How to Decorate With Feng Shui For Halloween

It might seem a little weird to practice Feng Shui on Halloween but the upshot is that this ancient Asian art of object placement fits perfectly to this holiday. That is because Feng Shui is about safety and Halloween is one of these nights where you want to be conscious of that. Both the holiday and Feng Shui are also about metaphysics. Both are about harnessing energies and using them to one’s own advantage. In Feng Shui these energies must be positive. On Halloween the veil between this world and the next is said to be very thin so there is a possibility of attracting both evil and good energies. When you apply the rules of Feng Shui to holiday of Halloween they work very well.

First of all Feng Shui is about the clearing away of clutter. This is definitely a must if you have little Trick or Treaters visiting. To keep energy positive around your home on Halloween night make sure that your walk and front porch are completely clear of clutter. Get rid of things like hoses, rakes or anything that little feet could trip over. Sweep away leaves and plant debris as well. Remember that many of these little kids are in a lot of danger of tripping over their costumes in the first place!

Yet another Feng Shui must have element for attracting good energy is to make sure that your walk and home are well lit. This might seem like a strange request on such a “dark” holiday but the reality is that it is quite crucial for the safety of children and adults as well. There are all kinds of novelty “Christmas string” style lights that you can put up on your porch and in the front yard. You can also decorate your yard with lit hand-carved pumpkins or even better yet, get electric pumpkins. Electric versions are the safest of all as they reduce the chance of someone’s costume accidentally catching on

If you want to have more abundance and a freer circulation of money in your life then you can do a little bit of a prosperity ritual by handing out chocolate covered coins to children who come to the door. This symbolizes money being multiplied and coming back to you. You could also do the same thing with real money. Try handing out shiny copper coins in red envelopes as a version of the famous “Red Envelope Ritual” which dictates that everything that you send out into the Universe in red envelopes comes back to you nine times.

Part of Feng Shui is about being in sync with the holidays and the symbols of the Hallways. Black cats are lucky in China for their nine lives so decorating your window with them is a nice idea.

How to Mix Food Coloring to Create Unique Icing Colors

You can add a few drops of food coloring to your icing, fondant or gum paste to create all kinds of unusual colors. If you are a novice it might be a good idea to invest in a good basic food coloring kit.

When mixing color always mix a small amount of color to experiment. Start with base color and then add very small amounts of secondary color. Be sure to mix enough color for the cakes to be decorated, as it is difficult to match an exact color.

Wilton is the only company that makes as many tints for icing as there are for oil paints. They have a comprehensive list of the colors, which come in a tube on their website at www.wilton.com. Once again when it comes to mixing colors for cake decorating Wilton is the only game in town.

Here is Wilton’s guide to using their icing colors to create unusual colors.

ANTIQUE GOLD: Add Leaf Green to Golden Yellow

AQUA: Mix Sky Blue and Leaf Green

CHARTREUSE: Add 9 parts Lemon Yellow to 1 part Leaf Green

CORAL: Add Creamy Peach and a touch of pink or orange and a touch of pink.

FLESH: Add just an extremely small touch of Copper to white icing. Ivory can also be used. Light pink with a small amount of brown will also create a flesh toned icing.

GRAY: Add just a touch of Black to white icing.

HUNTER GREEN: Mix Kelly Green and a touch of Black

JADE: Mix Leaf green, Royal Blue and a touch of Black

LAVENDER: Mix Pink and Violet

MARIGOLD: Mix Lemon Yellow and Orange

MAROON: Mix Burgundy and Red.

MAUVE: Mix Burgundy with very little Black.

MISTY GREEN: Mix Leaf Green, Royal Blue and a touch of Black

MOSS GREEN: Mix Violet and Lemon Yellow

MULBERRY: Mix Rose with a touch of Royal Blue.

NAVY BLUE: Mix Royal Blue and Black

PERIWINKLE: Mix Royal Blue and Violet

PLUM: Use violet with a touch of Christmas red.

RASPBERRY: Mix Pink and Red

RUST: Mix Orange, Red and Brown

TURQUOISE: Mix Sky Blue and Lemon Yellow

WARM GOLD: Use Golden Yellow with just a touch of brown

As you can see there are all kinds of ways to mix up icing colors, just as if you were a real artist with a real color palette. This is the Wilton guide to color mixing. If you use other brands of food coloring the effect may not be guaranteed.