Johanna Parker Halloween Notepads

Everyone needs a little Halloween cheer on their notepads! These whimsical designs by Johanna Parker are great. Check them out in the store here.


Jenn:)

The Vintage Halloween Store: 2011 Preview #3

Adding more to the Vintage Halloween Store! The glass/tin ornaments above are great-the silhouettes are a lot of fun.

This trio of masks is quite festive--great for decorations too but functional as well.

One of my new favorites--the witch cameo pin! She's haggy but spooktacular as well.

Jenn:)

The Vintage Halloween Store: 2011 Preview #2

More items being added to the Vintage Halloween Store! We've got lots of great paper decorations that will be coming in in the next couple of months from Beistle, Bethany Lowe, and Primitives by Kathy. Some are featured here. Love the silhouette rosettes shown above!

Jol Tissue Garland

These crepe masks are so clever.

Witch Ornaments
Black and Orange rosettes in
small and larger sizes.

Jenn:)

Vintage Halloween Noisemakers at eBay #12

It's not too early to begin collecting some festive noisemakers for this year's Halloween parties. Here are some images of noisemakers seen at eBay. I like the silhouettes on the noisemaker above.

The barrel style noisemaker are one of my favorite styles. You can easily make your own--check out the how to here.

If you're looking for an inexpensive (for the most part) way to jump into Halloween collecting, go for the noisemakers--they're pretty easy to find, the imagery is great, and they are functional for your parties for a shake, rattle, and roll.

Jenn:)

The Vintage Halloween Store: 2011 Preview

New Items coming to The Vintage Halloween Store: The silhouette design nesting Book of Spells boxes from Bethany Lowe ships in July (can't wait to get these in!) as well as the following fun items:

Halloween Crackers/Old Time Postcard Image
(Victorian Trading)

Halloween Tic Tac Toe Game
(Primitives by Kathy)

Jenn:)

Mary Engelbreit at Vintage Halloween

Mary Engelbreit is now designing some pieces for Bethany Lowe. I'll be featuring two of these in the Vintage Halloween Store. The teeny witch figure is shown above and the cat figure is shown below. They're both very whimsical and fun. Pre-orders now, they'll ship end of July.

Jenn:)

New Johanna Parker Whimsy

New Johanna Parker Goodies being added to the Vintage Halloween Store! These will ship mid July to us from Bethany Lowe--pre-order now! My favorite is Sweet Owlfred, shown above.

Tin Horns are Festive!

Treat Cones for Tricksters

Jenn:)

Bewitching Coin Purses Added!

We have added new styles of bags to the shop--2 new coin purses that can hold your money, credit or store cards, even digital cameras if they're small enough.

Each coin purse has an image on both sides. Two styles--Hallo Ladies and Witches Dance silhouettes.

Very festive. Genuine black leather.
Jenn:)

Vintage Halloween Crepe Paper

Vintage Halloween Crepe Paper piece--I like the witches stirring their cauldrons--saw this piece at eBay a few months back. Anyone collect the crepe paper?

What's really fun to find are the old crepe paper aprons--so cute!

Jenn:)

Clearance Sales at the Vintage Halloween Store!

It's that time again, to clear out some excess merchandise at the Vintage Halloween Store!

We've got a $25.00 or less sale on just about all of our charm bracelets.

Look for other merchandise through the store for sales including our line of Martha Stewart Crafts!

Jenn:)

Countdown to Halloween - Oct. 31st: Legend of Sleepy Hollow Party

Sat. Oct. 30
Nancy Drew Halloween Party

This year, for our Halloween decorations and the annual Nancy Drew Halloween party that I throw, we decided to go with 2 mixed themes. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the classic Nancy Drew book #15, The Haunted Bridge.

The setting for Haunted Bridge is at a mountain resort with a haunted bridge in the woods and this meshed well with the setting for Sleepy Hollow and the frightful ride of Ichabod Crane being chased by the Headless Horseman across the bridge.

I created a 2 page story booklet for the guests with a tale I wrote combining the characters from Haunted Bridge and those of Sleepy Hollow where Nancy Drew and her chums attend a masquerade party with Nancy masquerading as Katrina Van Tassel, her boyfriend Ned Nickerson as Brom Bones, and the pest from Haunted Bridge, Mortimer Bartescue, as Ichabod Crane--and the same fateful ride befell Mortimer as it once did Ichabod.

I took the cover of Haunted Bridge and superimposed the Headless Horseman silhouette where the usual "ghost" haunting the bridge is. I set the scene with spooky tree silhouettes on the walls of the porch and a few pumpkins including my Nancy Drew silhouette pumpkins.

A larger scene of trees going up to columns on the edge of the porch and the "haunted bridge" complete with a ghost haunting it at the end.

Spooky Ghost. Brown artist paper was used to make the wood planks, buckets filled with sand held wooden fence posts and rope was stapled between planks.

Mortimer Bartescue/Ichabod Crane's hat and the smashed pumpkin found on the ground near the bridge...

Setting the scene at night--much more spooky!

The Headless Horseman Silhouette

Sleepy Hollow Sign

The gang on the "haunted bridge."

Short Story to Set the Scene

Goody Bags For All

Pumpkins filled with treats

Tootsie Pop Ghost Suckers

Nancy Drew Cupcake Picks

Costumed in front of the Nancy Drew Collection

The story of Nancy Drew and The Haunted
Bridge of the Headless Horseman

The Mystery To Solve

Treats...

Tricks...

The Gift Exchange Table

& Gift Exchange Gifts:

Sherry Picked First--Nancy Drew Decoupaged Book

Book with Treats inside

Nancy Drew Haunted House

Nancy Drew Tin

Nancy Drew Journal

Old Attic Journal

Nancy Drew Trunk

Nancy Drew Basket - The Cat Caper

Nancy Drew Treat Jar

More treats!

The Whole Gang

Goody Bags for the Trick or Treaters
On Halloween

On Halloween, we had 140 trick or treaters--a bit down from last year. We gave out goody bags to the kids with treats and toys. I loved getting goody bags as a kid so I like to do that each year for the kids. Everyone loved the decorations and the parents took pictures from time to time.

Jenn:)