Crafty Pagan’s Etsy site is filled with vintage style tags, complete with faux aged appearance.
This is my favorite…the dare.
I love the “directions” on the bottom of this label.
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Category: halloween
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This bloody delight by John Nouanesing would be a fantastic Halloween accessory for the home.
You could just put a table cloth on it for the rest of year and BAM…blood is gone.
But it’ll be there when you need it.
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Last week I visited the Hollywood Wax museum for the first time since I was about eight years old.
I’m going to be honest: wax figures look MUCH better in the photos we see circulating when they debut in museums. In person, many of them are blotchy inhabitants of the uncanny valley. I felt a kind of mild disgust (when I wasn’t chuckling).
Of course, in the Chamber of Horrors, EVERYTHING is designed to look odd…so it works. Here are a few selections.
The Exorcist
House of Wax
Bella!
Lon!
I would have loved to see Vincent Price among some of the classic horror actors.
The Cryptkeeper, a childhood favorite.
Beetlejuice/geuse
And my favorite photo in the bunch:
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Target gets some great Halloween items, but someone really dropped the ball on this costume (pun intended, I guess).
This is either a female baseball player outfit or a cheerleader costume, with the worst letter spacing I’ve ever seen. I’m sure “adult” costumes are full of bad puns, but come on…Target is a family store.
The phrase HOME RUN, which somehow became a sartorial abbreviation for “This is a baseball costume” (though I’m not even sure this IS a baseball costume) is improvidently divided into a glittering “HO” “ME”. Is this bastard creation rife with perverted undertones, or is ignorance to blame?
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Okay, here are two totally unrelated things I just came across. If you really use your imagination, they fit right into the Halloween Countdown.
First, look at this fruit bat. Check out that tubular nose! This guy is a cut above your generic Halloween bat in terms of personality. I’m constantly tempted to imitate how (my twisted brain believes) he talks:
Next, the anatomically correct Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Jason Freeny.
On the flip side, we have this extremely INCORRECT rendition of pumpkin anatomy, featured on The Surfing Pizza. This toy was placed in the perfect category of “Not Really Evil, But Kind of a Jerk.”
Never thought you’d get to see a rubber, rabbit-faced, four-limbed, lanky, pumpkin-headed creature, riding upright on a bike with more than a healthy dose of road rage despite the gigantic lollipop on board? VIOLA! Thanks, Pizza!
Now, the Claws Will Tear Us Apart shirt. A favorite animal, a favorite album, a clever image:
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What better time of the year to brush up on your supernatural collective nouns? You’ll be the most well-informed person at your Halloween party.
Click to enlarge…
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I’ve posted a series of Day of the Dead paper cutouts, so I figured I’d take a sampling of other calaveras (skulls) in art.
Posada was known for his fantastic engravings, many of which features skulls and skeletons. It was hard to pick which ones to post.
This fellow is adorable!
How romantic…
Wonderful snowflake idea…
And a photo to finish up.
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One of my readers was kind enough to submit this image of a costume she made for her baby. The genius is in the subtlety and perfectly surreal execution.
I present: SPIDER BABY!
People have actually tried to hold the artificial hands while the baby was wearing this costume. How I would have loved to catch those priceless moments of confusion and surprise.
Thanks, Lene! Great job!
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I am slightly partial to the choices for Last year’s Oriental Trading Co. Halloween post (so definitely check out those items if you haven’t!). But here are a few new ones that caught my eye.
Edible Cake Decorating Prints: This is a great way to jazz up a simple cake. Very classy, completely edible!
Frosted Monster Bash Suckers: Nicely articulated as far as lollipops go. That’s some fancy monster design work for a mass produced lolli.
Lampshade Topper: I hope no one would mind if I put this on my lamp and conveniently “forgot” to take it down for the rest of the year.
Glitter Skeleton: In a word…FIERCE! Not scary-fierce, mind you. Disco ball fierce. Club fierce. RuPaul fierce.
LED Skull With Sound: This little chum just looks so friendly. He laughs too. Of course he laughs! He’s having a nice day. He hopes you have a nice day too.
LED Skeleton Torso: Now this guy is just GREAT. Look at him! Look at those evil eyes glowing red, and the nice rotting appearance! Bang up job on this prop.
Bendable Skeleton Hands: I’m not going to lie…this could be a craft staple all year round. And while I’m not sure they have any practical purpose, I still think they’re fun. I’d like to leave a bunch of them out at a Halloween party and see how people idly bend and arrange them during conversation.
And now for a change of pace…
Christian Pumpkin Fuzzy Magnets: I’m going to come right out and say it…this makes me uncomfortable. I’m sure Jesus was a nice guy, but he practically monopolizes the holiday market. In this particular case the history couldn’t have anything LESS to do with Jesus. Yet there’s a whole “Jesus Shine In Me” page of products.
I’m not okay with this reclamation of my favorite holiday.
I only wish they were simply starting a trend of rogue holiday subterfuge, soon to be followed by dreidel-painted Easter eggs and Santa headlining the St. Patrick’s Day parade.
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