, and I’m just glad. (Glad like Anne of Green Gables – remember her gladness musings?) And October is for pumpkins, of course. Today projects are inspired by Kelly Wearstler, [...]
This high-fashion pumpkin has a Valentino stole: My mom dreamed of a pumpkin inspired by the Valentino’s cascading rosettes and ruffles we’ve been lusting after for a few years, so she twisted some fabric into rosettes (mix a few fabric textures), and added feathers and bits of lace. Try this rosette tutorial if you’d like [...]
On Labor Day, my mother and sisters came over to help me enact all of my pumpkin dress-up fantasies. Many hours, a bag of candy corn, and a six trips to the craft store later, we had 42 tricked-out pumpkins to welcome the arrival of September. (And hello, gorgeous.) Today, inspired by the contents of [...]
I dreamed this one up for a photo shoot years ago, and it’s still my favorite Thanksgiving centerpiece: print out letters from your computer, cut them out, and use Elmer’s glue to paste them onto your pumpkins. Photo by Wes Johnson Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]
The annual Rose family spookfest was held this weekend, and we did it up in grand ghoulish style. There were candy apples and coiled intestines (ew), pink-cheeked little girls and a Grandpa with a grin, even severed hands hiding in corners, and on cupcakes. A look inside our bash: (The coffin that my sister’s husband [...]
When my mother sees these photos, she is going to lose her mind (and then go to the store for more spider web and cheesecloth.) Behold, the haunted home of San Diego decorator Simone Lagies, as seen on BHG: Mom will also sigh over these images, from Curious Sofa, which I spotted on local blog Little Lovables. (Mom, you [...]
This craft project began as lacy pumpkins and ended as racy pumpkins. I feel kind of bad for the pumpkins. But I didn’t mean any harm. I actually think they’re kind of awesome, provided you don’t object to a little Kiki de Montparnasse. But this is still fishnet stockings on squash, and there’s nothing I can do to [...]
Sunday night + studs + spray paint + preserved stem = a pumpkin named Axl Rose. Pretty studly, don’t you think? My mom spotted the idea somewhere and whispered it into my ear. My friend Lynne, the velvet pumpkingoddess, lent me this awesome preserved stem, straight from the patch. I think this might be my highest achievement in pumpkin-torture [...]
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