Halloween Displays: Diecuts & Lanterns

Richard has sent more photos of his displays--I especially like the Beistle lantern pictured above--it's spooktacular!

Jenn:)

A Little Something Besides Halloween: Martha Stewart, Johanna Parker, Bethany Lowe Holiday

We're trying a limited amount of Bethany Lowe, Johanna Parker, and Martha Stewart Crafts Holiday and Christmas items in our Christmas/Holiday Shop at The Vintage Party. Check out these items--they're spectacular!

Jenn:)

Bethany Lowe's Folk Art Halloween

Recommended Reading: Bethany Lowe's Folk Art Halloween is a cute little book on crafting with vintage style imagery. There are all kinds of craft projects from paper projects, to decoupage, to sewing projects. Some feature popular Bethany Lowe products and how to reproduce your own.

In the back there is a great section of vintage Halloween clip art and templates you can use.

Jenn:)

More Halloween Displays

Richard sent in more photos of his finds! His display updated and this hard to find diecut below:

Send in pictures of your collection or displays this Halloween! I was inspired after seeing a special display made for Martha Stewart for her collection of rolling pins to start planning some kind of display for my noisemaker collections.

Jenn:)

The Invitation: Make it Spooktacular!

Bogie Book Image

As taken from our Party Ideas page at our website:

The Invitation:

Invitations should be bold and have an air of mystery to set a haunting mood and entice your guests.

Suggestions include: handmade paper invites or computer printed invites with magical wording.

Use images with vintage flair or copies of old images from vintage postcards and other paper ephemera.

Some examples of old-time invitation wording:

"Won't you come and
Sport with fate
on Hallowe'en
at -------- o'clock"

Whe-ee - Who-oo!
We-want-you oo
At this number:_____
On this street_______
Hallowe'en's the time
We meet

If on a broomstick you can't fly
Some other way of traveling try,
But come you must, at _____o'clock
to _____________St.

Come to our
Hallowe'en "Hoop-te-dee"
Scare-crows -
'n everything
on a Spree!

Other invitation suggestions include delivering jack o' lanterns to your invitees, asking guests to bring a jack o' lantern as their ticket of entry, and creating a box filled with trinkets and favors along with the RSVP information.

Need some ideas on invitations or want something in a hurry already put together, check our our website shop!

Jenn:)

Bewitching Bracelets

Just added a few more bracelets to the shop with those old-time inspired lanterns and put others on sale! Enjoy :)

Jenn:)

Cat Bucket at Pottery Barn

So whimsical! You can find a set of 3 of these cat buckets at Pottery Barn!

Jenn:)

Shake, Rattle, & Roll

Festive rattles for your Halloween parties--our signature rattles are quite nostalgic. Featuring vintage images decoupaged onto paper mache boxes..

Make your own barrel style noisemakers-instructions at our website.

Jenn:)

Halloween Displays

How do you display your vintage Halloween collectibes? Send us photos and we'll sprinkle them throughout our Blogs leading up to Halloween. These photos sent in by Richard, who commissioned the phantom pop rattle below from us:

No matter how you display it--be it in groups of like items or collectibles or a mixture of everything, it's spooktacular!

Jenn:)

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.

Jenn:)

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!

Jenn:)

Which Halloween Character Are You?

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

Jenn:)

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!

Jenn:)

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.

Jenn:)

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!

Jenn:)

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.

Jenn:)

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!

Jenn:)

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!

Jenn:)