Prolific Souls - THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THIS HALLOWEEN'S THEME

by Briana Turner October 4, 2025

Read below to hear more about the story behind this year's theme

Every Halloween for the past 5 years, we have loved decorating our house on a main road for all to see and enjoy!

We are known as the Halloween house by our local community and all the local children look forward to seeing what we come up with each year!

When we started my cookie biz The Sugar Gypsy, we began to tie our Halloween cookie collections to match the same theme to bind our many creative pursuits into one!

And this year will be no different!

Over the course of time, many creative, prolific souls have walked this earth and passed on leaving us with a legacy of art and creativity. Trailblazing the way, calling us, urging us to continue their legacy of course we must oblige them!

This Halloween we decided to celebrate the lives of artists who impacted our lives by inspiring and delighting us!

We believe that celebrating life is celebrating beautiful things and creativity in all its forms and we invite you to do the same by joining us on our little Halloween adventure

Their souls have passed to another world but their legacies live on!

The artists selected had an impact or influence on me at some point during my youth and I've always admired them.

Starting off with Lewis Carroll, an eccentric genius famous for his Novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland followed by Through the looking glass. I was enamoured with the Disney Adaption in my very young years as was gifted the Original book later. The bizarre nature of this story captivated me and many of us who were lucky enough to experience it with many travelling to their Disney Meccas to enjoy the

Whilst I didn't listen to much of his music when I was younger, I fell in love with Sarah's character and the Story of The Labrynth starring David Bowie as Jarrod - the cruel but enchanting King. David was irreplaceable in the role and add an eclectic magic to the already amazing production.

Moving on to our beautiful Australian artist Olivia Newton -John starring in the the cult Movie Xanadu and a year earlier Grease. The Electric light Orchestra soundtrack will forever be one of my favourites and no on can deny the pure joy the receive when listening to or watching Grease! Olivia was a beautiful, irreplaceable soul and we are forever grateful for the way she touched our lives.

Growing up in my teens, creating was in my blood. I was always daydreaming up ideas and clothing designs and how I would one day have my own fashion label. I used to tear pages out of magazines and keep them in a scrapbook and to this day those same image still spark joy and inspiration in me when I flick through them.

And so I fell in love with the flamboyant and colourful brand Versace, unapologetically loud and proud. I remember his younger sister and her long blonde flowing hair. Bold and Italian as they come. Gianni's love and obsession with Greek mythology became the main source of inspiration and everything grew around it. We can never forget the JLo green tropical dress with a slit to her naval which placed Versace further ahead on the designer map than he had ever been.

Not to be outdone, Coco Chanel in stark contrast to Versace inspired me with her pretty palettes and simple but feminine designs. I loved her story and researched her life discovering the heartbreaking ups and downs she endured before she became a true success. Unafraid to be herself, Gabrielle showed restraint and elegance proving understated could still be a big statement. Most impressively, Chanel paved the way to female comfort clothing. Women were freed of their garment 'chains'. I sometimes wonder how different fashion might be even now if not for Coco.

Salvador Dalí → melting clock, curled mustach
David Bowie → lightning bolt, star, platform boots
Anna Pavlova → swan feathers, ballet slippers
Tupac → bandana, microphone, poetry book
Charlie Chaplin → bowler hat, cane, film reel