Happy Halloween everybody!
What a year it has been!
I'm really glad Halloween is here.
This year we gave the wreath Samantha and I
designed years ago a slight touch up.
Sam made a brand new bow.
What a year it has been!
I'm really glad Halloween is here.
This year we gave the wreath Samantha and I
designed years ago a slight touch up.
with a cloth covered one we found at Walmart.
When picking out new, we made sure to
retain the look of homemade country craft.
Even though all the original elements came
from Michael's.
Here's a cool sign we found last year
at Joanne's on clearance.
It fits right in to our country inspired
kitchen and familyroom.
Let's head over to the kitchen table.
I didn't put out the tablescape this year
on account of our grandson needing the table
for online schooling when he would stay over.
I kept it simple,
with just a center vignette.
This year I found some fun candy suckers at the dollar store.
I just love the red painted fingernail.
I also picked up some sugar sticks at Burlington.
Did you know they were imported from South Africa?
I guess they could be considered an exotic import.
As we zoom around the display we find the white rat
candleholder from the Ganz "Oh Rats!" collection.
He's holding one of the skeleton candles from a set
my mom bought me in the 1970's.
I found these old orange cookie cutters at the bottom of a drawer
I recently cleaned out so I added them to the display.
Now we come to an Item I have been after for 13 years.
This adorable little witch frog candy jar.
I was happy but still wanted that frog
I wrote to Tom exclaiming "Remember me?"
This year we added a few furniture pieces
I saw her on Ghoulgallery.com back in 2008.
Pacific Rim Vintage Look Frog Candy Box
I decided I wanted her in 2011. When I placed the order
it wasn't long before Tom Geil,
the proprietor of Ghoul Gallery,
wrote back explaining
he couldn't find the little frogs.
They weren't in the warehouse where
they were supposed to be, so he assumed
they must be sold out.
We worked out a deal for the
Dept 56 Party Crow with
Corn Candle Holders instead.
and would search for him from time to time
on the web and ebay.
Well fast forward to 2020
Tom announces on Instagram that
he wants to begin winding down his 30 year business.
He is cleaning out his 10 warehouses
and putting his long forgotten inventory on Ebay.
Lo and behold he listed the frogs!!!
"I'm still interested!"
He sold me one of the frogs through his
GG company, saving the Ebay fees and
working out the 2008 price I would have paid.
And here she sits today!
And here she sits today!
Tom gave me a little history on the frog.
It was produced by Pacific Rim in 2006,
Their final year in business. It was part if a line
of vintage looking little Halloween items.
I think the little frog fits in just swell
with my witch's vignette.
to our family room
The Odem end table in gray from Alcott Hill on Wayfair.
It was 26'' wide, perfect for displaying collectables.
Wayfair really does "Got What I Want!" at $197.99
We also found a great little blue recliner
at Sam's Club.
The Olivia leather pushback recliner for $379.
and rearranged with new furniture
it was time to decorate!
"Claydough" Halloween houses
at "At Home"
The Battery Operated Candy Corn House,
at $19.99,
I really looks like a gingerbread house decorated
with icing and little cookie ghosts.
There's a cute one popping out of the chimney!
And the R.I.P. Skeleton house,
It is even bigger for $49.99
It even has a yard and fence going around it.
Love that little Skeleton cookie man.
Now the the green cabinet across the room
Ozark Halloween Collection.
These Dia De Los Muertos Skull shakers are
from Disney's Beautiful Movie Coco by Ensco.
Best of all they're reversible!
Blue on one side, deep orange on the other!
Pink on one side,
light orange on the other!
Sam also gave me these Halloween cupcake shakers
last year after Halloween, so this is the first year I get to
display them.
Now I want some cupcakes!
Smith's here I come!
Thanks for stopping by and
Happy Haunting!
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