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Oodles and Oodles has posted some pages from her 1926 Dennison Bogie Book, as well as some pages from a 1952 Dennison Crepe Paper Costume Book (for those with a LOT of time and patience).

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How much fun was Halloween when you were a kid. Seriously. That's why I love it now, to evoke all those fun childhood memories.  One of my nieces came over last night and wanted to carve pumpkins, but since it's a little too early, I told her she could draw decorations on them if she liked.  This is what she came up with:

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Holy Cow! it's October 1st and I'm not even ready for all of this! Yes, the annual HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN has begun! YAY! [More]

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If you feel you 've decorated as much as possible for Halloween, but you need just a little something to give your house that extra "oomph" that will scare the pants off your visitors, take a tip from Mortica Addams and don't forget the houseplants!

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Hostess with the Mostess is a genius, I'm sure we can all agree. She has a fantastic Halloween Buffett Table featured on her site with awesome decorating and treat ideas.

I'm especially loving the little pumpkin favors filled with candy. I'm thinking about making some for my nieces and nephews - they're so clever!

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This weekend we bought a coupla pumpkins. I tried to limit myself this year because I would go crazy if left unchecked, then I feel bad when the pumkins get all soft and rotten after Halloween is over. Throwing them away sucks - it's like cleaning up on New Year's Day with a hangover . . . you know the party's over. Sigh.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves right? If you're planning to carve a pumpkin or two this Halloween you must check out Extreme Pumpkins! They have galleries of carving ideas, videos on how to do it, templates available, using power tools and pyrotechnics . . . they've got it all!

Here are a few of my favorite designs from the site (it's hard to choose a few, they're all pretty clever!)

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As a kid some of my favorite Halloween decorations were these little orange jackolanterns my mom made from construction paper. I didn't know for a long time that they were homemade - yet they were just simple paper jackolanterns with faces drawn on with magic markers.

If you have similar talents for constructing Halloween decorations, here are some great links to templates that you can print out and construct.

Cannon's website has lots of cool masks and decor. [More]

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It's Friday, YAY and we edge ever closer to HALLOWEEN night! I've got just some random stuff today.

First up, a hand decorated Halloween themed coffee cup seen in a trash can - yeah that's funny and random!

The person who sent it to me said, yes, they did get weird looks for taking photos of the trash.

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I love old halloween decorations. I like them because they just seem "friendlier" to me. Maybe because they remind me of my childhood halloweens, or maybe because I just admire the design sensibilities. Anyway, I love them and some of my favorite ones I keep up all year long. They're just sooo cool it seems a shame to put them away. Here are some of my most beloved ones!

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