Spooky Times Around The Homestead

We love Halloween .  . don’t we?  Always fun too.  I love “scary cute” always.  Never wanted to scare my kids when they were little.  My middle son was just here for a visit and always enjoys the decorations around the holidays.    

I really don’t buy much anymore, but I did add a couple of pumpkins this year.

 Didn’t really have time this year to add to my cross stitch collection for Halloween . . . bummed!

 That bucket pumpkin on the left above is Rexy’s favorite . . . the smiley one LOL! These two are sitting on the mantle in the living room.

 This old tool box in the below pic, I’ve had for years now, I always used it for my pumpkin display.

 Always have to have one of my dolls in the decorations . . . been making them for years now, loving my skeleton paper pinwheel.

 I added these honeycomb balls and pumpkins lantern to my collection this year, liking them for sure.

Hope you all have a “Spooktacular” Halloween  . . . don’t eat too much candy LOL!

Vintage Market treasures found . . . Oh Boy!

Loving this time of the year  . . . just can’t wait as usual.  Since moving here to Mission Viejo.  I have found some wonderful places to shop.  One of them is the monthly vintage market at Saddleback College.  I have a nice collection of vintage holiday decorations.  Using vintage toys and worn vintage tin containers make the cutest displays for collections.  I found this adorable children’s stove from Empire toys with the electric plug still attached and in fair condition.  Check out the plug, cutest part of the stove.

 I might be wrong, but I believe this is a lunch box.  Loving the red color.  Weathered just the way I like it.  The older the better.

Also, found this blue oriental candy tin, Rex was able to remove the white paint that was splatter on it, still able to use it.  Hard to see, gold crane birds are part of the design against the blue color.

The pic below shows the birds a little bit more clearly. This shade of blue is really pretty and deep in color still.