Thursday, October 20, 2011

PLEASE HELP THIS HORSE..PASS THE WORD!

I visited Izzy's Acres blog just now and she is asking anyone who would like to give this beautiful horse Dandy a home. I think that passing the word may help. Please my fellow bloggers and followers copy this and post it. The more people who can get it out there the better. Let's all band together to get this lovely guy a home before it is too late.

This was her post, you can visit her blog for a clearer picture- http://izzysacres.blogspot.com/2011/10/home-for-this-horse-needed-asap.html

Home for this horse needed ASAP!!!!!
I am trying to help a friend out by getting this info out there......this beautiful boy needs a home! There is a time limit and it would be heartbreaking to see him be put down........he is FREE to the right home! Please feel free to share this info!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

GREEN, BLUE & PINK PUMPKINS......OH MY!

I love this time of year. The air is full of magic and wonder. The plump orb of the pumpkins dot the countryside in their fiery orange glory...or so I thought.


I have discovered many different kinds of pumpkins this season. I became obsessed with the Cinderella pumpkin which I cannot find here. My local farmers market is going to grow some next year especially for me, although it is a little for them, they are also pumpkin obsessed. I would like to share some of these colourful globes with you now. If any of you have had the pleasure of actually seeing any of them up close I would love to know if they are as impressive as their pictures.


The White or Ghost Pumpkin. This is my favourite this year and I actually have two.



Look at these beauties! The first one is a Green Jarrahale from Australia. I am not sure what the next one is but isn't it lovely.



These are blue pumpkins although I think they look more green.


There are even striped ones.



Pink, pink, pink! Oh these are so cute. The top one is from Ellsworth Hill Farms in Connectticut. And look at that gorgeous warty one, it is called a Knucklehead Lumina, I call it adorable. I am now on a mission to locate a pink pumpkin for my grandbaby for next Halloween.





This next group of luscious darlings just took my breath away.
First there is the appropriatley named "Green Goblin" . Next we have "La Estrella" and last is "The Mini Fairytale".



I save the best for last. The "Cinderella" pumpkin. Ah, can't you just see the Fairy Godmother touching this with her wand and "poof!" a coach.

Monday, October 17, 2011

FINDING MY RAVENS & A LOVELY SURPRISE!

I hope you have enjoyed my pictures of my Halloween Decorating. I will be finished tomorrow and post some more on Friday. I finally found some Ravens for my sign and an adorable warty pumpkin. I thought they were just odd pumpkins in a patch but I was told they are a special seed. I think they are wonderfully warty.



Earlier today I got a lovely surprise from Joanne at The Vintage Dragonfly. She let me know that I won her deliciously Vintage Domino Book. I cannot wait to add it to my Halloween collection. Drop by her blog it is a delight. Thanks Joanne.

Friday, October 14, 2011

FRIDAY HALLOWEEN SPOOKTAKULAR.....MY HOME IS MY SPOOKY CASTLE!

Well, as promised this FRIDAY HALLOWEEN SPOOKTAKULAR will be pictures of what I am doing in my own home. I am still working on it but some is finished and I will show the rest next week.

I have a love for Vintage Halloween images and decorations. I love the macabre but I also love the cute. This year after visiting so many Halloween sites for my Halloween posts I got very inspired. First I will show you what is new this year.





We just finished this today. Our WITCHES BROOM INN sign turned out so fabulous that we may leave it up all year. I want to get a few more ravens for the top.



The COME IN & SIT A SPELL stairs turned out great. They got Duffy's approval.




The front porch isn't quite done but so far I put up the wreath I made in an earlier post. I love this little vintage sign that I bought a couple of years ago.



I put pumpkin lights in the garland. I will try to get a night shot of them on for next week. It is still warm here so I don't want to carve the pumpkins too early, for now I just plug in these guys ( I have several). they look great at night.



This was a last minute inspiration. I wanted to hang something on this wall but not another wreath so I covered a wired flower basket hanger with fabric, painted it orange and painted a vintage scaredy cat on top.





When I decorate for Halloween I put things away to make room for the decorations but sometimes, like with these great number tins, they just work with the decorations. These are some of my great vintage-like pieces. The broom in the corner I just got, it travels around the room on its own and cackles, my cats love it.

I really like paper mache Halloween heads. The little girl cutout I bought on ebay. I found some great Halloween coloured gumballs too.



This tin pumpkin with the bat is my favourite. You pull it down and it says HAPPY HALLOWEEN..PEEK A BOO!




I really like tin signs, love my spooky kitty, my husband bought this festive raven.



This cute hanger has vintage images on cardboard. I hang it on the screen door that seperates my kitchen and livingroom ( Luca was clawing the furniture so we had to put up a screen door). This would be so easy to make just by printing out some vintage images, pasting them on board and putting them on some nice ribbon.



This macabre kitty is one I treasure. I always keep my witches hat handy, you never know when I might need it.


Even Teddy is ready for Halloween.

I hope you have enjoyed the tour. Next week I will post everything completely finished, I hope my night shots turn out so you can see my motion projector in action. It looks great, I have floating jack-o-lanterns and ghost on my house. I will also be doing some Halloween cookies and cupcakes because I am having a family Halloween get together next weekend. Please post some of your Halloween decorating I would love to see what everyone is doing.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

IT'S ALMOST HERE!!!!!!!!


Tonight at midnite ( you may have noticed I do like to do things at midnite) I will be posting my FRIDAY HALLOWEEN SPOOKTAKULAR. This time I will be showing you what I have done around my home to get ready for All Hallows Eve. I am not finished but I will show you what I have done. Stay tuned, I think you will like it. Can't wait to see what everyone else is doing.

BOO!!!!!!! THE WINNER IS...............


The winner of my HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY drawn by random generator at the Witching Hour was #4 "lilraggedyangie". Congratulation! Please e-mail me your info so I can get you your Halloween Doorhanger before Halloween.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

SISCO IS HOME...LAST CHANCE FOR MY GIVEAWAY!I


I just heard from Claire that Sisco is home safe and sound getting lots of cuddles. She will be posting the details later and I will let you all know. Thanks so much for your positive thoughts, they really helped bring her home.

Just a few more hours until my HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY ends so go to my sidebar under GIVEAWAYS and leave a comment.


Blessings and Bliss to all of you on this eve of the first Full Moon of Samhain.