Vegan Halloween Pins + Stickers from Vegan Power

Spooky Vegans unite! I am so stoked that Vegan Power Co. has added a "Spooky Vegan" pin and sticker to their Halloween collection this year! They have brought back their "Creepy Vegan" design, as well as adding an "Evil Vegan" one this year, too! Which one are you - spooky, creepy, or evil?

New Halloween 2019 Ornaments from Hallmark

This week Hallmark released their 2019 Halloween Keepsake Ornaments, including some unique new designs that fill me with ghoulish glee! Though these ornaments won't be available until July 13th, 2019, you can still swoon over them and add them to your wish list. I am really loving the black cat ornaments as well as the creepy-cute Monster Mash-inspired ornaments.

View the eerily adorable new Halloween 2019 Keepsake Ornaments from Hallmark below:

What's in My Spooky Purse

Hello lovelies! Confession: I am obsessed with posts showing what is in people's purses/fridges/etc. It is so much fun to get a peek at what people use everyday and seeing how they live day-to-day. And I don't mean just celebrities, I mean like regular people like you and I, especially if they have a spooky or vegan (or both!) aesthetic. Plus, this is a wonderful way to discover new products, bond over similar items and styles, and just get more of an insight into someone else's habits and style!

Ever since my ghoulfriend-in-crime Miranda from Spooky Little Halloween shared what was in her purse, I've been wanting to share what's in mine! I figured now that we are going into spring it would be the perfect time to clean out my purse and share what's been lurking within. I've decided to omit any necessities like my phone, wallet, keys, etc. because everyone has those. Though I do love mine so I've include a photo of them at the end!

Check out what is lurking in my spooky purse below:

Vegan Power Co. Halloween Pins Giveaway

Photo courtesy of Vegan Power Co.

UPDATE: CONTEST CLOSED! Thanks for all your entries, winner will be announced on the original Instagram giveaway post!

For all my fellow dark, spooky, and creepy vegans, these pins by Vegan Power Co. were made specifically for YOU! If you love saving animals as well as all things spooky, you now have a chance to win the sold-out "Creepy Vegan" enamel pin as well as the glow-in-the-dark "Ghost Taco" pin! I have partnered with Vegan Power Co. to give away these two limited edition Halloween pins to one lucky, U.S.-based winner!

Halloween 2018 at Daiso Japan

Daiso Japan is a store that carries many inexpensive household item and has been called the Japanese dollar store. I love visiting Daiso and their treasure trove of awesome items I didn't know I needed! They have all kinds of things, from stationary to kitchenware to household items and seasonal items. Of course, I especially love visiting them in mid- to late-September, when they start putting out their adorable Halloween items. Their inventory usually contains kawaii-inspired decor, costumes, and other Halloween accessories. My weaknesses at Daiso include their Halloween washi tape and their Halloween banners.

I love browsing their Halloween treats, check out what they have this year below:

Halloween 2018 at Target's Dollar Spot

I have been checking Target almost religiously to see if they have Halloween stuff in their Dollar Spot (aka Bullseye's Playground), and I got lucky this past weekend and found some goodies! Not everything was out yet, and they just had a sprinkling of items, but it was still incredibly exciting to see orange and black at Target! 

I wanted to share what I spotted so far, check out my Target Dollar Spot finds below:

Enchant Your Sweet with the Fatally Yours Chocolate Box this Valentine's Day 2018

The gore-geous and much sought-after Fatally Yours Gourmet Chocolate Box is available now from Vegan Treats for Valentine's Day 2018! This decadent collection of chocolate skulls, coffins, bones, and other scrumptious tidbits is perfect for your favorite ghoul or boil (or yourself!).

If you or your Valentine don't like spookier things but still want a gourmet chocolate box, Vegan Treats also offers a beautiful, more traditional My Vegan Valentine chocolate box bedecked in pink and full of adorable chocolate critters. Details on both of these amazing vegan chocolate boxes can be found below!

Join the Monster Kitty Society

Join the Monster Kitty Society

Monsters plus cats? That sounds like a purr-fectly spooky combo and it is a reality thanks to Monster Kitty Society, a woman-owned company that designs and makes adorably eerie jewelry that is both cute and creepy! Monster Kitty Society features a variety of Monster Kitty characters that come with their very own cards describing their traits and fun facts about them. From these different characters you can choose necklaces, stickers, keychains, enamel pins, bags, t-shirts, and so much more!

