Vintage Halloween Image Cases & Watch

Halloween Cases & Hallo Ladies Watch

I've added some neat products to the Vintage Halloween Store. Featuring vintage images are the Halloween Cases perfect for money/business cards/credit cards which are practical and fun! And we've added a fun new style of watch - the Hallo Ladies Watch featuring 4 neat vintage postcard images.

Jenn:)

Martha Stewart Halloween 2012 - Preview #2

Martha Stewart Halloween #2

If you are in need of the perfect beverage and wine labels, we've got 4 styles of these plus some really cute jack o' lantern face drink clings! You can purchase these at The Vintage Halloween Store.

Jenn:)

Martha Stewart Halloween 2012 - Preview #1

Martha Stewart Halloween #1

Previewed here in this Blog are some of the neat Martha Stewart Halloween Crafts for 2012 that we're carrying in The Vintage Halloween Store!

There are two main lines - Haunted & Carnival plus there are returning favorites from past years! They are now in stock and ready to ship.

I love some of these new products including the fabulous Trick or Treat Spinner Invitations shown above--the spinner works and spins! Spooktacular :)

Here's some other neat items from the collection:

 Halloween Countdown Advent Calendar

 Paper Rosettes

 Bat Silhouettes

 Trick or Treat Garland

Skull Molds

Jenn:)

2012 - Halloween at Michaels

2012 - Halloween at Michaels

I stopped into Michaels the other day and discovered some Halloween slowly being put out. Here's 3 preview pics from an end of aisle display.

Jenn:)

Halloween 2012

Hello Spooksters! I'm back to blogging about all things spooky! Just about 4 1/2 months until Halloween. I hope you're in the spirit and planning away on your parties, decorations, and spooking. 

I recently made this necklace to wear to a wedding and liked it so much I'll be working on some varieties for the shop in the coming weeks.

Tell me what you're up to for this year's Halloween--would love to see your photos and collections.

I'll be in touch soon!

Jenn:)

Happy Halloween & The Spooky Road to Oct. 2012

I wanted to thank all of you for coming to my Vintage Halloween Blog during the month of October and sharing your comments! I haven't had much time in the last couple of weeks to reply as much as I would have liked as it was a very busy time, but I'll be going through them more in the next few weeks. I hope to post more often through the holidays and next year leading up to Halloween, so be sure to bookmark and check back from time to time.

Hope you all had a fabulous Halloween and I look forward to more spooky blogging to come! Tonight we had 161 trick or treaters, so I gave out a lot of loot bags to the kids! Hope you had a good turnout.

If you want to share any of your photos from this year's Halloween and your decorations and displays, be sure to send them my way and I'll post them here.

Jenn:)

Oct. 31 - Day 31: Nancy Drew Halloween Party

Nancy Drew & The Hidden Staircase
Halloween Party

No one got lost in the secret passageway or tumbled down the hidden staircase, but they did spot a rat or two and an old Sleuth member who wandered down into the depths of Haunted Twin Elms never to be spotted again until now...

A window silhouette of Nancy climbing the stairs and a ghostly creature lurking behind her...

The porch became the hidden passageway with the faux stairs I created with boxes and spray "stone" paint. The walls were covered with a faux stone room roll.

Cobwebs greeted guests as well as a spooky Nancy Drew silhouette lantern--these were hung on either side of the porch. A sign at the top of the stairs warned, "Enter if you dare."

A skeleton wearing one of our Nancy Drew convention tees from the PA/Witch Tree Convention reads a Nancy Drew book...

A haunting portrait...

Mostly black/white decor greeted guests in the parlor of Twin Elms. Paintings were haunted by covers made from vintage Nancy Drew book pages and silhouettes. Nancy Drew silhouette buckets were filled with candy.

Spooky ghostly images great guests in the hall as well as a Nancy Drew Halloween tree with black/white silhouette paper decorations. Goody Bags with the Nancy Drew silhouette were filled with candy and goodies.

Spanish moss and skulls fill this container and black roses fill a flask vase

A reverse silhouette effect in the parlor as the sun is starting to set. A creepy skull adorns a black cake stand.

Some of my vintage noisemakers and Johanna Parker's Tin Horns adorn this old desk

Nancy Drew haunts this painting made with old book pages...

Rice Krispy Treats and ghoulish glow in the dark witch fingers beckoned guests as did the Toile style Nancy Drew decoupaged pumpkin I crafted. Eyeball chocolates were yummy. Miss Flora's Brown Owl watched suspiciously...

A lantern glows from the vellum Nancy Drew silhouettes I created for the sides of it

Nancy Drew Silhouette Goody Bags

Reese's Cookie Cups garnished with edible bones and skulls adorn this silver 3-tiered stand topped with a couple of small skulls.

These were delicious--the recipe came from the bag of Halloween Reese's miniature cups. Martha Stewart's Everyday Food had a similar recipe in the October 2011 issue.

We had a gift exchange and I created a treat cone using a papier mache witch hat, painted it black and decoupaged onto it images I had copied from the endpapers of vintage Nancy Drew books--little black and white scenes of Nancy Drew. I embellished it with fun fringe and ribbon and added treats and toys plus a wire handle.

This year's party was lots of fun! Now to entertain all the spooksters arriving tonight! Happy Halloween to everyone! Make it a spooky one :)

Jenn:)

Oct. 30 - Day 30: Halloween Party Sneak Peek

Halloween 2011 Party

Had my annual Nancy Drew Halloween party last night. The theme was The Hidden Staircase and so the house was a "haunted house." I went with a mostly black and white theme and here's a few images from the party--will post more tomorrow.

A great way to cover up your existing paintings is to "haunt" them with covers like these I created using white poster board and black construction paper for the ghostly faces.

The overturned vase was perfect for some dried Spanish moss and skulls.

Some of my noisemakers graced an old desk covered with filmy white material.

Outside sat some faux stone steps and a lantern I made using vellum I printed with silhouettes.

Jenn:)

Oct. 29 - Day 29: Vintage Bats at eBay

Vintage Bats at eBay

Here are some bat items I've spotted at eBay--not as much with bats that are the main focal point of the decorations and items as other themes like withes and jack o' lanterns, but you'll find a nice variety.

Dennison Diecut

Bat Postcard

Bat Postcard

Bat/Moon German Diecut

Jenn:)