Vintage Halloween in October 2016 Country Living Magazine

 

The October 2016 issue of Country Living Magazine features four great pages of vintage Halloween Beistle collectibles that Beistle lent to them from their archives to photograph for the issue.

Beistle does produce repros of some of their vintage items and we carry this line at Vintage Halloween - click here to order.

Here are some sample pages from the issue including some images of a silhouette party/decor theme that was nicely done.

 

  

 

 

October 2015 Country Living Magazine

The October 2015 issue of Country Living is out--and it's a tad light on Halloween or even fall. The only Halloween theme article inside--is the very unusually done pumpkin decorating shown on the cover. The vintage treat sacks are featured in the what's it worth type section near the front. That's IT. I don't think I've ever seen such a light weight issue like this--Country Living aside from Martha Stewart Living used to be a go-to issue for Halloween decorating.

Country Living October 2014 Magazine

Country Living October 2014 - it's very thin (sigh) and light on Halloween content--maybe it's not so light if you consider just how thin the issue is to put it in perspective. I have to say that I am a bit disappointed this year, the content is a bit blander than past October issues of Country Living. I'm pretty underwhelmed this year. I did like the cat garland shown below--they do have an article on treats and I did like the masked squirrel decoration in the background ;) There's a pumpkin decorating article--including the "rubber band spiderweb" one below...Also the page of crafts of which the cat garland might be the best, was a little on the blah side.

 

 

 

Country Living 2013 Halloween

I always anticipate the October issue of Country Living, but the last couple of years haven't been my favorite as to Halloween or vintage Halloween content. I didn't see one vintage item in this issue. Not that there has to be, but for a while over the last decade there was quite a vintage influence be it vintage style pieces and articles or actual vintage pieces being used as props, inspiration, or featured in collecting and how much is it worth type sections. This issue's collecting section is about scientific things like microscopes. Granted, my Nancy Drew collection was featured in the 2011 issue of Country Living in the collecting section, but I think a mystery theme lends itself to Halloween and many of Nancy Drew's classic mysteries involved haunted houses and ghosts. And they did feature the corner of the Nancy Drew Mystery Game which has a witch silhouette by the bridge! 

However, it seems there's been a trend for the last several years to get away from the vintage--not just in Country Living but also in other magazines, so I certainly miss that. Vintage anything is pretty in right now, so the lack of vintage Halloween somewhat puzzles me. Sound off in the comments about this trend and what you'd like to see in future issues - not just for Country Living but fall magazines in general.

I liked the pumpkin diorama--something that's becoming trendy in pumpkin decoration and the spider web cake on the cover is my favorite thing from the issue--love how that turned out.

Here's some snaps I took while searching out the fall/Halloween in this issue and the collection section:

 

 

 

 

 

Jenn:)

Country Living October 2012 Magazine

Country Living October 2012 Issue

I picked up the October 2012 issue of Country Living today. The cover features some pumpkins and mentions Halloween ideas. For you vintage collectors, there are no vintage or vintage style Halloween features this year. Not even in the collecting section.

There are 3 spooky craft ideas like a mini ghost town and some neat magnifying glasses made spooky--I especially liked the magnifying glass idea. Like last year's issue, there's an article on pumpkin decorating. An article on candy apple decorating. They have an article on "arsenic and old lace" featuring decorating with "arsenic" and lace which was interesting. The last several years haven't been as focused on Halloween as they used to be it would seem, however, it may be that this was due this year to the fact that there's a special compilation Country Living/Redbook/Good Housekeeping Halloween Magazine out on the stands. I'll feature that one in another Blog post.

Jenn:)

Halloween & Nancy Drew in Country Living

Halloween & Nancy Drew in
October 2011 Issue of Country Living

I was very fortunate to be asked to share my other passion--Nancy Drew collecting tips and books and collectibles in my collection with Country Living Magazine. They are featured in the October 2011 issue in the Collecting section spanning 3 pages with a very nostalgic layout. It turned out great! Here's a sample of page 1:

Author Katy McColl contacted me back in April and that's how it all began. Between interviews and e-mails and then sending off items from the collection in June and then edits and what not in August, it all came together for a fun feature for Nancy Drew fans and collectors.

The focus was on decades of Classic Nancy Drew from the 1930s to 1970s featuring books 1-56. We selected a book from each decade that was evocative of Nancy Drew's style and the decade as a whole so I sent off covers for #1 The Secret of the Old Clock, #20 The Clue in the Jewel Box, #31 The Ringmaster's Secret, #44 The Clue in the Crossword Cipher, and #48 The Crooked Banister.

They also wanted a few collectibles for showcasing the decades. A 1930s Lobby Card (repro) was sent off to represent the 1930s Nancy Drew movies.

A 1950s boardgame and then 2 diaries for the 1970s (which didn't make the cut). They had a copy of the Nancy Drew Cookbook on hand so they used that for the layout.

It was a great honor to be included in this issue and get to see Nancy Drew collecting be highlighted in a widely circulated national magazine! Hope you enjoy the issue and you are too inspired to collect and reread treasured volumes from the Nancy Drew series. They are timeless!

As for the Halloween theme articles in this issue, you may have noticed that this year's cover was more evocative of fall rather than Halloween--kind of like Martha Stewart's October issue looked more like a November issue. Though there was less emphasis in the images on the cover on Halloween, I enjoyed seeing the twist on pumpkin decorating--the toile pumpkin. It gave me some ideas for decoupaging a faux pumpkin for this year's Halloween party. There's an article inside on decorating these pumpkins.

In the fresh picks section there's a focus on black and white decor. I liked the glow-in-the-dark eyeball wreath. There is an interesting bird theme article--I liked the raven painted pumpkins best. On page 126 I couldn't help but spot a vintage tin Halloween jack o' lantern! It was a little light on Halloween this year but there were some nice basic ideas in what was there.

Jenn:)

Country Living - Black Cat Fortune Game

For those of you interested in fortune telling games and ephemera related to fortunes, the June 2011 issue of Country Living has some interesting stuff in the Collectibles section including The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game pictured, shown here:

This is a quaint game--sometimes associated with Halloween by some collectors, others consider it more loosely related.

See page 43 of the current issue for more info.

Jenn:)

Country Living Halloween - October 2010

The October issue of Country Living is now out and features some very neat witch cupcakes on the cover! The design is stamped onto rolled fondant. Clever! There's a feature on using fondant to create some nifty dessert accents.

Featured in this issue are the Martha Stewart Crafts Vampire Invitations which were carry in the store:

There's a really neat card-stock raven by Wendy Addison too that's available from Tinsel Trading.

I like the idea of creating Halloween shapes out of the paper doll technique. And the article on the pumpkins and the clever carvings is neat--I like the lighted haunted village pumpkins and the tree in the bookshelf crafted out of an array of pumpkins. And there are some clever crafts using crepe streamers!

Jenn:)