Thrifty Witchy Finds

The hubby and I stopped in a Thrift Store yesterday and found a couple of witches and a pair of monks. We also stocked up on some really nice flannel shirts for the boys and warm sweaters for everyone. A chill is in the air!
Note here: The hubby told me "NO!" to the $40 vintage upright player piano. (You had to move the piano yourself.) See, he's mean to me!!! Spoiled Queen talking here, LOL! Oh and as I'm telling how mean he is... he says I can get a puppy ONLY when I get rid of all three cats!!! We'll see about that one:) Humph! Okay on to the thrifty photos.

A Kitchen Witch Set.

Salt and Pepper shakers... I love the S and P's on their head scarves:)

Have any guess as to what this tall witch is for?

At first I thought she was a utensils holder, right? But the holes are so low, cut straight in and go all the way around her. I put a large spoon in her and it stuck out rather oddly. It couldn't be a utensil holder.

We thought about a tea light candle holder but.... the holes are much too small to get a tea light in and then to try and light it, no way!

So I'm clueless as to what she's for. If anyone has a guess I'd appreciate it!

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A 1987 Wizard Air Freshener Witch still in her package. She doesn't smell "harvest fresh" anymore but she glows in the dark! Well, she is 22 years old now.

Two monks/ Salt and Pepper Shakers

I think the fat one has had more than his share of the daily bread!

Poison Cupcakes?

Stopped in at Michaels yesterday to buy some new paint brushes. The brushes were 25 % off this week. I found this wonderful brushes that have a rubber cushion grip to them. They are so comfy to hold, I'm lovin them.!

Of course I had to browse the halloween stuff. I really want to get my Halloween stuff down from the attic, I'm fighting myself on that. Any whooo....

I just had to pick these wicked cool cupcake wrappers from the Martha Stewart line for my daughter Autumn who loves cupcakes and vintage halloween graphics. She's love to throw theme parties and is having a Day of the Dead party this year. There is another design in the pack a spider with the word Beware on the side. They come in a 48 ct. pack.

Autumn Rose has a really cute blog with hardly any readers, so if you have some extra time you should pop in and say Hi!

Sliver Twine From a Valentine

Two Wonderful Halloween Books

*Alright... for some insane, no sense to it at all reason some of my photos are turned on their sides. I've redone them 4 times now and the just keep flipping! They are not even flipped in my photo gallery. So what the heck?! blogger weirdo thing I guess.

Sorry, I guess we'll just have to turn our heads sideways for now. I'll try to rotate them again later. Now back to the regular scheduled post.

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These are two really wonderful Halloween books!

The first one is Bethany Lowe's Folk Art Halloween. I love this book from one of my favorite artist! It's filled with Halloween projects both cute and vintage. There are pages of clip art and patterns. It has everything from paper crafts to sewing projects.
I love this table runner! ... turning head sideways.

This tinsel tree is so cute, love the old witch boot for the base.

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The next great book is Vintage Halloween Collectibles/An Identification and Price Guide 2nd edition.

I had so much fun browsing through this book, wishing I had some of these vintage Halloween pieces. These candles are from the 1960's. We used to have a ghost and a witch candle when I was young... wishing I still had them.

This book is huge! Loaded with all kinds of goodies for the Vintage Halloween lover. Everything from lanterns, shakers, games, and decorations.

Okay... cracking neck back in place... geesh!

I found both of these books at the library... I high recommend you check them out.

For Autumn...

Happy Halloween~~~

I've been making some Halloween decorations for Autumn. (She has her own home now.)
Autumn really loves vintage Halloween...just like her momma!

This is a painted hat box decoupaged with some old vintage Halloween postcard images. A
paper mache skull with vintage crepe paper collar, (I was thinking Shakespere~ish ?)
a vintage postcard image made into a stand-up photo trimmed in vintage silver tinsel garland. I added a flickering electric candle for some glow effect.

I love finding old tinsel, garland, crepe paper at yard sale, flea markets and thrift stores. I'm like a kid in a candy store when I find some!
Autumn was helping Kevin's mom clean out her basement and they sent over a bag of goodies; the hat box and the vintage crepe paper were two of the things in the bag that I used for this piece.

I think I'm about ready to switch gears soon, It's time to get back to some embroidery and I've started knitting my second scarf. Really, we have way too many crochet scarves around here already. I'm going to watch some Youtube tutorials on how to knit hats. I cannot for the life of me learn out of a book... hmmm... I should of been a hands on, interest led homeschooler. Just thing of how much I would know by now! Well, it's never too late, right?

We're going camping again this weekend for 4 days. This time we are going with my sister and her husband and our good friends Joe and Jackie with their kids. (Joe was our best man in our wedding.) Our campsite is right on the Thornapple River bank. On Sunday we are going on a 4 hour canoe trip... I keep wondering "what the heck do I do if I need to go to the bathroom during the trip?" uhh... pull over and use a tree?
*Also please, oh please let there be no crazy raccoons running around my tent at night!

Things I'm a brewing...

Just a few Halloween projects I've been working on.

A Witch's Rattle

Every good witch needs to shake her thing

and get her groove on around a bonfire now and then!

Moon ornament... for those of you who like to howl at the full~moon:)

These are my giveaways for the 31 days of Halloween giveaway... see sidebar for link.

There's going to be some awesome Halloween giveaways each day in October, thanks to Mrs. B!

Be sure to check it out!

Sharing Witches...

I've been spending time searching for free Vintage Halloween Images on the internet. I'm amazed at the wonderful images that people share. It does take a lot of time to search for them but it's worth it. Here's some witches that I have found. Help yourself:) Sharing, it's a good thing!