Planning to serve wine at your upcoming Halloween dinner or cocktail party? Instead of your usual favorite brands, how about pouring such rare vintages as "Doctor Rotgut's Famous Embalming Juice", "Ghoul-Ail Ecotplasmic Extract", and "Zombie Virus"... or at least making it look that way! With these fun Halloween Bottle Labels from grandinroad.com, you can do just that! $24/set of $24 labels.
Also pictured above: Apothecary Labels from Pottery Barn, which read "wing of wasp," "tail of rat," "toe of frog", "eye of newt", "fang of bat" and "kiss of death." These labels are perfect for adding a whimsical Halloween touch to jars of other-wise innocent lemonade, iced tea, and punch or kool-aid in colors like black, purple and green. {Here's a fun recipe for Black Halloween Punch.} $19/set of 6
Another way to add an ominous touch to cocktails and drinks is by labeling the stemware or cups guests will be sipping from... The picture below with the foreboding champagne flutes is from our Spooky Chic bar display from last year. The Mad Scientist Stickers used on them are still available at marthastewartcrafts.com, but I'm also loving the new Spooky Phrase Stickers Martha came out with this year, which have a pretty vintage gothic touch. $4.99/set of 10 stickers
Last but not least, you can always get crafty and design your own labels. Here's an example of a couple "Ghoul's Night" wine bottle labels I made with Halloween-themed craft paper and rhinestone icon stickers in the shape of skulls:
Check craft stores and online scrapbooking stores for the latest Halloween papers and sticker designs... or create something fun on the computer and just print and wrap! (Click here to check out an example of a digital Halloween label that an HWTM reader created and used to wrap bottles of orange soda.)
Written by Jennifer Sbranti for Real Simple's Simply Stated: Celebrations Blog
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