LED Halloween and more!

Well Halloween has come and went. This year my trick or treaters only lasted an hour as it was pretty cold out there. Then they came home to get in on the scare action of unsuspecting treaters. A few years ago I found this awesome site called www.zombiepumpkins.com that had pumpkin carvings and I now faithfully sign up for their services annually. I am crazy about carvings. I chose a few this year....Jaws for the husband, Hello Kitty for my daughter, Bloody Mary for my son and then I challenged myself with "Eddie (Iron Maiden)" pattern. He is by far my favourite! Once cleaned and carved I now had to decide what light would work best for him. I love my floras as anyone who reads this blog knows. However the regular floras didn't seem to do him justice. I chose the Sub-9 with it's 3" Diameter and 9 brilliant white LED's he was beaming! I chose the RGB Floras for the rest of them. I also scattered various size pillars and even battery operated tea-lights around my front porch area. The best idea I had though which worked out amazing was using the floralyte III and putting one light (sold in 10pk) in my windows. The beauty of the Flora III was the option of the 3 settings. So to create a spooky haunted house style I took the brilliant white light and placed it in each of my windows, and put them all on the pulse setting. It created a strobe light effect. It was fantastic and much cheaper option to lighting then going out and buying an actual strobe light. The batteries last for a full 48hrs so I didn't have to worry about them going out on me throughout the evening and still have plenty of battery time left over before I need to replace them. Now I can recycle them into my Christmas Lighting Decor. Here are a few photo's....



Next up was a show I did at Adore Restaurant in Whitby. The owner Ali offered me his establishment for a show night. I adorned the entire restaurant top to bottom with various size Flameless pillars and floras as well as bringing in my own spot lighting to add a kick to the front and draw attention to the restaurant. I set up a massive display of Flameless Candles for retail and waited patiently for customers. It was not as successful as I would have liked but the event itself was good promotion and it gave me experience on a retail end rather then hiding behind my website. Snap Whitby was there to cover the event and is doing a follow up on Kismet Candles in December which I will post then.









The following evening Kismet Candles was a donator for The Relay For Life Masquerade Gala. I contributed to the swag bags for the event and was an attendee myself. It was a great night for a first time event in which there was several thousand dollars raised to benefit cancer research. I am sure next year will be even bigger and better for this group of young ladies and once again I will look forward to contributing to the cause. The following photo is of Tamara Kaye 0f In-Style Weddings and Events who also donated to the cause and myself at the Gala.









Heading into the holiday season I look forward to decorating my home with various forms of products. I have decided to stray from the outdoor lighting and instead am choosing the Flameless Candles to put in each of my windows. Once set to the timer mode I will not have to worry about turning them off/on or the life of my batteries. I look forward to sharing some photos near the end of the season.

Till next time, take a look at the following vendors I have had the pleasure of meeting.

Tamara Inkpen from My Sweet Wedding - Her blog is always informative with great ideas for entertaining and decorating with a budget in mind. I find that her ideas can be used for more than just a wedding and would be just as fabulous applying to your own home parties especially now that the entertaining season is upon us. Check out her Mixology Series!

Laurel Munro from Laurel Munro Floral Designs - I had the honor of working with this extremely talented designer a few months ago when I helped her achieve the lighting she needed to illuminate a floral centerpiece she created to resemble a lamp. It was absolutely stunning! Let her help design your Christmas centerpieces!


Your Captured Moments - I have had the pleasure of meeting Allison and Andrew on several different occasions. Most recently they did a location photo shoot for my Family Christmas Photos. The location was perfect. The team made us feel comfortable and able to act natural yet goofy to capture some candid photos.