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Scary, Spooky, Haunted and Forbidden

As summers end is near, here I am already thinking about Halloween and scary, spooky, haunted and forbidden things, so I created this Etsy Treasury.
Some of the items I chose to showcase: antique coffin circa 1900s, haunted house, antique macabre embalming book, creepy old baby doll and a vintage photo of a scary woman.

Here are some of my other Etsy Treasuries - Oddities , Bittersweet and
Do you remember spending your summers at the ocean when you were a kid?

Easy to make Halloween Decorations using rub-ons. Plus... Bat Brew a Free Halloween Label to Print

I used the words wicked, boo and bad luck in rub-ons to put on glass bottles. A skull rub-on was applied to a thrift store trophy. The Rub ons are the kind you would use in scrap-booking. This was a very easy project and only took minutes to do. Tape the rub-on onto the bottle securing down the edges so that it does not slip. Using a craft stick rub hard until the design is adhered to the glass.


The Bat Brew Label is another project, one I designed in Photoshop. You can print it for free below.

Here is the free Bat Brew Halloween label that you can print out as many times as you want for personal use. Put these on your bottled beers for your Halloween Party. Or use one on any bottle to add to your Halloween Decorations.

Click on photo above, this will take you to Flickr. Click on the All Sizes icon above the image. Select Large (900 x 913) This will give you a 3" x 3" label at 300 resolution.

More spooky Halloween Bottles for Halloween Parties!

Skull Sticks at Martha Stewart's Show Us Your Glittered Crafts contest.

I just entered the Martha Stewart's Show Us Your Glittered Crafts contest. I submitted this photo of my Glittered Skulls Sticks for the chance to win a glitter prize pack. I can imagine the fun I could have with an assortment of colors.

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Spooky Counter Top Halloween Decorations

This is the counter top under the witches cabinet. Gold colored lights gives it a haunting glow.I tucked some of the lights inside the caldron under some bloody bones and skull. I used some cheap plastic bones and a skull covering them with white tissue paper and glue. This gives them more texture and allows the paint to adhere to the plastic. Using a brown glaze and a rag I coated the bones wiping away the excess. To finish them off I used red paint for blood applying to places like the eye sockets, nose, and ends of bones.Masks and old books with a skull candy pail sits beside the cauldron.

Turn a cabinet into a witches cabinet for Halloween

For my Halloween party I wanted to turn a glass cabinet that I had into a spooky witches cabinet. I went around the house gathering up items that I thought would be interesting for my witches cabinet and here is the finished look.

I draped creepy cloth across the windows on the inside. They look like curtains that have hung forever and are now all tattered and torn.

I added lots of bottles filled with colored water.

Gourds from a previous years garden.

I found a package of sticky four fingered hands that had loops on the top, so they were perfect to put over the tops of bottles.

Here I added a true love potion bottle, a witches journal and gem stones scattered about.

The eyeballs are candy, I scattered some around and stuffed some into jars. This project was a lot of fun and added a lot of visual interest to the party.

Magical Halloween Table Setting

My theme for this years Halloween Party was Witches, Wizards and other Magical Beings. So I decorated my table using a black tablecloth draped with torn creepy cloth. I then placed different size circle mirrors on the table along with polished glass pieces, tiny pumpkins, small plastic skulls and tea lights in sand filled glass candle holders. The glass candlelight's were placed on the larger mirror circles giving the setting a mystical feel.

Simple Halloween Decor

A big spider crawling over the wall, a dark stranger and a red satin throw on the chair makes this a spooky Halloween vignette.

Make Scary Signs and Tombstones from Construction Foam Scraps

This is how I made scary signs and tombstones from thrown away construction foam. The pieces I used were scraps that were put in a dumpster at a building site. I left the pieces the size that they were, but if you want to cut the foam use either a serrated knife or an electric knife. I used a soft graphite pencil to draw with. First I divided the foam piece into how many letters are in the word and then drew out my letters. Using my Dremel I began to cut the foam away, leaving the letters untouched and carving to a depth of about 1/4".


When I was satisfied with the carving I used a polymer clear coat called Sculpt and Coat to seal the foam. When dry I used a light gray paint as the base coat and a darker gray that I sponged on after the base coat dried. This gives the appearance of stone and helped to accent the letters.
Here is the finished BEWARE sign.

To make the tombstones use a knife to cut the tops of rectangles into tombstone shapes. Then use your imagination on what to carve on your tombstone. I choose to carve skulls, R.I.P. and roman numerals.

Here are the two tombstones finished and in place against my cemetery wall.

Vintage Halloween Decorations

Last year I wanted something different for Halloween Party Decorations other than what the stores had to offer. So I decided to make some vintage style decorations. Here I will show you how to make a Vintage Halloween Banner. With easy step by step instructions including photos.

Put Together a Costume By Recycling Clothes From Your Closet

Check out my new Squidoo Lense on how to - Create Original One Of A Kind Halloween Costumes from your closet, thrift stores and online finds. Here I talk about how to put together a costume by recycling clothes from your closet or thrift stores. Showing you how to take a basic black dress and by adding certain accessories, transforming it into a one of a kind Halloween costume.

What's new with you!

Boy, did summer go by fast. Where did it go? What did I do? I found myself answering that last question with; a little bit of this and a little bit of that. As I thought about it, "a little bit of this and a little bit of that" pretty much describes what rosiemoonbeams is. Now that school has started I plan on getting my act together and organize things. I plan on opening an Ebay Store in time for Halloween and I have been listing some vintage items for sale at my Etsy Store. The photo below is a vintage clear plastic floral bracelet I have for sale. Check back often as I will be adding new items a couple of times a week.