Tricking and Treating With Martha on Hallmark Channel

October 8, 2010

Tricking and Treating With Martha on Hallmark Channel

It’s no secret that Halloween is my favorite holiday and I am so happy to tell you about my one-hour primetime special airing this Sunday night, October 10th at 9p/8c on Hallmark Channel. Tricking and Treating with Martha Stewart features special guest Brendan Fraser. This year, our very talented set designers brought their magic to my home in Bedford. We decided to use my equipment barn to set the scene and what they created is just incredible. I hope you will tune in for a really fun show filled with lots of great Halloween tips and ideas. To find the Hallmark Channel in your area, go to marthastewart.com.

: A large mummy mirror

: Curio nooks filled with unusual items

: Even taxidermy and cremation ashes!

: Wriggling snakes

: Spiders and more bones

: Skulls and owls

: Eyeballs galore

: Shredded curtains helped to provide an eerie light.

: Strange masks beneath glass domes

: And of course, a rat!

: Great succulents were borrowed from my greenhouse.

: How did such a little cardinal lay such an enormous egg?

: Smoke was pouring from the boggy sink.

: Another horrible vignette

: Even rotting apples

: To create the fabulously eerie Halloween setting in my equipment barn, a team of talented set decorators got to work first, by building a ‘false’ wall.

: The designers found amazing props like these old beetle prints.

: Preliminary plans

: The ‘false’ wall, complete with window was constructed and painted to exactly match the wainscotted walls of the equipment barn.

: Many, many boxes of props were brought to the set.

: Testing out one type of fog maker

: Amazing shells adorned the walls.

: Set Decorator Aaron Caramanis pointing for proper placement

: Move to the right! It’s still crooked!

: Props ready for integration

: Scaffolding behind the ‘false’ wall for behind-the-scenes action

: After my day in New York City, I was happy to check in on the progress.

: Laura Acuna, my housekeeper was aghast!

: Mary Ann VanDerventer – Coordinating Field Producer – standing by

: To fly the bats, we had professional puppeteers on set.

: Director, Gary Nardilla, was stunned by my yellow eyes!

: Brendan was a really fun Halloween guest.

: With the August heat we were battling flies.

: By now, you may have seen promo photos of me and Brendan Fraser for my upcoming Halloween special this Sunday on the Hallmark Channel.

: Interesting vials

: Why, it’s cooked shrimp for shrimp cocktail!

: More bottles and jars

: Fright Night Tonic

: Toasting another great Halloween special

: Brendan and I would love to pick your brain.

: Just what are those brains made of?

: Brendan wearing one of the masks

: Franny was slightly confused.

: But she was happy to pose for this shot.

: Now I am wrapping Brendan with the mummy bandages. What Brendan doesn’t know is that he is actually on a spit over a fire!

: Oh no! The spit slipped and Brendan landed on the fire!

: Paul, Gym, David, Daniel, and Aaron were all needed to rectify the situation. Poor Brendan!

: This puppeteer is Matt Leabo.

: We succeeded in transforming Brendan into a complete mummy.

: Doesn’t he look great?

: Puppeteers Barbara Busackino, Basil Twist, and Matt Leabo

: Lan Cheung – Set Stylist, Hosanna Houser – Set Decorator, Aaron Caramanis – Art Director, me, James De Meo – Crafter, and Paul Moreno – Decorator