Shivers of Delight

It's finally here and yet it's come so quickly. I think that's part of the magic of Halloween. Fortunately for us Halloween lives year round in our hearts. This is the Halloween card we sent out this year If you'd like to hear my Halloween Skeleton Ball playlist , follow the link. I hope you enjoy every minute of this day and I'll be back tomorrow with some Day of the Dead items to look at!

Here it is. Halloween at our house in a heap of photos. Just breeze through. huh   That gives you a taste of what it's like to walk through our house at Halloween. I see a few more spaces that need to be filled in, so after Halloween it's back to shopping my favorite Halloween artists!

I hope your weekend leading up to Halloween was spectacular. My husband and I had a little Witch's Tea Party Open House on Saturday. It was a rainy, cold day and perfect for sharing spooky decorations, brandied tea, and witch finger cookies. I'm going to be sharing some of our decorations today and tomorrow. If you're looking for something to buy, nothing is for sale! LOL. We call this the "Orange Room", but I have been calling it the "Gallery" of late because it's where I hang much of the spooky art I buy.  I had fun choosing items to put under glass. Everything from small art pieces to dollar store bugs went into jars. It was a lot to look at, but then the entire house can be a bit overwhelming for some people. I like to keep everyone so busy looking that they don't notice the dust. Don't forget to follow my on Instagram @shiversdelight! I have more photos there.

What do you get when you combine a paper maché artist with a fiber artist? You get sculptures from the deep, dark woods. Tom Deadstuff and Windy Withers are creating beautifully created art dolls that they sell at Disenchanted Hollow Trading Co . Maybe you can hang one over your bed to keep nightmares away? Mandrake Root Specimen 7 Mandrake Root Specimen 2 Elder Mandrake Root Art Doll Changeling Fairy Art Doll Plague Doctor Vampire Garlic Ornament Magic Mushroom Man Ornament Is it too soon to start thinking about Yule gifts? Because I'm adding these to my list.

I love reading scary stories around Halloween. It's not always easy to find tales that really give you the shivers, and I hate investing time in a novel only to find out it really wasn't that spooky.  Well, I am happy to share with you a book of short stories that will set you up for Halloween. The writer is Howard Odentz and the book is Little Killers A to Z: An Alphabet of Horror . The stories all focus on children as murderers, vampires, zombies and just all around evil. The first story "A is for Andy Who Watches His Dad" will make make your stomach fall to the ground. These are the evil, angry, abused children you always knew were out there. If you're a teacher you might not want to read  "N is for Nancy Who Questions Tradition." Let's just say it doesn't end well for the teacher. There are some supernatural stories like "B is for Boris, and Rifka, and Vlad" about vampires and "X is for Xander Who's Covered in Spitt...

My walls are starting to look like they belong in a Gothic mansion with a portrait gallery. I keep finding more and more art I love and so the walls get covered top to bottom with art in frames. I'm starting to think we're going to need a few docents and maybe a gift shop. Well, that brings me to Liz Bruns and the spooky prints she's making. They're pop-paranormal and I love them. Bruns also has tote bags and jewelry in her shop WednesdaysXAttic . Let's take a look. Cutsey Baby Bat Print The Pumpkin King Print Ghostly Peony Spooky Tree Tote Skull Necklace Bat Cameo Pendant I really don't know why I bother to paint my walls since they're going to be covered in art.