Happy ~Elegant~ Halloween

Due to the snow and all the power outtages, there is no school here in Massachusetts and Halloween has been rescheduled to November 5th.  Seriously.

Abigail Ahern

Trick or treat, smell my feet

Happy Halloween to all!


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Halloween decor at A Shore Thing

Every now and then I experience the great thrill of walking into a retail space and getting the urge to pull out my camera.  They just seem to get it right.  Everything from unique and sharp merchandise to a magnificent display style.  My dear friend, Laura, took me one of these places... a fabulous, creative new shop in Newburyport, Massachusetts.   A Shore Thing at 1 Titcomb Street was a feast for the eyes and I finally just had to ask if I could whip out a camera.  That's when we met the most delightful shop owner.  Ever.  Melissa Sievert was in the shop that day and with her business partner, Carol Gautreau Bent, they've created a shop to see!  We ooh'd and aah'd over everything which is currently all done up for Halloween.  I can't wait to see what they do for Christmas.  They had so many great ideas for decorating your own space and lots of treats that would make perfect gifts.  My cell phone pictures don't do them justice... I have to go back.

A plant stand used to elevate smaller pumpkins

Orange crinkle paper under a glass cloche

Tree branches on the ceiling with hanging paper lanterns

Bat garland in triple swags

Gourds inside a display case



A wire crown over a plate as a cloche



Birds on top of pumpkins on top of a plant stand of top of a table - Great height!

These ceramic vases in white were spectacular.  Decorated on the inside they illuminated the image with a candle inside.

Deer heads on the wall are all the rage!  This one is made out of twigs.

Tunkables - so clever!

Urns and pumpkins

What's your pumpkin going to be for Halloween???

What are you going to be for Halloween???

Every year my neighborhood has a couple of great traditions to celebrate Halloween.  Our favorite has to the be the "boo".  One night in October, you'll be sitting down to dinner when the doorbell rings.  In my house, the gig is up...  my kids knock their chairs over to race to the front door, throw it open and try to catch the person running pell mell across the front yard to jump into an awaiting vehicle.  It's not a ding-dong-ditch.... it's a reverse tricker treater!!!  The child running with the adrenaline rush has just left us a package of Halloween candy - often beautifully decorated - and a note.  The note tells us that we've been "boo'd" and we now need to do the same for 2 other families.  No problem, my kids have plotting this for months.

Under cover of darkness, my children strategize... and plot out the perfect target.  A house that has an easy get-away, young kids, and a working doorbell.  Imagine our disappointment the year the house we hit had a broken doorbell.   Anyway, I have to change the settings in my get-away mini-van so the lights don't turn on the minute we open the doors to get in.  Again, a lesson learned from a prior year.  Sometimes we don't even run far, we hide in the woods and watch as the whole family comes to the door and we listen while they speculate... it was a boy, a girl, I saw blonde hair, who's car is that, etc... 

Our other tradition is a party the hour or two before trick or treating begins.  And last year, I saw some great shoes.  What are your traditions???

Adding the ribbon acorns to the shop

Brown paper packages tied up with string.... or ribbons adorned with acorns... It's clever and seasonal and easy to make.... The wool is needle felted and shaped, attached to a real acorn cap with a drilled hole for the ribbon.  Easy peasy!  Or, you can just buy them because your to-do list is longer than your arm.  Embellish a package, decorate your feather tree or use as a napkin ring, there's no end to what you can do with the acorns on ribbons.  Ornaments and adornments!   Available in my shop at shop.theWoolAcorn.com

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