Shapeshifting Belt
Books by Alexlibris, via Propnomicon
New Jersey’s Castle Dracula
Leslie Blackford’s left-of-center polymer clay
Witch City Wicks
Tables by Judy Kensley McKie
Finally, now that both holidays have passed…
Five Things Christmas Could Learn from Halloween
Sculpting realistic skin textures, via Propnomicon
Christine Polis, via Church of Halloween
Abandoned shopping malls at The Skeleton Key
Santa Muerte shrine at Morbid Anatomy
Dark high fashion at Haute Macabre
Cakes by Sara Giustizieri
Wings by Charismatico (this whole site is fabulous)
The London Dungeon–an immersive tour through the good bits of history. Funny, scary, and now in San Francisco! Via Church of Halloween.
Crafting a Cthulhu stop-motion puppet. Via Propnomicon
Twisted Snowmen by Scott Stoll are available on his Etsy site.
Monique starts her 13 Days of Creepmas run.
Karine Jollet anatomical fabric sculpture
Via She Walks Softly
Dan Harding’s Pumpkin King, from the Halloween Art Feature at Creep Machine
Nathan Willison’s Awful Art shop
Via The Spooky Vegan
Here come the last batch of Cryptkeeper introductions.
Cult of the Great Pumpkin
I have been enjoying the heck out of these guys this month. They’ve been sharing tons of hard-to-find Halloween music, and their posts are just generally great. Or is that Great?
Doo Wacka Doodles
This month, Belle Dee is not only sharing uber-cute Halloween illustrations, there are scans of classic Halloween Ideals–find out about them here.
Airless Chambers
Airless Chambers is a dark papercraft blog, with several talented contributors. It’s hard to find other dark craft blogs, so I was thrilled to follow along this month!
And now, linkies:
Secret Fun Blog shares their Spook Light adventure.
Toxic Cupcakes by My Scary Blog
Thorough coverage by Gravediggers Local 16 on royalty-free haunt music.
Make teddy bear ghost prints
The fantastic sculpture of Dug Stanat
Werewolf in a Can, and other amazing things from Mythic Articulations
Both via Church of Halloween
The Many Deaths of Ambrose Bierce
Via Cult of Weird
The sculpture of Ewgeny Hontor
The delightful Halloween art of Grelin Machin
More Halloween art from Chad Savage
First, some more Cryptkeepers:
My Scary Halloween has tons of scary activities, plus a blog with even more!
The Ghoulie Guide
The Ghoulie Guide is all things spooky, with an emphasis on media.
Halloween Holler
Halloween Holler is an old fave of mine. Always something spooky!
On the Stick
On the Stick is a games blog, and for October they are doing 31 days of horror games.
And now, more linkies…
Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards at Garage Sale Finds
OTIS does silly things with skellies. Again.
Halloween Rolling Pins
Also ghosts, skulls, and general Halloweenieness. Via 2nd Street Cemetery.
Halloween art and ornaments by ARyer Studio
–via Darklinks
A big welcome to my fellow Cryptkeepers who have wandered over because of this post. I’ve already made a couple new friends. Or, as the Spousal Unit would put it, I have added to my Creepy Cohort.
I’ve added most of the other Cryptkeepers to my feed, and have been enjoying following them. Here are a few more for October:
Monique’s Pretty Dark Art
Monique is a paper crafter doing some impressive work. I especially love the pictured star, and this coffin shadowbox.
Gef Fox is a book blogger focusing on dark fiction, as well as hosting some interesting guest posters. I may have to read this Elf on a Shelf horror tale.
2CoolGhouls cover mostly media, with a few general Halloween posts thrown in. Here’s a neat roundup of 80s horror television shows.
Something Got Me Started
Author Stephen Couch is writing a horror novel, Face After Face, over the course of the month. Here’s the first installment.
Now, on to linkies (you’ll see more Cryptkeepers amongst them)…
Skull Candles of London
Via Skullspiration
Roald Dahl’s 1967 horror show, Way Out.
Cambiare, Japanese bar based on Suspiria
And another, Biohazard Cafe & Grill, based on Resident Evil
Both via Gravedigger’s Local 16
You can still find this on Amazon
Miskatonic University Archaeological Dig Kit
Cthulu Mosaic to adorn your ancient bath house
The art of Heather Gleason
First order of business:
The second raffle card has arrived! This one is from Marmalade, who I happen to know is an intrepid explorer and hunter of tupperware, as well as being a very talented crafter.
Now, allow me to introduce a few more fellow Cryptkeepers:
Visit to Descanso Gardens
The Procrastonaut is a serious Halloweeniac, sharing her October adventures with us. I was especially envious of her visit to Descanso Gardens, with 5,000 hand-carved pumpkins, including those above. Wow! The Los Angeles area is a great place for ‘Weeniacs.
My Scary Blog covers all things scary media, with a special emphasis on Halloween this month. Grabbing the link for this post, I discovered Shriek or Chic, Martha Stewart’s Halloween competition web series, which I am going to catch up on tonight. Definitely a blog to follow.
Monster Squad, by Tom Krohne
Monsterfink’s Midnight Monster Spookshow is the home of artist Tom Krohne. For October, he’s drawing slashers (and other things), and sharing his love of Halloween cartoons.
Now more linkies…
Ed Harrington’s helpful IKEA-style monster building instructions
Death in Chocolate from Conjurer’s Kitchen
Both of the above via OTIS, who just happens to be another Cryptkeeper.
Rob Kramer is sketching monsters for us every day in October.
–Hat tip Melissa.
Sparkling web, photo by Simen Johan
Saw this in many places, posted without credit. The photograph is by Simen Johan. There’s no information as to who built this fantastic beaded web. I want to make one.
Bat prims by Silver Raven Wolf
Thanks, Myra!
Stolloween takes the Home Depot Halloween Style Challenge
Every year, Home Depot sends a bunch of decorations to several Halloweeniacs for their Style Challenge. It’s no surprise that Scott Stoll takes a blank wall and makes it into something amazing.
Teddy Bear Butcher Shop
Foam pumpkin arch by Don Morin. Maybe I do need more funkins.
–both via Halloween and Cosplay DIY
During the Month of Spookdays, I’ll be featuring several of my fellow Cryptkeepers in links, in addition to the usual bits.
Now I Know What It Feels Like to Be Good, by Zombie Rust at Slash The Zombie
Neat prop work at Seditiosus
Halloween is Grinch Night, full cartoon special. Via Darklinks. For some reason, this keeps starting in the middle for me. If it does that for you, just drag it back to the beginning.
Gorgeous leather masks by Andrea Adams
Adorable Halloween illustrations by Grelin Machin
Spooky painted things from The Gnarled Branch
His flickr photostream is a lot of fun.
Everything for you and your home at Gorey Details. I could get lost here.
Haunting animations of Flux Machine
–Via Church of Halloween
Zolloc’s Scary Baby GIFs
Eerie art of Sam Wolfe Connelly
Cindy’s Paper Mache Dragon
Dave Lowe’s first silhouette template of the season
Los Angeles Horror Show and Music Fest
Beth Robinson’s Art of Horror Show in VT
Clement Briend’s projected gargoyles
Gallery of Ken Strickfaden’s original Frankenstein props before they were auctioned
–Via Propnomicon
