A Happy Halloween 2013

After finding this Halloween Poem 

from a vintage greeting card posted online,

I thought it would work perfectly

with my ghoul and and his toad friend I drew

a few years ago.

I just reworked the layout a little

and I think the results are

Defrightful!

It reads

"On Halloween if you hear a noise,
Don't stop and look behind you.
Because there's lots of awful things,
That'd just be glad to find you."
-author unknown

A Jolly Hallowe'en to all!

Thanks for stopping by.

Today I'm linking to

"You Want a WHAT?!!"

Last January my parents called and asked

what I would like for my birthday.

As my mom works for QVC taking phone orders,

 I knew she would get a great discount on an item

I'd been wanting for many years,

so I asked...

Do you notice anything new on the pantry

that wasn't there last year 

in the picture below?

Last Halloween it was a case of

"One of these things is not like the other"

wasn't it?

If you guessed stained glass pumpkin light,

DING, YOU ARE CORRECT!

It's the Meyda Tiffany "Jack O' Lantern"

Tiffany Style Stained Glass Accent Lamp.

I'd been watching it go up in price

over the years...

and was thrilled when I saw QVC had it

on their website at a "better" price of $98.

get yours here

A strange thing to ask for on your birthday

and especially in January I'll admit,

But Hey, here it is today, 

and I LOVE it!

Thanks Mom & Dad!

And thank you for stopping by.

Happy Haunting!

Halloween M&M's Discovered at Amy's Gourmet Apples!

In a post I wrote a year ago HERE,

I lamented about the disappearance of

Halloween colored M&M's.

Oh sure, they offer the "Harvest Blend"

more info here

full of fall colors,

but they're just not the right colors 

for Halloween.

I haven't been able to find Halloween

M&M's anywhere for the past three years

till I stumbled upon

Amy's Gourmet Apples

It appears that Amy's has a secret supply

of Halloween M&M's.

Both the "Pumpkin Blend"

with faces on orange and black M&M's

and the "Cool Ghouls Blend"

Check These Babies Out!

Oh...yeah, they have the "Harvest Blend" too....yaaay.

Look at those colors!

Am I right? Don't those Halloween colors

work so much better for Halloween?

get one here

Orange and Black, So perfect!

and Amy's

 "Spooky Halloween M&M Caramel Apple"

get one here

WOW! the colors POP!

With the added lime green and purple, 

they have achieved perfection for Halloween!

Check out all of Amy's Halloween Offerings.

They are simply to die for!

Hopefully Mars & Murrie will get the hint

that we would love to have the Halloween colored

M&M's reinstated as a Halloween tradition,

and restore a festive atmosphere to 

our Halloween candy bowls!

ARE YOU WITH ME?

....hello...anyone?...

okay....rant part two, over.

Hope you all are having a great

Halloween season!

Thanks for stopping in!

A Few More Halloween Collectibles

One last corner of my living room 

that I haven't shown yet this Halloween,

is the console table behind the sofa.

 As we look past Cher to the small spooky

vignette under the World Market India umbrella, 

we see a collection of Halloween gimcracks 

that I jumbled together in a desperate attempt

to find a place for everything.

First we have a Fitz and Floyd Witch candy jar 

from their "Boo" collection circa 2010

I found her two years ago 

at HomeGoods for only $5.99!  

How lucky was that? 

The bargain goblins must have taken pity on me.

Next to the witch is the red mercury glass owl, 

Sam and I went nuts last year collecting 

a bunch of different colors at HomeGoods,

a parliament of red, orange, gold, and brown.

The lantern of jacks behind the owl, I found at 

Target many years ago.  

It holds a tea light candle 

to burn on dark Halloween nights.

The gem of this collection is by far,

the paper mache skeleton candy container

I found on Ebay.

By Bruce Elsass for Bethany Lowe.

He's quite a sight at 9½'' tall with an

 area in his rib cage to hold sweet treats.

Bethany Lowe catalog image

With his nifty hat and mask 

he's ready to party!

image source

I adore many of Bruce Elsass's creations,

he's very talented and such a character.

image source Joanna Parker's blog

That's him at Boofest '09 with his artist pals 

Joanna Parker, Dee Foust, and Vergie Lightfoot.

