Gilded Pumpkins

Redbook

I love these gilt pumpkins from Redbook!  And if, like me, you're attracted to anything shiny, be sure to check out Good Housekeeping's slideshow of DIY decorating ideas for a bedazzled Halloween.

And in case I haven't mentioned it (or you somehow failed to notice it), the Good Housekeeping Halloween Central is worth checking out for a variety of Halloween-centric tips and projects from all the magazines in the Good Housekeeping family.

How To Hang Onto Your Pumpkins

No, that title isn't a euphemism.

With some people warning about pumpkin shortages this year and advocating early pumpkin shopping, this advice on how to keep your pumpkins fresh may come in very useful, especially if, like me, you can't wait to get started on your Halloween decorating.

Scream Cheese Brownies

The Girl Who Ate Everything

The simple addition of food coloring transforms these cream cheese brownies from your average baked good to tasty Halloween treat.  Genius!  [Via Best Friends For Frosting]

On Our Front Door

Now that October's officially here and the weather's been getting cooler, my mother broke out her seasonal wreath, which she decorated this year in a way that suggests Halloween without being too holiday-specific.  If you come a-knocking, this is what you'll find on our front door:

Steven King on TCM's Night at the Movies

Dread Central would like to remind you that Steven King will be on TCM's "A Night at the Movies" tomorrow night, October 3, at 8 PM.  Following the special, TCM will be showing a bunch of great classic horror films all night, including Frankenstein, Freaks, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Here's the full lineup:
8:00 PM TCM "Night at the Movies: Horror" 
9:00 PM Frankenstein 
10:15 PM Freaks 
11:30 PM TCM "Night at the Movies: Horror"
12:30 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 
2:15 AM Mark of the Vampire (’35)
3:30 AM The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
4:45 AM Nosferatu 
6:15 AM Phantom of the Opera 

Grown Up Halloween Recipes

From Food & Wine

If you'd rather leave the goofy-looking Halloween foods to the kiddies, check out Food & Wine's collection of recipes, which balances classic creepy concoctions with more grown-up palate-pleasers.

On my to-eat list: butternut squash turnovers and chocolate tarts with candied grapefruit peel. 

There are plenty of cocktail and punch recipes, too, for those of you who want to make you Halloween just a little bit happier.  And for the pun-minded, there's a list of "devil" foods like deviled eggs and devil's food cake.

And once Halloween is over and you've gorged yourself on all the treats you can possible stand, Food & Wine even has a few suggestions for what to do with you leftover candy.  Although I have to admit, I'm pretty game, gastronomically speaking, but I'm not touching those candy corn cookies.

Bath & Body Works Light-Up Soap

In honor of the official start of the best month of the year, this light-up coffin hand soap dispenser is currently gracing our bathroom sink. It lights up and cackles every time you use the soap!