Vintage Halloween Party Ideas

I took screen grabs of these scans of some old Dennison party ideas--click on the images for a larger view. These are fun and provide some good old-time ideas for your parties.

 

 

Spooky Spotlight: Bethany Lowe Halloween Lanterns & Hanging Decor

Spooky Store Spotlight Goodies:

Perfect for your hanging decor at your party--new from Bethany Lowe this year are these festive lanterns, lantern string lights and the fraidy cat lantern. You can purchase them at our Vintage Halloween Website Store. Also available in our Vintage Halloween Square Shop.

 

 

 

 

Country Sampler September 2014 Issue

The September issue of Country Sampler magazine features Johanna Parker's Ball Ornaments and some articles on country stylings--a few feature some fall and Halloween primitive or country decor. I didn't see any vintage Halloween in this issue.

Halloween on Pinterest

Get your spook on and join us on our Halloween Pinterest - we've got over 70 Halloween theme boards with over 4000+ pins. Lots of vintage Halloween and vintage style decorating tips and specific Halloween theme party ideas.

Vintage Halloween eBay Spotlight - Plastic Witch Rocket

If you are a fan of the plastic Halloween pieces, this witch rocket might set you back a bit! Sold recently at eBay for $430.00.

Johanna Parker Ball Ornaments in Country Sampler

As Seen in...Country Sampler

Johanna Parker's festive Ball Ornaments, featured in the September 2014 issue of Country Sampler magazine can be found at the Vintage Halloween Website Store. You can also purchase these in our Vintage Halloween Square Shop.

 

Spooky Spotlight: Halloween Charms Clearance Sale

 Spooky Store Spotlight Goodies:

Clearance: All of our Primitives By Kathy frame charms are greatly reduced to $2 and $3 ea and the frame charm set to $19.99 - check them out and purchase them at our Vintage Halloween Website Store. Just a few Johanna Parker charms left too.

Halloween Throwback - 1929 Silly Symphony Disney Skeleton Dance

I love this old 1929 Disney Silly Symphony Skeleton Dance animated short - with all the skeletons frolicking about and the cats and the owl--so neat and festive!

It's inspiring me a bit for my Halloween decor this year outside--creating some frolicking skeletons - this scene would certainly be interesting to recreate:

Spooky Spotlight: Johanna Parker Hanging Decor

Spooky Store Spotlight Goodies:

New for 2014 are these Johanna Parker bat hanger and box sign plaques from Primitives By Kathy. I love the whimsical imagery. 

Purchase at The Vintage Halloween Website Store. Also available for purchase in our Vintage Halloween Square Shop.

 

 

Vintage Halloween Noisemakers at Vintage Halloween

I recently weeded through my Vintage Halloween Noisemaker collection and found some duplicates! These are now available at the Vintage Halloween Website Store. Now I have room for 5 more - bwhahahahaha! :)

 

 

 

2014 Halloween at Crate & Barrel

I like some of the items at Crate & Barrel this year--especially the server above and some of the raven items including 2 shown below--the Stack the Bones Jenga-style game is fun too.

 

 

Vintage Halloween eBay Spotlight - Beistle Witch Diecut

This unusual looking Beistle Witch Diecut recently sold at eBay for $136.16. According to Mark B. Ledenbach's 3rd edition guide, Vintage Halloween Collectibles (great recommended resource, by the way!) this came out in the late 1950s.

Spooky Spotlight: Vintage Style Halloween Treat Picks

Spooky Store Spotlight Goodies:

Got Spooky Cupcakes? These vintage style treat picks will be sure to be a hit for your cupcakes and other tasty treats. They also work well for craft projects!

Purchase them at The Vintage Halloween Website Store. Also available in our Vintage Halloween Square Shop.

2014 Halloween at Grandin Road

Some spooky skeletal items at Grandin Road - dogs, cats, skeletons including the chrome skeleton below, the lacy skull scarf and love the skeleton beaded gloves!

 

 

 

Spooky Spotlight: Greg Guedel Frightful Friends & Fortune Teller Skeleton

Spooky Store Spotlight Goodies:

This set of "Frightful Friends" below is by artist Greg Guedel for Bethany Lowe as is the neat Fortune Teller Skeleton shown above. They are super vintage style Halloween whimsy! You can purchase them at our Vintage Halloween Website Store. Also available in our Vintage Halloween Square Shop.

Martha By Mail Halloween Catalogs

I don't know about you, but one thing I always looked forward to in the early 2000's was the Martha By Mail Catalog--mostly the Halloween issue, naturally ;-) Here are some of the covers for the catalog--which you can see at Martha Moments Blog run by Andrew Richie - covers credited to Andrew. I ordered a few things from time to time--including the witch metal lantern seen on the bottom image.