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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 1:07:29 PM
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So excited, ordered my Trick or Treat bag from a friend on Etsy! It is perfect for us Farmgirls! Can't wait to Fill it up! I love Halloween!! In the 1960's when I was in Elementary School, We would start planning our costumes right after labor day and then the carnival at school! Oh the good ole days!
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6663 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6663 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 2:14:59 PM
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Oh, I love to be among others who just love Halloween like I do!!! It is so much fun to decorate for and there is truly something magical when you carve a pumpkin and then light it up and put it on your porch on Halloween. When I was growing up,they did a city ordinance that said children over age 10 were banned from trick or treating!! I was horrified. For some reason, the day after Halloween was often a teacher work day so we did not have school. My parents would allow me to have some friends over for a sleep over and we would play games like trying to eat apples from a string hanging from the ceiling and my Mom would transform the laundry room into a haunted house where you blindfolded each person and led them through a line up of dead man's parts(you know the drill: cold spaghetti for brains, peeled grapes for eyes ) We all loved it!! Then one year when we were in middle school, we read short stories from ALfred Hitchcock and about scared outselves to death!! I always decorated up the basement where we stayed and still have a few of those paper decoations that I still bring out every year. I agree with Connie above--Oh the good ole days!! |
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treelady
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Julie
Medina
ND
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 3:06:33 PM
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I love the excitement of halloween, almost as good as christmas! When my kids were little they would get just as excited to create scarecows and decorate as they would for the carnivals and trick or treating. We lived in a very rural area, so each stop was a little bit of visiting and alot of homemade goodies. We would be gone for hours, but it was all fun!
Julie
A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 4:02:11 PM
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Oh, I love your memories! Winnie and Julie! We loved Hitchcock too!! I decorate my house outside and inside every year for 38 years! My husband and my only child got the Halloween fever from me too!! We decorte the whole house, My daughter is coming home from LA this weekend and wanted to know if I had the Halloween decor up yet! I have her favorite one finished This is a 25 year collection of Dept 56 Halloween Village, But the Paper ones from the 1960's are my First Love!
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 4:05:37 PM
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Here are some of my Vintage Paper Party Invitaions, from 1930-1970. They are all made in the good ole U.S.A. The quality of the paper is awesome and the graphics! Some are the Gibson Co. some are Hallmark.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 4:10:26 PM
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Sorry to take up room, I get so excited being with others, who love Halloween!!The backs of these cats have a price sticker from Duckwalls that read 10 cents!
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 4:12:26 PM
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See, I get excited, I forgot the picture! LOl! |
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rksmith
True Blue Farmgirl
858 Posts
Rachel
Clayton
GA
USA
858 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 4:13:00 PM
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I LOVE your Halloween village and invitations!! I was looking at some vintage Halloween invitations online this weekend. *drool*
Rachel Farmgirl Sister #2753
Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, if you are not willing to move your feet--Dr. Kioni
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 7:04:22 PM
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Thank you Rachel! Some were in my granny's stuff she was a pack rat! and some I found in Junk stores and Ebay and even garage sales! |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 7:19:53 PM
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Connie, oh my gosh what CUTE decorations! I'm glad you posted all those pictures...how awesome is that?? Fun to see people who get excited like I do for Halloween!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com
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Acelady02
True Blue Farmgirl
1266 Posts
Penny
Washington
GA
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 7:44:06 PM
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Thank you for posting the pics they are awesome....
(((((Hugs All)))))Penny
Farmgirl Sister #3343
God gives Miracles to those who Believe, Courage to those with Faith, Hope to those who Dream, Love to those who Accept, & Forgiveness to those who Ask... |
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Oggie
True Blue Farmgirl
526 Posts
Ginny
Machias
Maine
USA
526 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 8:12:40 PM
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Sounds like fun, I'm in too!
Ginny Farmgirl #2343 www.thedewhopinn.com
"I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whomever I'm with." "Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it." Both by Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart) in the Movie Harvey
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coaloha
True Blue Farmgirl
502 Posts
Pam
USA
502 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 09:47:31 AM
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This takes me back to my childhood in a small midwestern town. We lived on a farm and trick-or-treated in town and many people gave out yummy home-made treats. Such good memories. Yes, I am in on this swap. Thanks!
Pam Barnes-Palty Phoenix, AZ Farmgirl #1075
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 09:47:57 AM
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I did this for a party a few years back, from Martha Stewart. Easy! Fill rubber gloves with water secure with rubber band, and tape any sturdy Halloween Mask eyes and nose holes up, fill with water, freeze overnight! Rubber peels right off the gloves!don't run water over it it will crack! Float in your favorite Punch!Looks like face and hands floating in the punch! I have a pic, looking for it! It was the hit of the party! the kids loved it!!! |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 09:52:43 AM
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What would Halloween be without the Great Pumpkin!All my God-Children grew up with this display, they are all Teenagers now, but still love to come and see it! |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 09:58:03 AM
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Here's the punch! The Directions are above, many of you may already ahve seen this before.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 10:07:33 AM
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My daughter and the neighborhood kids decorated the porch that year! She did a good job she was only about 9.
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6663 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6663 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 2:24:24 PM
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Love these photos from everyone!! Thanks so much and what great ideas for decorating. I think the thing I love about Halloween is that it is just fun and you can participate on any level you wish. Homemade costumes, homemade treats,and lots of room for imagination---what a wonderful fall event! I have a few "oldies" so I will try and get them out for a photo soon and post. They are getting worn out but I just love to look at them and remember all the fun in years past. And there is always something wonderful when you see the first Pumpkin patch of the year. All that orange and possibility just waiting for a home!
Winnie #3109 Red Tractor Girl |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 2:33:48 PM
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I would Love, Love!! to see others Halloween photos!!!!
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5363 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5363 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 2:36:38 PM
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Rachel, check your email for a note from me!
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treelady
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Julie
Medina
ND
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 3:52:52 PM
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Oh Connie, what beautiful pictures! Yes, Winnie you are right, Halloween can be as upbeat or as mellow as you want to make it, there is no wrong or right, since it all excepted as is!!!
A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.
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Beth Jones
True Blue Farmgirl
3196 Posts
beth
tallassee
alabama
3196 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 4:28:46 PM
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Hi Connie, Your decorations were precious!!! Love the old timey things of long ago..Wish I had kept a lot of the old things I had growing up......Now each time I see something like that I'll think of you!! Smiles, Beth
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J.F. Brown
True Blue Farmgirl
130 Posts
Jamie
Beaverton
OR
USA
130 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2011 : 8:38:52 PM
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Hi- love to join in on this! I love Halloween, and I used to LOVE making my kids any costume they wanted! The rule was, I would do ANY costume they asked for, but they had to choose by October 1st, because I also made costumes to sell. Guess how often they all made up their minds by that timeline? Of course, now they are grown, and I wish I could make some more! |
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treelady
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Julie
Medina
ND
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2011 : 05:45:10 AM
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Welcome ladies, I cleaned our my cauldron to start putting names in!
Julie
A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.
Max Lucado |
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LindaJo
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Linda
Fargo
ND
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2011 : 2:17:38 PM
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count me in please
Art cleans the dust of everyday life from the soul. Picasso |
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