But the Martha Stewart Halloween special issue, with those ridiculous moth wing eyelashes, enticed me in, and I was not disappointed! The 2011 Halloween issue is marvellous, full of imaginative DIY decorations and costumes, and tasty-looking food. The art design is very inventive.
Sure, it promotes a senseless model of consumption just for the sake of decoration, and gives us all unreasonable expectations about how polished our lives should be. But used correctly, it can be a great source of inspiration. And it's so pretty!
And best of all, Saint Martha has lots of Halloween projects online, including: indoor decorations, costume ideas and activities (both billed as for children, although I beg to differ), pumpkin carving suggestions, and recipes. I'm sure I'll be featuring more of these in the future, and maybe even testing some, but we have to start somewhere.
