Thursday, November 27, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

1963 Wholesale catalog


Not wanting to leave Thanksgiving out in the cold you get bonus Turkey decorations. Vintage Christmas to follow tomorrow.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Dennison Parties Magazine 1930



THE HALLOWE'EN TWINS-GO SPOOKY
Both being Blondes, the twins chose Hallowe'en costumes of nile green crepe paper fringe. One twin wears a modernistic bodice of canary yellow, jade green, and orange crepe paper with spooky cut-out ingeniously placed among the streaks and angles. The other twin wears a cat bodice made of black festoons pasted upon a foundation of black crepe paper. The cat's features are cardboard; the eyes, cellophane; the whiskers, Wire No. 10. A vivid orange bow worn by the cat gives a stunning dash of color to the costume.

The Martha Stewart Catalog for Living 2003


The bat garland on the fireplace in the photo at the top of this blog is the same garland around the table.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Country Living Magazine October 2000



Very inviting image with the warm glow of the Jack-O-Lanterns on the bottom and the paper Jack lanterns above.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Fall 2001 Martha By Mail Catalog



The post Halloween blahs have hit so I went looking through old catalogs and magazines in my collection. This setting is styled well and makes me smile.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Cider


Road side stand with an apple orchard, pumpkin patch, and really good fresh apple cider.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Halloween Tree


Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. No rest for the wicked as I clean up and start working on Halloween 2009.

Lucrezia

New grave this year. This one is heavy. Storing it for the year I was crawling around on a raised shelf section of the basment trying to...