Hello friends,
Halloween is tomorrow, and Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here soon.
It's a wonderful time of year!
Come enjoy our witches hollow,
Jackie, Brenda, Natalie, and Joanne
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A Bit of Spooky Fall Tour
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Fall has arrived and you can finally feel it in the air.
It certainly is a beautiful time of year!!
Silly Black Cats. . .
Monday, October 1, 2018
Hello my friends, and happy October.
October is the perfect month for asking, "how do you feel about cats?" Do you love them or do you want to shoo them away and say, "scat"?
All Hallow's Eve. . .
Monday, October 30, 2017
Hello my friends,
today, all Hallows Eve; my friend Ann took me to see a home in the Salt Lake area.
She had attended a Halloween party there on Saturday night and told me how every year this couple goes all out with their decorations.
They pick a theme and carry it to the max.
This years theme was, Desolation Station.
He built this entire train.
A couple of skellys are willing to take you for a ride!
I commented how I loved that his yard was filled with leaves. He said that he gathers them from all of his neighbors.
He uses construction foam and black landscaping fabric and recreates the entire front of their home.
Be careful as we walk up to the front door that you don't get lost in the smoke, or eaten by one of the giant spiders!
He built the wooden walkway leading up to the house.
He invited us to step inside.
Oh my! I'm feeling a bit mummified!!
Turn to the left and you enter the Saloon. They actually lined the walls with the black landscaping fabric. They also remove all of their furniture and store it in the garage for the month of Oct.
Belly up to the bar. . .
To the right is the dining room where they entertain. They host 3 Halloween parties each year.
He built this fabulous table.
Again the walls were draped. These giant spiders actually move a bit up and down the wall.
They had an amazing collection of clocks. He said that they have more, but that he covered some of them up with the landscape fabric.
It was fun seeing his incredible work.
He was featured on channel 13 news yesterday. They also showed some of the themes that he has decorated for in previous years. I haven't seen it yet, but am going to go on line to see if I can watch it. I hope you enjoyed seeing this fun Halloween house!
Happy Haunting,
Jann
A SPOOKtacular Evening. . .
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Hello my friends,
A few weeks ago one of my craft groups, (aka, the over achievers)
held their last outdoor hurrah.
It was a SPOOKtacular evening and it's hard to tell from this spread that the hostess doesn't even like Halloween.
Nope, Joanne doesn't care for Halloween, but the rest of us love it; so she aimed to please.
and boy did she ever!!
When we arrived the table was filled with velvet pumpkins, whimsical clocks and gorgeous candles that helped give this spooktacular table a hauntingly beautiful feel.
Each place setting was topped with the cute pumpkins from Target's dollar spot. Whimsical critters from Wal-mart and a eyeball were placed at the top.
She also made us these cute cats on a pick that were tucked into our napkins. I added mine to my
We all brought a food item. Everything was so delicious and I was so busy eating that I didn't get pictures of anything but this fabulous peach dessert made by Jackie from
This drink was super yummy as well. Both it and the dessert had sweetened condensed milk in them. Now wonder they were so delish! :)
This is our hostess, Joanne. We keep thinking we'll get her to come around to loving Halloween. Hasn't happened yet. Believe me, we are not giving up! (wink)
I love how the candles had melted by the end of the evening.
Joanne has this wonderful pergola with a gorgeous galvanized table that is huge!
A couple of witch mannequins that she dressed joined the party.
(tee-hee)
Last year in craft group we made Halloween houses. Yes, she made one, (reluctantly) lol!
The year before we made the pumpkin in the urn. Hmmmm, I'm beginning to think that maybe she doesn't hate Halloween as much as she pretends to.
I had to laugh at one of our cute members, Karen. She looked at the crow and commented how cute it was. Joanne laughed and said, "you gave it to me for my birthday last year". Sounds like something I would do.
It really was a fabulous night and I have to say thanks to our hostess, even if she does hate Halloween.
Well, hates a very strong word. Maybe I should say dislikes.
She sent us each home with one of the velvet pumpkins and the darling Lollies (fans) hanging from the roof of the pergola.
For someone who dislikes Halloween, she really went all out, wouldn't you agree?
Happy Haunting,
Jann
Halloween Crafting. . .My Ode to Route '66'
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Hello my friends,
have you ever traveled route 66?
Hubby and I have driven bits and pieces of it, but with his recent retirement it is on my bucket list to drive it all.
I have always loved back roads and the fun places that you find along the way.
This time of year one is certain to see a farm stand or pumpkin patch along the route.
Last Tuesday my craft group was creating Halloween scenes on large tart tins. I was not feeling well, and wasn't able to go. They sent me photos of their wonderful projects. Each one was unique and so creative!
Friday I was feeling better and decided to give mine a go.
It's my ode to 'Route 66".
We started with the tart tin that one of our crafters , Shirley's husband assembled and spray painted them black for us ahead of time. Such a big help!! We find tins often at thrift shops and a wooden candlestick was added for the base.
I decided to add a bit of glitter to the fluted edge. I brushed on a thin layer of modge podge and sprinkled black glitter.
No pumpkin patch would be complete without hay bales and cornstalks. I got the little bale at the Dollar Store. I took a small clump of raffia and folded in in half. Then I tucked some of the fluffy tops of real corn stalks down inside and tied
around it with jute.
It's hard to see, but I added a black key to one of the stalks. I had pulled it aside to use and thought, "what the heck". :)
This cute pumpkin head mad came from Walmart for $1.24. I ended up adding black glitter to the crow as well.
I've had this little orange Tonka truck for a few years. Doesn't it look just like something you'd see somewhere along route 66? I found the little bag of pumpkins at a thrift shop last year. They were all green, so I painted some of them orange.
The black branch was another Dollar Store find and I got a package of two candy corn bottle brush trees at Michaels for 40 off. Only used one.
I added glitter to the tree and some of the pumpkins as well.
So stop on by, u pick; and we'll load them up on our reliable little Tonka truck and deliver!
But don't wait long, because as you can see; there is frost on the pumpkins! (wink)
The finishing touch was the addition of the numbers, "66". They came from Aunt Bunnies estate. One was a '9', but hubby fixed that with his handy drill.
Here's a close up view of my little pumpkin patch along route '66'.
It makes me ever so happy!
Happy Fall,
Jann
My sweet blog friend Susan Clayton Eclectic Shorebird shared this darling poem, with me. I think you will enjoy it too!
I will be sharing with these fun parties:
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