Here is a little more about them via their website: "Monster Kitty Society is home for dark souls who love cats. The monster cats only like people who get them, and they're pretty picky. We have an aesthetic. It has to be dark and it has to be cute. We prefer to cuddle up in the dark with our cats. If you're not about that life then you better scram! Our hoard is ever-growing. Are you ready to join?"

I received some of their items for review, which you can see more of below:

Halloween 2017 at Target's Dollar Spot

My face when I see Halloween stuff in stores, LOL! How adorable is this 

little dude?!

UPDATE: Target now has their entire Halloween collection out in stores! Check out the goods HERE!

I went to Target over the weekend and only found some Halloween tees (check them out HERE!), but no luck in their Dollar Spot section for Halloween stuff. However, I went again yesterday and they had put so many Halloween items out in their dollar section, I basically jumped for joy! Ok, it was more internal squealing, but either way I was STOKED!

Last year's Dollar Spot had a more gothic feel with its black filigree mirrors and glass artwork (see some pieces of that HERE), but this year is a lot more colorful and playful, and seems to be geared more towards kids than goths (or inner goths). While the more colorful Halloweenie things aren't really my style, the designs are still super adorable and I like what they have so far this year.

Take a peek at some of the goodies you can find at Target's Dollar Spot for Halloween (most items run from $1 to $3):

Halloween 2017 Tees at Target

Halloween tees at Target!

I took a bit of a vacation last week to visit my family up in the remote redwood forests of Northern California, which is why I haven't posted in a week. As soon as I got back, though, the Halloween hunt was on and I was back in stores scoping out Halloween goodies! My first stop was Target - I was really hoping their Dollar Spot section would have Halloweenie items, but no such luck at my local Target, as that section was still filled with back-to-school junk.

However, I did find a few Halloweenie t-shirts and clothing items in the women's and girl's sections of Target! Many are repeats of last year (or maybe leftover stock they are trying to get rid of?), but there are a few NEW creepy-cute items. I was really digging the little kids' clothes - I wish those designs came in adult sizes! 

Check out what Halloween tees and more Target had in stock:

Spirit Halloween's Hocus Pocus Collection

Hocus Pocus at Spirit Halloween

I am so excited that Spirit Halloween is releasing an officially licensed line of Hocus Pocus merch this Halloween season! Hocus Pocus is one of my favorite Halloween movies (and probably one of my favorite movies of all time), and it has gained quite a cult following even though it was released way back in 1993 (wow, it's 24 years old!).

Most of the line is a little too glittery and cutesy for me, but I have fallen in love with some of the items they are selling this year! Check out my must-haves from Spirit Halloween's Hocus Pocus line below:

Goth Essentials for Surviving Summer

I can't believe summer is already here, it feels like the spring went by so fast! Thankfully here in Orange County it is still relatively cool due to June Gloom (swoon!), but warmer weather has been creeping up on us (it will be in the 80s the rest of the week) and as soon as July hits temps will be shooting up to the 90s and 100s (ugh). I hate hot weather so I do all I can to stay cool while still keeping it spooky during the unbearable summer months.

Below I've collected some summer goth essentials to help you keep creepin' in the summer heat, including pool and beach accessories, some dark but gauzy clothing (I don't care how hot it is, I'm still wearing black), items that will protect your skin from the sun, boo-tiful bags to keep all these ghoulish goodies in, and much more macabre merch to add to your wish list!

Witch Emoji App

Thanks to Haute Macabre, I found out that there is a brand new WitchEmoji app from artist Pam Grossman! With Walpurgisnacht aka Witches' Night right around the corner, it seems like a perfect time to download this app, which comes with 80 different witchy emoji! Plus, I adore how WitchEmoji fully integrates into iMessage on iPhones and iPads, and, unlike apps like Goth Emoji (which I LOVE, btw!) where you copy/paste emoji into your text message, this one works with your iMessage to add to a text with just a touch (no copy/paste necessary). The app has so many creepy-cute images of witches, warlocks, moons, broomsticks, black cats, potions, spell books, symbols, goats, daggers, goblets, and many other witchy accessories, ensuring you will be able to text your coven with cuteness!

