Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Scary Scenes for Halloween


Scary Scenes for Halloween
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by Jill Williams Grover
Sterling Pub Co Inc · 1999
ISBN-10: 0-8069-4842-6

Not very scary but some cute ideas. Melting wax in a crock pot to drip over regular taper candles is one clever idea. Used copies of the book can be found for around $3.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Create a Bewitched Fall-O-Ween


Create a Bewitched Fall-O-Ween
Originally uploaded by dragonflydesignstudio

45 projects for decorating and entertaining
ISBN: 0-87349-498-9

Using the cheap plastic candy buckets to make lovely lamps and a centerpiece. One of many fun projects in this book. Nice old fashion clip-art section for making pillows and tablecloths.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

A Ghostly Good Time The Family Halloween Handbook


A Ghostly Good Time The Family Halloween Handbook
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Woman's Day Special Interest Publications
ISBN 1-933231-46-7

The book is a compilation of projects from Woman's Day magazine. Decor, costumes, crafts, and treats. Most of the crafts are pretty basic but at $10.99 its reasonably priced for eye candy.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Gay Costumes are half the fun at the Halloween Party


Gay Cosytumes are half the fun at the Halloween Party
Originally uploaded by dragonflydesignstudio

Crepe paper costumes made from Dennsion products. This Bogie book was in really poor shape some of the pages have water damage.

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...