What’s your favorite Halloween costume?

Last  year my husband went as Captain Hooker (pirate from the waist up, miniskirt and fishnets from the waist down) and I went as Stinkerbell (imagine Tinkerbell crossed with the Peanuts’ character Pig Pen). My friends dressed up as Alice in Wonderbread (she wore an Alice costume with those big wonderbread dots all over it) and Phantom of the Grand Ol’ Opry – I’m a sucker for these kinds of ‘play on words’ costumes…

Halloween Costume Advice from Celebrity Icing

Don’t use Halloween as an excuse to wear your sleaziest clothes – do something interesting! Do we really need to see another naughty nurse, hooker, or French maid? This year we think smart, ironic, witty, or a combination of all three is much sexier (if it involves fishnet stockings or stilettos, that’s fine – but they should be part of the costume!).

Today celebrity icing celebrates some cool and creepy jewelry and stars in honor of the season.

For more ghoulish jewels, Halloween gift ideas, and some star-inspired Halloween costume ideas, check out last year’s Halloween feature ”Halloween Brings New Meaning to Costume Jewelry“.

Diamonds are a Ghoul’s Best Friend

The jewel below is not a real diamond, it’s resin that has been cast into a diamond cut shape. And, that’s a real Green Rose Chafer Beetle inside – the perfect gift for your Ghoulfriend.

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Here is the Lotus Spider Ring offered by Kabiri. I love the heart detail and the bed of diamonds… (and yes, they are real diamonds).

Subtle, Yet Spooky

Here are some nice nods to the season if you’re not dressing up. You don’t just have to wear these on Halloween either!

An Owl pendant with a black crystal ball chain.

SpookyHollow (Etsy)

Or, grey pearl drop earrings with sterling silver posts.

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And, remember – Eat, Drink and Be Scary on Halloween, but for heaven’s sake don’t drive home after the party!

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I can’t believe that Christmas is already here. If you’re like me and you haven’t even started shopping you should note that:

The deadlines for online shopping are this week!

Are you still there? I hope so, because I have some great celebrity-inspired ideas for what you can order right now without leaving your computer!

Ring in the New Year

This ring can be guaranteed to arrive for the holidays as long as you order it before noon on December 15th. It is called the Black Tie Diamond Ring - so, while you may not be walking the red carpet this season you can still have your very own ‘black tie event’.

Picture the Look on Your Little One’s Face

Order this cool kids digital camera today (December 9) and you could be putting it under the tree as early as Thursday, December 11th!

Joy to the World!

As an added bonus – it comes with Amazon’s Frustration Free Packaging* which will take the seasonal stress away from your Papa-razzi (or Mama-razzi).

(*Frustration Free packaging means the camera ships in an easy-to-open recyclable box, and eliminates the painfully hard-to-open and eco-evil PVC.)

Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera Blue [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]

Get Your Own Bobblehead

Not just reserved for sports heroes – you can order customized bobble head replicas of your friends and family! Just make sure you order by December 11th or you won’t see head nor tail of this gift until January…

Be warned, I think my husband’s bobblehead is having an affair with the Bettie Boop figurine on our fireplace mantle…

Because Martinis Aren’t Just For the Cool Kids Anymore

In fact, I think you’ll find that nerds quite possible love James Bond just as much as they love science. Order this week for delivery by Christmas.

Butt-covering Disclaimer: The information about deliveries was taken from the websites where these products are sold and is, like all things in real life, subject to change without notice and not guaranteed.
Celebrity icing does not accept any responsibility for the products above, the companies, or the delivery people but we will wish you a Happy Holiday and good luck shopping!

Well it was bound to happen – given the cupcake images I use and the name of this blog, so let’s get it over with! 

My favorite cupcake jewelry and accessories

A sweet treat under any Christmas tree (or any other time for that matter). 

Pretty Please, With a Cherry on Top

Handmade

This cute little cupcake is handmade. The ‘cherry on top’ is a tiny swarovski crystal. You can order this sweet pendant and necklace directly from the artist, Natasha Puffer, from  her website by clicking on the photo above.

Cupcake Cutie

How sweet is this? The perfect cupcake baking outfit. 

Jessie Steele Audrey Bib Apron, Pumpkin Cupcakes

Customized Cupcake

You can order a charming custom cupcake charm (or half a dozen!?) from Jessica & Susan Partain at Inedible Jewelry. You get to pick your cake flavor and frosting. You can also add sprinkles, a cherry, or even make special requests. 

Here’s a witty hostess gift for the holidays… 

Or a cute charm for the coffee lover close to your heart…

Uh, You Got Some Cupcake on Your Shirt

Har har. Okay this shirt is really cute. It says pirate, it says cupcake, it says ‘hey I’m a tasty pirate’. I bought a different version for my husband not too long ago and it’s the first shirt I grab when I’m raiding his t-shirt drawer. His response is “ARRRRRR” of course!

Cupcakes that are Craft-alicious

I scoured the Internet for some cupcake crafts and here is my favorite find: 

Some craftsters did a cupcake swap and some of the tasty results were a cupcake coin purse, cupcake candles and a cupcake cookbook (above) all made by a very talented person going by the name eye_on_sparrow. Click on the photo to see the rest of the crafts. 

Get Some Taste

And now that I’ve made you crave cupcakes I thought I better include a recipe. Here is one that caught my attention – it’s a recipe for no-bake raspberry cupcakes submitted by William (Uncle Bill) Anatooskin on recipezaar.com. I haven’t tried it yet, but I think I’m going to have to, it looks so tasty! 

Raspberry Cupcakes

And for all things cupcake there are blogs dedicated to this very topic, called ‘Cupcakes Take the Cake‘ and ‘Cupcake Bites’. You can visit these blogs for even more cupcake information… 

So this week on Gossip Girl:

Serena’s mom Lily gets the ugliest emerald necklace I’ve ever seen from her new husband. She was hoping for a nude photograph of herself instead (if you don’t watch the show, don’t ask…) so it’s hard to tell if her look of disappointment is due to the fact that she’s not getting the picture or just because her consolation prize is just so UGLY. It looks expensive but it’s still ugly. I can’t seem to find a picture of it anywhere so if anyone has one, I’d love to show it off so, unlike Lily and her nude photo disappointment, we can all ‘get the picture’.

I couldn’t even find anything similar, all the other necklaces were too nice. Picture something that Joan Collins would have worn on Dynasty – very eighties looking; very clunky, shiny, and excessive.

Let’s face it, Gossip Girls is hot. 

Gossip Girls is the only show I watch every week. I like other shows but I refuse to allow myself to schedule my life around them – so until I get a Tivo, Monday nights are the only nights I have to stay home (at least between 8 and 9). My husband watches it, too. We are both fascinated with bad boy Chuck Bass. He is horrible and very amusing at the same time – one of the best characters to hit TV.

Spotted. E and D making out at the Kings of Leon concert.

By the way, the British actor who plays Bass, Ed Westwick, is pretty kick ass in my books as well: he was apparently making out with Drew Barrymore at a Kings of Leon concert day before yesterday!

Chuck Bass - Master of the Intense Face

Classic Alligator Strap Wrist Watch