All things old and new to enhance your home and holidays
The scarecrow is guiding you to find the pumpkin Patch. This is an old Martha Stewart purchase from Martha by Mail. He is looking a bit worse for wear, but he has had a tough job fending off those crows! The pumpkins are painted galvanized metal. The salvia ‘Indigo Spires’ are incredibly vibrant this year….
It’s getting spooky in town! The pumpkins are being delivered, the jack-o-lanterns are getting lit and witches are flying and stirring their cauldrons. Trick or treaters are getting ready to spirit around to gather goodies. Retired lighted houses The Haunted Mansion, The Spooky Farmhouse and Grimsly Manor from Department 56’s Snow Village Halloween collection are…
Instead of carving a pumpkin for Halloween decorating, consider using a dried gourd. It will take some time and effort, but it will reward you with being able to use it for years to come. Of course you can grow and dry your own gourds, but you can also easily find already dried gourds at…
It’s twilight and the brisk autumn air is filled with the fragrance of waning leaves and bonfires. Off in the distance, lantern-light is seen dancing in the darkness. People have gathered to celebrate the end of the harvest and to honor the dead. Guided by the light glowing from within carved turnips, they leave apples…
This table was set for a soup party – the perfect repast for a chilly October evening. Three different homemade soups were served: cream potato, vegetable and beef, and Julia Child’s Soup in a Pumpkin which is a creamy cheese and onion soup cooked and served inside a pumpkin! The table cloth is a rusty…
The paved road suddenly came to end as crushed gravel began to crunch beneath the wheels. The car came to a dead stop at the foot of the driveway. Just ahead, shrouded in the fog of a gloomy October afternoon, appeared to be a graveyard with three moving figures. Emerging from the mist was a…