This was another one I found browsing Etsy for handmade Halloween stuff. I have had so much fun this year! This kitty from Raggdoll Carnival is sturdy and adorable. They have a lot of spooky wonders in their shop!
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Spun cotton is one of those delightful vintage crafts that I have a book on, but haven’t tried. Spun cotton was used for cheap manufacturing in the mid-20th century. Think very light Christmas ornaments covered with chunky glitter. When I saw Vintage by Crystal doing handmade spun cotton, I was all over that.
Is it properly spooky? Maybe not. But when I saw Anaïs Faë’s art on Mastodon, I had to have some. And it does have a hauntingly beautiful vibe.
I think I found this just by browsing. Neil Eyre has a distinctive style, and his Halloween items are perfect.
I don’t mean to buy something from Shellhawk every year. It’s just that every year, her stuff gets better and better. She was saving this piece for an open house, but I convinced her (okay, it wasn’t hard) to let me buy it instead. Here it is, all lit up.
This is another Mastodon recommendation: the marvelous glass pumpkins of Jack Pines Studio. I had a hard time choosing just one! This one is called Green Orchard, and I thought it gave the perfect autumn vibe.
I asked Mastodon for recommendations on spooky handmade things. This is one of the first suggestions I got. Bear In Mind has a few spooky things, including ghost versions of these adorable cacti.
I’ve been a member of a Secret Pumpkin group for many years. It used to be a big thing. Now it’s just a few friends. Back when it was bigger, I received a simple little purse from my Pumpkin, which I used until it completely fell apart. It was made by Mari Mortem of The Kitschy Ghoul. Her fancier purses are the type of thing that she releases occasionally and they sell out in hours. But she does a lot of things, most of them vintage-themed. All of them spooky! This wall hanging is what I grabbed from her shop this year.
Sometimes I find things just by cruising Etsy. That’s how I found Harriet Hollows, this darling doll from Prim Heirloom Designs. There’s another doll there that I kinda want, but I’m trying not to spend my whole budget in one place. Maybe next year I can grab one of these Halloween Ghosts.
Another new diorama in the shop.
It’s funny how this looks simpler than the Witch’s Study, but took longer. I’m not even sure why. Things were built mostly from resin bits and polyclay.
I have a whole story for this one in my head. Once the portraits of these two vampires faced one another, but over time, disdain has grown. The portraits swapped, the vampires sleeping in opposite corners of the room.
The cat does not care about vampire politics, and sleeps peacefully on someone’s favorite chair.
Do you know all the vampire authors on the shelf?
At first, I thought the mold was just roses. Once it was on and I started painting, I realized it had all the flowers. That’s okay, still pretty.