This is the first year I put the skeleton in the

living room,

and I think he looks right at home

among his new friends.
Thanks for stopping by

and Happy Haunting!

Halloween Time At Disneyland 2012 & MY 100th POST

Last year, after Sam hit a small jackpot at the slots,

she decided to surprise me for our anniversary

with a 3 day Disney Destinations trip to Disneyland

and Disney California Adventure!

We had an especially wonderful time

because the parks were right in the middle of

their Halloween Time celebration.

In Downtown Disney they were

busy making some tasty candy apple treats

with a Halloween theme.

At Marceline's Confectionery window,

the apple from Snow White,

Mickey getting his marshmallow ears,

& Jack Skellington getting coated.

A very busy kitchen.

We pulled ourselves away from the window 

wiped the drool off our faces and 

headed toward the Disneyland main gate.

It was adorned with the fab five as pumpkins.

Fall bunting and 

pumpkins were everywhere!

This fellow, 

refused to move, for Sam

 to get a clear shot of Jack O' Lantern Mickey.

Themed Jacks were all around Main Street.

We grabbed breakfast at 

The Carnation Cafe.

Eggs and beacon for me...

Mickey waffle for Samantha.

Then it was on to a fun filled day.

See more of our adventure after the jump!

Festooning The Walls With Halloween

When Autumn arrives, I deck the walls with garland

full of fall leaves and berries.

It's the same 13 year old garland we bought

to decorate the tables at

our wedding reception in October 2000.

It breaks in a new place every year so I use

green floriest wire to mend it back together.

 

During October, it easily turns more festive

when I use ornament hooks to hang retro

Halloween die cut decorations

from the swags.

It really adds a great pop of color,

and saves on tape!

 I fell for this Cat and Jack O' Lantern garland

 after seeing it on Pumpkin Rot's Blog

as one of his HomeGoods finds.

I was thrilled to have found one for myself

at T.J.Maxx a year later!

 

It's made of quilted felt and really quite nice.

Speaking of HomeGoods,

Sam and I found this great Owl vase there

during the summer.

I thought instantly of putting it up on the

pot shelf at Halloween.

Because Sam won't let me

buy something if I don't have a

good place figured out for it to go.

I can't believe how great its color matched

the smiling cat sign that I've had for years.

 

Hope you're having a great Halloween season.

 

Thanks for popping in

and

Happy Haunting!

 

Linking today at

the Tablescaper's

 

A New Flat Surface to Gussy Up for Halloween

With the acquisition of an accent table 

earlier this year,

I suddenly have a brand new surface

 to decorate!!!

I wasted not a minute in filling said surface

with select Halloween Bric-à-brac.

First check out my new 

"Going Batty" lace table cloth!

From Heritage Lace Halloween

I was hoping it would make a statement,

get one here

and I think it looks Fangtastic!

Next, from Radko, 

Hey, what's that penny doing there?!!

I have the Esmerelda Halloween candy box.

A red face witch head modeled after

image source

 a vintage paper die cut decoration.

It was part of the Radko Shiny Bright line.

I ordered it years ago from Radko.com,

Along with my Cat O' Lantern Cookie Jar.

Back when he offered unique retro items

based on vintage designs.

I simply love this skeleton candelabra,

I ordered it years ago from Red Envelope.
He came with 20 replacement candles
but I have never tried to light them.

Right after I ordered it went on sale,

so I called and they gave me 

a refund of the sale price difference.

Then, a week later, it went clearance!

I called again, 

and they gladly gave me an additional

refund of the clearance price difference.

How awesome is that?

All in all, I have a fantastic prop 

for a really great price 

and got wonderful customer service.

Behind ol' Skelly, we find a smiling crow

on a cheery Jack O' Lantern.

From The Stone Bunny Inc.  I think I scored 

it at Ross ten or so years ago.

I just wonder what he's smiling about?

I must say,

This is a very happy bunch, everything is smiling...

They must all love Halloween as much as I do!

Thanks for popping in,

and 

Happy Haunting!

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