Halloween Cake & Cupcake Stencils

Just added cake stencils to the website. These are fun! We also have them for cupcakes too. Check out Martha's cupcake stencils at Macys too, they're neat this year and on sale this week.

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Old-Time Halloween Invitation for Noisemakers

Here's an interesting Halloween invitation referencing noisemakers and showing a noisemaker or two on the invite--a nice tie-in to a noisemaker collection!

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Which Halloween Character Are You?

Martha Stewart Living has a fun quiz at their website to determine which Halloween character you are.

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New Black Metal Bracelets

Though it's not sterling plated, the new black metal bracelet chain and toggles are super for Halloween! Just uploaded new styles of bracelets to the shop!

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Phyllis Hoffman Celebrate Halloween

I found Phyllis Hoffman's Celebrate Halloween magazine today while shopping at Michaels. It's a really fabulous issue! A nice article by Matthew Mead too.

One thing I love is the Clue party for mystery buffs--was one of my favorite games growing up, so enjoyed it. Something a little outside the typical Halloween box.

Featured in this issue are the spooktacular set of plates and the candy buckets from Johanna Parker--some of my favorites of hers this year! We are carrying these items in the store--click here to browse and shop.

Great tricks and treats. I recommend this one highly!

Jenn:)

Country Living Halloween '09

This year's October issue of Country Living has a yummy looking cake on the cover! Lots of Halloween ideas in this issue including several pages of vintage collectibles which is a nice change from the usual mention or 1 page spread.

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New Martha Stewart Products

Just added some new Martha Stewart items to the store! The skeleton is great!

Don't forget, $5.00 shipping special through 9-15!

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Vintage Halloween Noisemakers at eBay #4

More festive styles of noisemakers you can find at eBay!

Fairly inexpensive and fun! The BH&G issue features a few in their vintage collectibles article--the Chein cats can be spendy.

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Martha Stewart Halloween Magazine

Cute idea for pumpkins with the old fashioned style paper inserts!

I've gone through my Halloween Martha Stewart issue and it's a nice mix of some previous magazine ideas and new items! There are some great crafty ideas for favors and the costumes are great. Very nice clip art as well. Very inspiring for haunting your spooksters as always!

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BH&G Halloween Issue Preview

This weekend, while out shopping, I picked up several Halloween/October theme magazines. Better Homes & Gardens Special Halloween issue is out and full of festive things. There's a nice but short piece on vintage Halloween with information and tips from Mark Ledenbach. Shown below are pages from the article.

Other things of note include some carving tips for pumpkin carvers, and some gothic haunted Halloween ideas. All the candy and goodies make me hungry :)

Jenn:)

Martha Stewart Halloween issue

Soon to be on newsstands--and in some areas already out--is the new Martha Stewart Living Halloween issue. Check out Martha's costume on the cover. I'm not sure if the material inside is all new or some new and reprints of magazine ideas. Looking forward to it!

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Matthew Mead's Monster Book of Halloween

If you didn't pick up Matthew Mead's Halloween book from last season, he's got a new one out this year: Matthew Mead's Monster Book of Halloween. It features a lot of the previous book's frightfully fun tricks and treats, but also some new material that's worth picking up. It's available now in stores. I picked mine up at Barnes & Noble.

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Halloween and Vine

The 14th annual Halloween and Vine show will be held in Petaluma, CA - Sept. 26. Visit their website for more details! There will be lots of artisans and experts on hand. I've always wanted to attend, hopefully next year in 2010 we'll be there.

Jenn:)

Martha Stewart Crafts Added to the Shop! & $5.00 Ship Special

$5.00 standard shipping special through 9-15 at the store!

We've just added Martha Stewart Crafts to our store! Lots of new goodies this year with a vintage style witch/icon theme and a Mad Scientist theme. Plus all the usual suspects! Great favor bags and boxes, punches, and scrap papers. Decorations and picks. A nice mix. Here's some samples:

Haunted House Wine Labels

Witch Favor Bags

Festive Scrap Paper Pad

Mad Scientist Favor Bags

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New Charm Bracelet Styles Added to Store

Just added new styles of charm bracelets to the store! More coming in the next couple of weeks. Enjoy!

Trick or Treat & Grinning Jols

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Taste of Home Halloween Magazine

Taste of Home magazine's Halloween issue is now available. It features lots of recipes and projects. One project I enjoyed was the paper lanterns--which you could design in so many different ways with the instructions they provide--shown below:

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Vintage Halloween Noisemakers at eBay #3

Cute witch. Bad witch! This noisemaker has it all. Found recently at eBay.

Clickers are fun. They came with a nice variety of images and even varied in shape and size.

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Fall/Halloween Magazines To Look Out For

Halloween & Harvest are about upon us! Start checking your stores for magazines coming out. Country Sampler's current issue has a few Halloween items picutured including some neat items from Johanna Parker's Halloween lines.

Now at our website most of the Halloween/Holiday magazines (like the one pictured below - Country Home Oct. 2008) are now $1.00!

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Martha Stewart Pumpkin Clock

Ronda at Old Fashion Halloween mentioned the neat items for GrandinRoad from Martha Stewart Living. These are really neat. Especially the witch yard decorations. I like the pumpkin clock as well, featured on last year's October issue. A real pumpkin clock will rot, this one will last spooktacularly!

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Yankee Candle Witch Tea Light Holder & Martha Stewart Candle Creatures

This cute little tea light holder from Yankee Candle is a delightful item for your Halloween decorating!

Here's a cute little project from Martha Stewart Living: Candle Creatures:

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