Just look how adorable these screen shots are:

The Fifth Annual Spook Show Halloween Festival

This past Saturday Halloween Club in La Mirada, California hosted their fifth annual Spook Show Halloween Festival, a celebration for fiends who celebrate Halloween everyday! I look forward to this event every year, since it is like having Halloween in March! This was my third time attending this event (you can check out recaps from past years HERE and HERE!), and every year I've been it keeps getting bigger and better! If you haven't heard of Spook Show, it is a fun outdoor event that brings together a wide variety of vendors selling Halloween and horror merch, as well as booths from upcoming Halloween and haunted events, plus food trucks, a hearse show, and live entertainment! It is put on by the Halloween Club (which is where the event is located), a huge Halloween warehouse that is open year-round (and has huge sales for this event). Read more about Spook Show and check out more photos below!

'Til Death Do Us Part: The Fatally Yours Chocolate Box Returns for Valentine's Day 2017

It's baaaaaaaaack! The much coveted and drop-dead gore-geous Fatally Yours Gourmet Chocolate Box can now be ordered from Vegan Treats for Valentine's Day 2017! This decadent collection of chocolate skulls, bones, bugs, and other body parts is perfect for your favorite ghoul or boil (especially if that happens to be yourself!). And this year Vegan Treats has unveiled another box for those looking for a way to express their love in a more cutesy, kawaii-type way - My Vegan Valentine is Vegan Treats' brand new, bright pink box full of adorable chocolate critters. Details on both of these amazing vegan chocolate boxes can be found below!

Halloween Stuffed Peppers, or Pepper-o-Lanterns

Pepper-o-lanterns! I made a fanged fiend and a kitty cat!

How adorable are these Halloween stuffed peppers?! These boo-tiful babies are so fun and easy to make that I wanted to share my quick recipe for them here. Also, these don't have to be just for Halloween - when you are really missing the autumn season, these are perfect to make and you can find the ingredients at any time of year! And, as always, they are all vegan!

These vegan pepper-o-lanterns use only a few ingredients, can be customized to whatever your palate desires, and are fast to prepare, which means they are perfect for busy October nights where you just want to kick back and watch some scary movies with your boo. All you need is a few ingredients and about 20 minutes to make these precious pepper-o-lanterns! Find the recipe below:

Halloween 2016 at Homegoods (Part 2)

After checking out the Halloween goodies at TJ Maxx/Homegoods a few weeks ago (check out pics from my first visit HERE!), I headed back yesterday to see if they had any new items. I'm trying to not buy as much Halloween stuff this year, which is why I've kept my Halloween shopping to a minimum, however, I just couldn't stay away from Homegoods' expansive Halloween selection! And I wasn't disappointed with my second trip there - they had aisles of new products out, including lots more knick-knacks and lots of different kitchen items.

You can browse the photos I took of their selection below:

Halloween 2016 at Homegoods

Halloween at Homegoods has arrived!

UPDATE: Check out Part 2!

I've been waiting and waiting for my local TJ Maxx/Homegoods store to start putting out their Halloween items and FINALLY found some yesterday! They don't have much out in the way of home decor, at least not compared to the stock they usually have, so I think more is coming (fingers crossed!). I'll keep checking back until they have more Halloween decor and report back with any more findings. Despite Homegoods not having too much decor yet, they did have some pretty neat pieces and lots of kitchen and table goods.

You can see what I found in my first round at Homegoods below:

Halloween 2016 at Crate and Barrel

Pumpkin Lanterns

Crate and Barrel have started stocking their virtual shelves with all sorts of Halloween home products and this year they have a black cat theme going on, which I just adore! Every year, I love browsing their online Halloween selection and picking out a few favorite pieces I would love to have. Maybe this year I'll actually purchase a few pieces once they have them in stores (I can't pass up those black cat lights!). For now, I'll be dreaming about their boo-tiful Halloween collection for 2016 and sharing some of my favorites below:

Halloween 2016 at Big Lots

Halloween 2016 at Big Lots!

I stopped by Big Lots yesterday to check if they had any of their Halloween stuff out, and luckily found two aisles of ghoulish goodies! They had an end cap of gorgeously gothic goodies and another one of eerie animatronics, an aisle filled with autumn-inspired home goods and foliage, and a last aisle with Halloween decor and lighting.

Check out the spooky selection below: