HALLOWEEN 2026: A HAUNTED HOUSEWARMING

Co-hosting a house party with friends. Our friends, V&N, wanted to throw a housewarming party as their roommates have moved out. N suggested we do it on Halloween. "Why don't we make our own invitations?" he suggested. This was back in September so we had plenty of time. Daniel got really excited because he had just gotten into linocut printing. Daniel worked on the design and carved it out on linoleum. N bought the paint. Then one evening, N came over and we printed out 15 invitations on black paper. Daniel was disappointed because he had suggested the wrong paint to buy, so we couldn't print it normally like a stamp. The paint wouldn't stick to the linoleum properly using the roller. The linoleum block also got stuck on the paper so it would tear off when removed. I did a quick search and learned that you can minimize this by wetting the paper. I also suggested we use a brush to apply the paint onto the design instead. It worked out a lot better, and I ended up doing the majority of…