Haunted Gingerbread contest!
I'm not sure how October has rolled around so quickly this year (probably because I've been buried in deadlines and travel for the past few months), but it's here, and you know what that means...!
Gingerbread! No, it's not just for Christmas!
Every year, #1 and I make a Haunted Gingerbread House (except for last year, when we were still busy unpacking from the move to San Antonio) in October and a traditional gingerbread house in December. As you can see from the pictures below, we started off with some pretty simple designs and progressed to our current level of crazy.
2006, our first Halloween themed house. More like a shack, right?
2007. By then, we'd really gotten into the spirit. Number one was drawing blueprints and etching patterns into the dough. And cutting custom platforms for the house.
2008's house was a gingerbread replica of the Amityville Horror house. I think we over decorated it, so I'm posting a picture of it in the nude, so you can see the architecture.
I made this year's gingerbread dough on Monday and it's in my fridge right now, waiting to be rolled out, cut, and baked tonight. The plans are drawn up, and there's a cardboard model of the house sitting on my kitchen counter. (#1 takes his gingerbread design seriously. ;))
So...how 'bout a contest?
Send me a picture of your Halloween-themed gingerbread house, and you'll be entered to win a signed copy of Alpha and a three-piece set of Godiva chocolate lollipops.
Rules-The gingerbread house does not have to be complicated, but it cannot come from a kit. -Everything in the picture must be edible (but you don't have to actually eat it)-Pictures must be received by October 30, 2010-Pictures (max=2 per entry) should be sent to contestsATrachelvincentDOTcom
Pictures of all entries will be posted on Halloween day, along with the winner's name. (Winner to be chosen by #1)
Now, I realize this contest requires a little work, and I know that means we probably won't get many entries. But for me, that's a win/win. If no one enters, I get to keep the chocolate! ;)
Gingerbread! No, it's not just for Christmas!
Every year, #1 and I make a Haunted Gingerbread House (except for last year, when we were still busy unpacking from the move to San Antonio) in October and a traditional gingerbread house in December. As you can see from the pictures below, we started off with some pretty simple designs and progressed to our current level of crazy.
2006, our first Halloween themed house. More like a shack, right?
2007. By then, we'd really gotten into the spirit. Number one was drawing blueprints and etching patterns into the dough. And cutting custom platforms for the house.
2008's house was a gingerbread replica of the Amityville Horror house. I think we over decorated it, so I'm posting a picture of it in the nude, so you can see the architecture.
I made this year's gingerbread dough on Monday and it's in my fridge right now, waiting to be rolled out, cut, and baked tonight. The plans are drawn up, and there's a cardboard model of the house sitting on my kitchen counter. (#1 takes his gingerbread design seriously. ;))
So...how 'bout a contest?
Send me a picture of your Halloween-themed gingerbread house, and you'll be entered to win a signed copy of Alpha and a three-piece set of Godiva chocolate lollipops.
Rules-The gingerbread house does not have to be complicated, but it cannot come from a kit. -Everything in the picture must be edible (but you don't have to actually eat it)-Pictures must be received by October 30, 2010-Pictures (max=2 per entry) should be sent to contestsATrachelvincentDOTcom
Pictures of all entries will be posted on Halloween day, along with the winner's name. (Winner to be chosen by #1)
Now, I realize this contest requires a little work, and I know that means we probably won't get many entries. But for me, that's a win/win. If no one enters, I get to keep the chocolate! ;)
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