Halloween Thoughts

Matthew Mead style

A link to Matthew Mead website for lots of fun ideas and templetes.

I just finished tying some rosemary on grapevine wreaths as we are to have our first freeze tonight!

I saw in the newspaper Saturday a feature on Matthew Mead style editor for Country Home an article on Halloween decorating. That is my favorite page of the paper all week. He has a new book on Halloween tips and some very FINE Ideas for Halloween decorating with things we have around the house. And with the economy as it is, this would be all I could do for sure .He mentions putting carrots in your candle holders in groups of three or five, tips pointed up and add a couple of creepy eyes about ¾ to the top! You can also put the carrots in a goblet vase with several carrots with eyes in it also. Cute table ideas! How fun is that? Also, he has an idea to tie pleated white cupcake liners upside down on your chandelier arms with black thread and dotted with black eyes, How cute! Use eyes on your corn on the cob in your basket, like they are looking at you with a napkin over the ends on them. You can find many ideas at his web-site and fun templates also.

I guess I am finally getting in the fall spirit! I sure am ready. I have decorated the front door with a door cover I did not make (shame on me) and a lit pumpkin. I kind of fixed up the ol’ Scarecrow with some new hat flowers and neck leaves. He has been around many Halloween’s now and needed some fluff. I gave out candy canes last year for a trick to my treaters. They looked sort of shocked and that was the purpose. The trick was on them!

LOL, smiles, cyndi

Another Favorite Artist

http://sandraevertson.blogspot.com/

Sandra Evertson has been a favorite artist of mine for along time now and she shows the neatest Halloween Story on her blog also, would you like to see it? click on above link!

Spooky Smiles, cyndi

Could you do this?

I was doing alittle blog surfing this AM when I woke from the sofa where I slept all night with my Male Golden Retriever "Jordan". WHen I am tired and fall alsleep my dear husband Bob, just has to leave me there because I will not wake even if the earth moves.

Lea of Farmhouse Blessings led me to a homestead blog of and the more I read the more I was involved mentally. Now at age 58 and with health issues, I could not do this today, but back when?

Oh, why did I not learn about the country earlier. I have always been a city girl with all the conviences and when the power is out and comes back on,we delight.

Maybe with the hard times we are experiencing, I will REALLY shop local more from these farms. This season would be wonderful to start with Fall Here and the fireplaces being needed again. Why not also get some local honey and maybe a Christmas Wreath.

Here is the blog that got me started thinking and I have also posted the link to the local Harvest site that you can visit your area close for shipping purposes for these farmers.

May all the Joys of the Everyday be embellished in your world!

http://eclecticculturefarm.blogspot.com/">


and the local harvest site is


I hope the above links send you some warm fuzzies. I year to live with some forest or trees around me. When we moved into the garden home in 2003, I guess I never really was thinking about shade as we had always lived on a shaded lot wih many trees. It is a pain when a storm comes and we have to think of them falling on the house but it is so nice for the summers to be outside. It really gets HOT in the south.

I would also love to have a barn or somewhat of a studio for my mess. ( I am a collector of way to many things, maybe a few goats and cats. LOL, in my dreams! Well, especially my books and magazines! A girl can dream!

smiles, cyndi